Eight years after James Foley’s murder by Isis, his mother sat down with his captor. Why?James Foley’s brutal murder in 2014 was seen around the world. His mother Diane’s book documents the family’s struggleSat Feb 17 2024 - 05:30
Trump is effectively running his presidential campaign on the doorsteps of various courtsAmerica Letter: Thursday saw the main TV networks split their screens to cover both Trump’s ‘hush money’ case in Manhattan and the Georgia hearing concerning his election interferenceSat Feb 17 2024 - 05:00
Robert F Kennedy jnr imposes himself on US presidential raceIndependent candidate could have a defining influence on the electionFri Feb 16 2024 - 21:00
No concerns Ireland’s position on Gaza war could cause diplomatic strain with US, says HarrisMinister says he has had ‘very genuine conversations around the concern at the level of violence’ in Palestine enclave while in USWed Feb 14 2024 - 20:31
Harris seeks to deepen education collaboration during US visitMinister to visit universities in Washington to discuss ways in which educational collaboration between US and Ireland can be deepenedMon Feb 12 2024 - 00:01
White House criticises Trump’s ‘unhinged’ comments on NatoRussia could do ‘whatever the hell they want’ to those who were not meeting their Nato commitments, says TrumpSun Feb 11 2024 - 15:10
Trump mocks absence of Haley’s husband during South Carolina coronationUS presidential race: Trump is buoyed by fanatical greeting at Conway rally as he returns to familiar ‘failing country’ themeSun Feb 11 2024 - 09:00
The unbottling of a law used against the prospect of a second Trump presidencyNine supreme court justices must decide whether the Colorado supreme court erred in excluding Trump from its Republican primary ballotSat Feb 10 2024 - 05:48
Tucker Carlson delivers the softball interview that Putin hoped forRussian president provides the performance of a bully entirely in control of his surroundingsFri Feb 09 2024 - 12:15
In a defiant speech denying he has a ‘poor memory’, Biden falters at the last momentReport into whether Biden mishandled documents said he presented during an interview ‘as a sympathetic, well meaning elderly man with a poor memory’Fri Feb 09 2024 - 06:39
US supreme court justices appear sceptical of case for removing Trump from ballot as landmark appeal gets under wayDonald Trump appealed to court on December ruling to disqualify him from Colorado’s primary ballot under constitutional amendmentThu Feb 08 2024 - 20:21
Leixlip fire: Vacant building in Co Kildare damaged in latest suspected anti-immigration arson attackFalse rumours were circulating online that property in Leixlip was earmarked to house asylum seekersWed Feb 07 2024 - 19:26
Ireland determined to end food insecurity due to ‘memory’ of famine, Tánaiste saysMicheál Martin and Samantha Power announce new partnership between Irish Aid and USAID for ZambiaWed Feb 07 2024 - 06:52
John Bruton remembered in Brussels as ‘committed European’Bill Clinton says he was grateful for opportunity to work closely with late Fine Gael politician on NI peace processWed Feb 07 2024 - 06:34
Court denies Trump immunity in 2020 election interference caseFormer US president says he will appeal federal court decisionTue Feb 06 2024 - 21:31
If Biden or Trump has to pull out of the election due to incapacity, what’s plan B?What happens if one of the candidates suffers misadventure between now and the US election?Sun Feb 04 2024 - 06:30
Don’t blame her? Republicans fear Taylor Swift could be trouble as elections nearsThe singer used to be a political blank space but now her opinions - and even her love life - are regarded as matters of national significance in the USSat Feb 03 2024 - 05:00
Mark Zuckerberg’s apology was dramatic, but that alone won’t make children any safer online Five big tech leaders appeared before the US Senate this week, but it remains to be seen whether anything of substance emergesFri Feb 02 2024 - 15:00
Biden considers options following attack on US base in JordanUS will weigh the severity of its response against the threat of further complicating a volatile regionTue Jan 30 2024 - 20:27
Biden urged to respond with military force after three US troops killed in Iran-backed drone attackSecurity chief says US not seeking to engage in conflict with Iran over attack on military base in Jordan, but will ‘absolutely do what is required to protect ourselves’Mon Jan 29 2024 - 21:12
US election: Focus switches to Nevada where Trump’s rambling address criticises rival HaleyFormer president vows to initiate mass deportation programme if returned to White HouseSun Jan 28 2024 - 19:00
New Hampshire presented as one of the last bastions of independent political thoughtAmerican politics have never been so entrenched, with Democratic and Republican voters regarding the other side’s candidate and policies with mutual fear and loathingSat Jan 27 2024 - 05:00
Alabama carries out first US nitrogen gas execution of prisoner Kenneth Smith (58) was executed after a failed legal challenge for his role in a 1988 murderFri Jan 26 2024 - 06:31
Bleak landscape for Nikki Haley yet she can still pose nagging questions for Donald TrumpHaley will continue tp push the idea that she is the last alternative to the dreaded inevitability of another election campaign between Biden and TrumpWed Jan 24 2024 - 17:35
‘She didn’t win, she lost’: Seething Trump takes aim at Nikki Haley after his New Hampshire victoryUS election: Nikki Haley insists ‘race is not over’ despite Donald Trump’s victory in Republican primaryWed Jan 24 2024 - 08:45
The Texas pastor who wants America to ‘stop crushing poor people’Former football star Ryan Binkley (56) is a Republican campaign team’s dream, so why is nobody listening?Tue Jan 23 2024 - 06:46
New Hampshire primary: Polls show Nikki Haley will have to bridge 19% gap to overcome Donald TrumpNew Hampshire may be last decisive state battle to become Republican nominee for presidential electionMon Jan 22 2024 - 20:05
New Hampshire primary: Haley makes biggest play in smallest settingIn a school library, the Republican candidate turns on Trump in an effort to persuade voters of an alternative outcome to the 2024 presidential narrativeMon Jan 22 2024 - 09:06
Ron DeSantis suspends his campaign for presidency and endorses Donald TrumpNikki Haley, who has suddenly changed tactics, is now Trump’s only rival for the Republican nominationSun Jan 21 2024 - 20:46
Trump rally flexes Maga muscle for the New Hampshire faithfulFormer US president uses Manchester event to rail against Granite state’s voting system that allows non-Republicans to vote in party’s primarySun Jan 21 2024 - 09:36
Keith Duggan: My flight delay offered a snapshot of a quintessential aspect of modern AmericaThe sheer numbers of people in this lone airport on a bitter, humdrum night was a snapshot of how perpetually in motion America is as a nationSat Jan 20 2024 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: How Trump triumphed with his peculiar mix of postmodern and Old Testament rhetoricRepublicans in Iowa are so frustrated with the world and the way things are that they are ready to facilitate the messianic return of the ‘outsider’ former president Donald TrumpSat Jan 20 2024 - 06:00
Frosty New Hampshire primary presents diverging roads for Trump challengerNikki Haley has four days to assert herself as the Republican alternative to TrumpFri Jan 19 2024 - 14:57
Victorious Donald Trump leaves Iowa snows behind for court appearanceFormer US president makes winning start in race to be Republican White House candidateTue Jan 16 2024 - 20:59
Iowa vote: Trump wins overwhelming victory in race to be Republican candidate for US presidentFormer US president Donald Trump secures 51 per cent of Iowa caucuses vote ahead of main rivals Ron DeSantis and Nikki HaleyTue Jan 16 2024 - 08:35
Caucus night in Iowa: Republican race for White House starts with 13 strangers in a roomResult in Polk County falls five votes apiece for Trump and Haley in a microcosm of clashing views and visions found among Iowan votersTue Jan 16 2024 - 07:02
Trump reinforces lead as Iowa’s Republican presidential nominee in last-minute appearanceFormer US president urges supporters to vote in state’s caucuses amid ongoing record breaking cold snapMon Jan 15 2024 - 08:50
Nikki Haley could emerge from Iowa caucuses as plausible alternative to Trump’s shadowMidwestern state swung from endorsing Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012 to Republican returns for the past two termsSun Jan 14 2024 - 16:14
Haley cometh: Republican presidential candidate hopes to benefit from Trump chaos theoryAs the Iowa caucuses draw near, Nikki Haley believes she can become that most elusive of things: a unifying national political figureSat Jan 13 2024 - 06:00
Downtown Des Moines felt like it was 3am – when it’s this cold, everyone, it seems, just bolts for homeAmerica Letter: There’s something reassuringly wonderful and eccentric about the tradition of the caucuses in the home state of writer Bill BrysonFri Jan 12 2024 - 15:29
Donald Trump plays the hits at Fox News reunion, but some voters want more than just a ‘winner’Iowa event shows abortion could be lingering issue for Republican frontrunner in the US presidential raceThu Jan 11 2024 - 07:31
Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy ploughs defiant path in wintry Iowa Entrepreneur campaigns in Des Moines for the US presidential nomination amid heavy snow and stagnant pollingWed Jan 10 2024 - 08:26
‘More words and empty sympathy’: Students demand action on gun violence as US presidential candidates hunt for votes in Iowa Keith Duggan: As mass shootings continue in the United States, gun ownership remains an issue on which Republicans and Democrats can find little common groundTue Jan 09 2024 - 18:11
Trump surges ahead in Iowa as Biden goes on the attack ahead of caucusJoe Biden invoked revolutionary history and Capitol riots to deliver a caustic attack on Trump’s record as president, as focus turns to IowaSun Jan 07 2024 - 18:31
‘What I see now is Nazi Germany in 1930s’: Fears grow for future of American democracy ahead of crucial election yearPolls have consistently demonstrated that the series of legal indictments facing Donald Trump has done nothing to damage his popularity among the many millions who believe in himSat Jan 06 2024 - 06:00
My grandmother Imogen Stuart: Wartime Berlin, a ‘crazy castle’ in Ireland and visits from Maud Gonne When Imogen moved to Ireland with Ian, they lived in the family home of Laragh, ‘this crazy castle which was so damp, so cold’Sun Dec 03 2023 - 05:00
Provincial news photography raised to the level of fine artThe photographs of Henry Wills documenting Mayo and Irish life were published in the Western People for more than 40 years. A book collecting his best images, In All Kinds Of Weather, was launched last weekSun Nov 26 2023 - 06:00
A Fabulous Failure: the Clinton presidency and how it transformed US capitalism A fatal tendency to bend to the will of corporate and financial giants defined Clinton’s terms in the White HouseMon Nov 20 2023 - 05:00
‘Ah, Jesus Christ, he is relentless’: How a veteran journalist sought the truth about Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedys ‘It is lovely how life pushes you around the board,’ Anthony Summers saysSun Nov 19 2023 - 06:00
Why is Ireland - the land of a thousand welcomes - the loneliest country in Europe?An epidemic of loneliness is sweeping the western world. What is going on? And what can be done?Sat Nov 18 2023 - 08:03
