Bush message is you can have the cake and eat itIn his first address to Congress President George WWed Feb 28 2001 - 00:00
Florida count confirms Bush as winnerThe Miami Herald has reported that its count of uncounted ballots in four key Florida counties has left President Bush the winner…Tue Feb 27 2001 - 00:00
Teenage thrill led to spycraft obsessionI was a little taken aback. Miffed, indeedSat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
Bush and Blair affirm `special relationship'President Bush last night expressed strong support for the Northern Ireland peace process and pledged to do anything he can to…Sat Feb 24 2001 - 00:00
Hillary Clinton `shocked' at fees paid to brotherSenator Hillary Rodham Clinton expressed shock last night that her brother Mr Hugh Rodham got $400,000 for urging clemency for…Fri Feb 23 2001 - 00:00
FBI agent accused of selling secrets to RussiaAn FBI agent who worked as a senior counterintelligence officer may have supplied Russia with high-grade information for 15 years…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Dialogue about life has come a long wayIt's not often that a local education board attracts TV cameras, let alone an audienceSat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Strikes on Baghdad reflect new Bush tough lineThe bombing of Baghdad by US and British aircraft last night marks an important affirmation by the new Bush administration that…Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Review of agreement might be considered TrimbleThe impasse in the Northern Ireland peace process might make it necessary to invoke the formal review procedure of the Belfast…Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Billionaires oppose Bush plan to abolish death taxA tax concession to the very richest Americans, worth at least $326 billion over the next decade and a cornerstone of the Bush…Thu Feb 15 2001 - 00:00
Bush sees military with `lighter and more lethal weaponry'President Bush yesterday travelled to a Virginia naval base to watch a battle exercise by video link in a photo opportunity to…Wed Feb 14 2001 - 00:00
Schools support whistle-blowing culture after killingsLast week's all-too familiar workplace massacre in Illinois has prompted more media soulsearching about how to spot a dysfunctional…Mon Feb 12 2001 - 00:00
Mild winter means rooky mushers cannot qualify for the IditarodAnchorage, Alaska. They breed them tough here. And few tougher than musher Tim Osmar.Sat Feb 10 2001 - 00:00
Playing golf in court no walkover for MartinThen it was chads. Now the golf course. The long arm of the Supreme Court, it seems, reaches out everywhereSat Feb 03 2001 - 00:00
Bush wins Senate fight to ratify controversial Attorney GeneralPresident Bush yesterday won a significant political victory in securing ratification for his deeply controversial nominee for…Fri Feb 02 2001 - 00:00
Bush's choice for Secretary of Interior wins approvalA radical supporter of deregulation and states' rights, Ms Gale Norton, was yesterday approved by the US Senate as Secretary …Wed Jan 31 2001 - 00:00
Bush wants funds for faith groupsPresident George Bush yesterday announced his intention to integrate religious charitable organisations into the federally financed…Tue Jan 30 2001 - 00:00
Upside-down world of the death penalty debateRussel Weston believes the ripening of corn reverses timeSat Jan 27 2001 - 00:00
Bush's nominee for AG faces further allegationA question about a job applicant's sexual orientation asked by President Bush's nominee for attorney general in 1985 has given…Fri Jan 26 2001 - 00:00
Senators support Bush's choice for interior postThe Interior Secretary-designate of the new Bush Administration, Ms Gale Norton, appears to have convinced senators that she …Thu Jan 25 2001 - 00:00
Bush education package includes voucher systemDespite public hints by his campaign team that he was prepared to drop the issue of school vouchers, the US President, Mr Bush…Wed Jan 24 2001 - 00:00
12 students named as Mitchell scholarsA dozen US students, graduate and undergraduate, have been named as George JWed Jan 24 2001 - 00:00
Bush moves to block final orders by ClintonWithin minutes of assuming power, the US's 43rd President, Mr George WMon Jan 22 2001 - 00:00
Clinton secures parting deal by new admission in Jones casePresident William Jefferson Clinton today leaves the White House after eight years of a turbulent presidency with immunity from…Sat Jan 20 2001 - 00:00
The biggest killer among young black menThere is a vast, silent tragedy unfolding in this country whose scale is barely acknowledged, a scourge that has reached into…Sat Jan 20 2001 - 00:00
Clinton bows out with new pledgePresident Clinton said goodbye to America with a TV appeal last night to internationalism, fiscal responsibility, and racial …Fri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
United States told to outlaw Irish blood donationsDonations by Irish blood donors should be banned in the US to keep new-variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of BSE…Fri Jan 19 2001 - 00:00
Bush's AG nominee tries to reassure liberals on abortionThe controversial nominee for US attorney general, Mr John Ashcroft, yesterday pledged to prosecute vigorously those obstructing…Thu Jan 18 2001 - 00:00
Gesture to black voters from Bush as inauguration week opens on unity noteInauguration week began on a note of national unity as the nation marked Martin Luther King Day, a public holiday in most states…Tue Jan 16 2001 - 00:00
Bush says he will not dilute his policies when in officeThe US is likely to make its aid to Russia more conditional on real economic reforms which guarantee the safety of foreign capital…Mon Jan 15 2001 - 00:00
Admire him or not, Clinton cannot be reduced to political insignificanceThe trouble with much political coverage in the US, and in Ireland too, is that it's all played at the same volume - highSat Jan 13 2001 - 00:00
Nicholson `is front-runner' for job of US ambassadorThe outgoing chairman of the US Republican Party, Mr Jim Nicholson, has emerged as front-runner for appointment as ambassador…Thu Jan 11 2001 - 00:00
Clinton papers find new home fate of Socks uncertainWoe betide the future students of the Clinton legacyThu Jan 11 2001 - 00:00
US politicians back Belfast manFourteen members of the House of Representatives have appealed to the US Attorney General, Ms Janet Reno, to suspend deportation…Wed Jan 10 2001 - 00:00
The Bill, Hillary show: all good voyeuristic funThe Bill and Hillary show rolls onSat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00
Yugoslavia hints at Milosevic war crimes trialThe Yugoslav Foreign Minister, Mr Goran Svilanovic, has hinted at a willingness by the new government to put Mr Slobodan Milosevic…Sat Jan 06 2001 - 00:00
PLO conditionally accepts Middle East peace planThe PLO has signalled its qualified acceptance of the US Middle East peace initiative following the Washington talks on Tuesday…Thu Jan 04 2001 - 00:00
Bush's cabinet hardliners face tough oppositionPresident-elect George Bush completed his cabinet nominations yesterday.Wed Jan 03 2001 - 00:00
Key Republicans unite to lobby Bush on NorthKey Irish-American Republican figures in the US Congress have joined to lobby the incoming Bush administration to ensure Ireland…Wed Jan 03 2001 - 00:00
Clinton's war crimes tribunal move welcomedPresident Clinton's signature on Sunday of the treaty to establish a permanent international war crimes tribunal has been welcomed…Tue Jan 02 2001 - 00:00
Phoenix Park runners jostle for positionIt'll be a while yet before the Bush administration turns its attention to the nomination of ambassadorsSat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
7 killed in house with alleged drug linkSix men and one woman died, and three more people were injured, after masked gunmen on Thursday night burst into a dilapidated…Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
Candidate for US ambassador's post in Ireland to sue publisher of `Irish Voice' over articleAn Irish-American who hopes to be the next US ambassador to Ireland is to sue the publisher of the Irish Voice newspaper, Mr …Sat Dec 30 2000 - 00:00
Democrat leader to keep his trump cardTom Daschle may not have a majority in the Senate, but he has a trump card that he is prepared to playSat Dec 23 2000 - 00:00
Irish share of UN budget to rise under deal in which US may settle its accountIreland's contribution to the UN's regular budget will increase by 31 per cent to over $3 million a year under a landmark agreement…Sat Dec 23 2000 - 00:00
Emotional Bush bids farewell to beloved TexasAn emotional President-elect George Bush yesterday said goodbye to his beloved Texas, bowing out as its governor for what he …Fri Dec 22 2000 - 00:00
Bush fills key posts in signal to minorities and womenUS President-elect George Bush last night named a long-time personal friend and business associate, Mr Don Evans (54), as his…Thu Dec 21 2000 - 00:00
Fed leaves rates unchanged but signals recession fearsThe US Federal Reserve yesterday left short-term interest rates unchanged at 6Wed Dec 20 2000 - 00:00
Bush meets Clinton, Gore in effort to heal divisions caused by presidential electionThe US President-elect, Mr George WWed Dec 20 2000 - 00:00
