Tánaiste ‘concerned’ about Trump’s election rhetoricFine Gael TD criticises Republican nominee on visit to Democratic convention in USThu Jul 28 2016 - 01:00
Donald Trump accused of backing Russian ‘espionage’Comments by Republican nominee prompt claims that he is urging foreign power to cyber-spy on political rivalWed Jul 27 2016 - 20:53
PanDEMonium: Simon Carswell’s Democratic convention diaryLarry Sanders steals the show with vote for brother Bernie as celebs bash the DonaldWed Jul 27 2016 - 19:40
Hillary Clinton makes history by becoming Democrat nomineeFirst woman to lead major party into US election puts ‘biggest crack in glass ceiling’Wed Jul 27 2016 - 06:36
Sanders struggles to unite his ‘political revolution’ behind ClintonParty disunity overshadows Democratic convention as Bernie fans boo their own manTue Jul 26 2016 - 21:35
Democrats play down claims of party disunity after chaotic scenesUS vice-president Joe Biden says convention tensions are typical among losing supportersTue Jul 26 2016 - 20:03
PanDEMonium: Simon Carswell’s Democratic convention diaryPhiladelphia, the city of sibling devotion, faced with internal Democratic party tensionTue Jul 26 2016 - 19:08
Michelle Obama steals the show at Democratic conventionOn day of party tensions, US first lady makes deeply personal plea to unite behind ClintonTue Jul 26 2016 - 06:38
PanDEMonium: Simon Carswell’s Democratic convention diaryColbert pokes fun at Clinton over emails scandal as Republicans play in PhiladelphiaTue Jul 26 2016 - 01:00
Clinton camp blames pro-Trump Russians for cyberattackRepublicans reject claims of help from Moscow as FBI examines emails leakTue Jul 26 2016 - 01:00
Democratic convention begins in chaos as departing boss jeeredCongresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz bears brunt of Sanders supporters’ angerMon Jul 25 2016 - 21:03
Leaked ‘anti-Sanders’ emails disrupt plans for Democratic display of unityWasserman Schultz resigns from Democratic national committee chairSun Jul 24 2016 - 23:51
Kaine is the liberal who meets Clinton’s needsProfile: Virginia senator covers key gaps in Democratic presidential candidate’s ticketSun Jul 24 2016 - 15:46
Hillary Clinton chooses Tim Kaine as her running mateDemocratic presidential candidate picks Irish-American senator for White House bidSat Jul 23 2016 - 01:52
Donald Trump: The snake-oil salesman who hijacked a partyBillionaire has capitalised on the conservative movement’s ‘us versus them’ divisionSat Jul 23 2016 - 01:00
GOP smacked: Simon Carswell’s Republican convention diaryTrump struggles saying LGBTQ but enjoys sound of his voice so much he talks for 76 minutesFri Jul 22 2016 - 18:47
Trump has won over the GOP. Now can he win over the US?If Billionaire Donald Trump to is take over the White House the reality-TV star faces a big challenge: winning over record numbers of white votersFri Jul 22 2016 - 16:00
Trump plays to America’s fears as ‘law and order’ candidateRepublican presidential nominee reiterates pledge to build anti-immigration wallFri Jul 22 2016 - 07:14
Democrats meet in City of Brotherly Love to crown a sisterUnity will the theme and Donald Trump the target at the party’s convention next weekFri Jul 22 2016 - 00:00
Donald Trump’s wavering on Nato pledges sparks alarmRepublican candidate says he may not automatically defend military allies if attackedThu Jul 21 2016 - 21:37
GOP Smacked: Simon Carswell’s Republican convention diaryRepublican campaign language breaks even more new groundThu Jul 21 2016 - 18:01
Ted Cruz: Brexit a sign of powerful new political forceTexas senator draws parallels between rise of Donald Trump and UK vote to leave EUThu Jul 21 2016 - 15:52
Anger grips Republican convention as Cruz snubs TrumpTexan booed and jeered as he sensationally withholds his endorsement of billionaireThu Jul 21 2016 - 15:51
Mike Pence accepts Republican vice-presidential nominationIndiana governor declares party unified behind Trump despite Cruz convention revoltThu Jul 21 2016 - 08:01
Trump staff member takes blame for Melania’s plagiarism painsProfessionalism of Republican candidate’s campaign called into questionWed Jul 20 2016 - 22:55
GOP Smacked: Simon Carswell’s Republican convention diary‘My Little Pony’ used to defend Melania Trump plagiarism, Farage shows up at conventionWed Jul 20 2016 - 18:47
Donald Trump secures Republican nominationParty names billionaire as their nominee in Ohio crowning extraordinary victoryWed Jul 20 2016 - 15:59
Tears of joy for Trump: ‘he is exactly what we need for America’A Bond villain, a disbelieving politician and a tearful businessman react to tycoon’s winWed Jul 20 2016 - 09:58
Speechwriter defends recycling lines for Donald Trump JrLaw professor says he wrote Donald jr’s Ohio speech following more copycat accusationsWed Jul 20 2016 - 08:31
Donald Trump campaign under fire over plagiarismClaims that Melania Trump’s speech was copied overshadow second day of conventionTue Jul 19 2016 - 20:58
GOP Smacked: Simon Carswell’s Republican convention diaryWhose line is it anyway as Trump’s wife appears to channel Michelle Obama?Tue Jul 19 2016 - 18:09
GOP Smacked: Simon Carswell’s Republican convention diaryHillary Clinton goes nuclear on Donald Trump as Stephen Colbert hijacks podiumTue Jul 19 2016 - 15:20
Melania Trump did not plagiarise speech, campaign claimsDonald Trump’s wife is accused of copying speech by Michelle Obama at conventionTue Jul 19 2016 - 14:33
Simon Carswell: Melania Trump’s speech criticised for plagarismSpeakers at Republican convention cast Trump as credible, no-nonsense leaderTue Jul 19 2016 - 08:04
Baton Rouge gunman urged black Americans to ‘fight back’Police scour Iraq veteran’s social media and video posts for clues of motive behind attackTue Jul 19 2016 - 01:00
Trump aims to show his softer side at Cleveland conventionRepublican organisers are desperate to unite the party following brutal primary raceMon Jul 18 2016 - 20:40
Obama calls for unity following Baton Rouge shootingSuspect in the killing of three police officers in Louisiana named as Gavin LongMon Jul 18 2016 - 08:09
Cleveland tense and divided as Trump juggernaut arrivesOhio city on heightened alert for Republican convention after Baton Rouge police shootingSun Jul 17 2016 - 21:30
The Trump show: ‘It’s gonna be a riot’Donald Trump is heading to Cleveland for the Republican convention and his coronation as nominee will likely draw plenty of protestsSat Jul 16 2016 - 06:00
Backing Donald Trump: meet Joe Arpaio, the ‘toughest sheriff’ in the United StatesThe Maricopa County sheriff says that the Republican is his ‘kind of guy: outspoken’ – and that people have overreacted to the police shootings of black men caught on filmSat Jul 16 2016 - 05:45
US Letter: Dallas police chief’s humanity eases racial tensionsDavid Brown’s personal grief has steeled him to lead violent city’s police departmentSat Jul 16 2016 - 01:00
Cool-headed Mike Pence becomes Donald Trump’s running mateClinton slates choice of Indiana conservative as ‘most extreme VP pick in a generation’Sat Jul 16 2016 - 01:00
Declassified 28-page chapter from 9/11 report releasedExcerpt details possible connections between Saudi government and al-Qaeda terror plotFri Jul 15 2016 - 20:32
Donald Trump officially names Mike Pence as running mateNew York billionaire confirms Indiana governor as vice-presidential candidate on TwitterFri Jul 15 2016 - 16:55
US Supreme Court judge regrets calling Donald Trump ‘a faker’Ruth Bader Ginsburg criticised by New York Times and Washington Post over remarksFri Jul 15 2016 - 00:31
Indiana governor Mike Pence said to be Trump’s running mateRepublican candidate’s camp cautions against declaring winner in ‘Veepstakes’Fri Jul 15 2016 - 00:26
US firms toast Irish tax regime in tongue-in-cheek ads‘On behalf of the people of Ireland, I’d like to thank congress for failing to reform your tax code’Thu Jul 14 2016 - 16:59
Donald Trump ‘Veepstakes’ enter final stretchFlurry of meetings as Republican White House hopeful poised to name running mateThu Jul 14 2016 - 01:00
Mike Pence and Donald Trump’s Irish connection: DoonbegIndiana Republican governor’s grandparents emigrated from Clare and SligoThu Jul 14 2016 - 01:00
We’re not as divided as we seem, says Obama in DallasPresident urges Americans to reject despair about racial unrest in wake of police killingsWed Jul 13 2016 - 09:07
