Biden advises those with personal safety concerns to 'buy a shotgun'US vice-president Joe Biden, who is leading the president’s push to pass tighter gun controls through Congress, has advised people…Thu Feb 21 2013 - 00:00
Kerry makes budgetary case for diplomacyThe new secretary of state, John Kerry, laid out a vision of the US playing a leading role in global affairs to create jobs and…Thu Feb 21 2013 - 00:00
Nama lawyers critical of attempt by Dunne and Killilea to dismiss lawsuitUS lawyers for the National Asset Management Agency have claimed a challenge by former property tycoon Seán Dunne and his wife…Wed Feb 20 2013 - 00:00
Supreme Court to consider lifting donation limitsIn a move that could lift curbs on political donations, the US Supreme Court said that it would consider a legal action contesting…Wed Feb 20 2013 - 00:00
Republicans shoot down draft plan on immigrationPresident Barack Obama’s draft plan to overhaul US immigration laws, including a proposal to allow 11 million illegal immigrants…Tue Feb 19 2013 - 00:00
Nama lawyers challenge Dunne claimUS lawyers for the National Asset Management Agency have claimed a challenge by former property tycoon Sean Dunne and his wife…Tue Feb 19 2013 - 00:00
Kansas drought part of natural cycle, say farmersCrops are suffering but few here are convinced global warming is to blameMon Feb 18 2013 - 00:00
Ex-Nama man gives Dunne US depositionUS lawyers for former property tycoon Seán Dunne and his wife Gayle Killilea have taken a sworn statement from the former National…Sat Feb 16 2013 - 00:00
US allies left bewildered as key post unfilledAMERICA LETTER: The chaos paralysing the US Senate over the confirmation of President Obama’s nominee Chuck Hagel as defence…Sat Feb 16 2013 - 00:00
Former mayor 'gambled stolen millions'A former mayor of San Diego gambled more than $1 billion (€740 million) over a nine-year period and stole more than $2 million…Sat Feb 16 2013 - 00:00
Challenges facing Obama and his wish listI The promises the US president made in his state of the union speechSat Feb 16 2013 - 00:00
Democrats move to force vote on Hagel appointmentIn a sign of the increasingly bitter divisions in the US Congress and dysfunctional nature of American politics, Democratic senators…Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
US airlines merge in $11bn dealThe merger of American Airlines and US Airways, which was announced yesterday, will create the world’s largest airline and leave…Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
Claims for €1.2m fees by IBRC side in Drumm caseLawyers acting for the now defunct Irish Bank Resolution Corporation against former Anglo Irish Bank chief executive David Drumm…Fri Feb 15 2013 - 00:00
Obama sets out agenda with one eye on his legacyANALYSIS: In his state of the union address the US president displayed a lively self-assurance and assertivenessThu Feb 14 2013 - 00:00
Rapt politicos watch president lay out his stall as popular drinking games lighten moodThey played Barack Obama’s full State of the Union speech in the Losers’ Lounge Basement Bar in the Capitol Lounge, one of Washington…Thu Feb 14 2013 - 00:00
Ex-tycoon Dunne may file for US bankruptcy in USFormer property magnate Sean Dunne will consider filing for bankruptcy in the US, where he now lives, after Ulster Bank’s successful…Wed Feb 13 2013 - 00:00
Obama to speed up withdrawal of Afghan forcesPresident Barack Obama is to fasttrack the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, reducing the number of military personnel…Wed Feb 13 2013 - 00:00
Obama pleads for political truceUS president Barack Obama challenged a politically polarised Congress to support him in narrowing the gulf between rich and poor…Wed Feb 13 2013 - 00:00
Gun violence issues more complex than the good, the bad and the madAmerica: Both sides of the gun debate use the same horrific incidents to support their argumentsSat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00
Obama praises bipartisan spirit of prayer breakfast bondingPresident Barack Obama praised the bipartisan spirit of the National Prayer Breakfast, an annual fixture on the Washington political…Fri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00
Dunne and Killilea will ask US court to strike out Nama action on debtsOn Monday, lawyers for the Irish couple will ask a judge to rule that Nama has no jurisdiction in its claimsFri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00
CIA nominee says he objected to tortureJohn Brennan, President Barack Obama’s nominee to become the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, has said he raised…Fri Feb 08 2013 - 00:00
Brennan 'objected to CIA interrogations'John Brennan, President Barack Obama’s nominee to become the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency, has said he raised…Thu Feb 07 2013 - 00:00
Irish charity advising White HouseAn Irish charity that provides emergency communications in disaster zones met the US government’s emergency response agency at…Thu Feb 07 2013 - 00:00
After years of crisis and half-measures Anglo finally draws its last breathBackground The Government needed a more permanent solution to reduce the costsThu Feb 07 2013 - 00:00
Congress urged to pass fiscal packageUS president Barack Obama has urged the US Congress to pass a package of spending cuts and tax changes to delay automatic reductions…Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
US suing S&P over positive analysis of risky mortgagesThe US government is suing Wall Street’s largest credit rating agency for failing to warn about growing problems in the US mortgage…Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
US citizenship open 'to all illegals'The 11 million illegal immigrants living in the US will be entitled to future citizenship regardless of nationality but first…Wed Feb 06 2013 - 00:00
Obama urges boy scouts to lift ban on gaysUS president Barack Obama has urged the Boy Scouts of America to lift a controversial national ban on gays.Tue Feb 05 2013 - 00:00
US bolsters defences against cyber threatsIn a further bolstering of America’s capacity to wage “cyber war”, the Obama administration has been given powers to launch a…Tue Feb 05 2013 - 00:00
Diplomatic challenges await for KerryANALYSIS: The experienced senator aims to draw the US back from its military roleSat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
In praise of . . . Gabrielle GiffordsSilence descended on a packed US Senate committee room as former congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords entered to testify at the first…Sat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
Demise of town no longer centre of attentionAMERICA: The draw of the big city is too strong for immigrants and domestic migrantsSat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
US gun control debate turns to mental healthIn the drive to prevent further mass shootings in the United States, the public debate has now turned to improving the broken…Sat Feb 02 2013 - 00:00
Hagel accusations rejectedFormer Republican senator Chuck Hagel defended himself against accusations that he is anti-Israel, anti-gay and in favour of …Fri Feb 01 2013 - 00:00
CIA nominee John Brennan 'knew about use of waterboarding'John Brennan, President Obama’s nominee as head of the CIA and the son of Irish immigrants, knew in detail about the use of waterboarding…Fri Feb 01 2013 - 00:00
US economy shrinks unexpectedly as defence spending falls sharplyThe US economy shrank unexpectedly in the final quarter of 2012 as federal defence spending fell sharply and businesses cut their…Thu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
On the internet's new frontierGoogle’s high-speed fibre broadband project in Kansas is charting new territory for the internetThu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
Giffords pleads for tighter gun controlFormer congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was seriously injured in a mass shooting two years ago, urged US lawmakers to be…Thu Jan 31 2013 - 00:00
Obama calls for overhaul of laws on immigrationPresident Barack Obama has called for “comprehensive” reform of US immigration laws in a landmark speech, following up on an …Wed Jan 30 2013 - 00:00
US senators plan reform to laws on immigrationA cross-party group of senators has proposed a plan to overhaul US immigration laws that could pave the way to citizenship for…Tue Jan 29 2013 - 00:00
Obama calls for immigration reformPresident Barack Obama has called for "comprehensive" reform of US immigration laws in a landmark speech in Las Vegas, following…Tue Jan 29 2013 - 00:00
President shows public solidarity with ClintonIn what was interpreted as an endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s future political ambition, President Barack Obama took the unusual…Tue Jan 29 2013 - 00:00
Obama praises Clinton in interviewIn what was interpreted as an endorsement of Hillary Clinton’s future political ambitions, president Barack Obama took the unusual…Mon Jan 28 2013 - 00:00
Obama, the far-from-radical liberal who sits slightly left of centreLETTER FROM AMERICA: It was striking how Barack Obama’s second inaugural address was seen in the United States as nailing openly…Sat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
Obama names McDonough as next chief of staffUS president Barack Obama has named his long-time foreign policy adviser Denis McDonough as his next White House chief of staff…Sat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
US Senate approves filibuster reformThe US Senate has limited the power of the much-cursed filibuster, a procedural weapon long-used to delay legislation, in a bid…Sat Jan 26 2013 - 00:00
Pentagon lifts ban on women in combatTwo days after US president Barack Obama called for equal rights for women in his second inaugural address, the Pentagon lifted…Fri Jan 25 2013 - 00:00
Focus on hiring after death of baby in Irish nanny's careThe tragic death of one-year-old girl Rehma Sabir and the charging of 34-year-old Irish nanny Aisling McCarthy Brady with battery…Fri Jan 25 2013 - 00:00
