The Irish Times

Public mood swings against the sultans of Silicon Valley

What wealth can’t always buy is admiration. And that’s an area in which the tech titans have suffered major losses

Wed May 25 2022 - 05:08

Maureen Dowd: Real Justice – Justice Jackson

Ketanji Brown Jackson has been cast into the same medieval torture chamber as Anita Hill

Sun Mar 27 2022 - 17:12

Judge Jackson pledges to be neutral if she secures US supreme court role

Ketanji Brown Jackson would become first black woman to serve on court if ratified

Mon Mar 21 2022 - 20:49

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s US supreme court confirmation hearings to begin

Nominee could become first black woman in court’s history but process may be contentious

Mon Mar 21 2022 - 10:06

‘This is terror against the city’ – Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘barbaric’ rocket attack on Kyiv

Five civilians killed in a rocket attack on a Kyiv TV tower as Zelenskiy urges EU to prove it sides with country in conflict

Wed Mar 02 2022 - 10:22

Janan Ganesh: The incoherence at the heart of anti-westernism

The West can’t stop its rivals reading it wrong, but it can choose not to encourage them

Tue Mar 01 2022 - 18:11

US Senate raises debt ceiling temporarily to avoid economic default

Federal government’s debt limit increases by $480 billion to $28.9 trillion

Fri Oct 08 2021 - 06:40

US health officials report sharp increase in vaccination rates

Development after government pressure as Delta variant continues surge across country

Thu Aug 05 2021 - 20:55

US announces it will evacuate Afghan nationals who helped in war

Several Congress members urged Biden administration to look after at-risk contractors

Wed Jul 14 2021 - 21:14

Maureen Dowd: It was the Cheneys who taught Trump how to lie

Liz Cheney has sacrificed herself to call out the former president – but she has a lot to answer for

Sun May 09 2021 - 15:00

Trump’s abandoned border wall a blot on landscape

Random stretches of barrier pose aesthetic, environmental and physical threat to future

Thu Mar 18 2021 - 17:38

Trump signals intent to retain grip on Republican Party

America Letter: Former US president’s re-emergence underlines party’s current status

Fri Feb 26 2021 - 20:46

Republicans and Donald Trump: the tale of the untameable shrew

Maureen Dowd: GOP leaders attempting to bridle the ex-president are on a fool’s errand

Sun Feb 21 2021 - 16:39

Republican senators who voted against Trump censured

Backlash against those who voted against ex-president in impeachment trial

Tue Feb 16 2021 - 22:34

Trump’s second impeachment trial: What the opening days revealed

Signs that ex-president’s legacy has been tainted as nation relives events of January 6th

Sat Feb 13 2021 - 01:00

Trump could incite violence again, impeachment trial hears

Prosecutors conclude arguments in Senate trial of former US president

Thu Feb 11 2021 - 22:08

Trump will not testify at his impeachment trial, says lawyers

Former US president’s legal team call trial in Senate a ‘public relations stunt’

Thu Feb 04 2021 - 22:26

US Republicans are in for a vicious and open-ended struggle

US Politics: Republican moderates probably won’t prevail in battle for party’s soul

Wed Jan 13 2021 - 15:51

Leading Republicans to join Democrats in voting to impeach Trump

US president will on Wednesday become first in history to be impeached twice in office

Wed Jan 13 2021 - 06:32

Trump claims his speech before attack on the Capitol was ‘totally appropriate’

President accuses Democrats of continuing the ‘witch-hunt’ against him ahead of possible impeachment vote

Tue Jan 12 2021 - 23:16

Joe Biden nominates Merrick Garland as US attorney general

US president-elect picks judge whose nomination to supreme court was blocked in 2016

Thu Jan 07 2021 - 21:36

Republican-led US Senate overrides Trump’s veto of defence bill

‘Dangerous sabotage’: President accused of using his final weeks in office ‘to sow chaos’

Sat Jan 02 2021 - 08:39

House set to approve larger stimulus cheques for Americans

Economists welcome aid to small business and extension of unemployment benefits

Mon Dec 28 2020 - 19:06

Mitch McConnell congratulates Joe Biden on US election victory

Senate leader and senior Republicans break with Trump after electoral college confirms result

Tue Dec 15 2020 - 17:12

Biden prepares for presidency by making top appointments

Team reflects vow to build administration that ‘looks like America’, president-elect says

Tue Nov 17 2020 - 21:54

Republicans urge Trump to allow Biden receive intelligence briefings

President-elect speaks to the Pope as democrats call on president to accept defeat

Thu Nov 12 2020 - 20:34

US elections: Republicans reach 50 Senate seats with Alaska win

Several incumbents successfully defend seats despite strong challenges from Democrats

Wed Nov 11 2020 - 20:34

US election: counting continues in small number of states

Donald Trump is still refusing to accept the outcome of the presidential race

Mon Nov 09 2020 - 21:24

Maureen Dowd: Howling at the moon as America dumps Trump

President’s conspiracy schtick gets nowhere as Joe Biden’s Cinderfella story bewitches

Sun Nov 08 2020 - 11:06

Democrats need more sense than dollars in Georgia Senate run-offs

America Letter: Money only goes so far in helping to persuade people which way to vote

Sat Nov 07 2020 - 01:00

US election: Democrats set to lose seats in House, as Republicans keep Senate

Alexandria Ocasio Cortez points to losses for Democrats among Hispanic community

Fri Nov 06 2020 - 01:00

Suzanne Lynch’s US Election Diary: Disappointing night for Democrats as Trump falsely declares victory

Biden’s hope for a blue wave across the sunbelt failed to materialise

Wed Nov 04 2020 - 08:21

US election: Ten key races in the battle to control the Senate

Congressional race will be key on Tuesday, with Democrats needing up to four extra Senate seats

Mon Nov 02 2020 - 01:00

US election: Money makes electoral world go round as candidates spend big

Propelling Biden and Trump are donations small and large as dollars buy access and clout

Tue Oct 27 2020 - 01:00