‘Eggonomic’ record: will food prices affect how people vote?
‘Eggflation’ here hasn’t been as stark as in the US, where the Republicans’ focus on it helped Trump win votes. But the cost of groceries could still have an impact on Friday’s election
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The week in US politics: Gaetz fiasco shows Trump he won’t get everything his way
Trump's initial nominee for AG withdraws following further controversy, while his pick for defence secretary Pete Hegseth counters allegation of sexual assault
US federal inquiry traced sex payments from Matt Gaetz to women
Document on three-year sex-trafficking investigation shows thousands of dollars in payments linked to drug-fuelled sex parties, according to testimony
Big Tech may not get everything it wants from Trump
Incoming US president will not be all the tech industry is hoping for once he is in power
David Lammy and Donald Trump: Winner winner, chicken dinner?
Britain’s foreign secretary believes the US president-elect is in a forgiving mood over past taunts
Thanks a bunch, America. Love, women everywhere
US election shows voters still demand that a woman candidate must be without fault
‘It’s a joke, you c**t’: Tony Hinchcliffe, Bernard Manning and the problem with trying to hide behind humour
Comedian’s gag at Trump rally again showed that rendering an idea through a joke does not automatically inoculate the teller from responsibility for implied beliefs
What could Trump actually do if he wins - and what would this mean for Ireland?
The Republican candidate has promised dramatic changes in tax and trade policies, with potentially big implications for the Irish economy
Is Kamala Harris the only person who’s not afraid of Donald Trump?
Her campaign ads have tackled everything from women’s rights to Putin. Meanwhile, billionaires have blocked their newspapers from taking a stand
Lies piled on lies, darkness swallowing darkness. JD Vance’s chilling debate performance
Donald Trump’s running mate seemed like a replicant - there was no sign of the smarmy troll who said Kamala Harris can ‘go to hell’
Trump returns to site of Pennsylvania assassination attempt for rally attended by Elon Musk
Trump narrowly escaped being shot in the head in Butler on July 13th
Never go on a cruise: Villa Vie Odyssey edition
Planet Business: Slippage at Nike, the man who backed California’s blocked AI safety bill and Silicon Valley’s growing legion of Trump fans
Does Sinn Féin’s two-candidate general election strategy lack ambition?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
The Irish Times view on the Vance-Walz debate: more important than usual
History is not necessarily the best guide to this unpredictable election, where the old rules have already been upturned
Vance-Walz vice-presidential debate: JD Vance steals the night from underwhelming Tim Walz
Polished performance by Vance shows Republicans have learned from the presidential debates that optics are everything
Vance-Walz debate: They dislike each other and hold starkly different views. Should be riveting
Great weight has been placed on the showdown between two Midwesterners with starkly different beliefs
Walz v Vance vice-presidential debate: Irish start time, where to watch and what to expect
Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance will face off in the early hours of Wednesday morning Irish time
‘Great replacement theory’ a tool for Trump to fuel doubts about election
Conspiracy idea about liberal elites using migrants served as the motive for at least five mass killings over the past 13 years and was cited by perpetrators of three. Trump has weaponised it
US election campaign irrevocably poisoned by fallout from another apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump
In the US election campaign now, there is nothing but accusation and counteraccusation and a complete breakdown of anything approaching mutual respect
The Irish Times view on the latest Trump assassination attempt: a nation at war with itself
Sunday’s attempt – the second in two months – adds further to the already heightened tension
FBI investigating apparent ‘attempted assassination’ of Donald Trump with suspect in custody
US secret service says agents spotted rifle barrel in bushes of West Palm Beach golf club before opening fire
One of the most dignified and powerful political speeches of the entire election year has been somewhat lost
Nathan Clark says the death of his 11-year-old son Aiden is ‘constantly shoved in our faces’ by ‘morally bankrupt politicians’
Taylor Swift endorses Kamala Harris for US president in statement signed ‘childless cat lady’
Singer also addressed AI images shared by Trump which falsely depicted her endorsing his campaign
US media must stop ‘sanewashing’ Trump’s deranged speeches
Donald Trump’s gibberish is being played down as news outlets make him sound sane and rational
Conservative Catholics could swing US election in favour of Trump and Vance
Many Irish Catholics are drawn to the disruptive energies of Trumpism as they engage in what they see as a ‘spiritual war’ against liberalism
So, you want children. But can you afford them?
The increased cost of raising children is one of the main reasons why people are having fewer of them, says the World Economic Forum
‘I’m not weird. He is.’ Why does one word rattle Donald Trump so much?
The Democrats are beating the former US president at his own game: mean jokes
Bobby’s kid: the new champion of Trump’s vision of Republicanism
Despite Robert F Kennedy jnr withdrawing from the presidential race, his political career is not over yet as he hints at a future official role in Trump’s administration
It’s going to be a very ugly slugfest between the Unserious Man and the Untested Woman
Trump is jealous of Kamala Harris’s looks, her crowd sizes, her star power and her vivacious, bodacious vibes. That’s a good start
JD Vance surfaces the strange, sometimes openly hateful language of the fringe right
Since the 1960s, parties have been more circumspect in courting far right votes, but Vance knows those votes have not disappeared
‘Tampon Tim’ nickname for Walz is not just Republicans being weird again
Laura Slattery: From jokey monikers to ‘menstrual surveillance’ concerns, periods are now extra-politicised in US while remaining taboo almost everywhere
Trump blames Iran for email hack and insists only publicly-available information stolen
New York Times releases poll showing Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump by four points in each of key Rust Belt states Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania
Who is Tim Walz? Kamala Harris’s running mate is known for progressive policies and plain speaking
The Minnesota governor has garnered an enthusiastic following in his party in recent weeks
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