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Trump ranks below Obama, Clinton and other Democrat presidents in a large group seen as having little impact on markets
Jimmy Carter
Haley cometh: Republican presidential candidate hopes to benefit from Trump chaos theory
As the Iowa caucuses draw near, Nikki Haley believes she can become that most elusive of things: a unifying national political figure
Former US first lady Rosalynn Carter dies aged 96
Carter played a prominent role in her husband Jimmy Carter’s administration and was a tireless activist for mental health
Rosalynn Carter, wife of Jimmy Carter, joins husband in hospice care
Former first lady had been diagnosed with dementia in May
Joe Biden says his Catholicism a ‘private matter’ but it is a big part of his political ideology
Visits to Sanctuary of Our Lady of Knock and speech at St Muredach’s Cathedral in Ballina show importance of faith to US president
Irish America has always had our back
Diaspora links have stood test of time and Irish Americans remain rightly proud of role they played in Belfast Agreement
Biden might be proud to be Irish but don’t expect him to get sucked into Stormont stand-off
The Irish-American framework is now built around broader international problems
Maureen Dowd: Carter’s exemplary life a rebuke to Maga America
Former president has always been a positive force for peace and co-operation both at home and abroad
Sequence of primaries deciding who runs for president ripe for reform
America Letter: Concerns early states to vote not sufficiently diverse in demographics
Bono receives major US award for work tackling poverty, injustice
U2 singer awarded Fulbright Prize for International Understanding
Thinking Anew – ‘I will fear no evil, for you are with me’
God’s promise is a way through trouble rather than a way to avoid it
Biden blames Trump for Capitol riot and warns of threat from autocracy
Ex-president Jimmy Carter says he fears for right to free and fair elections in US
Desmond Tutu: Cape Town turns purple in tribute to peacemaker
Table Mountain and town hall lit up in honour of South Africa’s moral conscience
Fintan O’Toole: Humans are just apes who burn stuff. Now we must put out the fire
Cop26 delegates have the power to create a turning point in the evolution of our species
Action on climate is effective, just look at acid rain and the ozone layer
Stuart Mathieson: International efforts can have an effect within our lifetimes
Biden’s signature reforms jeopardised by Democratic infighting
Threat of revolt delays key vote on $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package
It’s no time to die for Daniel Craig the actor. How to have a post-Bond career
There has long been a myth that the role of James Bond swallows careers whole
Former IOC president Jacques Rogge dies at 79
He took over in 2001 when the organisation was still reeling from an ethics scandal
‘We share everything’: Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter reflect on 75 years of marriage
At 96 and 93, they say never going to bed angry is key to sustaining a relationship
Maureen Dowd: Aliens, show yourself. Beam down! Time to serve man
With an intelligence report imminent, not since the 1950s has the capital been so riveted by the possibility of aliens hovering
Maureen Dowd: Biden brings Jimmy Carter in from the cold
96-year-old former president has been snubbed by his Demoratic successors – until now
Former US vice-president Walter Mondale dies aged 93
‘One of our nation’s most dedicated patriots and public servants’: Biden leads tributes
The US must be pragmatic when picking its allies
US Politics: Building an alliance that can stand up to China involves hard choices
Watergate mastermind G Gordon Liddy dies aged 90
Liddy helped orchestrate the crime that began unravelling Richard Nixon’s presidency
Maureen Dowd: Joe Biden should stop appeasing Republicans
US president’s self-restraint is refreshing – but he is free to say whatever he damn well pleases
Fatah and Hamas to fall short of majority in Palestinian elections, poll shows
Parties could be forced into uneasy coalition, with Fatah fractured by two defectors
Palestinian elections confirmed for later this year amid frustration with ruling parties
Votes aim to inject democratic legitimacy into discredited leadership as support wanes
How the Democrats scientific approach lost them US’s industrial heartland
Push for environmental regulations has alienated voters in the American Midwest
George Clooney: ‘I’d kill for some loneliness right now’
The actor-director on his new film, Covid-19 and why he’s not allowed to ride a motorcycle
US election: Trump and Biden trade blows in less chaotic presidential debate
Coronavirus to the fore as more civil exchanges highlight policy differences
US election: Joe Biden and Donald Trump clash in chaotic presidential debate
Candidates struggle to make substantive points amid repeated interruptions
Barack Obama makes stirring case for voting reform in US
Former president calls for expanded early voting and national holiday during Lewis eulogy
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