Trump orders freeze in federal grants and loans
Pause in funding could disrupt education, healthcare and poverty programmes
Pause in funding could disrupt education, healthcare and poverty programmes
President is threatening to ramp up arrests and deportations of those who are in the US illegally
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Rating agency Standard & Poor highlights Ireland’s unique status in the euro zone
White House says Washington would not impose threatened penalties
We need to execute on policies that enhance our competitiveness, trust in the resilience of our relationship with the US and maintain a consistent message that Ireland is open for business
Colombia will not accept deportation flights until migrants are treated with ‘dignity’, president says
An economic renaissance is unlikely, not least because the US economy is very far from the disaster he proclaims it to be
Panamanians fear Washington’s retaliation over Chinese interests in strategic waterway
Panamanians fear Washington’s retaliation over Chinese interests in strategic waterway
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President and Republicans have tied funds to policy agendas as Newsom fights for additional recovery funds
For the president’s popularity in the US to last, he will have to make sure all his talk of a golden age translates into more money in ordinary people’s pockets
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From withdrawing the US from the World Health Organisation to renaming the Gulf of Mexico, Trump was quick to sign several orders on his first day back in office
Trump’s inauguration as US president on Monday took the front page spot of several newspapers across the globe
Allies say move is intended to help Trump replace long-serving workers with loyalists faithful to agenda
Executive order pardoning January 6th Capitol rioters is the most eye-catching of a day of sweeping legislative action
Icy, strained inauguration day is rich with human drama - and the abiding American theme of defeat and redemption
Donald Trump begins second term as US president promising a ‘golden age of America’
Pomp and tradition are set to unfold in sub-zero temperatures in Washington DC as US presidential inauguration marks the passing of power
Unthinkable: Irish economic policy was once framed as ‘Boston or Berlin’ – our options today are much starker
We don’t know what will emerge from Trump 2.0 but we do know what is dying – American liberalism
Widespread support in Israel for ceasefire amid relief at return of hostages despite high price involved in release of Palestinian detainees
President-elect says he will give Chinese-owned app more time to find a buyer hours after TikTok pulls plug on 170m users
Joe Biden’s presidency will be a footnote in the saga of how Trump won the White House again, despite a hail of impeachments, lawsuits, insults and lies
Protests were largely peaceful amid heightened security as police cars drove nearby
White House dismisses warning from TikTok as stunt as users scramble to alternative platforms
‘Operation Safeguard’, the opening step in president-elect’s goal to oversee largest deportation operation in US history, set to begin on Tuesday
Search giant says complaint to Federal Trade Commission based on flawed understanding of how its digital advertising technology works
Dangerously cold temperatures forecast to hit the nation’s capital on Monday would make traditional outdoor ceremony unsafe
Departing US president uses farewell address to highlight ‘dangerous concentration of power among a few ultra-wealthy people’
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