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Epstein files are a new crisis for Donald Trump, as supporters blowtorch their Maga caps

Epstein files are a new crisis for Donald Trump, as supporters blowtorch their Maga caps

Many in the Maga movement are furious over Trump’s failure to release the Epstein files. Now he may be relenting

Fri Jul 18 2025 - 07:09
Will Donald Trump fire Jerome Powell? ‘I don’t rule out anything. But it’s unlikely. Unless …’

Will Donald Trump fire Jerome Powell? ‘I don’t rule out anything. But it’s unlikely. Unless …’

Donald Trump has resumed his on-off attacks on the Federal Reserve chairman

Thu Jul 17 2025 - 07:41
Spectre of Epstein files refuses to go away within Trump’s MAGA fanbase

Spectre of Epstein files refuses to go away within Trump’s MAGA fanbase

Problem for Republicans is many prominent officials, from Patel to vice-president Vance called for their release before taking office

Tue Jul 15 2025 - 08:07
Katie Taylor erases all the question marks with her third win over Amanda Serrano

Katie Taylor erases all the question marks with her third win over Amanda Serrano

Trilogy fight lives up to the hype at Madison Square Garden as the Irish fans leave celebrating

Sun Jul 13 2025 - 20:13
Trump tariffs: In the US, ‘the EU’ isn’t a concept and Ursula von der Leyen is an unknown

Trump tariffs: In the US, ‘the EU’ isn’t a concept and Ursula von der Leyen is an unknown

Only if prices rise in the US will tariffs on European goods become a political issue

Sun Jul 13 2025 - 19:29
Lack of Epstein ‘client list’ testing Maga Republicans’ faith in Trump to the limits

Lack of Epstein ‘client list’ testing Maga Republicans’ faith in Trump to the limits

Memo released by AG this week concluded that Department of Justice had found no incriminating ‘client list’

Sat Jul 12 2025 - 05:00
Tuning out the noise, Katie Taylor steels herself for last dance with Amanda Serrano

Tuning out the noise, Katie Taylor steels herself for last dance with Amanda Serrano

Taylor and Serrano return to New York’s Madison Square Garden for the next instalment in their enthralling rivalry

Thu Jul 10 2025 - 21:48
Keith Duggan: Katie Taylor clearly out of patience as she takes aim at 'whining' Serrano team

Keith Duggan: Katie Taylor clearly out of patience as she takes aim at 'whining' Serrano team

Amanda Serrano has made little secret of disdain for Texas fight result

Thu Jul 10 2025 - 07:56
Texas flooding disaster reveals America’s frightening weather and deep political divisions

Texas flooding disaster reveals America’s frightening weather and deep political divisions

Official death toll has reached 104, including 27 children attending a summer camp, and is expected to rise

Tue Jul 08 2025 - 20:52
Symbolic Lincoln cabin logs beginning of American presidential story

Symbolic Lincoln cabin logs beginning of American presidential story

Most famous log cabin in US history floats in the strange region between solid history and make believe

Sat Jul 05 2025 - 06:00
Trump takes ‘big beautiful Bill’ victory lap as his grip on power tightens

Trump takes ‘big beautiful Bill’ victory lap as his grip on power tightens

Trump is scheduled to sign the budget Bill on Independence Day when Americans now look more divided than ever

Fri Jul 04 2025 - 07:08
‘A massive mistake’: Sole Republican holdout coming under fire over Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

‘A massive mistake’: Sole Republican holdout coming under fire over Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Republican senator Thom Tillis renounces budget Bill, as Elon Musk vows to unseat legislators who support it

Tue Jul 01 2025 - 07:25
Humiliation of tens of thousands of immigrants in a Florida processing centre surrounded by alligators will generate a backlash

Humiliation of tens of thousands of immigrants in a Florida processing centre surrounded by alligators will generate a backlash

Humiliation of tens of thousands of immigrants in a Florida processing centre surrounded by alligators will generate a backlash

Sat Jun 28 2025 - 05:00
‘The capital of capitalism’: New York’s old brigade plot how to stop the rise of Zohran Mamdani

‘The capital of capitalism’: New York’s old brigade plot how to stop the rise of Zohran Mamdani

The party’s candidate for New York’s mayoral election will face a wily political operator in Eric Adams

Fri Jun 27 2025 - 12:23
Zohran Mamdani stuns sweltering New York to win Democratic mayoral primary

Zohran Mamdani stuns sweltering New York to win Democratic mayoral primary

Socialist candidate (33) upsets Andrew Cuomo with clever campaign promising rent control

Wed Jun 25 2025 - 07:28
Israel-Iran ceasefire announcement shows Trump’s uncanny ability to shape the narrative

Israel-Iran ceasefire announcement shows Trump’s uncanny ability to shape the narrative

US president had sparked global and Maga unease after authorising US strikes on Iran and speculating about regime change

Tue Jun 24 2025 - 07:05
Middle East on edge as US enters war with Iran

Middle East on edge as US enters war with Iran

Trump’s cabinet praises precision bombing mission amid criticism it should have required congressional approval

Mon Jun 23 2025 - 06:00
US-Iran: What comes next after Donald Trump’s risky foreign policy move?

US-Iran: What comes next after Donald Trump’s risky foreign policy move?

Analysis: Midnight Hammer mission has raised a blizzard of new questions

Sun Jun 22 2025 - 20:27
Annie McCarrick’s family in Long Island: ‘The gardaí did not investigate who we thought was guilty in the very beginning’

Annie McCarrick’s family in Long Island: ‘The gardaí did not investigate who we thought was guilty in the very beginning’

The mother, aunt and oldest friend of the American woman who went missing in Ireland in 1993 talk about how they would take comfort in having their long-standing belief validated

Sat Jun 21 2025 - 06:30
Juneteenth celebrations offer another lesson in stark difference between Donald Trump and Joe Biden

Juneteenth celebrations offer another lesson in stark difference between Donald Trump and Joe Biden

America letter: While the former president commemorated end of slavery in US, his successor moaned about federal holidays

Sat Jun 21 2025 - 05:00
Minnesota shootings: political point-scoring and the underlying fear of a country at breaking point

Minnesota shootings: political point-scoring and the underlying fear of a country at breaking point

Vance Boelter is accused of murdering congresswoman Emerita Melissa Hortman and husband Mark at their home

Wed Jun 18 2025 - 07:31
Trump’s vanity takes a hit as modest crowd for military parade overshadowed by ‘No Kings’ protests across country

Trump’s vanity takes a hit as modest crowd for military parade overshadowed by ‘No Kings’ protests across country

US president celebrates 79th birthday at $45m military parade where he gave only a short speech

Sun Jun 15 2025 - 10:09
How Oklahoma City turned its fortunes around with an infamous robbery

How Oklahoma City turned its fortunes around with an infamous robbery

Having lost out to Indianapolis in the fight for a direly needed $1bn contract in 1991, OKC has a chance at redemption in the NBA finals

Sun Jun 08 2025 - 05:00
Trump country: ‘When we travel, if you go to a bigger area, people can be rude and disrespectful’

Trump country: ‘When we travel, if you go to a bigger area, people can be rude and disrespectful’

Southwest Virginia, which Barbara Kingsolver put on the literary map, is poor but also beautiful and friendly, with a rich cultural heritage

Sat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00
Trump-Musk bromance descends into a jaw-dropping feud that is funny, dismal and nauseating

Trump-Musk bromance descends into a jaw-dropping feud that is funny, dismal and nauseating

Musk sends barrage of posts criticising the Trump budget Bill during a day his personal wealth fell by an estimated $34 billion

Fri Jun 06 2025 - 07:37
US senate confirms Edward Walsh as ambassador to Ireland

US senate confirms Edward Walsh as ambassador to Ireland

‘Champion golfer’ and Donald Trump’s pick as envoy to Dublin confirmed by a vote of 57 to 38

Thu Jun 05 2025 - 10:23
Edward Luce: ‘If Kamala Harris won ... I think the country would have broken down’

Edward Luce: ‘If Kamala Harris won ... I think the country would have broken down’

Journalist Edward Luce on his biography of ‘cold war prophet’ Zbigniew Brzezinski, the fearful state of the US today, and ‘Lilliputian’ post-Brexit UK

Sun Jun 01 2025 - 06:00
Trump v Harvard: University faces existential battle against opponent that would have once been unimaginable

Trump v Harvard: University faces existential battle against opponent that would have once been unimaginable

This week, the Ivy League university finds itself confronting the most serious enmity in its four-century existence

Sat May 31 2025 - 05:00
Elon Musk leaves Trump’s club, yet he was never quite part of it

Elon Musk leaves Trump’s club, yet he was never quite part of it

DOGE’s special government employee rides his rocket into the sunset

Fri May 30 2025 - 11:06
‘Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum’: Trump’s mood sours over international events

‘Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum’: Trump’s mood sours over international events

With world stage looking distinctly complex, Trump turned to domestic matters for comfort

Tue May 27 2025 - 07:41
Clooney’s timely warning from history about Trump’s authoritarian America

Clooney’s timely warning from history about Trump’s authoritarian America

Clear parallels between play about 1950s McCarthyism and how US president is waging war on US news media today

Sat May 24 2025 - 05:00
Trump tariffs update: Latest from Ireland and the EU after US president’s 50% threat

Trump tariffs update: Latest from Ireland and the EU after US president’s 50% threat

European Union is committed to securing trade deal with US that works for all sides, says Sefcovic

Fri May 23 2025 - 22:04
Ireland seeks ‘legal clarity’ over Shannon stopover for US deportation flights

Ireland seeks ‘legal clarity’ over Shannon stopover for US deportation flights

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris says flight did not need diplomatic clearance as it was a civil aircraft

Thu May 22 2025 - 13:01
Ramaphosa stays calm with golf diplomacy in face of Trump’s latest Oval Office ambush

Ramaphosa stays calm with golf diplomacy in face of Trump’s latest Oval Office ambush

Blatant piece of theatre was designed to thrill the Maga heartland and fuel the wildest paranoias of what could happen in open-borders USA

Thu May 22 2025 - 07:13
Donald Trump pressures Republicans to back his ‘big, beautiful’ tax Bill

Donald Trump pressures Republicans to back his ‘big, beautiful’ tax Bill

Hardline Republicans demand deeper cuts to Medicaid and other social security programmes

Wed May 21 2025 - 11:09
Donegal man to be deported from US following driving charge after more than 15 years in Boston

Donegal man to be deported from US following driving charge after more than 15 years in Boston

Man (40) with American-born children has been living undocumented after overstaying visa waiver

Tue May 20 2025 - 19:02
Trump suggests Vatican could host ‘immediate’ Russia and Ukraine peace talks following his two-hour call with Putin

Trump suggests Vatican could host ‘immediate’ Russia and Ukraine peace talks following his two-hour call with Putin

But Russian leader more circumspect on state television about his conversation with US president

Mon May 19 2025 - 22:14
Joe Biden’s reputation was ruined in the morning, revived in the afternoon. It won’t last

Joe Biden’s reputation was ruined in the morning, revived in the afternoon. It won’t last

News of Biden‘s cancer diagnosis brings temporary civility amid fallout from new book on Democrats’ inaction over his cognitive decline

Mon May 19 2025 - 07:25
Donald Trump moves from Middle East opulence to spectre of empty supermarket shelves in US

Donald Trump moves from Middle East opulence to spectre of empty supermarket shelves in US

Growing disquiet over tariffs forcing up prices could lead to hard landing for his acceptance of Qatar’s gift of a $400m jet

Fri May 16 2025 - 13:52
Teenager charged with Kansas City murder of Irish chef Shaun Brady to stand juvenile trial

Teenager charged with Kansas City murder of Irish chef Shaun Brady to stand juvenile trial

Defendant, who was 15 when charged, will face trial in September

Thu May 15 2025 - 06:26
A ‘very nice gesture’: Trump accepts gift of new Air Force One plane from Qatar

A ‘very nice gesture’: Trump accepts gift of new Air Force One plane from Qatar

The US president said the ‘contribution’ from the Qatari royal family was a ‘very nice gesture’ as Democrats decry acceptance of $400m gift

Mon May 12 2025 - 19:24
Did Trump suggest reopening Alcatraz after watching the film last Sunday morning?

Did Trump suggest reopening Alcatraz after watching the film last Sunday morning?

The president’s suggestion to reopen the island prison-turned-museum just serves to move attention away from the issues that matter

Sat May 10 2025 - 05:00
Trump basks in ‘end of the beginning’ of new US-UK trade arrangement

Trump basks in ‘end of the beginning’ of new US-UK trade arrangement

Framework will open UK market up to US meat products, including poultry

Thu May 08 2025 - 17:55
Cliona Ward, Irish woman held in US detention centre after family visit, released

Cliona Ward, Irish woman held in US detention centre after family visit, released

Irish woman was detained after returning to San Francisco following a visit to see her ill father in Co Cork

Thu May 08 2025 - 11:17
Irish woman detained in US after family visit to Ireland due in court

Irish woman detained in US after family visit to Ireland due in court

Cliona Ward, who has been living legally in the US for decades, will appear in Seattle court on Wednesday morning

Wed May 07 2025 - 07:54
US-Canada relationship no clearer as Mark Carney stands ground through Trump’s latest Oval Office blitz

US-Canada relationship no clearer as Mark Carney stands ground through Trump’s latest Oval Office blitz

US president intransigent on tariffs and still keen on Canada becoming 51st state

Tue May 06 2025 - 20:39
Mark Carney’s meeting with Trump will stress-test US-Canada friendship

Mark Carney’s meeting with Trump will stress-test US-Canada friendship

‘We don’t want their cars. We don’t even want their energy,’ Trump says before Tuesday’s meeting with Canada’s new prime minister

Mon May 05 2025 - 22:20
Kamala Harris’s speech of condemnation and Trump’s of braggadocio underscore where US is at after first 100 days

Kamala Harris’s speech of condemnation and Trump’s of braggadocio underscore where US is at after first 100 days

One speech of condemnation and another full of braggadocio underscore where US is at after president’s first 100 days

Sat May 03 2025 - 05:00
Deportation anxiety in Irish America: ‘I would have a clean slate before travelling’

Deportation anxiety in Irish America: ‘I would have a clean slate before travelling’

Amid the ongoing harrowing experience of Cork-born Cliona Ward, Irish-American leaders are urging extra caution on people planning on leaving the country temporarily

Fri May 02 2025 - 11:20
Ireland ‘out of step’ with United States on Israel, US ambassador nominee is told

Ireland ‘out of step’ with United States on Israel, US ambassador nominee is told

Edward Walsh, who is Trump’s pick to be envoy to Dublin, pledges to build on relations between America and Ireland

Thu May 01 2025 - 19:26
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