Rambo, Kiss and Gloria Gaynor: Donald Trump’s cultural revolution comes to WashingtonA day after drafting in the National Guard and just before he sits down with Putin, the US president took time out to consider the artsThu Aug 14 2025 - 06:00
Trump sends troops into Washington DC: distraction tactic or part of wider policy? Decision to dispatch National Guard welcomed by supporters; others suspect operation is attempt to deflect questions about EpsteinTue Aug 12 2025 - 06:52
The rise and fall of Cairo, Illinois: from Huckleberry Finn’s dream destination to a town of just 1,700 peopleThe future was supposed to be bright for this fascinating place at the confluence of two mythic American rivers. It didn’t quite pan out that way Sun Aug 10 2025 - 06:00
Questions remain over Irish woman Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra’s death on Long Island yachtCarlow woman was pursuing business dream in Montauk, a world of summer hustle and limitless wealthSat Aug 09 2025 - 06:00
New York’s ‘exclusive’ Hamptons is a glorified cattle mart with mansionsIt was once home to Jackson Pollock and John Steinbeck but wealth, which always eyes and covets authenticity, gobbled it upSat Aug 09 2025 - 05:00
Trump’s firing of statistics chief sparks unease Federal body’s reporting of dismal jobs numbers counters official narrative of a strong Trump economyWed Aug 06 2025 - 06:45
Texan Democrats flee state to stop ‘racist gerrymandered’ election remappingState governor calls for arrests after exodus of Democratic lawmakers seeks to block Republican Bill that would redraw electoral districtsTue Aug 05 2025 - 06:52
Kamala Harris’ bland Late Show appearance reminds Democrats of what they’re still missing in battle against TrumpIt will be impossible for Americans to ever see Harris now and wonder what the road not taken in 2024 might have looked likeSat Aug 02 2025 - 05:00
Is the White House ready to demand an end to Netanyahu’s campaign of starvation in Gaza?Shocking realisation that thousands of children are starving as food languishes nearby has gripped AmericaFri Aug 01 2025 - 13:50
‘I will not be intimidated’: But has Rupert Murdoch met his nemesis in Donald Trump?The US president has issued a $10bn lawsuit against the media mogul’s empire – the very one that eased his path to powerSat Jul 26 2025 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: The moment Jerome Powell stood up to Trump a reminder how few dare to contradict himFederal Reserve chairman contradicts the US president after Trump handed him a list of ‘cost overruns’ for Fed headquarters renovationsFri Jul 25 2025 - 07:11
US congressman Brendan Boyle: ‘Kerry are the Yankees of Gaelic football, aren’t they?’Brendan and his father Francis have never let their connection to the county team slipFri Jul 25 2025 - 06:00
Trump accuses Obama of ‘treason’ over 2016 election in stunning attackObama says comments by Trump, mired in the Epstein files controversy, linking him to Russian interference are ‘weak attempt at distraction’Wed Jul 23 2025 - 07:01
Why Donald Trump is determined to change Coca-Cola’s recipe in the USThe US president wants Coca-Cola to go back to its original sugar cane recipe, leaving corn syrup producers with a bad taste Sat Jul 19 2025 - 06:00
Epstein files are a new crisis for Donald Trump, as supporters blowtorch their Maga capsMany in the Maga movement are furious over Trump’s failure to release the Epstein files. Now he may be relentingFri Jul 18 2025 - 07:09
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 chairmanThu Jul 17 2025 - 07:41
Spectre of Epstein files refuses to go away within Trump’s MAGA fanbaseProblem for Republicans is many prominent officials, from Patel to vice-president Vance called for their release before taking officeTue Jul 15 2025 - 08:07
Katie Taylor erases all the question marks with her third win over Amanda SerranoTrilogy fight lives up to the hype at Madison Square Garden as the Irish fans leave celebratingSun Jul 13 2025 - 20:13
Trump tariffs: In the US, ‘the EU’ isn’t a concept and Ursula von der Leyen is an unknownOnly if prices rise in the US will tariffs on European goods become a political issueSun Jul 13 2025 - 19:29
Lack of Epstein ‘client list’ testing Maga Republicans’ faith in Trump to the limitsMemo 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 SerranoTaylor and Serrano return to New York’s Madison Square Garden for the next instalment in their enthralling rivalryThu Jul 10 2025 - 21:48
Keith Duggan: Katie Taylor clearly out of patience as she takes aim at 'whining' Serrano teamAmanda Serrano has made little secret of disdain for Texas fight resultThu Jul 10 2025 - 07:56
Texas flooding disaster reveals America’s frightening weather and deep political divisionsOfficial death toll has reached 104, including 27 children attending a summer camp, and is expected to riseTue Jul 08 2025 - 20:52
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 believeSat Jul 05 2025 - 06:00
Trump takes ‘big beautiful Bill’ victory lap as his grip on power tightensTrump is scheduled to sign the budget Bill on Independence Day when Americans now look more divided than everFri Jul 04 2025 - 07:08
‘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 itTue Jul 01 2025 - 07:25
Humiliation of tens of thousands of immigrants in a Florida processing centre surrounded by alligators will generate a backlashHumiliation of tens of thousands of immigrants in a Florida processing centre surrounded by alligators will generate a backlashSat Jun 28 2025 - 05:00
‘The capital of capitalism’: New York’s old brigade plot how to stop the rise of Zohran MamdaniThe 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 primarySocialist candidate (33) upsets Andrew Cuomo with clever campaign promising rent controlWed Jun 25 2025 - 07:28
Israel-Iran ceasefire announcement shows Trump’s uncanny ability to shape the narrativeUS 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 IranTrump’s cabinet praises precision bombing mission amid criticism it should have required congressional approvalMon Jun 23 2025 - 06:00
US-Iran: What comes next after Donald Trump’s risky foreign policy move?Analysis: Midnight Hammer mission has raised a blizzard of new questionsSun 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’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 BidenAmerica letter: While the former president commemorated end of slavery in US, his successor moaned about federal holidaysSat Jun 21 2025 - 05:00
Minnesota shootings: political point-scoring and the underlying fear of a country at breaking pointVance Boelter is accused of murdering congresswoman Emerita Melissa Hortman and husband Mark at their homeWed Jun 18 2025 - 07:31
Trump’s vanity takes a hit as modest crowd for military parade overshadowed by ‘No Kings’ protests across countryUS 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 robberyHaving lost out to Indianapolis in the fight for a direly needed $1bn contract in 1991, OKC has a chance at redemption in the NBA finalsSun Jun 08 2025 - 05:00
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 heritageSat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00
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 billionFri Jun 06 2025 - 07:37
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 38Thu Jun 05 2025 - 10:23
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 UKSun Jun 01 2025 - 06:00
Trump v Harvard: University faces existential battle against opponent that would have once been unimaginableThis week, the Ivy League university finds itself confronting the most serious enmity in its four-century existenceSat May 31 2025 - 05:00
Elon Musk leaves Trump’s club, yet he was never quite part of itDOGE’s special government employee rides his rocket into the sunsetFri May 30 2025 - 11:06
‘Happy Memorial Day to all, including the scum’: Trump’s mood sours over international eventsWith world stage looking distinctly complex, Trump turned to domestic matters for comfortTue May 27 2025 - 07:41
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 todaySat May 24 2025 - 05:00
Trump tariffs update: Latest from Ireland and the EU after US president’s 50% threatEuropean Union is committed to securing trade deal with US that works for all sides, says SefcovicFri May 23 2025 - 22:04
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 aircraftThu May 22 2025 - 13:01
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 USAThu May 22 2025 - 07:13
Donald Trump pressures Republicans to back his ‘big, beautiful’ tax Bill Hardline Republicans demand deeper cuts to Medicaid and other social security programmesWed May 21 2025 - 11:09
Donegal man to be deported from US following driving charge after more than 15 years in BostonMan (40) with American-born children has been living undocumented after overstaying visa waiverTue May 20 2025 - 19:02
