America Letter: Martin Luther King’s children fight over legacyCivil right activist’s family embroiled in court battle over his Nobel prize medal and BibleSat Jan 17 2015 - 06:26
David Drumm appeals after US judge denies bankruptcy claimDrumm files legal papers seeking to overturn last week’s ruling by US bankruptcy judgeSat Jan 17 2015 - 03:00
Sean Dunne and his wife face new US court actionUS bankruptcy trustee and Nama unite to sue over transferred assetsFri Jan 16 2015 - 08:04
House Republicans vote to stop Obama’s immigration actionsRepublicans also vote to unpick 2012 policy shielding hundreds of thousands more brought to US as childrenWed Jan 14 2015 - 20:22
Mitt Romney may seek Republican presidential nominationObama’s opponent in 2012 election hints at joining Jeb Bush in race to be GOP candidateTue Jan 13 2015 - 18:01
US admits it erred by not sending senior figure to Paris marchObama’s spokesman acknowledges rare mistake over no-show of leader at rallyTue Jan 13 2015 - 06:35
US military Twitter feed 'hacked by Islamic State'Pentagon taking ‘appropriate measures’ after messages threatening soldiers published onlineMon Jan 12 2015 - 20:05
David Drumm may face criminal charges in USJudge’s finding in bankruptcy trial could be basis for prosecutionSat Jan 10 2015 - 06:20
US officials investigate blast at civil rights office in ColoradoFBI says it is considering whether this was act of domestic terrorSat Jan 10 2015 - 01:03
More back-slapping than back-stabbing at start of new US CongressBiden takes selfies with teens while Boehner forces smiles with Republican rebelsSat Jan 10 2015 - 01:01
Brothers in ‘Charlie Hebdo’ shootings were on US watch-listChérif and Said Kouachi were on American database of known or suspected terroristsSat Jan 10 2015 - 00:05
Canadian parliament hero to be next ambassador to IrelandSergeant-at-arms Kevin Vickers killed Ottawa gunman during incident in OctoberFri Jan 09 2015 - 08:08
Empowered Republicans tackle Obamacare in new CongressOpponents claim length of working week imposes too many costs on businessesFri Jan 09 2015 - 01:00
US judge damns David Drumm with withering wordsEx-Anglo chief on hook for millions in debts as ruling shatters his ‘so stupid’ defenceThu Jan 08 2015 - 09:47
David Drumm exposed to actions over debts and liesEx-Anglo chief faces possible litigation by creditors after losing bankruptcy bidThu Jan 08 2015 - 00:19
David Drumm faces financial ruin after judge rejects ‘so stupid’ defenceAnalysis: judge says former banker ‘adept in testimony intended to deflect, misdirect, avoid, fabricate’Wed Jan 07 2015 - 09:05
What next for Drumm? Possible further litigation over his debtsA denial of discharge means the ex-Anglo chief is exposed to further creditor actionsWed Jan 07 2015 - 07:11
Obama would veto Keystone oil pipelineProject passed by new Republican-led CongressWed Jan 07 2015 - 01:01
Full text: David Drumm judgment at US bankruptcy courtFormer Anglo Irish bank chief denied write-off of more than €19m in debtsWed Jan 07 2015 - 00:17
David Drumm ‘not remotely credible’, says US judgeDamning judgment of former Anglo Irish Bank chief strips him of chance for clean financial startTue Jan 06 2015 - 23:22
Rift between Bill de Blasio and police officers widensFall in number of arrests and summonses in New York may be sign of anger after killingsTue Jan 06 2015 - 21:41
Boston Marathon bomb suspect had death penalty deal rejectedLawyers start picking jury in trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (21) from pool of 1,200 peopleTue Jan 06 2015 - 09:07
Republicans take control in new US CongressKeystone pipeline and environment will be first battleground issues with ObamaTue Jan 06 2015 - 01:00
Barack Obama may give GOP a taste of their own medicineWith his legacy at stake, US president has choice: block or play role of compromiserWed Dec 31 2014 - 07:55
Bush assured Irish State Shannon not used for rendition flightsMinisters said they could not know if US planes in Shannon moved prisoners to torture areasMon Dec 22 2014 - 01:00
Clinton research trove reveals golden memories of IrelandAmerica Letter: former aides recall early days of peace process for history projectSat Dec 20 2014 - 01:00
A tale of two brothers separated for 44 yearsWhen Frank Snellings visited Ireland to search for his birth mother, he discovered a sibling he never knew he hadFri Dec 19 2014 - 15:30
US-Cuba to ‘cut loose the shackles of the past’Obama calls time on five-decade policy of isolation and for a new approach to HavanaThu Dec 18 2014 - 01:00
Obama hails ‘new chapter’ in relations with CubaCastro praises policy changes as US president plans to end ‘outdated’ 50-year isolationWed Dec 17 2014 - 20:57
Jeb Bush candidacy move fires up White House raceSon and brother of former Bush presidents says he will ‘actively explore’ possible candidacyWed Dec 17 2014 - 07:08
Microsoft’s rivals back bid to block access to Dublin serversApple and Cisco among firms supporting software giant’s attempt to shield Irish dataTue Dec 16 2014 - 01:01
Sony Pictures goes on offensive over cyber break-inEmails label Leonardo DiCaprio decision ‘despicable’ and reveal fragile ClooneyTue Dec 16 2014 - 01:01
‘Our kids are always pre-judged - it shouldn’t be that way’Major protests in Washington and New York over police killings of unarmed black menSun Dec 14 2014 - 17:15
Hollywood executives’ emails reveal unthinking racismBreaches of etiquette hit the US in the past week, first with Will and Kate and then president ObamaSat Dec 13 2014 - 12:42
Wall Street and Republicans winners as budget deal passesDemocrats forced to compromise on budget to avoid shutdownSat Dec 13 2014 - 01:00
US House passes $1.1 trillion budget to avoid shutdownSpending bill narrowly approved following White House lobbying and in-party fightingFri Dec 12 2014 - 11:28
US military flights ‘not checked in Shannon’, says pilotUS pilot who flew armed people to CIA jails in Kabul was not inspected on Irish stopoversFri Dec 12 2014 - 01:00
Senate report on CIA torture ‘full of crap’, says Dick Cheney‘Unknowable’ if methods produced vital intelligence, says CIA director John BrennanThu Dec 11 2014 - 19:24
UN official calls for prosecution of CIA torturersInternational condemnation follows findings of US Senate intelligence committeeThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:00
US prosecutions unlikely as Obama juggles CIA torture falloutPresident remains neutral on whether interrogation techniques saved livesThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:00
US prosecutions unlikely as Obama juggles CIA torture fall-outRefusing to take sides, president avoids debate on whether brutal measures saved livesThu Dec 11 2014 - 01:00
CIA lied over interrogations that amounted to tortureInterrogations did not lead to information that foiled attacks, Senate report findsWed Dec 10 2014 - 09:57
Shannon played vital logistical role in rendition circuits, say researchersUp to 27 CIA detainee trips identified may have involved stopovers at Irish airportsWed Dec 10 2014 - 09:12
Simon Carswell: Report leaves little doubt that US tortured detaineesSenate investigation found that, contrary to claims, CIA interrogations failed to save livesWed Dec 10 2014 - 01:00
US braced for backlash on release of CIA torture reportSenate panel set to publish long-awaited critique of Bush-era interrogation tacticsTue Dec 09 2014 - 01:00
America Letter: Pigs and Nazis mark curious times in American politicsNew Jersey governor Chris Christie halts hog crate ban as Congress seeks to block Nazi paymentsSat Dec 06 2014 - 09:13
Dunne blames high costs for giving up fight to escape debtsUS bankruptcy court approves developer’s application to waive write-off of €700mSat Dec 06 2014 - 08:55
Anger over police killings spills on to America’s streets‘We can’t breathe,’ chant protesters as NYC choke-hold death puts justice in the dockFri Dec 05 2014 - 21:01
Decision not to charge police over killings ignites US race debateReported data shows few indictments against police over on-duty deathsFri Dec 05 2014 - 10:02
Pragmatism is key determinant of US-China relationsObama prefers to be straight with Beijing – be it about trade or human rightsThu Dec 04 2014 - 22:00
