Record turnout expected at US midterms as both sides ‘energised’Democrats seek to win back control of both houses of Congress as Trump rallies votersMon Nov 05 2018 - 21:21
Democrat Andrew Gillum hopes for election in Sunshine StateRepublicans fear race in Trump-backing Florida may be slipping out of their graspMon Nov 05 2018 - 01:00
Battleground state Florida key to US midterm election outcomeSenate race among tightest in US, and six House of Representatives seats in playMon Nov 05 2018 - 00:20
Stacey Abrams hopes to make history in state with oppressive legacyAfrican-American woman is Democrat’s key candidate in red-orientated GeorgiaSat Nov 03 2018 - 05:01
Democrats gear up to try to win control of House of RepresentativesAmerica Letter: Rumblings of discontent over Pelosi serving second term as speakerSat Nov 03 2018 - 01:00
US midterm elections will be an endorsement or repudiation of TrumpA priority of Republican strategists is ensuring the president does not wade into any controversy suggesting a disdain for womenFri Nov 02 2018 - 05:00
‘My mother had no choice. She had no option to parent me herself’Woman sent as infant from Cork Mother and Baby Home to US calls for document accessFri Nov 02 2018 - 01:00
Legislation may allow other mother-and-baby exhumations after TuamGovernment aware that not looking at other sites might be an issue – ZapponeThu Nov 01 2018 - 23:11
International pressure increases for an end to Yemen conflictUS calls for immediate cessation of hostilities in the region ahead of planned UN talksThu Nov 01 2018 - 01:00
Trump vows to send 15,000 troops to border to face migrantsUS president ramps up immigration rhetoric amid spat with Paul Ryan ahead of midtermsWed Oct 31 2018 - 20:40
Ross tells US forum Wada has been ‘soft’ on Russian dopingMinister for Sport criticises World Anti-Doping Agency at White House meetingWed Oct 31 2018 - 17:09
West Virginia Senate race could cement Republicans’ controlUS midterms: Donald Trump’s message has really hit home in white working-class stateWed Oct 31 2018 - 02:00
Irish-American gangster James ‘Whitey’ Bulger found deadNotorious criminal (89) believed to have been killed by inmates in West Virginia prisonWed Oct 31 2018 - 00:00
Trump states intention to revoke child citizenship rightsLegality of US president’s plan to override provisions of constitution queried by expertsTue Oct 30 2018 - 21:00
Trump blames ‘fraudulent’ media for recent violence in USPresident’s comments come in wake of fatal synagogue shooting and mail bombsMon Oct 29 2018 - 20:23
Suspicious package caught before reaching CNN headquartersBroadcaster says White House has ‘complete lack of understanding’ about media attacksMon Oct 29 2018 - 17:50
Gunman who killed 11 at US synagogue charged with murder‘Bearded heavy-set white male’ in custody and facing 29 criminal accountsMon Oct 29 2018 - 13:41
Michael Lewis: ‘The financial crisis made Donald Trump possible’In ‘The Fifth Risk’ the author explores how the president dropped the baton at the offSat Oct 27 2018 - 06:10
Why the United States’ midterm vote centres on Donald TrumpRepublicans say base fired up for November 6th; Democrats equally sure of ‘blue wave’Sat Oct 27 2018 - 06:00
US reluctance to acknowledge Holocaust key part of exhibitionAmerica Letter: Depression and report suppression dampened zeal to help WWII JewsSat Oct 27 2018 - 01:00
US pipe bombs suspect charged with five federal offencesCesar Sayoc (56) has a long criminal history and could face up to 58 years in prisonFri Oct 26 2018 - 21:07
‘I’ve never seen the US so divided’: Voters voice fears as midterms get under wayThe elections are 11 days away but an early voting system has begun in many statesFri Oct 26 2018 - 02:00
US Democrats are targeted by pipe bombsTrump issues rare call for unity as devices sent to Barack Obama and Hillary ClintonThu Oct 25 2018 - 01:00
‘Potential explosive devices’ sent to Obama and ClintonCNN headquarters in New York evacuated during live broadcast after suspicious device foundWed Oct 24 2018 - 16:31
Pennsylvania key to Democratic hopes for US midterm electionsRedrawn electoral map and Republican retirements set stage for potential upheavalWed Oct 24 2018 - 01:00
Trump warns he could deploy military to halt migrant caravanUS president says people walking across Mexico ‘are not suitable. I’m not letting them in’Tue Oct 23 2018 - 22:14
Humble offices and tech behind Democrats’ $1.4bn war chestNon-profit organisation ActBlue has become a powerhouse for the party’s fundraisingSat Oct 20 2018 - 05:01
Missouri ‘homecoming’ boosts sport, sentiment and coffersAmerica Letter: City of Columbia holds annual shindig amid concerns over college sportsSat Oct 20 2018 - 01:00
Saudi regime will face ‘severe’ consequences if behind Khashoggi disappearanceTrump admits it ‘certainly looks’ as if journalist is dead as diplomats pull out of summitThu Oct 18 2018 - 21:42
Pompeo offers Saudi Arabia time to investigate Khashoggi disappearanceReports of audio recordings indicate journalist suffered of gruesome deathWed Oct 17 2018 - 21:23
Trump: ‘Answers will be forthcoming’ over vanished KhashoggiRepublican Sentaor Lindsey Graham rails against ‘rogue prince’ Mohammed bin SalmanTue Oct 16 2018 - 21:37
Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test release fuels speculation of presidential runMassachusetts senator’s test shows ‘strong evidence’ of her Native American heritageMon Oct 15 2018 - 21:37
Trump flip-flopping over Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearanceUS president takes phone call from King Salman and appears to accept Saudi denialsMon Oct 15 2018 - 20:37
The anti-Trump: Could this Obama-style Texan turn the tide?Democrats hope Beto O’Rourke will beat Ted Cruz to the Senate in the US mid-termsSat Oct 13 2018 - 06:00
Jared Kushner left in an awkward spot by journalist’s disappearanceAmerica Letter: Trump’s son-in-law and adviser has cultivated links with Saudi regimeSat Oct 13 2018 - 01:00
Kanye West says he ‘loves’ Trump at White House lunchUS rapper says wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ hat makes him feel like SupermanThu Oct 11 2018 - 21:40
Actor Gabriel Byrne helps break ground for new Irish Arts Centre in New YorkState-of-the-art building on 11th Avenue could be ready by 2020Thu Oct 11 2018 - 21:24
Stock market fall triggers anti-Fed comments from TrumpUS president criticises Federal Reserve policy as ‘ridiculous’ and ‘out of control’Thu Oct 11 2018 - 21:07
Kavanaugh confirmation will energise Democrat voters, says pollUS Wrap: Survey counters Trump’s claim that more Republicans will turn out for mid-termsWed Oct 10 2018 - 21:44
White House officials surprised by Haley resignationDonald Trump praises US ambassador to UN, who is to leave her post by end of the yearTue Oct 09 2018 - 16:15
Trump apologises to Kavanaugh for ‘terrible pain and suffering’Newly-confirmed supreme court justice spends first day in job, hearing three casesTue Oct 09 2018 - 07:59
President Trump congratulates ‘great nominee’ Brett KavanaughSenate backs Trump nominee after vote is interrupted by screaming protestersSat Oct 06 2018 - 23:01
Hopes rise of new visa agreement with US for Irish citizensEasing restrictions on Americans retiring to Ireland part of likely dealSat Oct 06 2018 - 02:00
Southern discomfort and the removal of confederate statuesFormer New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu has no regrets about his initiativeSat Oct 06 2018 - 01:00
Kavanaugh in line for US supreme court confirmationSusan Collins’s pledge of support should ensure Trump’s nominee has required votesFri Oct 05 2018 - 22:00
Brett Kavanaugh moves a step closer to US supreme courtTwo key Republicans indicate they will support controversial judge’s nominationFri Oct 05 2018 - 08:02
Mike Pence hits out at China over election meddlingSeven Russian nationals charged with hacking nuclear and anti-doping facilitiesThu Oct 04 2018 - 22:12
Republican senators condemn Trump’s attack on Blasey FordPresident’s remarks on Kavanaugh sexual assault accuser labelled ‘appalling’Wed Oct 03 2018 - 22:30
Trump’s tax affairs to be investigated by New York authoritiesMove follows newspaper report regarding the US president’s business practicesWed Oct 03 2018 - 21:32
Trump mocks woman who accused Kavanaugh at rallyChristine Blasey Ford’s attorney calls the remarks a ‘vicious, vile and soulless attack’Wed Oct 03 2018 - 06:39
