Democrats call out Republicans for confirming US justice in election year

At a hearing to confirm judge Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court, Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein quoted Republican Lindsey Graham's pledge that he would not support confirming a new US supreme court justice in an election year.

100 days of the Government

Political Editor of The Irish Times, Pat Leahy, reviews the beginning of Micheál Martin‘s second term as Taoiseach. Video: Dan Dennison


US and Ukraine sign minerals deal

US treasury secretary Scott Bessent announced the deal on X, saying it “signals the Trump Administration’s commitment to a free, sovereign, prosperous Ukraine."


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