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Gareth O'Callaghan: Will RFK Jr’s health policies be as dangerous as his conspiracy theories?
Gareth O'Callaghan: Will RFK Jr’s health policies be as dangerous as his conspiracy theories?
Apart from being the quintessential covid protester, he believes the CIA has infiltrated the US media, and that pesticides in drinking water are creating ‘sexual dysphoria’ in young men

Sat, 30 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
FBI investigating ‘numerous bomb threats’ against Donald Trump's administration nominees
Swatting entails generating an emergency law enforcement response against a target victim under false pretences

Wed, 27 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
Trump threatens to impose sweeping new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
The tariffs, if implemented, could dramatically raise prices on everything from gas to automobiles

Tue, 26 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
US special counsel moves to dismiss 2020 election interference and classified documents cases against Donald Trump
The move amounts to a predictable but nonetheless stunning conclusion to a criminal case that just one year ago had been seen as the most perilous legal threat that he faced

Mon, 25 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
Trump hush-money case sentencing postponed indefinitely after election win
Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing Trump’s case, did not provide a new sentencing date in his scheduling order

Fri, 22 Nov, 2024

Linda McMahon
Donald Trump picks former WWE executive Linda McMahon to lead education department
Trump also selected Dr Mehmet Oz, a former talk show host, to head the agency that oversees health insurance programmes

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

Sean Duffy,Steven Mnuchin
Trump picks former congressman and Fox host Sean Duffy as transport secretary
US President-elect said he was naming former congressman and Fox host Sean Duffy as his nominee for transportation secretary, as he continues to roll out picks for his Cabinet.

Tue, 19 Nov, 2024

Judge strikes down US state’s abortion bans, pill prohibition to end pregnancy
Judge strikes down US state’s abortion bans, pill prohibition to end pregnancy
Teton County District Judge Melissa Owens’ ruling was consistent with her three previous orders over the past two-and-a-half years to block the laws disputed in court

Tue, 19 Nov, 2024

Central Bank Governor: 'Premature' to assume Trump's impact on economy
Central Bank Governor: 'Premature' to assume Trump's impact on economy
'The fragmentation of the global economy did not start this year. It's unlikely to conclude next year'

Mon, 18 Nov, 2024

John Whelan: Ireland's pharma sector is braced for upheaval after RFK appointment
John Whelan: Ireland's pharma sector is braced for upheaval after RFK appointment
The thing that keeps pharmaceutical executives awake at night is the Trump appointment of Robert F Kennedy Jr to head up the healthcare portfolio

Mon, 18 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
Picking Robert F Kennedy for health job reveals Donald Trump’s conspiracy-laden agenda
He says his goal is to ‘make America healthy again’. But behind the laudable slogan, there’s a morass of crackpot theories

Mon, 18 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump meets with first world leader since US election victory
Donald Trump meets with first world leader since US election victory
Donald Trump met on Thursday at his Mar-a-Lago club with Argentina’s President Javier Milei, the first foreign leader to meet with the president-elect since his victory in last week’s election.

Fri, 15 Nov, 2024

Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary
Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr as health secretary
US President-elect Donald Trump has said he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Fri, 15 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump visit to the island of Ireland
Scott Lucas: Yes, Donald Trump is a threat to Ireland’s security
Let’s be clear: this is not an overreaction or a partisan swipe — the threat to Ireland is real

Thu, 14 Nov, 2024

Cork city councillors reject calls to invite Donald Trump to Leeside
Cork city councillors reject calls to invite Donald Trump to Leeside
Fine Gael Cllr Damian Boylan led cross-party opposition to the motion, saying Trump and Kennedy had demonstrated 'morally repugnant' behaviour

Thu, 14 Nov, 2024

Leaving Certificate results
Irish Examiner view: Bigger issues in education than projects
For all its faults, the Leaving Certificate is a relatively level playing field for all those who take the exams

Thu, 14 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump Campaigns For President In Raleigh, North Carolina
US election pollsters were a lot closer than people think
Even the smallest error in one direction or the other from the anticipated tight contest was bound to create the impression they had got it ‘wrong’

Wed, 13 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
Donald Trump victory sees surge in US citizens searching Irish property website
Spike in enthusiasm for emigration echoes the interest Americans showed towards moving abroad after Mr Trump won the presidency back in 2016.

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

Irish woman in line for top role in Donald Trump's administration
Irish woman in line for top role in Donald Trump's administration
UCD law graduate Gail Slater is being considered for a top antitrust job

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

Trump says new Senate Republican leader must change appointment rules
Trump says new Senate Republican leader must change appointment rules
Days before Senate Republicans pick their new leader, Donald Trump is pressuring the candidates to change the rules and empower him to appoint some nominees without a Senate vote.

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

Kamala Harris
S Terry Prone: The problem with Democrats? They like to lecture but don’t listen
What may inhibit a good reset is that Democrats, much as we may prefer them to the Republicans, are lousy at examining their own conscience

Mon, 11 Nov, 2024

Pardons, deportations and tariffs – Can Trump achieve his day one to-do list?
Pardons, deportations and tariffs – Can Trump achieve his day one to-do list?
Donald Trump has said he will not be a dictator – “except for day one”. According to his own statements, he has got a lot to do on that first day in the White House.

Sun, 10 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
Trump projected to win Arizona after linking Harris to record border crossings
Donald Trump is projected to win the swing state of Arizona, returning the state and its 11 electoral votes to the Republican column after Joe Biden’s victory in 2020.

Sun, 10 Nov, 2024

Colin Sheridan: Little sympathy for our reliance on the US dollar
Colin Sheridan: Little sympathy for our reliance on the US dollar
By virtue of our decades-long subservience, we have become utterly beholden to America

Sat, 09 Nov, 2024

Joe Biden
Biden and Trump to meet in White House on Wednesday
US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump will meet on Wednesday in the Oval Office, the White House has said. Such a meeting is traditional between the outgoing president and the incoming president.

Sat, 09 Nov, 2024

Séamas O'Reilly: How did Trump win the US election — and how did Harris lose?
Séamas O'Reilly: How did Trump win the US election — and how did Harris lose?
"I am not in the business of rehabilitating the image of Trump voters — the combined ranks of the American media have spent nearly 10 years doing enough of that already — but this is too simple an explanation for what appears to have happened."

Sat, 09 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump Holds Campaign Rally At Madison Square Garden In NYC
Donald Trump’s ‘new star’ Elon Musk set to shine more brightly
Elon Musk’s contribution to Donald Trump’s return to the White House will reap benefits for the Tesla chief executive and world’s richest person, writes Dan Milmo

Sat, 09 Nov, 2024

President Michael D Higgins writes to congratulate Donald Trump on election win
President Michael D Higgins writes to congratulate Donald Trump on election win
Donald Trump achieved a resounding victory in the US election earlier this week, winning both the electoral college and the popular vote.

Fri, 08 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump,Susie Wiles
President-elect Trump names Susie Wiles as chief of staff, first woman in role
Ms Wiles is widely credited within and outside Mr Trump’s inner circle for running what was, by far, his most disciplined and well-executed campaign

Fri, 08 Nov, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: The Democratic Party failed to separate political language from poetry
S Jennifer Horgan: The Democratic Party failed to separate political language from poetry
Democrats have expected poetry to hold their messaging for far too long, and they are losing voters, particularly working-class voters

Fri, 08 Nov, 2024

Joe Biden
Biden urges Americans to 'bring down the temperature', pledges peaceful transition to Trump
Mr Biden was speaking from the Rose Garden at the White House after Democrat Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Calvin Woodward: Donald Trump promised upheaval and that's what US voters chose
Calvin Woodward: Donald Trump promised upheaval and that's what US voters chose
During the election campaign, Donald Trump made it clear he intends to tear down key pillars of US democracy including its non-political civil service and independent justice system

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

European leaders call for stronger defence after Trump’s US presidential election win
European leaders call for stronger defence after Trump’s US presidential election win
The European Political Community met on Thursday in Hungary’s capital Budapest 

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
Trump win worries international partners ahead of Cop29 climate summit
Donald Trump, who has called climate change a hoax, has said he plans to withdraw the US from the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
The six issues at the top of Donald Trump's agenda
Through more than a year of policy pronouncements and written statements Trump has prepared an agenda that will roll back on many of Joe Biden's policies

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
Scott Lucas: Trump loaded the gun, but America fired it. Will we recover from the injury?
We will now have days of navel-gazing by much of the US media, writes Scott Lucas

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
Mick Clifford: Does Donald Trump want to reshape America or get even? 
His first term has shown that he considers office an opportunity to make money rather than sacrifice anything in the name of public service or the common good

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Taoiseach plays down fears on economic impact of Trump presidency
Taoiseach plays down fears on economic impact of Trump presidency
Simon Harris sought to calm growing concern surrounding Ireland's trade relationship with the US

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Joe Biden
Joe Biden set to address nation after Trump's decisive US election win
Speaking on Wednesday Harris attempted to console the voters who had hoped she would become the first woman to win the White House. 

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
Mike Pompeo, RFK Jr… and Elon Musk? Who could be in Donald Trump’s new administration
We take a look at those who may find roles in the cabinet and wider administration when Trump takes office

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Kamala Harris
How much did Kamala Harris's Gaza policy contribute to her election loss? 
Minutes before Vice President Kamala Harris conceded defeat Senator Bernie Sanders contended that the campaign failed to deal with three critical issues: wealth inequality, healthcare and Palestine

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
'American dread': How the world media reacted to Donald Trump's victory
The Republican nominee will return to the White House after a crushing defeat of Democratic nominee Kamala Harris 

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

The Mick Clifford Podcast: What can we expect from Donald Trump's presidency?
The Mick Clifford Podcast: What can we expect from Donald Trump's presidency?
Scott Lucas, Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute in UCD, joins the podcast

 Listen | Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

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One World Broadcast 2020
US presenter Jimmy Kimmel tears up during opening monologue about Trump victory
The comedian led US late-night chat show hosts offering their reaction after Mr Trump defeated Kamala Harris in the 2024 election

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
Irish Examiner view: Impact of Donald Trump’s win will be felt globally
It is difficult to see the defeat of Democrat nominee Kamala Harris as anything other than a catastrophe

Thu, 07 Nov, 2024

Harris focuses on future in speech conceding US presidential election to Donald Trump
Harris focuses on future in speech conceding US presidential election to Donald Trump
Mr Trump appears on track to win the popular vote — even after two impeachments, felony convictions and his attempt to overturn his previous election loss.

Wed, 06 Nov, 2024

US-VOTE-POLITICS-HARRIS
As it happened: Harris concedes US presidential election to Trump, promises 'peaceful transfer of power'
Shortly after 10.30am, Wisconsin declared for Trump - thus pushing him over the 270 mark to get him back in the White House

Wed, 06 Nov, 2024

Donald Trump
Donald Trump receives congratulatory calls from world leaders and invitation to White House
Mr Trump was keeping a low profile, staying out of the public eye after addressing supporters in Florida during the early hours of Wednesda.

Wed, 06 Nov, 2024

Disappointed, steadfast, heartbroken: A varied Capitol Hill carries on
Disappointed, steadfast, heartbroken: A varied Capitol Hill carries on
Politics is far-reaching and widely contrasting. Why, who, and how it impacts is not simple

Wed, 06 Nov, 2024

Elaine Loughlin: Donald Trump's win pushes Ireland's economy centre stage in general election 
Elaine Loughlin: Donald Trump's win pushes Ireland's economy centre stage in general election 
Irish voters will see a new focus on protecting Ireland's economy, now that the US has elected a president who pledges to cut US corporation tax and bring American multinationals home

Wed, 06 Nov, 2024

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