The only surprise is that Donald Trump’s hawkish national security adviser, John Bolton, survived as long as he did, but there are plenty of hyper-conservative TV pundits available and eager to replace him
If nothing else, impeachment proceedings would bring clarity and cohesion to a chaotic Congressional investigative process
While the Democratic leadership is reluctant to move against Trump, party members are determined that continuing criminal investigations into the president will prove that there are grounds for impeachment
Failed attempts to deal with migration across the southern border of the US have led to a partisan conflict between draconian and humanitarian solutions, and endless misery for immigrants and refugees
In a small desert town near the Mexican border, hippies and Trump-supporting cowboys are united in their resistance to the violent militias who target unarmed migrants
Increased fencing along the US-Mexico border means more migrants are risking their lives by trying to cross through remote desert areas. Thousands are dying doing so and the humanitarian groups who try to help them face criminal charges
Trump’s policies have caused chaos for border guards and shocking conditions for asylum seekers at the detention centres in Tijuana and El Paso, just south of the border between the US and Mexico
The new US attorney general, William Barr, is the latest high-profile appointment to flout legal and political conventions under the instructions of his president. Seasoned observers do not expect Barr’s stint in cabinet to end well
It delivered the 2000 and 2016 US presidential elections to George W Bush and Donald Trump in hugely controversial style. But now the electoral college system is coming under sustained attack
The dream of some Democrats - a Trump impeachment - may be over. But the party is likely to be thankful for that eventually
Myths about the Mueller investigation abound. Marion McKeone dispels five of the most common ones
The Mueller report on alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election that sensationally swept Donald Trump into the White House failed to produce a smoking gun. But many more questions remain to be answered
UCD-trained immigration lawyer Fiona McEntee, who moved to Chicago in 2005, was there in the Trump administration’s early days fighting the ‘Muslim ban’ and continues to work, speak and mentor on some of the nation’s most heartrending cases
From media darling and potential Democrats candidate to facing accusations of fraud and extortion, it has been a dramatic fall from grace for Stormy Daniels’ charismatic former lawyer Michael Avenatti
The long-awaited report by Robert Mueller into alleged Russian ties to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign is complete - and it’s already being dismissed as a damp squib
