Nadine O‘Regan is joined by US correspondent Marion McKeone to discuss what the US president knew about Covid-19 and when

As the coronavirus rages through the city, its first responders are falling seriously ill in their droves – and all the while, President Donald Trump continues to downplay the growing crisis

Nadine O‘Regan is joined by US correspondent Marion McKeone for the latest episode of The Coronavirus Ireland Podcast

Hospitals in the worst affected areas of the US warned that within ten days they would be completely overwhelmed, but the US president continued to withhold funds for essential equipment while taking swipes at political opponents and promising to open business by Easter

As he prepares to face Joe Biden in November, the US president knows the election will effectively be a referendum on his handling of the Covid-19 crisis

Public health experts are warning that America’s deaths from the coronavirus will outpace Italy, as the federal government finally comes to the realisation that it is far behind where it should be at this point

Every time Donald Trump spoke on the Covid-19 crisis last week, the stock markets plunged by another point

Recently fired as Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney is now on his way to Belfast – but there are concerns about his suitability for the job

The American president has personally promised Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that he will ‘get this done’ in the face of opposition in the US Senate

In the teeth of the coronavirus crisis, the Taoiseach turned a potentially fraught trip to Washington DC into a welcome break from the many political challenges he faces at home

As most of the remaining Democratic presidential hopefuls dropped out of the race last week, two elderly men, wild card Bernie Sanders and establishment favourite Joe Biden, were left to continue the fight

The US government may have been slow to deal with the coronavirus outbreak, but people are voting with their feet, as leading music festivals are being cancelled, Disney theme parks remain closed or empty, and film releases are being delayed

As the 2020 presidential race heats up, Donald Trump’s children are all on hand to helping their father’s re-election campaign – but with one eye on 2024, the fight to be successor is already underway, and Donald Trump jr has already come out swinging

The billionaire tycoon has spent $5 million per day on his presidential campaign to date, but is set to be eclipsed by the considerably less wealthy Bernie Sanders on Super Tuesday

A youthful and fiercely loyal support base is propelling Bernie Sanders far ahead of his moderate centrist rivals — to the horror of many establishment grandees in the Democratic Party

Despite a belated show of independence, the US attorney general has been a willing pawn in Trump’s interference in criminal investigations being carried out by the Department of Justice

Belfast actor Jenn Murray is named as one to watch by producer JJ Abrams

Democrats could have done the state some service by challenging Trump’s refusal to cooperate with the impeachment trial in the courts, instead they quickly pushed the process through in the hope of humiliating the president. The strategy backfired

The only thing that was clear in Iowa was that the Democrats do not yet have a strong candidate for the presidency, which leaves room for an outsider to make an impression

To the Democrats’ shock, as the US primary race pulls into the crucial state of Iowa, Bernie Sanders is pulling out in front of the pack, outpacing not only Warren and Klobuchar, but the party’s near-assumptive nominee Joe Biden