US Politics US shutdown would ‘make Republican hand weaker’ - McCarthyUS House Speaker says government shutdown would be self-defeating for GOP
Analysis Elaine Byrne: Biden should have the courage to not run again, despite his excellent recordBy any objective measure, Joe Biden has been a very effective president – but most Americans, on both sides of the aisle, see his age as a liability
US Politics Marion McKeone: Biden deftly ducks as auto unions test their cloutWorried about blue-collar tilt to right, president backs UAW which is angling for slice of pie as Big Three record bumper profits
US Politics Republican speaker Kevin McCarthy launches impeachment probe against US President Joe BidenIf House Republicans succeed in impeaching Biden, he would be the fourth impeached US president
US Politics Marion McKeone: Democrats race to reboot Harris to boost Biden’s chance of election successWith 77 per cent of Americans thinking the current President is too old for the job, they need to know that the vice president is up to par
US US Catch-up: Wall Street looks to coax workers back to officeEverything you need to know for the week ahead in the US
US Politics Marion McKeone: Far right Republicans demand Biden impeachment with threats of government shutdownThe Freedom Caucus group claims the US president used his vice presidency to benefit his son Hunter’s business interests, despite there being no evidence to this effect
US Politics Trump’s lawyers to request trial to be delayed until 2026A start date of January 2 2024 has been proposed by special counsel Jack Sith
US US Catch-up: Presidential hopefuls beg, borrow and deal for campaign donationsEverything you need to know for the week ahead in the US
Stock Take Shareholders to get a smaller slice as CRH chases growth Building materials giant reaping benefits of Biden’s $1 trillion Inflation Reduction Act but plans to spend cash on opportunities in US and Europe
Companies Subsidy war would pose serious threat to Ireland’s FDI successThe move by policymakers in Europe and the US to use subsidies to attract new investment needs a careful diplomatic response
IDA Subsidy wars: Ireland faces fierce global competition as international rivals pile onUS president Joe Biden’s US Inflation Reduction Act and Chips and Science Act have given rise to a high-stakes subsidy race between developed economies
Stock Take CRH’s New York move could prove prescient and profitable This year looks like being another solid one for the construction materials company, but its long-term growth prospects are even better
US US Catch-up: Trump at the fair and Bitcoin in limboSome things you need to know for the week ahead in the US
Marion McKeone in America Analysis: Ramp-up of probe into Hunter Biden a body blow to JoeAttorney general’s granting of special counsel powers for investigation into president’s son means the controversy will be to the forefront of the 2024 presidential election campaign
Marion McKeone in America Donald Trump’s legal dramas have drowned out Joe Biden’s solid economic resultsBy most measures the US economy is doing very well, but the message doesn’t seem to be cutting through the noise
International Relations Biden fears China’s economy is ‘ticking time bomb' posing danger to worldThe US president fears China may pass its problems onto trading partners
US Politics Donald Trump charged for efforts to overturn 2020 electionFormer US president denies any wrongdoing as he leads the field of Republicans seeking the 2024 presidential nomination
US Politics Oversight Committee awaits ‘explosive’ testimony of ‘star witness’ Devon ArcherRepublicans’ obsession with the ‘Biden Crime Family’ encompasses three separate investigations and sensational claims of past presidential malfeasance – but so far no conclusive evidence has emerged
Letter From America Marion McKeone: Why country music singer Jason Aldean has friends in low places The singer, who is a January 6 conspiracy theorist and an election denier, claims to have been unaware that the video for his hit single Try That in a Small Town was shot at the site of one of the nation’s worst race-violence atrocities
