Matt Gaetz, the Florida Congressman and a rising star in the Republican Party, is embroiled in a sex-trafficking scandal that threatens to consume his career

The new US president’s populism is proving surprisingly popular with non-Democrats. But what will it ultimately mean for Ireland?

With no votes and no senators, Washington, DC’s non-state status has long been an issue for its 712,000 permanent residents

From climate change to gun control, and the increasing numbers gathering on the country’s border, US president Joe Biden has a daunting list of issues to tackle

The US president has repeatedly condemned the scapegoating of Asian Americans for the coronavirus pandemic

The American president’s decision to reopen the US-Mexico border to unaccompanied minors has been greeted with fury by Republicans

Republicans will find it hard to oppose policies that are putting money back into people’s purses and tackling the pandemic, while Democrats dare to dream of an era of reform

Hailed as a hero last year for his initial handling of the pandemic, Governor Andrew Cuomo is now fighting for his political life in the face of a sexual harassment scandal and allegations of coronavirus death tolls being manipulated

The $1.9 trillion Covid-19 relief package has endured a difficult path through the US Senate in recent days

Flanked by a life-sized golden statue of Donald Trump, attendees at the CPAC convention in Florida flout Covid rules and fulminate against the socialist tyrant Joe Biden as well as their less gung-ho Republican colleagues

Using a crisis that includes an imploding power grid and a brutal snow storm as a reason to embark on a five-star holiday is not one of the optional responses outlined in any political manual, as Texas Senator Ted Cruz found out last week

The speed at which Biden has dropped his bipartisan approach in order to get the Democrats’ recovery plan approved has taken political observers by surprise

Democrats view the second impeachment of the former US president as a way to ensure that Donald Trump will never again have the chance to hold a public position, while Republicans see an opportunity to divert attention away from the new administration

With the new US president one of the last Irish-American political heavyweights, we must ensure that our relationship with the US is ready for the future, not stuck in the past

The selling out by Trump of the people of Western Sahara as pawns in a bigger game, ironically, may have boosted their cause, after years of stagnation

Rumours of the party-state’s ascendancy and its decline have been equally exaggerated. It is just flexing its considerable muscle

There is much speculation about what’s next for the Trumps and, at Camp David, the family would have discussed politics, business and, no doubt, upcoming legal challenges

It’s swings and roundabouts as incoming US president Joe Biden looks set to reap the benefits of the newly available vaccines, while Trump took credit for Obama/Biden’s work in rebuilding the economy

Trump’s mendacious claims of electoral fraud not only further demean him, but also damage the USA’s global image and the cause of liberal democracy everywhere

The US is sleepwalking into a constitutional crisis, as Trump aided by his sidekick, the erratic lawyer Rudy Giuliani, continue their power grab