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Marion McKeone: This year’s St Patrick’s US visit was all about the North

The 2023 St Patrick’s visit to the White House and Capitol Hill centred on the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement – and the barriers to forward movement on the Windsor framework

Biden prepares for battle with GOP over tax hikes for billionaires

A collapsed bank and contested budget will add up to a challenging week on a few fronts for Joe Biden

Marion McKeone: Ireland’s high profile at Oscars provides perfect backdrop to showcase talent

With this year’s 14 nominations surpassing all previous records, LA is awash with Irish actors, writers and directors partying and networking in equal measure. Meanwhile, plans are being finalised for St Patrick’s Day events in Washington DC and New York

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Marion McKeone: Starting gun for Republican primary campaign distinctly lacking in calibre

Republican no-shows at this year’s CPAC gathering are feeding conjecture that the GOP is looking to weaken an association that has become an instrument for Donald Trump – whose victory in the 2024 primaries is by no means assured

Marion McKeone: GOP gathering comes with plenty of sound and fury, but not the crowds

A fiery but ill-attended Conservative Political Action Conference 2023 struggles to stay relevant as the GOP’s heavy hitters opt to speak elsewhere

‘We expect this to go to the Supreme Court’: inside the Fox News/Dominion defamation lawsuit

Dominion claims Fox defamed the company by repeating baseless claims that its voting machines and services were used to steal the election from former president Donald Trump

Marion McKeone: Biden attains world leader status, but is it enough to impress US voters?

Joe Biden’s staunch support of Ukraine is driven by his determination to leave a strong legacy. But public support for involvement in the war is waning, the 2024 election is not far off, and where the Republicans stand on it is anyone’s guess

Why toxic train crashes may prove unhealthy for Biden’s prospects

Two crashes only a fortnight apart spewed dangerous chemicals on to land and into waterways in Ohio and Detroit, drawing attention to the effects of cutbacks on railway services

Marion McKeone: Misogyny mob out in force as Nikki Haley gets first in line for White House bid

Trump leads the chorus of condescension as the former UN ambassador declares she is seeking the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidency, but it’s thought Haley could take votes from Ron DeSantis, thus favouring Trump

Book review: The Fight of His Life is a well sourced insight into Biden’s White House

Author Chris Whipple’s authoritative analysis of US President Biden’s first two years in office focuses on the essential but often tedious political horse-trading that has been a hallmark of his presidency

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Editorial: Weather balloon incident reveals serious chill factor in new cold war

Postponement of the first US diplomatic trip to China in four years was an over-reaction and a missed opportunity for rapprochement

Marion McKeone: Biden fighting the law of diminishing returns as his presidency enters part two

Biden is losing a legendary chief of staff just as his ageing presidency is facing into the headwinds of a debt crisis and the venom of the GOP

Marion McKeone: Republicans seeking revenge for Trump have Hunter Biden firmly in their sights

Apart from its obsession with the US president’s son, the real objective of the ‘Biden Family Investigation’ appears to be to flood Joe Biden’s administration with a deluge of harmful allegations, distract the president and sink any bid for a second term

Analysis: Car-crash viewing as Elon Musk drives Tesla and Twitter into tricky territory

A lawsuit taken by investors in his car company is just one of several issues coming back to bite the billionaire entrepreneur as shares continue to plummet at the social media company he bought for $44 billion

Why George Santos, the Republicans’ latest clown, is likely to survive a season of pie-throwing

The US congressman has faced questions over his education, his qualifications, his employment, the source of his finances and the source of his income, yet is set to hold onto his seat in the House of Representatives

Marion McKeone: Biden’s misstep in handling of classifed documents throws Trump followers a meaty bone

A week after the House speaker fiasco, the spotlight has turned on the US president after classified documents were found in his home in Delaware

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Editorial: GOP infighting symptomatic of a toxic hangover from Trump years

The former US president left a compromised, discredited and factionalised Republican Party in his wake

Marion McKeone: McCarthy realises his dream, but it’s likely already a nightmare

After 14 failed attempts to become house speaker, Kevin McCarthy’s concessions to the far right have eroded his power so much that the Republican-controlled congress may prove impossible to govern

Marion McKeone: US will continue its dance at the edge of democracy next year

With Trump tilting for the White House again, pursued by three criminal indictments, and the country’s legal pillars crumbling under the weight of right-wing political expediency, it will be more of the same car crash politics in 2023

Marion McKeone: Democracy triumphs in America and abroad, but victory is fragile

A turbulent year draws to a close with a historic White House meeting between US president Joe Biden and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky – sending a message to both Vladimir Putin and the rising tide of opposition from the authoritarian far-right