# us-politics - Friday 15 January, 2021
# United States
# United States
Edward F Crawford took up the position in 2019.
# us-politics - Thursday 14 January, 2021
# US Politics
# US Politics
The US president was impeached by the House of Representatives last night.
# us-politics - Wednesday 13 January, 2021
# Trump
# Trump
Queens University’s Tom Albrecht and Tristan Sturm chart the parallels between last week’s attack on the US Capitol and a similar gathering at the German Reichstag building last year.
# us-politics - Friday 8 January, 2021
# Marty Walsh
# Marty Walsh
Biden says he considered nominating Bernie Sanders for the Cabinet position.
# us-politics - Thursday 7 January, 2021
# US Capitol
# US Capitol
The Washington police chief did not link the deaths from medical emergencies to the violence.
# us-politics - Wednesday 6 January, 2021
# US Politics
# US Politics
Congress is today set to certify Biden’s presidential win.
# us-politics - Tuesday 5 January, 2021
# Georgia On My Mind
# Georgia On My Mind
Georgians go to the polls today to elect two senators.
# us-politics - Tuesday 29 December, 2020
# US Politics
# US Politics
If approved by the Senate, the override would be the first of Trump’s presidency.
# us-politics - Wednesday 4 November, 2020
America’s first transgender state senator and first non-binary politician were victorious in the 3 November election.
# US Election 2020
# US Election 2020
One-fifth said racial inequality was the most critical issue and more than one-sixth said the pandemic was most important.
# us-politics - Tuesday 3 November, 2020
# US Politics
# US Politics
Media outlets play a significant role in analysing election data and projecting a winner.
# us-politics - Sunday 25 October, 2020
# Replacing Ruth
# Replacing Ruth
Republicans have mostly united to support Donald Trump’s pick to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
# us-politics - Thursday 8 October, 2020
# Presidency
# Presidency
It was announced earlier that the candidates would “participate from separate remote locations”.
# us-politics - Sunday 6 September, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Larry Donnelly says we are in a crucial phase of the US election cycle and if the Democrats don’t tackle Trump’s fear-based message, they could be in trouble.
# us-politics - Monday 31 August, 2020
# United States
# United States
Biden also blamed Donald Trump for “stoking violence” in US cities.
# us-politics - Friday 28 August, 2020
# Election
# Election
The US president spoke for 70 minutes at an event held at the White House.
# us-politics - Wednesday 5 August, 2020
# US Politics
# US Politics
Use of the presidential residence for such a partisan event would break with tradition.
# us-politics - Sunday 26 July, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Larry Donnelly says Trump’s recent Fox News interview was a disaster and reflects his drop in the polls, but watch for the shift in his rhetoric from now on.
# us-politics - Wednesday 22 July, 2020
# United States
# United States
Hundreds have already been sent to Kansas City to help quell violence.
# us-politics - Saturday 18 July, 2020
# RIP
# RIP
He was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists.
# us-politics - Thursday 11 June, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Grace Tierney of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties is living in the US through lockdown and witnessing the Black Lives Matter protest. She says Ireland must ask itself the hard questions.
# us-politics - Sunday 7 June, 2020
# Black Lives Matter
# Black Lives Matter
Noted US journalist Jeff Jarvis says white America must learn to share its power and morally confront its racial legacies.
# us-politics - Sunday 24 May, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Donnelly says voters this year will believe in Trump the straight-shooter or Trump the perpetually offended narcissist.
# us-politics - Sunday 17 May, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Larry Donnelly charts the decline in civility in US politics and says Irish conversations online hint of a growing intolerance here.
# us-politics - Sunday 10 May, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Trump was on track to take a second term, but Covid-19 has changed everything, writes Donnelly.
# us-politics - Wednesday 8 April, 2020
# US Politics
# US Politics
He said that “while the campaign ends, the struggle for justice continues on”.
# us-politics - Saturday 4 April, 2020
# US Elections 2020
# US Elections 2020
Larry Donnelly says wildcards like Covid-19 will shape the Trump vs Biden race
# us-politics - Saturday 28 March, 2020
# The Kennedys
# The Kennedys
The Kennedy vs Markey battle is the distraction from Covid-19 we all need, says Larry Donnelly.
# us-politics - Wednesday 11 March, 2020
# US Election
# US Election
Biden was all but counted out by most onlookers before recently, writes Larry Donnelly.
# us-politics - Tuesday 3 March, 2020
# Super Tuesday
# Super Tuesday
Bernie may secretly have welcomed a Biden victory in South Carolina, but not to this extent, writes Larry Donnelly.
# us-politics - Sunday 23 February, 2020
# Your Say
# Your Say
The race for the White House is heating up.
# us-politics - Wednesday 12 February, 2020
# US Politics
# US Politics
The 78-year-old beat back a strong challenge from Buttigieg last night.
# us-politics - Saturday 8 February, 2020
# Acquitted
# Acquitted
The US president was acquitted of all charges in his Senate impeachment trial this week.
# us-politics - Saturday 1 February, 2020
# US Politics
# US Politics
The two states play a key role in nominating presidential candidates.
# us-politics - Sunday 22 December, 2019
# US Politics
# US Politics
“We think her case is going nowhere,” said Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence.
# us-politics - Friday 13 December, 2019
# US Politics
# US Politics
A 14-hour session was shut down by the House Judiciary Committee.
# us-politics - Tuesday 3 December, 2019
# Northern Ireland
# Northern Ireland
The vote is due to take place at 11.30pm Irish time today.
# us-politics - Sunday 10 November, 2019
# US Election 2020
# US Election 2020
Irish journalist Colm Quinn is on the ground in Iowa to see how the Democratic frontrunners are doing.
# us-politics - Sunday 3 November, 2019
# LARRY DONNELLY
# LARRY DONNELLY
Huge support for just three Democrat front runners in the race for nomination is unusual, writes Larry Donnelly.
# us-politics - Saturday 5 October, 2019
# Recovery
# Recovery
Sanders is in the running for the Democratic nomination for president.
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