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Media outlets play a significant role in analysing election data and projecting a winner.
Republicans have mostly united to support Donald Trump’s pick to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
It was announced earlier that the candidates would “participate from separate remote locations”.
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.
Biden also blamed Donald Trump for “stoking violence” in US cities.
The US president spoke for 70 minutes at an event held at the White House.
Use of the presidential residence for such a partisan event would break with tradition.
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.
Hundreds have already been sent to Kansas City to help quell violence.
He was the youngest and last survivor of the Big Six civil rights activists.
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.
Noted US journalist Jeff Jarvis says white America must learn to share its power and morally confront its racial legacies.
Donnelly says voters this year will believe in Trump the straight-shooter or Trump the perpetually offended narcissist.
Larry Donnelly charts the decline in civility in US politics and says Irish conversations online hint of a growing intolerance here.
Trump was on track to take a second term, but Covid-19 has changed everything, writes Donnelly.
He said that “while the campaign ends, the struggle for justice continues on”.
Larry Donnelly says wildcards like Covid-19 will shape the Trump vs Biden race
The Kennedy vs Markey battle is the distraction from Covid-19 we all need, says Larry Donnelly.
Biden was all but counted out by most onlookers before recently, writes Larry Donnelly.
Bernie may secretly have welcomed a Biden victory in South Carolina, but not to this extent, writes Larry Donnelly.
The race for the White House is heating up.
The 78-year-old beat back a strong challenge from Buttigieg last night.
The US president was acquitted of all charges in his Senate impeachment trial this week.
The two states play a key role in nominating presidential candidates.
“We think her case is going nowhere,” said Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence.
A 14-hour session was shut down by the House Judiciary Committee.
The vote is due to take place at 11.30pm Irish time today.
Irish journalist Colm Quinn is on the ground in Iowa to see how the Democratic frontrunners are doing.
Huge support for just three Democrat front runners in the race for nomination is unusual, writes Larry Donnelly.
Sanders is in the running for the Democratic nomination for president.
The question of bussing was raised during Thursday’s Democratic debate.
The US President warned against the rise of his rival Democrat party.
Biden entered the contest as frontrunner, but how long will that last?
(It’s pronounced ‘Boot-Edge-Edge’.)
It’s all kicking off Stateside, but do you remember past races?
Driven by enmity for Donald Trump the Democrats have forgotten that the way to beat your opponent in a democracy – is at the ballot box, writes Larry Donnelly.
The report hasn’t recommended any more indictments, but that’s not the end of it.
After Trump’s election it would be a mistake to ignore the long shots, writes Larry Donnelly.
It’s all about money, and a wall.
She made history last week.