Police officer dies after man drove a car into barricade at US Capitol in Washington DC
Authorities say that attack did not appear to be terrorism.
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Authorities say that attack did not appear to be terrorism.
Fencing and National Guard members have been used to protect the building since the 6 January riots.
Kim Yo Jong warned Washington against further provocations if it wants a ‘good night’s sleep for the next four years’.
Simon Coveney and EU Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic spoke to the Friends of Ireland caucus.
It is the first case in an expected wave of litigation over the 6 January riot.
The former US president was accused of inciting the deadly riot at the US Capitol last month.
The official line is that nothing has been decided yet.
The Republican senators are suggesting that their plan would give Biden the bipartisan support he wants.
Micheál Martin has so far signalled his plan to proceed with the visit.
The Executive Office has confirmed that the annual visit would not proceed this year, amid ongoing public health concerns.
Inauguration day is on Wednesday.
Biden said that the State Department nominees “have secured some of the most defining national security and diplomatic achievements in recent memory”.
Some members of Trump’s own party have called for him to resign over the violent incursion into the US Capitol.
Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio was taken into custody after a warrant was issued for his arrest for destruction of property, police said.
We talk to the Washington Correspondent about the past year.
In the other NFL matchup, Washington moved into first place in the NFC East after beating Dallas.
Scattered protests also took place from Seattle to New York City, but across the US there were no signs of widespread unrest.
Mulvaney, the former Chief of Staff to US President Donald Trump, took up the role of Special Envoy in March.
Jacob Blake cannot move from the waist down after being shot seven times in the back.
Footage of the incident was shared online.
Trump echoed comments he’d made the day before at Mount Rushmore.
Washington DC’s mayor Muriel Bowser announced the change.
Trump’s signature brings an end to a dramatic, weeklong legislative saga on Capitol Hill.
Varadkar will commence his US St Patrick’s Day trip in Washington DC.
Biden also invited the man to do “push-ups” and “take an IQ test” to show that he wasn’t too old to run as US President.
The 81-year-old was arrested alongside 16 other protesters.
Hogan told RTÉ in recent weeks that he aimed “to get Mr Trump to see the error of his ways” on trade.
The plaque was a gift from President Michael D Higgins on behalf of the people of Ireland.
Members of the Secret Service tried to assist the man.
The bill was signed in a bid to cut carbon emissions from burials and cremations.
Government officials were left surprised at McGregor’s appearance at the parade.
The US vice president has been criticised for his views and his legislative record on LGBT people.
He’ll be meeting with Mike Pompeo, along with launching a new government strategy for the US and Canada.
The US President tweeted at a Fox News host and said new footage showed that “media was wrong”.
Footage of Nick Sandmann at the protest on Friday in Washington has gone viral.
“I heard them saying, ‘Build that wall, build that wall.’ We’re not supposed to have walls here, we never did.”
The US president says he could bypass Congress for border wall funding.
The bill was passed in the US House of Representatives without the need for a vote early in December but then hit a serious roadblock in the Senate.
An Irish tenor sang at Washington National Cathedral today.
Meanwhile, there were also wins for the Dallas Cowboys and the Chicago Bears.