# democrats - Saturday 30 July, 2016
# Russia
# Russia
Edward Snowden has publicly criticised the strategy of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
# democrats - Friday 29 July, 2016
# Acceptance Speech
# Acceptance Speech
In a wide-ranging speech Clinton vowed to help America’s poor and took aim at her rival.
# democrats - Thursday 28 July, 2016
# Ringing Endorsement
# Ringing Endorsement
The US president was speaking at the Democratic National Convention.
# democrats - Wednesday 27 July, 2016
# Change-maker
# Change-maker
Bill Clinton, in his address to delegates last night, described his wife as the “best darn change-maker I have ever known”.
# democrats - Tuesday 26 July, 2016
# History Lesson
# History Lesson
John King, who is of Irish descent, said he wasn’t making fun of the speaker.
# Hack
# Hack
Clinton’s campaign say Russia wanted to help Trump’s campaign because of their bromance.
# democrats - Monday 25 July, 2016
# Democratic Crisis
# Democratic Crisis
The Democratic Convention hasn’t got off to the smoothest of starts.
# democrats - Sunday 24 July, 2016
# Not Helping
# Not Helping
Emails from senior Democrat figures appearing to disparage Bernie Sanders have given Donald Trump an easy target.
# democrats - Saturday 23 July, 2016
# Tim Kaine
# Tim Kaine
Virginia senator Tim Kaine is seen as a popular centrist choice for a brutal electoral campaign.
# democrats - Tuesday 21 June, 2016
# Orlando
# Orlando
The Republican-controlled Senate couldn’t even agree to restrict the sale of firearms to suspected terrorists.
# democrats - Friday 17 June, 2016
# The Same Goal
# The Same Goal
The Vermont senator stopped short of fully endorsing Clinton.
# democrats - Friday 10 June, 2016
# The Race
# The Race
Larry Donnelly says it is “shameful” that Sanders has not already conceded gracefully.
# democrats - Thursday 5 May, 2016
# In Their Own Words
# In Their Own Words
The Democrat frontrunner has released not one, but two, campaign adverts specifically aimed at the billionaire.
# democrats - Sunday 27 March, 2016
# Feel The Bern
# Feel The Bern
Sanders is also expected to take Hawaii after what has been a triumphant weekend for the Vermont presidential hopeful.
# democrats - Wednesday 16 March, 2016
# Analysis
# Analysis
It was another good Tuesday for Donald Trump, with him walloping Florida Senator Marco Rubio in his home state, writes Larry Donnelly.
# democrats - Monday 18 January, 2016
# Race To The White House
# Race To The White House
Hillary Clinton is feeling Bernie Sanders snapping at her heels.
# democrats - Friday 6 November, 2015
# democrats - Wednesday 14 October, 2015
# Clinton Vs Sanders
# Clinton Vs Sanders
Hillary Clinton went head-to-head with her main rival Bernie Sanders.
# democrats - Friday 12 December, 2014
# Phew
# Phew
The late night vote followed a long day of arm-twisting by the White House as dozens of Democrats revolted over parts of the bill.
# democrats - Wednesday 5 November, 2014
# Midterm Elections
# Midterm Elections
Republicans seized at least seven seats from Senate Democrats.
# democrats - Thursday 18 September, 2014
# democrats - Tuesday 1 July, 2014
# Obamacare
# Obamacare
The Supreme Court has decided on a long-running dispute about whether companies can opt out of certain aspects of employee health insurance.
# democrats - Wednesday 18 June, 2014
# Emigrants
# Emigrants
The Tánaiste will also discuss the establishment of a visa regime for future legal migration between Ireland and the US.
# democrats - Sunday 8 June, 2014
# White House 2016
# White House 2016
The former Secretary of State, Senator, and First Lady has been accused of playing it safe in her new book, “Hard Choices”.
# democrats - Monday 10 February, 2014
# Inclusion
# Inclusion
LGBT groups have called on Irish officials and An Garda Síochána to follow the New York mayor’s lead and boycott the parade.
# democrats - Wednesday 29 January, 2014
# State Of The Union
# State Of The Union
In his annual State of the Union address, the US President vowed to narrow the gap between rich and poor and said he would bypass Congress if needed…
# democrats - Wednesday 11 December, 2013
# Phew
# Phew
President Barack Obama hailed the agreement as a sign of rare bipartisan cooperation.
# democrats - Tuesday 26 November, 2013
# Birth Control
# Birth Control
Two businesses will go to the Supreme Court to get exemptions given to religious organisations extended.
# democrats - Wednesday 6 November, 2013
# US Elections
# US Elections
Meanwhile, Bill de Blasio was elected the first Democrat mayor of New York City in 24 years.
# democrats - Thursday 24 October, 2013
# Undocumented Irish
# Undocumented Irish
The immigration reform bill was passed by the Senate in June but is yet to make it’s way through Congress.
# democrats - Saturday 12 October, 2013
# Shutdown
# Shutdown
US states will temporarily pay the running costs of world-famous landmarks.
# democrats - Thursday 3 October, 2013
# Shutdown
# Shutdown
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers home, museums and national parks are shut, much scientific research is on hold and the shutdown is now threatening already sluggish economic growth.
# democrats - Tuesday 1 October, 2013
# Shutdown
# Shutdown
Around 800,000 government workers will be sent home today with back-pay not guaranteed.
# democrats - Friday 27 September, 2013
# Stalemate
# Stalemate
Many agencies have been mandated to begin shutting their doors unless a deal can be reached by midnight on Monday.
# democrats - Wednesday 25 September, 2013
# Obamacare
# Obamacare
Attempting to halt the removal of a provision that would see Obamacare defunded, a Texas senator held the floor for 21 hours, taking time to read his daughters a bed time story.
# democrats - Friday 28 June, 2013
# Irish In America
# Irish In America
Eamon Gilmore has welcomed the US Senate’s support for comprehensive immigration reform as the proposed law now goes to the House of Representatives.
# democrats - Wednesday 26 June, 2013
# Texas
# Texas
Attempts to implement a bill that would ban abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy and force clinics to upgrade facilities in Texas was defeated by a lengthy filibuster and chaotic scenes in the state legislature.
# democrats - Monday 24 June, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
A Republican candidate’s surprise take of the senate seat left vacant by Ted Kennedy’s death in 2010 shook Obama’s administration – now, with the same seat up for grabs, Sam McNally wonders if the president has anything to fear this time around.
# democrats - Thursday 11 April, 2013
# Gun Control Law
# Gun Control Law
The law contains an expansion of background checks for gun purchases at firearm shows and on the internet but not between relatives and friends.
# democrats - Wednesday 10 April, 2013
# United States
# United States
The budget blueprint will never become reality but marks White House’s entry into what is likely to be another intense showdown over spending cuts and taxes with Republicans in Washington.
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