# United States

Last month

May 2023

# banned entry

Russia bans entry to 500 Americans, including Barack Obama and TV host Jimmy Kimmel

Television hosts Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers are also on the banned entry list.

14.3k

May 19th 2023, 7:23 PM

# Texas Shooting

Texas shopping centre gunman researched attack for weeks, social media posts show

The gunman’s online activity showed a fascination with white supremacy and mass shootings.

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May 9th 2023, 8:49 PM

This year

2023

# crisis

Govt agrees to deploy Army Ranger Wing to help Irish citizens leave Sudan

Joe Biden has called for an “immediate and unconditional ceasefire”.

48.3k

Updated

Apr 23rd 2023, 5:15 PM

# mifepristone

US Supreme Court preserves women's access to abortion drug

The drug has been approved for use in the US since 2000.

11.0k

Apr 22nd 2023, 7:22 AM

# Pentagon

Leaked US documents cast doubt on Ukraine's military capacity

The documents are part of a trove of highly sensitive material that has been posted online.

23.5k

Apr 11th 2023, 8:11 PM

# Podcast

The Explainer: What does Trump being indicted mean for him and the 2024 election?

This week on The Explainer, Laura Byrne is joined by The Journal columnist and University of Galway law lecture Larry Donnelly to delve into the case.

2.8k

Apr 5th 2023, 5:30 PM

# Pennsylvania

Death toll from powerful explosion at chocolate factory in United States rises to seven

The explosion happened on Friday afternoon in the state of Pennsylvania.

15.6k

Mar 27th 2023, 8:12 AM

# Syria

At least 19 killed in US strikes on Iran-linked groups in Syria after deadly drone attack

The Syrian government, closely allied with Iran, accused the US of lying about the targets of its air strikes to justify its ‘act of aggression’.

10.6k

Mar 25th 2023, 6:35 PM

# United States

Two dead among 15 migrants found "suffocating" in a train in Texas

The US Border Patrol stopped the train after receiving an anonymous tip off.

12.0k

Mar 25th 2023, 2:44 PM

# gathering support

Donald Trump to hold first rally of 2024 presidential campaign in Waco, Texas

Trump is staring down a possible indictment in New York.

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Mar 25th 2023, 11:52 AM

# paul rusesabagina

'Hotel Rwanda' hero set to be released from prison after 25-year sentence is commuted

The jailing of Rusesabagina by Paul Kagame’s government had been a cause of concern for the West and global rights groups.

15.3k

Mar 24th 2023, 3:23 PM

# Roe v Wade

Wyoming governor signs law outlawing use of abortion pills

Mark Gordon signed the bill into law last night.

18.1k

Mar 18th 2023, 6:13 PM

# Joe Biden

PSNI arrest another man in connection with attempted murder of John Caldwell

Detective Chief Inspector John Caldwell remains in a critical but stable condition.

9.6k

Updated

Mar 18th 2023, 2:11 PM

# New York

Donald Trump claims he will be arrested on Tuesday

Law enforcement officials have been making security preparations for the possibility that Trump could be indicted.

37.2k

Mar 18th 2023, 1:54 PM

# Black Sea collision

What is known about the US-Russia military air crash over the Black Sea?

US and Russian officials had conflicting accounts of the collision between the MQ-9 Reaper drone and the Russian Su-27 fighter jet.

12.3k

Mar 15th 2023, 9:34 AM

# US

Republican Nikki Haley announces 2024 US presidential bid in first challenge to Trump

Haley, who served as a UN ambassador for two years under Trump, previously said she would not run against her former boss.

15.4k

Feb 14th 2023, 1:39 PM

# memphis

Anger and protest in Memphis after police beating video released

Tyre Nichols died in hospital three days after he was stopped by officials on suspicion of reckless driving.

50.2k

Updated

Jan 28th 2023, 5:18 PM

# Los Angeles

Adult film star Ron Jeremy found unable to stand trial for rape

Jeremy became recognisable through reality shows, public appearances and music videos.

20.7k

Jan 18th 2023, 2:43 PM

Last year

2022

# Coronavirus

US to require negative Covid tests for travelers from China after country's sudden Covid pivot

The United States says China is not sharing enough information about the surge in coronavirus cases there.

72.6k

Updated

Dec 28th 2022, 8:25 PM

# factcheck

Debunked: Call to take mRNA vaccines off the market relies on dodgy death data

A group, chaired by a US senator, couldn’t think of another explanation for deaths during the pandemic.

1.4k

Dec 22nd 2022, 12:02 PM

# Ukraine

Zelensky lands in Washington for first trip outside Ukraine since Russian invasion

The secretly arranged trip comes on the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to meet his top military officials.

42.0k

Updated

Dec 21st 2022, 11:02 PM

# Not happy

Iran complain to Fifa over removal of Islamic Republic symbol in US social media posts

The US infuriated their opponents by posting altered images of Iran’s flag.

7.3k

Nov 27th 2022, 10:45 PM

# prince mbs

United States moves to shield Saudi crown prince over Jamal Khashoggi’s murder

It is a U-turn from Joe Biden’s campaign trail denunciations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the brutal killing.

27.6k

Nov 18th 2022, 10:03 AM

# COP27

Joe Biden tells COP27 that the 'very life of the planet' is at stake in climate crisis

The US president told the summit that every country needs to “step up” and “renew and raise our climate ambitions”.

4.2k

Nov 11th 2022, 4:58 PM

# US

Homes evacuated as Tropical Storm Nicole batters Florida

Officials in Daytona Beach Shores deemed multiple multi-story coastal residential buildings unsafe and went door-to-door telling people to leave.

6.3k

Nov 10th 2022, 3:25 PM

# Biological weapons

UN Security Council rejects Russian call for biological weapons probe

Russia had circulated a document to council members alleging that this biological activity is taking place in Ukraine with support from the US Defence Department.

10.2k

Nov 3rd 2022, 7:09 AM

# mayor of easton

On the trail with MAGA-favourite Doug Mastriano as he hits the culture war notes in Pennsylvania

Mastriano is fighting an uphill battle to defeat his Democrat opponent Josh Shapiro.

22.1k

Oct 22nd 2022, 9:39 PM

# Connecticut

Police officer wounded in apparent ambush shot and killed attacker

Two other police officers were killed in the attack.

43.3k

Oct 15th 2022, 5:46 PM

# US

Joe Biden pardons thousands for ‘simple possession’ of marijuana

The US President also urged governors to extend the clemency to the far bigger number of people

26.4k

Oct 6th 2022, 9:00 PM

# Ukraine

Drone attack hits Ukraine as US warns Russia of ‘consequences’ over nuclear weapons

A massive fire and explosion was caused in the port of Odessa.

34.5k

Updated

Sep 26th 2022, 10:04 AM

# United States

Ken Starr, whose investigation led to Bill Clinton impeachment, dies aged 76

Starr died at a hospital of complications from surgery.

10.5k

Sep 14th 2022, 8:32 AM

# White House

Democracy in the US is ‘under assault’ by MAGA Republicans, Joe Biden says

The leader called Donald Trump and his allies an extremist threat to America and its future.

15.8k

Sep 2nd 2022, 7:23 AM

# FBI

Trump and US government lock horns in court over seized documents

A claim of obstructing the FBI search heaps further legal pressure on the former president, who denies all wrongdoing.

24.0k

Sep 1st 2022, 10:02 PM

# tensions

China says troops 'remain on high alert' as two US warships sail through Taiwan Strait

It is the first transit since China staged unprecedented military drills around the island following the visit of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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Updated

Aug 28th 2022, 9:42 AM

# US

Iranian operative charged in plot to murder Trump security adviser John Bolton

Shahram Poursafi, identified by US officials as a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, is wanted by the FBI.

11.5k

Aug 10th 2022, 4:56 PM

THE MORNING LEAD

Some Irish soldiers 'refused entry to US after peacekeeping duties'

A report by

Niall O'Connor

The issue has been raised with the US authorities by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

72.0k

Aug 10th 2022, 12:05 AM

# Basketball

Russia is 'ready' to discuss US prisoner exchange - a day after basketball star sentencing

Brittney Griner was detained at a Moscow airport in February after she was found carrying vape cartridges with cannabis oil in her luggage.

21.0k

Aug 5th 2022, 7:48 AM

# Tension

Missiles fired by China 'believed to have landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone'

China’s military drills were prompted by a visit to the island by Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi.

51.4k

Updated

Aug 4th 2022, 2:00 PM

# Ukraine

US says Russia trying to fabricate evidence after deadly strike on prisoners-of-war

The Ukrainians killed at the Donetsk prison included troops captured during the fall of Mariupol.

11.1k

Aug 4th 2022, 6:55 AM

# Taiwan

27 Chinese warplanes enter Taiwan's air defence zone following Pelosi visit, Taipei says

China is gearing up for military exercises dangerously close to the island’s shores in retaliation for the visit.

30.4k

Updated

Aug 3rd 2022, 3:28 PM