Two white men in their late-70s will now battle it out to become the standard-bearer for an increasingly diverse Democratic party in the US. Julie Pace reports from Washington

The billionaire had taken stock after his big-money gamble on Super Tuesday ended in failure.

Right now the US democratic primaries are well underway with the first three states having voted.

The democratic process, or at least versions of it, played out on either side of the Atlantic this week. In both instances, conclusions were long-fingered.

The US and Europe looked set for a renewed clash over everything from car tariffs to digital taxes in a sign that a new American focus was emerging following president Donald Trump’s trade truce with China.

The United States will meet its Paris Agreement greenhouse gas targets despite Donald Trump's withdrawal from the accord, former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has said.

The great and the good of Davos agree they have a problem with populism. Finding a solution is the hard part.

Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has told his aides to draw up plans for an independent campaign for the US presidency, according to a source familiar with the situation.

President Barack Obama praised the new September 11 museum as "a sacred place of healing and of hope" that captures both the story and the spirit of heroism and helping others that followed the attacks.

RTÉ’s John Creedon has reacted to the neknomination phenomenon by asking his army of listeners to join him in an alcohol-free St Patrick’s Day.

New York’s Michael Bloomberg had riches and a can-do spirit, but after 12 years he had outstayed his welcome, says Jim Dwyer.

Tobacco sales will be banned to under-21s in New York in a new health drive by mayor Michael Bloomberg.

Bill de Blasio has become New York City’s first Democratic mayor in more than 20 years, running on an unabashed liberal, tax-the-rich platform contrasting sharply with billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s 12 years in office.

Smokers younger than 21 in the biggest city in the United States will soon be barred from buying cigarettes.

IT was a bitter political defeat. Formerly a front-runner for one of the United States’ most prestigious offices, an emotional Christine Quinn accepted her failure to secure the Democratic nomination for the New York mayoral election, and with her vanquished hopes went the last vestige of the Irish grip on Gotham.

New York’s air quality has hit its highest levels in 50 years, mayor Michael Bloomberg said.

President Barack Obama has said his nominee for Federal Reserve chairman will be someone who embraces the central bank’s dual mandate to promote price stability and maximum employment, and he has narrowed his choice “to some extraordinarily qualified candidates”.

A suspicious letter mailed to the White House was similar to two threatening, poison-laced letters complaining about gun control sent to New York City’s mayor.

A letter similar to the ricin-laced ones sent to New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been intercepted by a White House screening facility.

Two threatening letters sent to New York City’s mayor and his group that advocates for gun control contained traces of the deadly poison ricin, police have said.

The surviving Boston Marathon bombings suspect has been released from a civilian hospital and transferred to a federal medical detention centre, officials say.

The two men accused of carrying out last week’s bombing of the Boston Marathon planned a second bomb attack on New York’s Times Square, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said yesterday.

The Taoiseach has become the first international leader to visit Freedom Tower — the under-construction building on the site of the Twin Towers which came down in the Sept 11 terrorist attacks.

The Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said his visit to the United States this week is to deliver the message that Ireland's plan for economic recovery is working.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny has described support from the United States as “invaluable” to Ireland’s economic recovery.

A judge’s last-minute overturning of New York’s pioneering ban on large size sugary drinks has handed a defeat to health-minded mayor Michael Bloomberg and created confusion for restaurants that had already ordered smaller cups and changed their menus.

Former New York mayor Ed Koch, the combative politician who rescued the city from near-financial ruin during three City Hall terms, has died aged 88.

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has long been a persistent advocate for tighter gun laws, but in the wake of the Newtown school massacre, his voice has become one of the most recognisable in the United States.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg appealed to congressional leaders for quick action on providing tens of billions of dollars in new federal aid to help his city and state and others recover from Superstorm Sandy but was told it might be some time before it is forthcoming – and it likely will not be all at once.

The Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg says the total cost to the city of Hurricane Sandy is over $19bn (€14.6bn).

IT was the passion of the Shannon Gaels man who drove Cork’s Paul Kerrigan and Dublin’s Kevin Nolan out to the northern end of Queens to show him the club’s new home pitch for the next 25 years.

New York has imposed a petrol rationing plan that allows motorists to fill up every other day as the city continued to feel the effects of Superstorm Sandy.

New York city mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered the rationing of fuel due to a severe shortage caused by Superstorm Sandy.

Coastal residents of New York and New Jersey faced fresh warnings to evacuate their homes today as a new storm took aim, a week after Superstorm Sandy left dozens dead and millions without power.

Victims of superstorm Sandy on the US east coast struggled against the cold early yesterday amid fuel shortages and power outages even as officials fretted about getting voters displaced by the storm to polling stations for tomorrow’s presidential election.

Falling temperatures on the East Coast today put more people at risk in a region already battling petrol shortages, power cuts and spasms of lawlessness in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.

The lights are back on in lower Manhattan to the relief of residents who had been plunged into darkness for nearly five days by superstorm Sandy.

More New Yorkers awoke today to power being restored for the first time since Superstorm Sandy pummelled the region, but patience was wearing thin among those in the region who have been without power for most of the week.

The New York City Marathon was last night cancelled by Mayor Michael Bloomberg after mounting criticism that this was not the time for a race while the region is still recovering from Superstorm Sandy.

Sunday’s New York City Marathon has been cancelled amid fears the event may detract from the clean up effort following Superstorm Sandy, it emerged tonight.

Superstorm Sandy has revealed a skeleton which may date back to Colonial times, police in New Haven, Connecticut, said today.

US President Barack Obama will travel to New Jersey later, to assess the damage caused by superstorm Sandy.

Close to 400,000 people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas in the north-eastern US as cities and towns were braced for the onslaught of a “superstorm” threatening some 60m people along the country’s most heavily-populated corridor.

Tens of thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate coastal areas in the north eastern United States today as big cities and small towns across the US Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation.

Hospitals in New York are to be banned from selling sugary or fatty foods in cafes and vending machines as part of a new health campaign by mayor Michael Bloomberg.

A man fatally shot a former colleague near the Empire State Building and then was killed by police in a gun battle that wounded nine bystanders outside one of New York’s most popular landmarks.

A recently laid-off shop worker has shot dead a former colleague outside New York's iconic Empire State Building before being killed by police.

New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch are calling on US political leaders to make immigration reform a national priority.

President Michael D Higgins adjusted the green, white, and orange ribbons on the wreath and bowed his head.