I’ve been writing this column since Bill Clinton lied about a blow job in the Oval Office, spurring my sister to write her doctoral thesis about the role of the special prosecutor, then Kenneth Starr.

"The French election is very important to the future of France and the values that we care so much about.”

Obama aide’s take on how government can help rather than hinder is worthy, says Kyran Fitzgerald.

The FBI is disputing Donald Trump's claim that Barack Obama had his telephones tapped during the election, according to reports.

As China continues to expand its sphere of influence, Brahma Chellaney looks at the steps the US can take to demonstrate its concerns.

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President Donald Trump did not dilute any of his trademark populism as he delivered his inaugural address after being sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of America.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

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Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

The biggest labour union in America has called on President Barack Obama to directly intervene and stop plans by Norwegian Air International to fly from Cork to the US as his term in the White House comes to an end.

On Thursday, US president Barack Obama announced the expulsion of 35 Russian diplomats working out of the Russian embassy in Washington. They were declared ‘persona non grata’ and given 72 hours to leave the US with their families.

President Barack Obama has pardoned 78 people and shortened the sentence of 153 others convicted of federal crimes.

US president Barack Obama has vetoed a bill that would have allowed the families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia.

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has met informally with President Barack Obama in a holding room before attending a gala dinner at a regional summit, officials said.

Co-operation is "the single best chance that we have" to save the planet, US president Barack Obama said, as he stood with China's president Xi Jinping to formally enter their two nations into last year's Paris climate change agreement.

The US president has been condemned for not intervening early and removing the Assad regime, but such military action was disastrous in Iraq and Libya, says Christopher R Hill     

US President Barack Obama is making his first visit to flood-ravaged southern Louisiana today.

The so-called 'Islamic State' group will probably continue to be a threat to the US even after it is ousted from key strongholds in Iraq and Syria, Barack Obama has said.

US President Barack Obama is to lead the nation in honouring victims of the Dallas shooting.

US President Barack Obama has heartily vouched for Hillary Clinton's trustworthiness during his first outing on the campaign stump for his former secretary of state just hours after his FBI director blasted her handling of classified material,

President Obama shared a comedy handshake with the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, and the Mexican President, Enrique Pena Nieto, when meeting in Ottawa, Canada.

Barack Obama has laid a wreath at Hiroshima in Japan - the city destroyed by an American atomic bomb in 1945.

As Barack Obama prepares to become the first American president to visit Hiroshima, Yuriko Koike heralds statesmen who have promoted peace and put their countries’ needs first