Organisation: White House

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economy

Bitcoin wobbles on talk of Biden plan to increase capital gains tax

White House proposes hiking capital gains tax to almost 40% for those earning more than $1m a year

ourview

Irish Examiner View: Just as empires come and go, democracy may not last forever

gaa

GAA open to trialling electronic whistle as coronavirus precaution

home and gardens

Damien Enright: 'Are they mean to people?' Donald Trump asked about badgers

comment-analysis

James Oliphant, Chris Kahn and Jeff Mason: Trump further disconnected from US electorate

comment-analysis

Noah Feldman: Trump lawsuit against John Bolton is beyond frivolous

Richard Hogan: Moral leadership needed if we are to thrive again

They say a week is a long time in politics. Well, in the Trump administration a day seems like a year.

Wed, 10 Jun, 2020

Irish Examiner View: What awaits next United States leader?

The in-tray awaiting the next US president will be the most toxic and challenging in that great country’s peacetime history.

Mon, 08 Jun, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Riots in the US are Trump’s back door route to re-election

They roll around every four years, as they’ve been doing since 1788, but one fundamental feature of presidential elections in the US is almost always forgotten by voters who, when they cast their vote for their preferred candidate, think their mark will count as much as the next voter’s, and that the prize will go to the contender who wins the plurality in the nationwide ballot.

Mon, 01 Jun, 2020

Coronavirus: 170 deaths in Britain, New York Governor threatens business closures and Bundesliga returns

Around the world, countries continue their own battles with the Covid-19 pandemic some with more success relative to others.

Sun, 17 May, 2020

US job losses of 20.5m in April are the steepest since Great Depression

The US economy lost a staggering 20.5 million jobs in April, the steepest plunge in payrolls since the Great Depression and the starkest sign yet of how the coronavirus pandemic is battering the world’s biggest economy.

Fri, 08 May, 2020

The Irish Examiner View: A chance to consider the new ‘normal’

Change is, we are assured, the only constant in our lives. The pace of that change may accelerate at one time or another. It meanders gently at other times. Occasionally, maybe once or twice in a lifetime, we have to deal with change on the tremendous scale we face today.

Wed, 06 May, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Pharma exports 31% of Irish total - Trump’s plan would ruin our economy

Every visit to Ireland by every American president was a melodrama in mutually-agreed exploitation.

Tue, 05 May, 2020

Donald Trump puts 40k pharma jobs in election focus

Doubts about the future of up to 40,000 jobs in the US pharma giants in Ireland — of which a large share are based in the Cork region — will linger should Donald Trump secure re-election after the US president again signalled out Ireland, a leading economist has said.

Tue, 05 May, 2020

Stocks take tumble as Trump resparks fears over global trade war - and 40,000 Irish jobs in US pharma plants

European stock markets went into a tailspin following comments by President Donald Trump that raised fears of a new bout of US-China world trade ructions - and an explicit threat to the future of many of the 40,000 jobs at the US pharma giants in Ireland.

Mon, 04 May, 2020

Product Watch: A guide to 'hands-free' make-up

Keeping your hands from your face needn’t mean forgoing flawless make up, writes Rachel Marie Walsh .

Fri, 01 May, 2020

Disastrous turn in US meat industry shows how Covid-19 could break the food chain

Last week, about a third of US pork processing capacity and 14% of beef capacity was closed.

Thu, 30 Apr, 2020

Trump says coronavirus briefings are 'not worth the time and effort'

President Donald Trump says his press briefings are “not worth the time and effort” as his administration prepares to adjust his public presence.

Sun, 26 Apr, 2020

Setting a low bar in the Oval Office

Two previous presidents, Ulysses S Grant and Warren Harding, were ill-suited to the role and left a tarnished legacy behind, writes Pádraig Hoare

Sat, 25 Apr, 2020

Germany’s orderly response to the Covid-19 pandemic is paying dividends

Picture the opposite of the US under Donald Trump during the Covid-19 outbreak. That’s Germany under Angela Merkel writes Andreas Kluth

Thu, 16 Apr, 2020

Hurling Hands: Eoin Kelly - ‘I was a hurley-maker’s nightmare’

"I never broke a finger but I did bring a hurling injury with me to the White House once."

Thu, 16 Apr, 2020

The Great Lockdown: IMF issues downbeat forecast on Irish jobs

Irish unemployment will settle at much higher levels than in Britain and Germany next year as the Covid-19 crisis pushes the world economy into its worst slump since the Great Depression, according to IMF forecasts.

Wed, 15 Apr, 2020

IMF secures naming rights over 'The Great Lockdown' to send grim warning to world leaders

The IMF has secured naming rights over the unfolding global economic recession amid the closure of factories, offices and shops to contain the deadly Covid-17 threat.

Tue, 14 Apr, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Patience still needed but hope grows in Covid-19 fight

The coronavirus-related death of Tim Brooke-Taylor, one of the venerables of British comedy, will provoke re-runs of his shows. That commemoration may even extend to re-running the 1948 pre-Monty Python sketch, ‘The Four Yorkshiremen’, which was more anarchic and may have better stood the test of time. In it, successful businessmen compare their “we-lived-in-hole-in-road” origins. The sketch has

Mon, 13 Apr, 2020

Eddie Hobbs: Fasten your seatbelt, the worst is yet to come

If you had the nagging feeling that you are not getting the full story, you are right, suggests Eddie Hobbs.

Sun, 12 Apr, 2020

Pádraig Hoare: How US presidential races of the past shaped America

In this US presidential election year, the ‘Irish Examiner’ looks at past races and how they shaped the nation. In the first part of the series, Pádraig Hoare examines the impact oftechnology — and in particular mass media — on elections and their outcomes

Sat, 11 Apr, 2020

Coronavirus: Government rules out directing people to wear face masks in public

The government has ruled out directing people to wear face masks in public in an effort to slow the spread of Covid-19.

Sun, 05 Apr, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Fighting the Pandemic - USA shows how politics can implode

Even if the evolution of the fully opposable thumb was one of the vital toeholds in the conquest of the evolutionary Everest by homo sapiens, it is clear that hope, determination, and curiosity were every bit as important.

Mon, 30 Mar, 2020

Bette Brown: US rivals gear up for fight of their political lives

The eight-month run-up to the US presidential elections will be turbulent. People will demand a president who knows how to fight but also to heal, writes Bette Browne

Wed, 25 Mar, 2020

Kyran Fitzgerald: History suggests pandemic misery prompts New Deal economic thinking

Global plagues and slumps leave human misery in their wake, but can also lead to major economic reforms, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Sun, 22 Mar, 2020

Kyran Fitzgerald: Biden and Sanders to reshape global business policies, no matter who wins

Amid the Covid-19 crisis, the race to secure the Democratic nomination has put health spending and rolling back tax cuts in the spotlight, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Tue, 17 Mar, 2020

TP O’Mahony: God’s representative in the White House

Despite criticism of Donald Trump by a Christian magazine and misgivings about his moral outlook, the US president will continue to play the ‘God card’, writes TP O’Mahony

Mon, 16 Mar, 2020

Global shutdown as battle rages to contain cornovirus

Panic buying in Australia, the United States and Britain saw leaders appeal for calm over the virus that has infected over 138,000 people globally and killed more than 5,000.

Sun, 15 Mar, 2020

US travel ban ‘to extend to United Kingdom and Ireland’; Coveney updates travel advice

President Trump confirmed he was tested for coronavirus and defended shaking hands.

Sat, 14 Mar, 2020

'We will defeat this threat': Trump declares national emergency over Covid-19

US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency over Covid-19.

Fri, 13 Mar, 2020

Taoiseach’s US visit in doubt due to coronavirus

Leo Varadkar was due to travel to New York on Tuesday to attend a meeting at the United Nations headquarters, but cancelled his plans last minute, allowing him to stay in Ireland to deal with the “evolving situation”

Tue, 10 Mar, 2020

Search for coronavirus drug faces long odds

Drugmakers are racing to find treatments and vaccines for the new coronavirus, but crossing the finish line would mean bucking a long and discouraging history—and it may not pay off.

Sun, 08 Mar, 2020

Donald Trump appoints Mick Mulvaney as special envoy to Northern Ireland

US President Donald Trump has been reorganising his top team.

Sat, 07 Mar, 2020

Kent Harrington: Trump has begun his national security purge

The US President has long denigrated the non-partisan work of his intelligence analysts, but he has finally ratcheted that up to the firing of top officials, says Kent Harrington

Thu, 05 Mar, 2020

Julie Pace: Biden time as Bernie Sanders slumps on biggest day

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

Thu, 05 Mar, 2020

Joseph Ax: Can Sanders beat Trump? Yes he can

Many Democrats are sceptical that a socialist could make it the White House, but Bernie Sanders is gaining momentum, writes Joseph Ax

Fri, 28 Feb, 2020

The Irish Examiner View: Contrast in US and Irish politics

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.

Thu, 20 Feb, 2020

Mark Leibovich: Just an ordinary Joe?

He flopped in Iowa, but the former US vice-president insists he will prevail and capture the Democratic nomination and oust Donald Trump from the White House, writes Mark Leibovich.

Sat, 08 Feb, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Odd things are afoot in politics

Across the Atlantic, we have witnessed some very odd behaviour by two senior politicians, in the form of petulance in the US House of Congress.

Wed, 05 Feb, 2020

Shares and oil to trade nervously this week on coronavirus fears

Global stock and oil markets are expected to trade nervously this week even as investors hope for signs for the containment of the deadly coronavirus.

Sun, 02 Feb, 2020

The great contenders: Who are the Democrats in the race to take on Donald Trump

The race to select a Democratic candidate to depose incumbent president Donald Trump begins in Iowa on Monday. Bette Browne casts an eye over the runners and riders.

Sat, 01 Feb, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Post-truth electioneering - Honesty needs help to prevail

A century ago this month, as the War of Independence led towards the remaking of this country, 155 candidates contested 56 seats in Cork City local elections.

Thu, 30 Jan, 2020

'Nobody likes him' - Hillary Clinton doesn't hold back in assessment of Bernie Sanders

"It's the culture around him. It's his leadership team."

Tue, 21 Jan, 2020

Winnowing truth from fantasy: Social media ‘facts’ a toxic influence

Last Thursday, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was unflinching on Facebook. She described Mark Zuckerberg’s behemoth as “accomplices for misleading the American people with money from God knows where”.

Mon, 20 Jan, 2020

Battlefield barbarism let loose: Savagery ofthe darkest kind

Just before Christmas President Trump intervened in a case involving a Navy SEAL and Navy authorities who wanted to sanction the soldier.

Fri, 17 Jan, 2020