Mr Giuliani has 20 days to respond, according to the filing

Nineteen children and two teachers lost their lives in yet another school shooting and yet the NRA continues to enjoy the support of politicians terrified of losing their lucrative funding

The divisions in US society are strong and are reflected in the population's political affiliations

This latest ruling could mean a tough decision for Mr Trump about whether to answer questions, or stay silent, citing his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination

Throughout history, the central struggle of civilisation has been against brutality by the powerful. Civil society doesn’t let might make right, writes Robert Reich

The practice’s popularity picked up when it went viral on TikTok

Playing up your Irishness while taking food from the mouths of hungry people isn't a good look for any multimillionaire's son

Retaining phone records

Former Washington correspondent acknowledged for his stint in the US capital and book on the turbulent presidency of Donald Trump

Madeleine Albright (1937-2022) broke boundaries and became a powerful influence during previous periods of global crisis 

A Trump spokesperson confirmed there was an emergency landing, but declined to comment further.

Ukraine's president came to office in a landslide democratic election, defeating a billionaire businessman

A treacherous alliance is growing that will undermine democratic institutions in the US and elsewhere

Appeasement and a lack of resolve in the US and EU provide the background to Russia’s likely invasion of Ukraine 

The company hoped to change the council’s local development plan to accommodate the new properties but the request was refused by the Scottish Government’s planning reporters

What Biden started last week against Trump is the right approach. Provided that it is sustained.

Trump supporters, without provocation, will forcefully share their beliefs with you; on the other side are people who passionately disagree, but take refuge in safe silence, writes Terry Prone

Only the naive could believe that the cracks and fissures exposed in a divided society have been resolved with the election of Joe Biden as president.

January 6 marks a year since television viewers across the world watched events unfolding in Washington DC that might have been scenes from a dystopian novel.

Weirdly, my annual tongue-in-cheek predictions do come true. If it happens this year... Well, I'd leave it a few minutes if I were you

Earlier this month, another judge in the District of Columbia’s federal court upheld prosecutors’ use of the same obstruction charge in a separate case against two riot defendants

Plus, the animated adaptation of Terry Pratchett's short story, The Abominable Snowbaby

Joe Exotic is in prison, and whining about a miscarriage of justice in the new five-part series

During Micheál Martin's US visit, Kathy Hochul said welcoming international students and workers was 'part of our heritage'

Campaign watchdogs are on high alert for the fundraising schemes run by the former US president and his allies

According to Lord Acton, religious leaders should be held to a higher moral standard than ordinary people. Future historians should bear that advice in mind when assessing America’s religious right and its current leaders, writes Nina L Khrushcheva

In the US, ground-up activism has forged the Green New Deal — a last-gasp chance to reverse climate change

Governments and public officials must face swift and severe consequences if they violate a platform’s terms of service and use it to violate people’s rights, writes Courtney C Radsch

Discrimination against elders in Ireland is alive and well

When the former Trump Organisation executive Barbara Res saw that the company’s long-time finance boss had turned himself in to face state tax charges, her mind turned to Donald Trump. “This is it,” Ms Res said.

— A look at the life of Ghislaine Maxwell; and a 'visit' to Glastonbury

Three former world leaders welcome Joe Biden's initiative on drugs — and appeal to the US administration to champion a similar shift toward harm-reduction policies worldwide

Dispirited by repression, many Iranians will boycott tomorrow's poll, clearing the path to victory for the leading hardliner

Day 218 Minding my own business, doing no harm to anybody when my phone begins to fuss: I am trending on Twitter. This is rarely good.

Much of what Biden has done or wants to do represents a sharp departure from his predecessor, Donald Trump

Have you been following this? If not, get ready for a roller-coaster ride. I’m not sure what subscription you’ll need to be able to follow the twists and turn that lie ahead. But it’s going to be a political thriller. 

Fighting the pandemic

President Joe Biden's corporate tax plans will have a significant effect in blunting the appeal for multinationals to set up in Ireland, UCC economist Seamus Coffey has warned.

The former US president will not regain the level of influence that he had on Twitter, according to media experts

What we've learned and gone through in the year since the pandemic was proclaimed 

EU justice commissioner Didier Reynders said our defamation laws should be reviewed as they suppress the capacity to expose or even suggest corruption

Thursday, March 4 marks the date when some right-wing conspiracy theorists have claimed that former President Donald Trump will be sworn in for a second term

The conviction of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy for corruption provokes obvious comparisons with a recent judgement passed on another former president — the one on the far side of the Atlantic.

The US Senate failed to convict former President Donald Trump for inciting insurrection, raising the question as to whether Congress has any effective means of holding a president to account for acts against the Constitution, writes Elizabeth Drew