Donald Trump’s spats with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un about the size of their nuclear buttons are reckless, while his desire to expand his nuclear arsenal is a departure from his predecessors and a contravention of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, says Jason Douglas

Donald Trump has said he wants to send man back to the moon - and on to Mars.

Another woman has stepped forward to accuse former US president George HW Bush of inappropriately touching her.

President Donald Trump has delivered a sharp warning to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, telling him the weapons he is acquiring "are not making you safer. They are putting your regime in grave danger."

Two more women have accused former president George HW Bush of groping them.

A second actress has accused former president George HW Bush of inappropriate touching.

Former US president George HW Bush has issued a second apology after a television actress accused him of touching her from behind while she was posing for a photo alongside him and telling her a dirty joke.

Former US presidents George HW Bush and George W Bush have said "America must always reject racial bigotry, anti-Semitism and hatred in all forms".

Former US presidential candidate Senator John McCain has promised to beat the brain cancer he has been diagnosed with after having a blood clot removed.

President Donald Trump has told a news conference he "inherited a mess" from his predecessor, Barack Obama.

Former President George HW Bush has been released from a Houston hospital where he received treatment for pneumonia for more than two weeks.

Massive crowds of supporters and opponents of Donald Trump are gathering in Washington as the world prepares for an extraordinary inauguration ceremony.

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

George HW Bush has been admitted to an intensive care unit to address a respiratory problem from pneumonia, according to a spokesman for the former US president.

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The former Exxon Mobil oil giant boss has more influence than most presidents and knows how to cut a deal. He would be an able secretary of state, says Amir Handjani

There is a long history of the CIA briefing presidents-elect on foreign policy. Donald Trump has rebuffed the agency’s advice. Tim Weiner asks why

For the first time in nine months a national poll in the US has Donald Trump in front of Hillary Clinton in the race to become President ot the United States.

Rita de Brún believes the next stage of the space race will be for — lunar real estate.

US presidents vary between authoritarian figures and nappy changers, writes Olivia Kelleher

Republican frustration with Donald Trump has mounted following a series of startling statements from the nominee, including his refusal to endorse House Speaker Paul Ryan’s re-election.

Having cemented a remarkable triumph as his party’s presumptive nominee Donald Trump, the billionaire businessman, vowed to unite the splintered Republican party, even as he was bitingly dismissive of members who have been critical of his campaign.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is strengthening his top team and refocusing on New York after recent tactical failures raised doubts about his campaign.

Hans-Dietrich Genscher, the long-serving German foreign minister who was one of the key architects of the country’s 1990 reunification, has died aged 89.

Former US president George HW Bush has criticised one-time defence chief Donald Rumsfeld and former vice president Dick Cheney in a new biography.

The outside political group supporting Jeb Bush’s bid for president with tens of millions of dollars in television advertising is considering placing organising staff in Iowa and New Hampshire, a move that would follow the decision of his formal campaign to refocus its efforts on the two early-voting states.

Former US president George HW Bush has been released from a Houston hospital after a stay of about a week following treatment for shortness of breath.

Former US president George HW Bush has been released from a Houston hospital after a stay of about a week following treatment for shortness of breath.

Former US president George HW Bush will remain in a Texas hospital through the weekend after experiencing shortness of breath earlier this week.

Former US president George HW Bush has been taken to a Texas hospital after experiencing a shortness of breath.

Republican Jeb Bush’s flirtation with a possible run for the White House in 2016 has been so low-key that some in his party are not convinced he is prepared to take on the challenge.

Noodle challenge not that hard to stomach

A massive manhunt continued in the California mountains for a fired policeman accused of three murders who declared war on law enforcement officers and their families in a rambling internet manifesto.

The US Secret Service is investigating whether former president George HW Bush’s email was hacked along with other family members and friends, the agency said.

Truth is, retired Gen H Norman Schwarzkopf didn’t care much for his popular “Stormin’ Norman” nickname.

SAY WHAT you like about Irish politics but at least it isn’t rife with the kind of mawkish folksy smaltz that has become an unwelcome staple of American presidential elections.

US broadcaster HBO and the producers of the drama series Game of Thrones have apologised for a scene that appeared to depict former American president George W Bush’s severed head on a spike.

The race for the White House is tightening up, with President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney in a dead heat on the question of who could best fix the economy, a poll shows.

Mitt Romney is turning away from his primary opponents and towards Democratic President Barack Obama after sweeping three more Republican contests.

Dick Cheney played a pivotal role in the war on terror, and the US, Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan paid a high price, writes TP O’Mahony.

FACING high unemployment and lukewarm public approval, President Barack Obama can take heart from history: At the same point in his presidency 28 years ago, Ronald Reagan was saddled with an approval rating much lower than Obama’s is now. And the unemployment rate then was a full percentage point higher.