US senator John McCain has issued a veiled criticism of President Donald Trump's medical deferments which kept him from serving in the Vietnam War.

US President Donald Trump has issued a warning shot after Republican Senator John McCain questioned "half-baked, spurious nationalism" in America's foreign policy.

US military divers have recovered the bodies of all 10 sailors killed in a collision between an American destroyer and an oil tanker near Singapore.

The US Navy has called off the search at sea for sailors missing after a collision between a destroyer and an oil tanker, and confirmed the identity of one body.

The commander of the US Navy's 7th Fleet is to be removed after a series of warship accidents in the Pacific, two of them fatal, officials have confirmed.

Latest: A number of bodies have been found on a flooded US warship after 10 sailors went missing when it collided with an oil tanker in south-east Asian waters, the US Pacific Fleet said.

The US Navy has ordered a broad investigation into the performance and readiness of the Pacific-based 7th Fleet after a collision between the USS John S. McCain and an oil tanker.

Failure to repeal Obamacare has exposed the fault lines in the US party, write Stephen Peoples and Thomas Beaumont

Senators in the US have rejected a measure to repeal parts of former president Barack Obama's healthcare law after a night of suspense, dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump's agenda.

Applause and cheers greeted Senator John McCain, who is battling brain cancer, as he returned to the Capitol on Tuesday to vote for moving ahead on legislation to dismantle Obamacare.

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.

Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with a brain tumour after having a blood clot removed.

A draft executive order shows President Donald Trump asking for a review of America’s methods for interrogating terror suspects and whether the US should reopen CIA-run "black site" prisons outside the United States.

Your questions on the Apple tax ruling answered.  

The top Senate Republican says that Congress will investigate a CIA assessment that Russia interfered in the November election on behalf of Donald Trump, an intelligence conclusion that the incoming commander in chief has called "ridiculous".

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.

Donald Trump says people in the United States illegally are cared for better than the nation's military veterans.

The GOP’s leading candidates for the US presidential nomination are the equally despised authoritarian billionaire Donald Trump and religious zealot Ted Cruz, says Bette Browne

Former US president George Bush will be campaigning for his younger brother Jeb in South Carolina, marking his most direct entry into the 2016 White House race to date.

Grand National-winning trainer Donald McCain believes horses have been the forgotten factor in the decision to put back the start of the world’s greatest steeplechase to 5.15pm.

Donald Trump has responded to a question from CNN about whether Muslims pose a danger to the country by saying: “I love the Muslims. I think they’re great people.”

Some Republicans gleefully scripted Donald Trump’s political obituary in the wake of his scathing comments about Senator John McCain’s military service earlier this month, hoping that his freewheeling presidential campaign had finally imploded.

Donald Trump is ploughing millions of his own dollars into his campaign, but his party is still unsure whether he’s the ace — or the joker — in the pack, writes Bette Browne

Real estate magnate Donald Trump moved to the top of the 2016 US Republican presidential field in a CNN poll released yesterday, edging rival Jeb Bush and gaining support from Republicans in the last month despite a series of controversial statements.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump plans to make a big speech at the Mexico-Texas border today.

The Republican establishment may hope this is the beginning of the end for Donald Trump’s circus-like run for the presidency.

Senator John McCain urged Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump to apologise to US military families for saying prisoners of war are not heroes in his first direct response to remarks by Trump.

Three men have been found guilty of planning to murder former loyalist leader Johnny ”Mad Dog” Adair; Former Fine Gael strategist Frank Flannery has said that gender quotas have made it "difficult" for young, ambitious men; Jobs Minister Richard Bruton has said that says the proposed 50c per hour increase in the minimum wage is a balanced compromise.  Here’s this evening’s irishexaminer.com round-up.

Donald Trump blustered his way into more trouble as he criticised US senator John McCain’s war record at a conservative forum.

US senator John McCain accused President Barack Obama of throwing a “temper tantrum” over comments by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, adding to the conflict between the White House and the Republican-dominated Congress over Israel.

Two quick-footed llamas dashing in and out of traffic in an Arizona retirement community were rounded up cowboy-style by authorities, causing a stir in the streets and on social media.

Members of the small Arizona town where Kayla Mueller grew up gathered in grief after learning that the aid worker who travelled the world to help others had died in the hands of Islamic State (IS) militants.

The leaders of Russia, Ukraine, Germany and France agreed to meet in Belarus on Wednesday to try to broker a peace deal for Ukraine amid escalating violence there and signs of cracks in the transatlantic consensus on confronting Vladimir Putin.

US senator John McCain had a blunt message for demonstrators chanting for the arrest of Henry Kissinger at a Senate Armed Forces Committee hearing: “Get out of here, you low-life scum.”

Jezki remains on course for another clash with great rival Hurricane Fly in the BHP Insurance Irish Champion Hurdle back at Leopardstown on January 25.

Next month’s Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown is a likely next port of call for Hidden Cyclone following another admirable effort at Leopardstown over the festive period.

Donald McCain has taken the tough decision to retire his 2011 Champion Hurdle runner-up Peddlers Cross.

A border guard vessel has been attacked by land-based forces, Ukraine said, hours after Russian president Vladimir Putin called for immediate talks on a political solution to the crisis in the east of the country.

Dermot Weld has been leading trainer at the Galway festival on 27 occasions.

Conor McGregor has a different perspective than most when it comes to what the Irish sporting public holds close to its heart.