New York mayor Michael Bloomberg and News Corp founder Rupert Murdoch are calling on US political leaders to make immigration reform a national priority.

FACING a frustrated public and a sceptical Congress, US President Barack Obama last night pitched at least $300 billion (€215bn) in jobs proposals aimed at getting Americans back to work quickly, forcing Republicans to take a share of the responsibility for solving the country’s economic woes.

Suspected US unmanned aircraft fired missiles at a house in north-western Pakistan today, killing 13 alleged militants in the second such attack in less than 12 hours, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Barack Obama told top politicians they must hammer out a deal within the next 10 days to avoid an unprecedented default on US debt.

NOBODY seems to have asked what Brian Cowen was doing in Vietnam around St Patrick’s Day 2008.