The Iran war, gas prices and Trump’s miscalculations led to one of the most decisive repudiations of an American president, write Josh Dawsey, Alex Leary, and Lindsay Wise, The Wall Street Journal.
The Fine Gael leader has found himself caught between the competing demands of leading his party and managing the public finances – and the polls suggest the strain is beginning to show.
The party’s moderate and far-left factions are already finger-pointing over who has hurt Democrats more in the midterms, write Eliza Collins and Sabrina Rodriguez, The Wall Street Journal.
Locals offer glimpse into whether Democrats in midterms can overcome their main weakness: loss of blue-collar voters, write Kris Maher and Scott Calvert, The Wall Street Journal.
A new book explores the sequence of political events that surrounded the October 1976 murder of Garda Michael Clerkin by a suspected rogue IRA faction. Michael was my cousin.
Labour’s finance spokesperson says Budget 2027's income-tax breaks and welfare boosts are too little, too late for those hit by inflation – but he acknowledges “some good ideas” to support Irish start-ups and scale-ups.
The minister for public expenditure and reform is more concerned with how money is spent than how much. But when dealing with public sector pay or cuts to ring-fenced carbon tax, the numbers still very much matter.
Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke says he expects “good wins” for SMEs in the upcoming Budget. But he has a fight on his hands to get all he wants.
Some see this week’s election in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt and the rise of the AfD as a sign of what may come. This is a choice yet to be made.
A feminist icon who co-founded Ms. magazine, Steinem spent more than six decades as a journalist, editor, activist and organizer, writes Jon Mooallem, The Wall Street Journal.
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