Republicans

Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell (AP)

Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell fails to rule out voting to convict Trump

January 13, 2021

After violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol today, a tactical team with ATF gathers in the Rotunda to provide security for the continuation of the joint session of the House and Senate to count the Electoral College votes cast in November’s election, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Enough is enough: Insurrection marks moment of reckoning for Republicans

January 7, 2021

Senator Ted Cruz is supporting a group of Republicans who have joined President Donald Trump’s extraordinary effort to overturn the US election result (Brynn Anderson/AP)

More Republicans join Trump’s effort to overturn Biden’s election win

January 2, 2021

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, with outgoing Irish premier Bertie Ahern, right, during a meeting at Dublin Castle which forms part of a series of events to mark the 10th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.

Early Blair-Ahern meeting gave rise to potential for peace in Northern Ireland

December 30, 2020

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell at a news conference following a weekly Senate Republican caucus meeting. A growing number of observers is calling on the GOP to do more to bring on an acceptance of Joe Biden’s election victory (Sarah Silbiger/Pool/AP)

Republican Party may wait for January to say Biden won

December 9, 2020

President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally for Senate Republican candidates in Georgia (Evan Vucci/AP)

Trump challenges vote results while urging turnout in Georgia

December 6, 2020

Donald Trump (AP)

Trump presses Georgia governor to help overturn election result

December 5, 2020

Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, meets with Sen. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP)

Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court nomination advanced despite Democrats’ boycott

October 22, 2020

Donald Trump’s most likely route to re-election hinges on winning two crucial battleground states – Florida and Pennsylvania (Alex Brandon/AP)

Trump needs big swing in battleground states to win US election, say experts

October 22, 2020

Trouble flared following a Irish Unity march and counter protest in Glasgow on August 30

Council considering temporary halt on marches to give Glasgow ‘breathing space’

September 13, 2019