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During his election campaign, Donald Trump vowed to clampdown on illegal immigration

Trump to clampdown on illegal immigration

The US Department of Homeland Security has issued tough new orders to begin a sweeping crackdown on illegal immigrants, putting nearly all of the country's 11 million undocumented foreigners in their cross-hairs.

News • 22 Feb 17

Scott Pruitt told his staff that he will 'listen, learn and lead' in his role as US EPA head

New US EPA chief says agency can also be pro-jobs

The new head of the US EPA has said that America need not choose between jobs and the environment, in a nod to the energy industry as the White House prepares executive orders to roll back Obama-era regulation.

News • 21 Feb 17

The new White House website dropped all references to climate change when Donald Trump was sworn in as President

Will Goodbody: Scientists want Trump's attention

analysis and comment • 02 Feb 17

The US Embassy said the executive order does not suspend the Visa Waiver Program

US Immigration in Ireland confirms '90-day ban'

The US Embassy in Dublin has confirmed that the 90-day ban on people from countries named in an executive order by US President Donald Trump is in operation at the US Immigration pre-clearance facility in Dublin and Shannon airports.

News • 28 Jan 17

Donald Trump spoke to Merkel, Hollande and Putin on the phone in the Oval Office

Trump, Merkel say NATO members must pay fair share

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump agreed on the fundamental importance of the NATO alliance and that all NATO members must pay a fair share for their collective security, the two leaders said in a joint statement.

News • 28 Jan 17

Donald Trump speaking to David Muir in the White House

Watch: Donald Trump interview

Watch Donald Trump's first interview since taking office as US president when he discusses issues such as building a wall along the Mexican border and military interrogation techniques.

Video • 26 Jan 17

Donald Trump has criticised automakers for building cars in Mexico and elsewhere

Multinational clampdown not a priority for Trump

The White House Press Secretary has said that clamping down on US multinationals located abroad to avail of more favourable tax regimes is not a top priority of the Trump administration.

News • 24 Jan 17

White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus referred to reports on crowd sizes at the inauguration as "attacks"

White House accuses media of delegitimising Trump

The White House vowed today to fight the news media "tooth and nail" over what officials see as unfair attacks on US President Donald Trump, setting a tone that could ratchet up a traditionally adversarial relationship to a new level of rancour.

News • 23 Jan 17

Police officers push a group of demonstrators back before the inauguration in Washington

Violence flares on streets during inauguration

America's political divisions turned violent on the streets of Washington during US President Donald Trump's inauguration, as black clad anti-establishment activists smashed shop windows and clashed with police.

News • 20 Jan 17

Donald Trump becomes US President on Friday

Donald Trump says Brexit is going to be great

NATO is "obsolete", Germany's Angela Merkel made a "catastrophic mistake" on refugees, Brexit will be "great" and he "couldn't care less about" the plans for his Co Clare hotel, US President-elect Donald Trump has said.

brexit • 16 Jan 17

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Pope Francis discussed the Middle East situation

Abbas says US embassy move would hurt peace

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that if US President-elect Donald Trump goes through with plans to transfer Washington's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem it will hurt the peace process.

News • 14 Jan 17

The White House said more than 20 million Americans have gained health insurance through Obamacare

US Congress in first step for repealing Obamacare

The US House of Representatives has joined the Senate in passing a critical measure that marks the first major step towards repealing outgoing President Barack Obama's landmark but controversial health care reforms.

News • 14 Jan 17

About 2,000, mostly black, protesters marched along the National Mall toward the Martin Luther King Jr Memorial in Washington

Protesters vow to fight for rights under Trump

US civil rights activists vowed today to defend hard-fought gains in voting rights and criminal justice during the presidency of Donald Trump, kicking off a week of protests ahead of his inauguration.

News • 14 Jan 17

National Front leader Marine Le Pen was seen entering the Trump Tower building in New York

No meeting planned as Le Pen spotted at Trump HQ

French far-right presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen was seen at Trump Tower today but she declined to say whether she was there to meet with US President-elect Donald Trump, according to a Reuters witness and a media pool report.

News • 12 Jan 17

Caitríona Perry reports on New York news conference

RTÉ's Washington Correspondent Caitríona Perry analyses US President-elect Donald Trump's first news conference since July.

Video • 12 Jan 17

A US protester waves a Mexican flag at a border wall that divides Mexico and the US in Tijuana

President insists Mexico will not pay for US wall

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto has again rejected US Donald Trump's demand that Mexico pay for a wall along the countries' border, but he vowed to seek good relations with the US president-elect.

News • 12 Jan 17

Donald Trump said that his administration will be the biggest creator of jobs ever seen

Russia report is 'phoney stuff' - Trump

US President-elect Donald Trump has suggested at a press conference that intelligence agencies may be responsible for the release of a dossier containing allegations that Russia holds compromising information about him.

News • 12 Jan 17

The Trump transition team did not immediately respond to a request for comment

Trump dismisses compromising info claims

Classified documents that the heads of four US intelligence agencies presented last week to President-elect Donald Trump included claims that Russian intelligence operatives have compromising information about him, two US officials said last night.

News • 12 Jan 17

Trump Presidency

Trump to clampdown on illegal immigration

New US EPA chief says agency can also be pro-jobs

Will Goodbody: Scientists want Trump's attention

US Immigration in Ireland confirms '90-day ban'

Trump, Merkel say NATO members must pay fair share

Watch: Donald Trump interview

Multinational clampdown not a priority for Trump

White House accuses media of delegitimising Trump

Violence flares on streets during inauguration

Donald Trump says Brexit is going to be great

Abbas says US embassy move would hurt peace

US Congress in first step for repealing Obamacare

Protesters vow to fight for rights under Trump

No meeting planned as Le Pen spotted at Trump HQ

Caitríona Perry reports on New York news conference

President insists Mexico will not pay for US wall

Russia report is 'phoney stuff' - Trump

Trump dismisses compromising info claims

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