43 m. ago US justice department releases huge cache of Jeffrey Epstein files

Legal provision exempts materials ‘that would jeopardise an active federal investigation’

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45 m. ago US Justice Department releases hundreds of thousands of Epstein records

The release follows months of political wrangling and rebellion by some of President Donald Trump's staunchest supporters over his administration's reluctance to make public all records tied to probes into Epstein.

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3 h. ago Jeffrey Epstein files: US legislators will not release all Epstein records in time for Friday deadline

Deputy attorney general says it may take weeks to release full set of ‘several hundred thousand’ documents

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6 h. ago The Kennedy Centre starts work to add Trump’s name onto the building

Mr Trump is chairman of the board.

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7 h. ago High Court dismisses challenges from TDs over 'super junior' ministers

People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy had taken a case against the Taoiseach, the Government of Ireland, and the Attorney General in relation to allowing super junior ministers to attend Cabinet.

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14 h. ago Farmers honk horns of 1,000 tractors in Brussels to protest trade deal

Thousands of farmers flooded the Belgian capital yesterday as the deal loomed large over the European leaders’ gathering.

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16 h. ago Ukraine deal: EU leaders agree €90bn loan after frozen Russian assets plan fails

Crunch summit breaks up with agreement for EU loan to shore up Ukraine’s finances for next two years

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27 h. ago Trump signs executive order to reclassify marijuana as less dangerous drug

Some Republicans have spoken out in opposition to any changes and urged Mr Trump to maintain current standards.

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27 h. ago Everyone's talking about those photos of Trump's top team. Here's what the photographer has to say

Christopher Anderson reckons ‘the internet freaking out’ over untouched photos says something about our culture.

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29 h. ago Farmers block roads in Brussels to protest over South American free trade deal

Farmers fear an agreement with the trade bloc known as Mercosur will undercut their livelihoods.

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29 h. ago AIB shifts some mortgage risks off balance sheet to free up capital

Move follows a similar deal involving €1bn of corporate loans in November 2024

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29 h. ago Tensions boil over at farming protest in Brussels against EU's planned Mercosur trade deal

Farmers worry the Mercosur deal will see them undercut by a flow of cheaper goods from agricultural giant Brazil and its neighbours.

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30 h. ago ‘Presidential Walk of Fame’ offers Trump’s skewed take on US history

Plaques portray an often inaccurate version of history that aligns with the US president’s worldview

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31 h. ago State’s decision on Mercosur has to also account for nitrates deal, Taoiseach says

Government to come under pressure from Brussels to back EU-South American trade agreement

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35 h. ago Irish foreign multinational employment climbs in 2025 despite Trump tariffs

Irish foreign multinational employment climbs in 2025 despite Trump tariffs  Global Banking | Finance

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36 h. ago Brussels braces for farmer protests, as Mercosur can gets kicked down the road

Farmers worry the Mercosur deal will see them undercut by a flow of cheaper goods from agricultural giant Brazil and its neighbours.

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39 h. ago Trump’s primetime address rings with frustration as he insists the golden age has already arrived

It may have occurred to him as he spoke, as well as to millions watching, that the US president has another three years left in office

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40 h. ago Britain’s Erasmus deal doesn’t mean Brexit is done for, but it might help Labour appeal to youth

The party’s support among those aged 18-24 has collapsed

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40 h. ago Newton Emerson: There’s just one problem with Ulster Scots. Unlike the Irish language, it doesn’t exist

There is a great deal of cynicism about Ulster Scots among unionists. Many consider it a desperately contrived counterweight to Irish

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47 h. ago Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell seeks prison release

Maxwell was convicted of sex trafficking in December 2021.

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