First Minister Michelle O'Neill says her decision not to travel to Washington DC for the annual festivities is one of principle.

About 15,000 IRS employees have been identified for possible termination as early as next week as the White House seeks to find cost savings across the government, ABC News has learned. A sign for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is seen on its building on Feb.

In our news wrap Thursday, Indian Prime Minister Modi visited the White House hours after President Trump signed a plan to impose "reciprocal" tariffs on many of America's trading partners, a federal judge paused Trump's executive order restricting gender-affirming care for trans youth and Hamas said it will release three Israeli hostages on Saturday allowing the ceasefire with Israel to hold.

With President Trump's arrival in the White House, the restrictions on heavy bomb shipments to Israel, imposed by his predecessor Joe Biden, were lifted.

Hamas is playing games with releasing hostages — just like it has been doing since the war began. Brett McGurk served as deputy assistant to the president and White House coordinator for the Middle East and North Africa from 2021 to 2025.

As Israel and Hamas figure out a ceasefire deal for Gaza, President Donald Trump has been conspiring a plan to buy Gaza and transform it into his own middle eastern Mar-A-Lago. In a White House press conference on Feb.

For America’s Jews – and Israel’s, and Americans generally for that matter – Trump’s return is the best news since Joe Biden entered the White House in 2020. And that’s reason to give than

Sinn Féin Senator Conor Murphy has said his party's boycott of St Patrick's Day celebrations in the US "wasn't a decision that was taken lightly", but was "necessary". On Friday, the party announced it will not travel to Washington DC for the annual festivities next month over US President Donald Trump's stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict.

When Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts by a jury last May, there was one person in his courtroom entourage who wasn’t one of his lawyers, aides or family members: Steve Witkoff.

Benjamin Netanyahu has said "President Trump is the greatest friend Israel has ever had in the White House" during a news conference on Sunday, 16 February with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.