He became an Irish cultural icon, and Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins was among hundreds of people who packed St. Mary of the Rosary Church in the town of Nenagh for the funeral Mass.
The separation of thousands of families "represents one of the most shameful chapters in the history of our country," U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said moments before approving a settlement between the Justice Department and families represented by the American Civil Liberties Union that ended a legal challenge nearly seven years after it was filed.
Hunter Biden hasn’t been charged with lobbying offenses and nothing in the indictments backs up the GOP claims that Joe Biden was involved in his son’s business deals.
The $3.1 billion federal grant is a big help, the largest for the project yet from Uncle Sam, but it's still less than a tenth of the total project cost which will require billions of dollars more to complete.