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President Joe Biden

Biden is the 46th president of the United States and was sworn in on January 20, 2021.

Biden is the 46th president of the United States and was sworn in on January 20, 2021.

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Highlights

  1. Biden, Asked if He’s Planning to Debate Trump, Says ‘I Am’

    The president’s announcement came after months in which he and his campaign declined to say whether he would debate his predecessor.

     By Reid J. Epstein, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Jonathan Swan

    A debate in 2020 between Donald J. Trump and Joseph R. Biden Jr. was shown during a drive-up watch party in San Francisco.
    CreditJim Wilson/The New York Times

  2. Pentagon Announces Additional $6 Billion in Military Aid for Ukraine

    The funds will allow Kyiv to purchase weapons directly from American defense companies.

     By John Ismay

    An American-made HIMARS rocket launcher being fired during a demonstration in Poland last fall.
    CreditMaciek Nabrdalik for The New York Times

  3. After Israel Aid Vote, Pocan Seeks to Show Biden Liberal Dismay on Gaza

    The progressive Democrat from a rural, mostly white Wisconsin district is highlighting that it is not just young people of color who are concerned about the war.

     By Robert Jimison

    Representative Mark Pocan at a town hall in Dodgeville, Wis., one of several he held recently in his district.
    CreditNarayan Mahon for The New York Times

  4. Biden Delays Ban on Menthol Cigarettes

    The proposal had been years in the making, in an effort to curb death rates of Black smokers targeted by Big Tobacco. In an election year, the president’s worries about support among Black voters may have influenced the postponement.

     By Christina Jewett and Noah Weiland

    Public health groups supporting the ban of menthol cigarettes cited years of data suggesting that the cigarettes, long marketed to African American smokers, make it more palatable to start smoking and more difficult to stop.
    CreditMario Tama/Getty Images

  5. Biden, Seeking to Build on Fruitful Week, Announces Billions in Chip Grants

    The $6.1 billion for Micron, to shore up the domestic supply of semiconductors, comes after a key union endorsement and passage of an aid bill central to the president’s foreign policy agenda.

     By Madeleine Ngo and Zolan Kanno-Youngs

    President Biden on a Micron tour in 2022. The funding for Micron stems from the CHIPS Act, which a bipartisan group of lawmakers passed in 2022 to re-establish the United States as a leader in the production of semiconductors.
    CreditKenny Holston for The New York Times

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Coronavirus

  1. ‘Don’t Inject Bleach’: Biden Mocks Trump on Anniversary of Covid Comments

    President Biden has homed in on the infamous moment, which crystallized the chaos of the Trump presidency, as he trolls his political opponent.

     By Zolan Kanno-Youngs

    President Donald J. Trump’s remarks in 2020 about injecting disinfectant to combat the coronavirus caused an immediate uproar.
    CreditAl Drago for The New York Times

  2. How a Pandemic Malaise Is Shaping American Politics

    Four years later, the shadow of the pandemic continues to play a profound role in voters’ pessimism and distrust amid a presidential rematch.

     By Lisa Lerer, Jennifer Medina and Reid J. Epstein

    Confidence in the presidency, public schools, the criminal justice system, the news media and Congress has yet to recover from its slump in surveys in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic.
    CreditJonah Markowitz for The New York Times

  3. Large Grocers Took Advantage of Pandemic Supply Chain Disruptions, F.T.C. Finds

    A report found that large firms pressured suppliers to favor them over competitors. It also concluded that some retailers “seem to have used rising costs as an opportunity to further hike prices.”

     By Madeleine Ngo

    The report concluded that supply chain disruptions did not affect companies equally across the grocery industry.
    CreditHiroko Masuike/The New York Times

  4. Examining Trump’s Alternate Reality Pitch

    The war in Ukraine. Hamas’s attack on Israel. Inflation. The former president has insisted that none would have occurred if he had remained in office after 2020.

     By Angelo Fichera

    Former President Donald J. Trump making a recorded statement from his Mar-a-Lago resort and residence in Florida earlier this month. His suppositions about important events over the past few years underscore the ways in which he often airs questionable claims without explanation.
    CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times

  5. Paid Family Caregivers in Indiana Face Steep Cutbacks

    Now that federal pandemic-era funds are shrinking, states like Indiana are ending or curtailing programs that finance home care by relatives of seriously ill children and adults.

     By Ted Alcorn and Kaiti Sullivan

    CreditKaiti Sullivan for The New York Times

Kamala Harris

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  1. As College Students Protest, Harris Keeps Her Focus on Abortion

    “When we think about what is at stake, it is absolutely about freedom,” Vice President Kamala Harris said during a visit to Wisconsin.

     By Jazmine Ulloa

    Vice President Kamala Harris in Tucson, Ariz., this month.
    CreditKenny Holston/The New York Times

  2. Harris Blasts Trump on Abortion at Arizona Campaign Stop

    At a rally in Tucson, Ariz., days after the state’s top court upheld a near-total ban on abortion, Vice President Kamala Harris placed the blame directly on former President Donald J. Trump.

     By Nicholas Nehamas

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  3. Where Kamala Harris Lives, a Little-Known History of Enslavement

    The vice president’s official residence is in a quiet Washington enclave once home to 34 enslaved people. Ms. Harris has sought to reconnect the property to its Black heritage.

     By Robert Draper

    Vice President Kamala Harris lives in the white turreted Queen Anne-style three-story building that replaced the home of a slave owner on the same property.
    CreditBrendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

  4. Kamala Harris Is Noncommittal on Gaza, the Border and TikTok

    In an interview with ABC News on Sunday, the vice president declined to offer details on several issues facing the Biden administration.

     By Maggie Astor

    Vice President Kamala Harris during a Women’s History Month reception at the White House this month.
    CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times

  5. Kamala Harris Visits Parkland and Urges States to Adopt Red-Flag Gun Laws

    At the site of the 2018 school shooting in Florida, the vice president announced federal help for states to limit weapon access for people deemed to be threats.

     By Michael D. Shear

    “This school is soon going to be torn down,” Vice President Kamala Harris said in a speech Saturday. “But the memory of it will never be erased.”
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Cabinet Appointments

  1. Leader of Federal Student Aid Office Steps Down After College Admissions Crisis

    During Richard Cordray’s tenure at the agency, the botched rollout of the new FAFSA upended the college admissions process.

     By Zach Montague

    Richard Cordray, the former leader of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, in 2018. He has led the Federal Student Aid office since 2021.
    CreditAllison Farrand for The New York Times

  2. Opposition to Muslim Judicial Nominee Leaves Biden With a Tough Choice

    Adeel Mangi would be the first Muslim American to be a federal appeals court judge, but has faced vitriolic attacks from the G.O.P. The president could run out of time to fill the seat.

     By Carl Hulse

    Adeel Mangi’s nomination was approved by the Judiciary Committee in January on a party-line vote after a brutal December hearing.
    CreditGraeme Sloan/Sipa, via Associated Press

  3. Trump’s Plan to Take Away Biden’s Biggest Advantage

    Why the former president decided that the Republican National Committee needed to be systematically dismantled.

     By Michael Barbaro, Shane Goldmacher, Michael Simon Johnson, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Mooj Zadie, M.J. Davis Lin, Lexie Diao, Marion Lozano and Alyssa Moxley

    Lara Trump, Donald Trump’s daughter-in-law, has become the Republican National Committee’s co-chair.
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  4. Fudge Steps Down as Housing Secretary

    Marcia Fudge, who has led the Department of Housing and Urban Development since the early days of the Biden administration, announced her resignation, citing family concerns.

     By Peter Baker

    Marcia Fudge’s departure conflicts with White House desires to keep the president’s cabinet and senior team intact through the November election.
    CreditTom Brenner/Reuters

  5. Victoria Nuland, Veteran Russia Hawk, to Leave the State Department

    A hard-charging diplomat and determined advocate of supporting Ukraine will step down from the department’s No. 4 post.

     By Michael Crowley

    Victoria Nuland, the State Department’s under secretary for political affairs, testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2021.
    CreditSarahbeth Maney/The New York Times
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    Biden Vows to Bring Home Detained U.S. Journalists

    President Biden took a more somber tone to acknowledge journalists who were wrongfully detained overseas. “We’re not going to give up until we get them home,” he said.

    By Reuters and Network Pool

     
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    Republicans Target Migrants at the Border as an ‘Invasion’

    Republicans have been increasingly using the word “invasion” in their ads and speeches to describe migrants on the southern border solidifying the word into party’s overall message on immigration.

    By Jazmine Ulloa, Meg Felling and Claire Hogan

     
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