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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.

Highlights

  1. For Biden, Aid Package Provides a Welcome Boost on the World Stage

    The congressional breakthrough on security assistance to Ukraine and Israel will let the president finally deliver arms to match his words. But it could be only a temporary respite.

     By Peter Baker

    Ukrainian men who might be called up to serve in the military training near Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, last month. The United States is on the cusp of approving its first significant military aid to the war-torn country in 16 months.
    CreditDavid Guttenfelder for The New York Times
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  2. On Earth Day, Biden Spotlights Climate Investments to Contrast With Republicans

    President Biden announced $7 billion more for solar power projects and pointed to a new a climate work force as he tries to galvanize young voters.

     By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Brad Plumer

    President Biden speaking on Monday in Prince William Forest in Triangle, Va., where he said money from the Inflation Reduction Act would help provide solar power for hundreds of thousands of homes in disadvantaged communities.
    CreditTom Brenner for The New York Times

  3. Papua New Guinea Leader Criticizes Biden’s ‘Cannibals’ Comment

    Twice last week, President Biden suggested without evidence that his uncle had been eaten by cannibals there after his plane went down off the New Guinea coast during World War II.

     By Nicholas Nehamas

    President Biden during a campaign event in Philadelphia last week. Mr. Biden’s description of his uncle’s death does not match military records.
    CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times

  4. U.S. Considers Imposing Sanctions on Israeli Military Unit

    Israeli leaders expressed alarm about the possible action by the Biden administration over rights violations in the West Bank.

     By Isabel Kershner, Adam Rasgon and Julian E. Barnes

    Mourners gathered Sunday for the funeral for Palestinians killed the day before during an Israeli raid on the Nur Shams refugee camp in the northern part of the West Bank.
    CreditAmmar Awad/Reuters

  5. Trump Slows Campaign Spending as He Tries to Close Cash Gap With Biden

    President Biden’s campaign had $85.5 million on hand at the end of March, filings show, and Donald Trump had $45 million, but the president is spending far more freely on the race.

     By Rebecca Davis O’Brien and Neil Vigdor

    CreditThe 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. 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

  2. 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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  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. The Quiet Diplomat Who Shaped Biden’s Global Economic Policy

    Mike Pyle, who will leave the administration this month, helped broker agreement with Europe and other allies over clean energy, China and Russian sanctions.

     By Jim Tankersley

    President Biden in a meeting with President Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission last year. He attended with aides including Mike Pyle, fourth from Mr. Biden’s right.
    CreditTom Brenner for The New York Times
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    Joe Biden and the Israel-Gaza War

    Readers discuss a column by Nicholas Kristof. Also: Donald Trump, “unprecedented”; tech in school; how sorrow changes us; California’s property taxes.

     
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