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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. Five Things to Know About Biden’s New Power Plant Rules

    The administration issued a major climate regulation aimed at virtually eliminating carbon emissions from coal, the dirtiest of the fossil fuels and a driver of global warming.

     By Coral Davenport and Lisa Friedman

    Republican-led states and the coal industry are all but certain to challenge the rules in court.
    CreditChris Carlson/Associated Press

  2. High Borrowing Costs Have Some Democrats Urging Biden to Pressure the Fed

    Polls show voters are angry about costs, like mortgages, and worried they will stay high if the president wins re-election.

     By Jim Tankersley and Jeanna Smialek

    Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, during a meeting with President Biden in 2022. White House officials say the president respects the Fed’s independence.
    CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times

  3. Biden Campaigns on Abortion Rights in Florida, Tying State Ban to Trump

    The Biden campaign has made abortion one of its top issues, as polling shows it is one of the few subjects in which voters place more trust in President Biden than Donald Trump.

     By Nicholas Nehamas and Patricia Mazzei

    Speaking at a community college in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, President Biden condemned a six-week abortion ban that is set to take effect in Florida on May 1.
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  4. Biden Will Speak at Morehouse and West Point Graduations

    President Biden will deliver the commencement addresses in May as U.S. support for Israel fuels protests on other campuses.

     By Zach Montague

    Last year, President Joe Biden delivered the commencement speech at Howard University.
    CreditMichael A. McCoy for The New York Times

  5. 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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Coronavirus

  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. New C.D.C. Director Seeks to Foster Trust in a Battered Agency

    Five months into her tenure at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Mandy K. Cohen is trying to put a human face on public health.

     By Sheryl Gay Stolberg

    Dr. Mandy K. Cohen in Dallas last month. Since taking the helm of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in July, she has traveled the country encouraging vaccination.
    CreditDesiree Rios 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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  5. Xi Meets Blinken With Tough Issues on the Agenda

    The direct meeting with China’s leader is a sign of continued effort to ease tensions, but officials expect little progress on core issues like Taiwan, trade and Chinese support of Russia.

    By Ana Swanson and Vivian Wang

     
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  7. The fight over the future of plastics

    As countries negotiate a landmark agreement to reduce plastic pollution, the industry is fighting a battle over regulations and over its image.

    By Hiroko Tabuchi

     
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