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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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  1. Reporter Asks Biden if He Would Reconsider Dropping Out of the Race

    President Biden, who reluctantly surrendered his bid for a second term, has wanted to be president for most of his adult life.

     By Michael D. Shear

    President Biden taking questions from reporters during a press briefing at the White House on Friday.
    CreditKenny Holston/The New York Times

  2. Judge Halts Biden Student Debt Plan Right After It Was Allowed to Proceed

    The ruling was the latest instance of legal whiplash for the over 27 million borrowers who could qualify, and yet another blow to the president’s pledge to provide mass student debt relief.

     By Zach Montague

    President Biden spoke about student debt cancellation in Culver City, Calif., in February. Legal challenges have held up multiple programs to help borrowers.
    CreditAl Drago for The New York Times

  3. Biden Requires Lead Drinking-Water Pipes to be Replaced Nationwide

    The “historic” rule aims to eliminate a major source of lead poisoning and comes a decade after a drinking-water crisis in Flint, Mich.

     By Zach Montague and Hiroko Tabuchi

    President Joe Biden in Milwaukee on Tuesday. “I’m here today to tell you that I finally insisted that it gets prioritized and I’m insisting it get done,” he said about the order to replace lead pipes throughout the country.
    CreditEric Lee/The New York Times

  4. How 2 Offhand Remarks by Biden Caused Waves in the Markets and the Middle East

    The president’s casual disclosures underscored the power of his words — and how quickly they travel.

     By Michael D. Shear

    President Biden responded to reporters’ questions at the White House on Thursday.
    CreditTierney L. Cross for The New York Times
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  5. Biden Traces Helene’s Ruinous Trail in Visits to Florida and Georgia

    President Biden promised that the government would not abandon the survivors of one of the deadliest storms in American history.

     By Michael D. Shear

    President Biden surveyed damage from Hurricane Helene in Keaton Beach, Fla., on Thursday, the second full day he devoted to demonstrating his administration’s concern about the loss of life and physical destruction caused by the storm.
    CreditEric Lee/The New York Times

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Kamala Harris

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  1. Harris Has Raised $1 Billion. Can She Get Donors to Give More?

    The sheer amount of money Kamala Harris has raised in her run for president has had unintended consequences.

     By Theodore Schleifer

    Vice President Kamala Harris at an event in Las Vegas last week. Her large financial donors met over the weekend in Philadelphia.
    CreditErin Schaff/The New York Times

  2. Kamala Harris Sets an Interview With a Not-So-Friendly Outlet: Fox News.

    The interview, to be conducted by the anchor Bret Baier in Pennsylvania, will air Wednesday at 6 p.m. Eastern.

     By Michael M. Grynbaum

    Bret Baier will interview Vice President Kamala Harris.
    CreditMaddie McGarvey for The New York Times

  3. How Wall St. Is Subtly Shaping the Harris Economic Agenda

    The vice president has repeatedly incorporated suggestions from business executives into her economic agenda.

     By Andrew Duehren and Lauren Hirsch

    Vice President Kamala Harris heading to Air Force Two after attending a fund-raiser at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan last month.
    CreditDave Sanders for The New York Times

  4. Harris Steps Up a Major Push for Black Voters

    The vice president released a plan to help Black men financially, held interviews with two Black media outlets and put out targeted ads in battleground states.

     By Erica L. Green and Nicholas Nehamas

    Vice President Kamala Harris will bring her new policy proposals to the campaign trail this week.
    CreditErin Schaff/The New York Times

  5. Harris’s Final Challenge: Restore a Splintering Democratic Coalition

    Defections from Black and Latino voters are making Kamala Harris more dependent on white, suburban voters — and complicating her path to victory.

     By Jennifer MedinaKatie Glueck and Ruth Igielnik

    Vice President Kamala Harris is fighting against the drift of working-class voters toward Donald J. Trump.
    CreditErin Schaff/The New York Times

Cabinet Appointments

  1. What Trump Has Said About Rates, and Why It Matters

    He has suggested that presidents should “have a say” on interest rates, though he later walked the comment back.

     By Jeanna Smialek

    Former President Donald J. Trump speaking at a news conference in California last week.
    CreditJenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times

  2. Kamala Harris Hires Top Obama Advisers, Building Out Campaign

    David Plouffe, who managed Barack Obama’s first presidential bid, is among the new senior staff announced on Friday, along with veterans of both Obama campaigns as well as Hillary Clinton’s 2016 run.

     By Shane Goldmacher and Reid J. Epstein

    David Plouffe in New York in 2020.
    CreditJohn Lamparski/Getty Images

  3. After Biden’s Withdrawal, Other Aged Leaders Get Some Serious Side-Eye

    Most of the world’s oldest leaders — in their 80s and even one in his 90s — are in Africa, which happens to have the youngest population of any continent.

     By Ruth Maclean

    President Paul Biya of Cameroon with his wife, Chantal Biya, in Yaoundé, the capital, in May. At 91, Mr. Biya is the world’s oldest leader.
    CreditAgence France-Presse — Getty Images

  4. Joe Biden Dropped Out. What’s Next?

    President Biden on Sunday abruptly abandoned his campaign for a second term under intense pressure from fellow Democrats and threw his support to Vice President Kamala Harris to lead their party in a dramatic last-minute bid to stop former President Donald J. Trump from returning to the White House. Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, explains what happened as Mr. Biden decided to withdraw, and what could happen next.

     By Peter BakerClaire HoganRebecca SunerAlexandra Ostasiewicz and James Surdam

    CreditThe New York Times

  5. With Biden Out, What Happens Next? Here’s What We Know.

    Democrats are gaming out scenarios, some of them more likely than others. One thing is clear: Kamala Harris has the inside lane.

     By Reid J. Epstein

    President Biden ended his re-election bid on Sunday, endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the new Democratic presidential candidate.
    CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times

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  9. Nicholas Kristof

    ‘Are We Not Humans?’

    My attempt at explaining the murder, rape and famine in Sudan.

    By Nicholas Kristof

     

  10. Inside Donald Trump’s Shadow Presidency

    In the years since he left the White House, former President Donald J. Trump has remained a force in international politics, meeting with a number of foreign leaders and operating out of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

    By Peter Baker

     
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