Biden’s Goodbye to Politics Will Begin in Earnest With His Convention Speech
It will be a bittersweet moment for the president, who left the race and turned the keys of his campaign over to Vice President Kamala Harris less than a month ago.
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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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CreditPete Marovich for The New York Times Biden Designates Illinois Race Riot Site as a National Monument
A riot started by a white lynch mob in Springfield in 1908 destroyed a Black neighborhood and led to the creation of the N.A.A.C.P.
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CreditJohn O'Connor/Associated Press He Still Thought He Could Win: Inside Biden’s Decision to Drop Out
People close to President Biden say he believes he could have won a second term. But he came to realize that the fight would rip apart the Democratic Party that he had served his whole life.
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CreditEric Lee/The New York Times As Harris and Biden Take a Victory Lap on Drug Costs, She Sets the Pace
At their first joint public appearance since the shake-up of the Democratic ticket, the two leaders traded warm words and showed how they hope to use his legacy to slingshot her to the White House.
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‘I’m Looking for a Job’: Biden Jokes About Life After the White House
With a jovial serenity, the president has more publicly embraced the idea of retirement as he heads into his final months in office.
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CreditEric Lee/The New York Times When Will They Speak Again? Once Close, Biden and Pelosi Are at Odds.
President Biden is upset that Representative Nancy Pelosi worked to get him out of the race. She is losing sleep over it.
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CreditTom Brenner for The New York Times Biden, Obama and the Clintons Will Speak at the Democratic Convention
The president, two of his predecessors and the party’s 2016 nominee are said to be planning speeches at the party’s gathering next week in Chicago.
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CreditJim Vondruska/Reuters Biden Says He Dropped Out to Avoid Becoming a ‘Distraction’ for Democrats
In his first interview since ending his campaign, the president said it was imperative for the party to beat Donald J. Trump and accused him of being an ally of the Ku Klux Klan.
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CreditTierney L. Cross for The New York Times Biden Promised Peace, but Will Leave His Successor a Nation Entangled in War
The president has spent much of his tenure mobilizing military might against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and supporting Israel.
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Coronavirus
From Buoyant to Frail: Two Days in Las Vegas as Biden Tests Positive
The president’s appearance, and his campaign’s momentum, changed dramatically during a two-day swing in Nevada that was cut short when he tested positive for Covid.
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CreditEric Lee/The New York Times Biden Tests Positive for Covid
President Biden will “self-isolate and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time,” a White House spokeswoman said.
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The president defended his debate performance with exaggerations about polling, his recent appearances and his opponent.
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CreditTom Brenner for The New York Times Student Loan Borrowers Owe $1.6 Trillion. Nearly Half Aren’t Paying.
Millions of people are overdue on their federal loans or still have them paused — and court rulings keep upending collection efforts.
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CreditWilliam DeShazer for The New York Times This Is the First Presidential Debate Without an In-Person Audience Since 1960
John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon were the last presidential candidates to debate with no live audience during a general election.
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Kamala Harris
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As President Biden’s understudy, Ms. Harris did not often get to lead on signature issues. But she found roles to play on abortion rights, gun safety and a Supreme Court appointment.
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CreditErin Schaff/The New York Times The 47 Seconds That Saved Kamala Harris’s Political Career
Nearly 14 years ago, Kamala Harris’s opponent in the California attorney general’s race gave an answer at a little-watched debate that was frank — and fateful for the future Democratic presidential nominee.
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CreditRich Pedroncelli/Associated Press Harris Puts Four Sun Belt States Back in Play, Times/Siena Polls Find
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in close races across Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina, crucial swing states that Mr. Trump had seemed en route to run away with just a few weeks ago.
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CreditThe New York Times Live Election Updates: Harris and Walz Tour Pennsylvania Ahead of Convention
Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, embarked on a bus tour of the critical battleground state a day before Democrats open their national convention in Chicago.
CreditErin Schaff/The New York Times Harris Campaign’s Legal Team Takes Shape as Election Battles Heat Up
The campaign is adding Marc Elias, one of the party’s top election lawyers, to help Democrats counter what they expect to be a contentious postelection period.
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Cabinet Appointments
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.
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CreditJohn Lamparski/Getty Images 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.
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CreditAgence France-Presse — Getty Images 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.
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CreditThe New York Times 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.
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CreditDoug Mills/The New York Times Highlights from Biden’s News Conference
President Biden held an hourlong news conference with reporters, stumbling early on but remaining defiant in the face of questions about his fitness to continue his campaign.
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Guest EssayJim Foley’s Legacy Helped Change Hostage Policy
Americans held captive overseas deserve all of our help.
By Diane Foley
Six Takeaways From the Magazine’s Profile of Joe Biden
His decision to quit the race ended a remarkable chapter in American political history — and started one that may yet define his legacy.
By Robert Draper
Joe Biden’s Interrupted Presidency
He sought the office nearly all his life. When he finally got there, it brought out his best — and eventually his worst.
By Robert Draper
Michelle CottleJoe Manchin Has Some Unsolicited Advice for Kamala Harris and the Democrats
The senator from West Virginia assesses the Democratic Party and its path to victory in November.
By Michelle Cottle
Ezra KleinTrump Turned the Democratic Party Into a Pitiless Machine
The former president’s victory made it ruthlessly pragmatic.
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Urged to Focus on the Economy, Trump Leans Into Attacks on Harris
At a rally in Pennsylvania, former President Donald J. Trump vacillated between criticisms of the economy and immigration and personal attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris.
By Simon J. Levien and Michael Gold
Análisis noticiosoHarris y Trump presentan un claro contraste sobre la economía
Ambos candidatos abogan por ampliar el poder del gobierno para dirigir los resultados económicos, pero en ámbitos muy diferentes.
By Jim Tankersley
Times InsiderThe Times Newsroom Goes to the Democratic National Convention
Lisa Lerer, a New York Times politics reporter, will cover the D.N.C. with a host of colleagues, building a makeshift office at the event in Chicago.
By Emmett Lindner
Maureen DowdThe Dems Are Delighted. But a Coup Is Still a Coup.
After the bloodletting, Democrats are parading to their convention.
By Maureen Dowd
Doubting America’s ‘Nuclear Umbrella,’ Some South Koreans Want Their Own
Washington says it would defend the South against North Korea with nuclear arms, if need be. But more and more people in the South think it should rely on itself.
By Choe Sang-Hun
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