Biden looks to move past his troubles, opening NATO summit with warning to Putin
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden opened NATO’s 75th anniversary summit on Tuesday seeking to bolster confidence in both the alliance and his own political standing with a forceful speech warning of the threat posed by Russia and other authoritarian states as the world plunges into a new era of superpower conflict.
Joe Biden, in the goodest bunker ever
When I saw the Michael Shear story in The New York Times on Thursday, recounting how President Joe Biden had stumbled talking to Black radio hosts days after his debate debacle, telling one he was proud to have been “the first Black woman to serve with a Black president,” I knew it spelled trouble.
Boeing agrees to plead guilty to felony in deal with Justice Department
WASHINGTON — Boeing agreed Sunday to plead guilty to a felony charge of conspiring to defraud the federal government over two fatal crashes of the 737 Max in 2018 and 2019, according to a late-night court filing.
Parkinson’s expert visited the White House 8 times in 8 months
An expert on Parkinson’s disease from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center visited the White House eight times in eight months from last summer through this spring, including at least once for a meeting with President Joe Biden’s physician, according to official visitor logs.
Biden says he is ‘firmly committed’ to staying in the race
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday dared his critics to “challenge me at the convention” if they want him out of the presidential race, refusing to step aside in a defiant letter to Democratic members of Congress and in fiery remarks on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program.
Is this vibrant democracy in Japan, or has the circus come to town?
TOKYO — When voters in Tokyo cast their ballot for governor of the world’s largest city Sunday, they were spoiled for choice.
Farage, anti-immigrant icon, could reshape Britain’s conservative trajectory
LONDON — At first, Nigel Farage kept his cool. When protesters disrupted an election victory speech by Farage, Britain’s veteran political disrupter, anti-immigration activist and ally of former U.S. President Donald Trump, he ignored them.
In Las Vegas, a violent sport sparks controversy
LAS VEGAS — When the meaty palm of Vasil Kamotskii, a 360-pound, 34-year-old pig farmer from Siberia known as Dumpling, struck the tender cheek of the man who faced him, it sounded like a thunderclap. Dumpling didn’t appear to expend much effort — he swung lazily, the way you might bat a fly. But it was enough to send his opponent, Kamil Marusarz, a 26-year-old from Orland Park, Illinois, toppling to the ground.
Top House democrats privately say Biden must go as allies insist he must do more
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s base of support among key Democrats on Capitol Hill began to crumble Sunday as a half-dozen top members of the House privately told colleagues he should withdraw from the presidential race amid growing concerns about his age and ability to win reelection.
Judge delays some deadlines in Trump classified documents case
A federal judge Saturday postponed a few deadlines in former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case to allow prosecutors time to respond to his request for a broader pause in the wake of the Supreme Court’s ruling this past week on executive immunity.
As Biden digs in, more supporters look to push him out
Numerous officials, lawmakers and strategists in President Joe Biden’s own party increasingly see his candidacy as unsustainable — and their private anxieties are slowly but steadily spilling into public view, interviews with more than 50 Democrats this past week showed.
Reformist candidate wins Iran’s presidential election
In an election upset in Iran, the reformist candidate who advocated moderate policies at home and improved relations with the West won the presidential runoff against a hard-line rival, according to results released by the Interior Ministry on Saturday.
Political unrest worldwide is fueled by high prices and huge debts
PARIS — Like a globe-spanning tornado that touches down with little predictability, deep economic anxieties are leaving a trail of political turmoil and violence across poor and rich countries alike.
Harris emerges from sidelines as Democrats rethink the ticket
SELMA, Ala. — By early this year, around the time a prosecutor called President Joe Biden a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” Vice President Kamala Harris already knew something had to change.
After immunity ruling, Trump seeks delay of classified documents case
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump on Friday asked the judge overseeing his classified documents case to put that proceeding almost entirely on hold as they sort through whether Trump enjoys immunity from the charges based on a landmark Supreme Court ruling this week.
How future hurricanes could stress power grids of US cities
The risk of hurricane-induced power outages could become 50% higher in some areas of the United States, including Puerto Rico, because of climate change in the coming decades, according to a new analysis.
Success eluded him in dance. Then came gymnastics and Simone Biles.
PARIS — When gymnastics superstar Simone Biles tumbles and dances her way through her third Olympics this month, the choreography she performs in her floor routine will be seen on hundreds of millions of screens around the world.
Does America need a president?
As the belief that Joe Biden is fully equipped to be president dissolves like mist on a Delaware morning, some of his defenders have fallen back on the idea that the American presidency is not really a man but a team.
US and Israel voice new optimism about cease-fire as Gaza talks resume
JERUSALEM — U.S. and Israeli officials Thursday expressed renewed optimism over a cease-fire deal in the Gaza Strip, after Hamas revised its position and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu then told U.S. President Joe Biden that he is sending a new delegation of negotiators to the stalled talks.
President Biden: Teach them how to say goodbye
Immediately after Hamas invaded Israel on Oct. 7, I urged Israel to think about how to respond by asking itself one question: What does your worst enemy want you to do? Then do the opposite. Iran and Hamas wanted Israel to rush headlong into Gaza — without any plan or Palestinian partner for the morning after — and unfortunately, Israel did just that.
