The toll of starting a golf career so young
Asterisk Talley was faced with a tricky question after she made the cut at the U.S. Women’s Open, the second women’s major of the year. Would she have time to finish the homework that her teachers back home had assigned?
US and allies aim to forge commitments to Ukraine that will endure
WASHINGTON — The United States and its NATO allies have agreed that Ukraine should have an “irreversible” path to membership in the alliance, enshrining the phrase in a document that was released Wednesday during the alliance’s summit in Washington.
Biden faces fresh calls to withdraw as Democrats fear electoral rout
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden faced a fresh wave of pressure on Wednesday to end his campaign or rethink his decision to run for reelection, as Democrats from Hollywood to Capitol Hill aired grave concerns that he would lose to former President Donald Trump in November and drag his party’s chance of controlling Congress down with him.
A late play by the Biden campaign: Running out the clock
President Joe Biden’s resistance to pressure to end his reelection bid appears to be a strategy aimed at running out the clock, a play to leave his party so little time to come up with another candidate that his opponents stand down.
Biden announces tariffs on Chinese metals routed through Mexico
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration took steps Wednesday to prevent China from circumventing U.S. tariffs on Chinese steel and aluminum by routing those imports through Mexico.
Top Democrats, swallowing fears about Biden’s candidacy, remain behind him
WASHINGTON — Top Democrats in Congress indicated on Tuesday that they were unwilling — at least for now — to mount an effort to push aside President Joe Biden even after a day of meetings in which their members expressed grave concerns about his age, mental acuity and ability to win reelection.
FTC slams middlemen for high drug prices, reversing hands-off approach
The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday sharply criticized pharmacy benefit managers, saying in a scathing 71-page report that “these powerful middlemen may be profiting by inflating drug costs and squeezing Main Street pharmacies.”
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.
