President Biden is shifting his focus to economic investment a day after a forceful speech warning of a menace to democracy from Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans....
The overturning of political norms is testing the limits of an established and generally dependable forecasting model that relies solely on economics....
The Inflation Reduction Act is a big win for jobs and the environment, but Truss and Sunak have nothing similar to offerOver the weekend, US Democrats overcame months of political struggle to pass the Inflation Reduction Act in the Senate, marking a major victory for...
The president is scheduled to deliver remarks hours after the release of a closely watched report on the nation’s gross domestic product in the second quarter....
A New York Times/Siena poll shows remarkable pessimism despite the labor market’s resilience. That could be costly for the Democrats, and the economy....
The Republican promise is to cut taxes and regulation. But the statistics show just how badly that argument has failedWith the recent US supreme court decisions gutting federal enforcement of civil rights and business regulation, and the public hearings of the House...
Mike Pence criticized Joe Biden’s stewardship of the economy but avoided any criticism of Donald Trump, who had called him a ‘human conveyor belt’ for failing to reject the 2020 election results....
President Biden defended his economic record during a speech at an A.F.L.-C.I.O. meeting, blaming at least some of the country’s problems on uncooperative Republicans who are resisting his initiatives....
Much of America does not seem to be buying the optimistic vision that Biden and his team are selling As he celebrated the impressive May jobs report on Friday, Joe Biden went to great lengths to paint a rosy picture of the US economy. While acknowledging the difficult...
The president says frustrated Americans ‘have a choice between two paths’ but that the GOP is not focused on fighting inflationOn a recent visit to a family farm in rural Illinois, thousands of miles away from the front lines of the grinding war in Ukraine, Joe Biden...
Republicans continue to lose ground when it comes to which party voters see themselves casting ballots for in November and the parties are now at rough parity....
In the run-up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Daleep Singh, a national-security adviser, searched for areas where “our strengths intersect with Russian vulnerability.”...
White House officials say president will steer conversation toward economic progress rather than pessimismJoe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday before a bitterly divided Congress, seeking to inspire a pandemic-weary nation deeply...
The president’s approval rating hits a new low, as voters indicate more trust in Republicans than Democrats as they approach November’s midterm elections....
Despite victories from Covid to climate change, the president is hamstrung and the nation as divided as everAt the 12-month mark, the obituaries for the Biden administration are being written. The polls are terrible. Biden’s marquee legislation is stalled. In recent...
Biden is likely to face questions on the economy, COVID-19, tensions with Russia over Ukraine and more. Biden started his news conference at 4 p.m. ...
How has the president fared on the four big issues he outlined at his inauguration – and the one he couldn’t ignoreOne year ago on Thursday, Joe Biden took the oath of office as the 46th president at the US Capitol in an inauguration ceremony devoid of the usual...
The president has struggled to sell strong growth and job gains to a public that appears more concerned about rising prices — and remains anxious about Covid....
Speech comes as prices increase 6.2% over past 12 months54% of Americans say cost of groceries and gas is a ‘major crisis’Biden to release 50m barrels of oil in effort to bring down US gas pricesSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by emailJoe Biden...
President Biden views the incumbent Fed chair as sharing his values on price growth and the pursuit of a lower unemployment rate to help Black, Hispanic and other marginalized workers....
Shortly after the C.E.O.s met with President Biden, Senator Mitch McConnell said he would allow Democrats to raise the debt ceiling enough to push a potential default to December....
President condemns ‘reckless’ Republicans for pushing government towards historic debt defaultUS politics – live coverageJoe Biden has condemned “reckless” Republicans for pushing the US government towards a historic debt default, warning: “A meteor is headed to crash...
