Joe Biden

Dan Digre, CEO of MISCO, on the factory floor in St. Paul, Minn. on May 18, 2023.

Biden kept Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports. This is who pays the price

10:38am June 27, 2023

by Asma Khalid

Dan Digre makes loudspeakers in Minnesota. But he's importing more of them from China than he used to, thanks to unintended consequences from Trump-era tariffs that President Biden has kept in place.

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President Biden gestures after speaking at a Juneteenth concert on June 13.

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Biden's campaign is getting rolling. Here's what's been happening behind the scenes

11:50am June 16, 2023

by Tamara Keith

President Biden launched his reelection campaign almost two months ago. But behind the scenes, there's been a lot of work laying the ground for fundraising and organizing at the DNC.

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Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak appeared as a guest at a Washington Nationals baseball game on Wednesday.

In his 1st White House visit, Rishi Sunak talks Ukraine, AI — and how to say his name

5:29pm June 08, 2023

After Boris Johnson, Brexit and political turmoil, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants to convey stability in his first trip to the White House. On the agenda: Ukraine, NATO and AI.

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Tara Reade poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press in Nevada City, Calif., on April 4, 2019.

Tara Reade, who accused Biden of sexual assault, will apply for Russian citizenship

3:53pm May 31, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

Reade said she feels "safe" in Russia and decided to apply for citizenship after receiving threats in the U.S. She has accused Biden of sexually assaulting her when she worked for his Senate office.

President Biden takes selfies after a March 28 visit to Wolfspeed Inc., a semiconductor manufacturer in Durham, N.C.

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Biden plans a big push in the elusive state of North Carolina in 2024. Here's why

5:00am May 28, 2023

by Tamara Keith

The Biden campaign plans to try to turn North Carolina blue in 2024. A Democratic candidate hasn't done that since 2008, but a win there would make it easier for Biden in the Electoral College.

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President Biden arrives at an event at the White House on May 11, 2023. This week he will travel to Hiroshima, Japan for the G-7 summit.

Biden is going to Hiroshima at a moment when nuclear tensions are on the rise

5:10am May 15, 2023

by Scott Detrow

President Biden will be the second sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, Japan, the site of the first atomic attack. He is going there for a meeting with G-7 leaders.

President Joe Biden delivers the commencement address during the 2023 Howard University spring graduation ceremony at Capitol One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.

Biden uses Howard University commencement address to appeal to Black voters

7:20pm May 13, 2023

by Emily Olson

Speaking at the historically Black university, President Biden delivered a familiar pitch to a demographic that helped him secure his 2020 victory in the Democratic primary: He's not Trump.

President Joe Biden speaks during a news conference with South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol on April 26, 2023, in Washington, D.C.

President Biden commutes the sentences of 31 people convicted of drug crimes

1:11am April 29, 2023

by The Associated Press

The move came as the White House announced policy actions across 20 agencies meant to improve the criminal justice system, which disproportionately affects Black and other non-white communities.

White House chief of staff Jeff Zients, seen here in a Feb. 1, 2023 file photo, says President Biden wants to keep talks about government spending separate from a bill needed to raise the debt limit.

First raise the debt limit. Then we can talk about spending, the White House insists

4:28pm April 20, 2023

by Asma Khalid

White House chief of staff Jeff Zients says debt limit talks and spending negotiations must be kept separate — despite House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's insistence they be tied together.

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President Biden speaks at an event in the Rose Garden of the White House on April 18.

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It's Tax Day. Here's what President Biden paid

7:00pm April 18, 2023

by Tamara Keith

The Bidens paid a 23.8% effective federal tax rate on $579,514 in earnings for 2022, their filings show. Meanwhile, Vice President Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff earned $456,918.