Joe Biden

Biden and Trump will debate on Thursday. Here’s what you need to know

1:51pm June 24, 2024

by Elena Moore

President Biden and former President Donald Trump will face off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 general election on Thursday night in Atlanta. Find out how to watch and what to watch for.

(Cleveland, OH, 07/21/16) Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump, left, and his running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence celebrate after accepting the Republican nomination for president at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio o

Politics & Government

Will Trump give the familiar VP storyline a new makeover in Milwaukee?

7:01am June 22, 2024

by Ron Elving

Our system has long ago absorbed the lesson that vice presidents are chosen largely for effect, despite all the rhetoric about someone being the “most qualified person” to be “a heartbeat away.”

Politics & Government

Biden says the next president may get to name two Supreme Court justices

8:14am June 16, 2024

by Deepa Shivaram

Former President Donald Trump cemented the conservative majority on the Supreme Court. If Trump wins again, Biden said "one of the scariest parts" would be his power to fill upcoming vacancies.

G7 agrees to loan Ukraine $50 billion from the interest on frozen Russian assets

4:40pm June 13, 2024

by Deepa Shivaram

G7 leaders are meeting in Puglia, Italy, this week. At the top of their agenda: the tricky details of how to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.

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President Biden Delivers Remarks On New Border Policy

ACLU sues Biden administration over new executive action on the southern border

6:19pm June 12, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

President Biden is using new executive actions to block migrants from seeking asylum at the southern border. The ACLU says this goes against U.S. asylum laws.

Politics & Government

Biden visits a military cemetery that Trump reportedly said was 'filled with losers'

5:15pm June 10, 2024

by Tamara Keith

The Aisne-Marne WWI cemetery in France has become a staple in President Biden's political speeches, used to paint an unflattering picture of former President Donald Trump.

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A notable chunk of people say they don't want to vote for either Donald Trump or Joe Biden in November, according to recent polling.

The 'double disapprovers' could decide the election. Here's what they have to say

4:30pm June 07, 2024

With the presidential election approaching, some voters are wondering how we again ended up with Donald Trump and Joe Biden as the presumptive nominees.

Recent focus groups with swing voters put into words why some people are turning away from the main candidates, and polling gives us an insight into what this could mean in November.

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Politics & Government

Meet a former GOP staffer who is 'building permission' for Republicans to vote Biden

1:31pm June 06, 2024

by Deepa Shivaram

The Biden campaign announced a new hire to head their effort to court Republican voters. It's part of a recent push from the Biden campaign to make inroads with GOP voters who don't like Trump.

Politics & Government

To mark D-Day, Biden will deliver a defense of democracy that hits on campaign themes

4:06pm June 05, 2024

by Tamara Keith

President Biden's trip to Normandy will commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. But there's also a political subtext to the journey.

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Migrant crisis on the border of Mexico and the United States

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Biden’s new executive order denies asylum claims to most migrants crossing the border unlawfully

7:04pm June 04, 2024

by Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

New White House measure will go into effect if more than 2,500 migrants cross illegally per day.