Joe Biden

Biden to pass torch to Harris in bittersweet convention farewell

Less than a month after his stunning withdrawal and Harris's astonishing ascent, Biden can expect a hero's send-off from many of the same people who helped push him out due to concerns about his age.
19 August 2024, 05:19 AM

Will the Democrats win after Biden’s withdrawal?

Trump is slightly ahead of Harris in polls, but she could well get a boost in the next month as she steps into the spotlight.
30 July 2024, 06:00 AM

How the Trump assassination attempt might influence US politics

The shooting incident involving Donald Trump is expected to have a big impact on the forthcoming US election.
15 July 2024, 08:30 AM

Biden spoke to Trump after rally shooting: White House

US President Joe Biden has spoken to his election rival Donald Trump, a White House official said, after the Republican was injured in an apparent assassination attempt at a campaign event in Pennsylvania
14 July 2024, 02:40 AM

How the US Supreme Court brought America closer to becoming an autocracy

The US Supreme Court has ruled that presidents are immune from prosecution for "official" actions that are within the powers afforded to them under the US constitution
3 July 2024, 06:39 AM

Biden-Netanyahu standoff complicates the Gaza conflict

The Israeli prime minister believes he can face off with the US president.
22 May 2024, 04:00 AM

Biden unlikely to cut Iran's oil lifeline after Israel attack

The political pressure to punish Iran creates a thorny problem for the administration: how to deter such attacks in future without escalating regional tensions, raising oil prices or antagonizing China, the biggest buyer of Iranian oil.
16 April 2024, 05:02 AM

Are the Fed and Biden engaged in a duel?

The Federal Reserve System (Fed), the arbiter of monetary policy in the US, is facing a number of challenges
3 March 2024, 04:00 AM

Dark Brandon: The U.S. presidential campaign's 'meme warfare'

With the rising popularity of memes comes a brand new 'meme culture' which is slowly integrating itself with political campaigns, as candidates are often resorting to memes as an efficient way to gain a notable online presence. With the U.S. presidential election scheduled for November 5 this year, let’s look at how one meme in particular has been used as a campaign tool thus far: Dark Brandon.
19 February 2024, 14:49 PM

Will a second Trump presidency really change much?

Former President Donald Trump is widely anticipated to be the Republican nominee for the 2024 US presidential election.
16 February 2024, 03:00 AM

We see you, Joe

What’s the point of sanctioning the sideshow while actively aiding the main show to go on?
5 February 2024, 01:00 AM

The strange economics behind Trump’s resurgence

The latest Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll shows Trump leading Biden by seven points.
4 February 2024, 02:00 AM

Biden says Iowa win makes Trump Republicans' 'clear front runner'

"Looks like Donald Trump just won Iowa. He's the clear front runner on the other side at this point," Biden said on X, formerly Twitter.
16 January 2024, 04:49 AM

Will Trump be on the ballot?

His role in starting an insurrection complicates the situation.
24 December 2023, 15:00 PM

Security scare near Biden as car hits motorcade

"Both the president and first lady are fine," a White House official told an AFP reporter who witnessed the incident.
18 December 2023, 04:25 AM

Biden’s backing of Israel will come home to roost

The infrastructure of Gaza lies in ruins, leaving civilians to scramble for safety among the debris of their previous lives.
13 November 2023, 03:00 AM

US, China agree to work toward an expected Biden-Xi summit

Wang's meetings with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and US national security advisor Jake Sullivan spanning over two days totaled nine hours, US officials said, describing these interactions as "candid and in-depth".
28 October 2023, 03:51 AM

What's wrong with the US response to the Gaza crisis

On October 18, US President Joe Biden travelled to Israel, offering support for its military operations in the Gaza Strip, despite growing global calls for a ceasefire.
24 October 2023, 05:34 AM

Occupying Gaza again would be a mistake, but Hamas needs to be taken out: Biden

US President Joe Biden said he believes the Hamas militant group must be eliminated but there should be a path to a Palestinian state, after top US officials warned the war between Israel and Hamas could escalate
16 October 2023, 06:10 AM

‘Bangladesh will not feature in Modi-Biden meeting’

Maj Gen (retd) ANM Muniruzzaman, president of the Bangladesh Institute of Peace and Security Studies (BIPSS), talks about the agenda of the meeting between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden with Golam Mortoza of The Daily Star.
21 June 2023, 16:00 PM