World / Politics | FOCUS Jun 25, 2022

Biden limps to G7 as allies fret over his troubles at home

Several G7 leaders are concerned that a midterm election defeat would limit how much the U.S. president can promise and get done in the months ahead.

World / Politics | FOCUS May 21, 2022

Biden shuns kingmaker role in U.S. primaries

Biden has limited his primary endorsements in part to keep with pre-Trump presidential expectations, but also because he is wary of exacerbating divisions in his Democratic Party.

World Apr 25, 2022

Top U.S. officials meet Zelenskyy in show of solidarity with Ukraine

This is the highest-level U.S. visit to the war-torn country since Russia invaded, but Ukraine's leader said the envoys 'should not come here with empty hands.'

World Feb 24, 2022

Biden says U.S. will impose ‘further consequences’ on Russia

"President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering,” Biden said in a statement.

World / Politics Apr 18, 2021

After outcry, Biden confirms U.S. will raise Trump refugee cap

Biden on Friday signed an order intended to accelerate processing of refugees while keeping former President Donald Trump’s 15,000-person cap in place.

World | FOCUS Mar 5, 2021

Biden risks Mexico border crisis as migrant children fill up shelters

More than 5,700 unaccompanied minors were apprehended at the border in January, the highest total for that month in recent years, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

World / Politics Nov 12, 2020

Biden’s transition teams sideline industries Trump put in charge

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has stocked his transition team with policy experts, academics and former Barack Obama administration officials, a contrast with the industry-friendly figures President Donald Trump placed in government upon winning office. The roughly 500-person group Biden’s campaign announced on Monday will prepare ...

World / Politics Nov 6, 2020

Trump team pursues contradictory strategy as U.S. continues to count votes

Donald Trump’s chances of winning now rest on an attempt to stop vote counting where he thinks he’s ahead, while demanding the tallies continue where he’s losing.

World / Politics Oct 20, 2020

Trump turns Anthony Fauci into campaign pawn, assailing him as ‘idiot’

Trump’s effort to disparage the scientist invites even more scrutiny of the president’s handling of the outbreak, already rated poorly by voters.

World Sep 27, 2020

Amy Coney Barrett picked by Trump to push court further to right

The loss of liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the confirmation of the conservative Barrett, 48, could cement the court’s rightward shift for a generation.