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President Biden

  1. just asking questions
    Can Biden’s Poll Numbers Possibly Recover?Cook Political Report editor-in-chief Amy Walter discusses what the numbers tell us about his — and Kamala Harris’s — prospects.
    By Benjamin Hart
  2. stop the presses
    President Biden Marks St Patrick's Day
    Can the Irish Get Biden to Change His Policies on Gaza?St. Patrick’s Day at the White House and the president’s luck was running low.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  3. just asking questions
    How Big a Problem Is Biden’s Age, Really?Aging expert Steven N. Austad on why the president is in better shape than many may assume.
    By Benjamin Hart
  4. the debt ceiling
    How Biden Can Win the Debt-Ceiling Fight With One Weird TrickHint: It does not involve a coin.
    By Eric Levitz
  5. the system
    The Government’s Telling Response to Tyre Nichols’s DeathThe reforms being considered would probably not have prevented his killing. But officials have gotten better at preempting outrage.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  6. stop the presses
    D.C. Was Full of Hot, Happy Gays Celebrating the Respect for Marriage ActBut not everyone got invited.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  7. life after roe
    Biden’s Abortion-Rights Message Falls ShortAn executive order won’t reverse the perception that the White House is out of touch.
    By Sarah Jones
  8. intelligencer chats
    Is Biden Trying to Psych Putin Out?His administration has been playing an unusual information-warfare game against the Russian leader.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti and Benjamin Hart
  9. politics
    Build Back Better Was Always a God-awful NameJoe Manchin has given Democrats a precious opportunity to rebrand their agenda.
    By Benjamin Hart
  10. thus spoke manchin
    If Manchin Kills Build Back Better, This Will Be WhyThe West Virginia senator may have figured out that green-energy subsidies actually work.
    By Eric Levitz
  11. the money game
    Here’s What You Can Blame for Everything Being So ExpensiveAt 6.8 percent, inflation is running higher than it has in 40 years. These three factors go a long way to explaining why.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  12. inflation
    What Biden Should — and Shouldn’t — Do to Combat InflationThere’s no need to raise interest rates or cut spending. But there are a few things Biden can do to lower prices.
    By Eric Levitz
  13. build back better
    The Build Back Better Framework: The Good, the Bad, the UglyThe diet-version of Joe Biden’s signature legislation has some heartening strengths and dismaying weaknesses.
    By Eric Levitz
  14. lab-leak hypothesis
    U.S. Intelligence Review Inconclusive on COVID OriginsThe country’s spy agencies say they need more information to be able to say for sure where the virus came from.
    By Chas Danner
  15. afghanistan
    One Dead After Firefight Breaks Out at Kabul AirportMeanwhile, the U.S. military evacuated 10,400 people over a 24-hour period, a new high for the effort.
    By Chas Danner
  16. fall of kabul
    Biden Blames Afghan Leaders for Swift Fall to Taliban“We gave them every chance to determine their own future. What we could not provide them was the will to fight for their own future.”
    By Matt Stieb
  17. the inside game
    Obamacare Is Saved — Now Democrats Need a New Campaign IssueA Supreme Court decision marked the end of the line for the top-tier political message for the Democrats for the last decade. What next?
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  18. environment
    Keystone XL Pipeline CanceledThe developer is ending the controversial pipeline project, which would have pumped 800,000 barrels of Canadian crude oil to Nebraska per day.
    By Paola Rosa-Aquino
  19. d.c.
    Inside the Big-Donor Scramble for a Biden Ambassadorship“They are the closest things we have to somebody being declared a lord or a lady.” But the White House might be changing the rules.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  20. politics
    Biden Vows to Renew Voting Rights Push in Speech Commemorating Tulsa MassacreAt the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa massacre, Biden announced that Kamala Harris would lead the effort to secure a new Voting Rights Act.
    By Matt Stieb
  21. d.c.
    The GOP Has Discovered Joe Biden’s Political SuperpowerThere’s a reason he isn’t showing up much in Republican talking points.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  22. climate change
    Biden Doubles FEMA Spending That Prepares for Climate DisastersBiden boosted the agency’s preparatory budget to $1 billion as the U.S. anticipates severe wildfire and hurricane seasons this year.
    By Matt Stieb
  23. anti-semitism
    U.S. Sees String of Anti-Semitic Attacks Amid Gaza ViolenceAttacks on Jews have reportedly increased across the country in recent days, prompting Biden to call for an end to the “despicable” acts of violence.
    By Nia Prater
  24. politics
    What Was Missing From Biden’s SpeechThe president went big on policy, but there was at least one notable omission.
    By Benjamin Hart and Sarah Jones
  25. climate change
    Why the World Can’t Trust America on ClimateAnd what Democrats can do about it.
    By Eric Levitz
  26. immigration
    Biden Keeps Trump’s Record-Low Refugee-Admissions Cap, Breaking PledgeFollowing backlash over the reversal, the White House later signaled it would still raise the cap this fiscal year, but not as high as it had pledged.
    By Chas Danner
  27. housing
    To ‘Build Back Better,’ America Must Build More HousingA historic housing shortage threatens to hamper the post-COVID recovery.
    By Eric Levitz
  28. the economy
    The Biden Boom Has BegunJobless claims are falling, factory production is rising, and retail sales are skyrocketing as Biden’s stimulus kicks in.
    By Eric Levitz
  29. forever war
    Biden: All U.S. Troops Will Leave Afghanistan by September 11The White House vows to end the longest war in U.S. history this year, no matter how conditions on the ground evolve.
    By Eric Levitz
  30. the democratic party
    Biden’s COVID-Relief Bill Is a Big F**king DealThe Democratic Party has internalized the left’s critique of its Obama-era approach to fiscal policy, child welfare, and legislative strategy.
    By Eric Levitz
  31. foreign interests
    What Were the Legal (and Strategic) Grounds for Biden’s Syria Airstrikes?The long-term impact on Biden’s Iran strategy may be more consequential than the strikes’ contested legality.
    By Jonah Shepp
  32. impeachment
    Impeachment? Biden Has More Important Things to Do.The president wants you to know that he’s too busy fixing the country to pay close attention.
    By Gabriel Debenedetti
  33. conservatism
    5 Flaws in the Conservative Case Against Biden’s Child AllowanceThe American Enterprise Institute warns that if we rescue millions of kids from poverty, single moms will work one less hour a week.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. global politics
    Only the Left Can Save Globalization NowTo restore shared prosperity and avert a new cold war, progressives must disavow protectionism and make globalism great again.
    By Eric Levitz
  35. coronavirus stimulus
    On COVID Relief, Dems Should Go Small Then Go It AloneDare Republicans to oppose a clean “vaccines and checks” law, then roll everything else into a reconciliation bill they can pass on a party-line vote.
    By Eric Levitz
  36. filibuster
    The Defining Battle of Biden’s Presidency Is Already Raging in the SenateMitch McConnell’s push for Democrats to rule out filibuster abolition — and thus, most of their policy goals — has triggered a standoff.
    By Eric Levitz
  37. president biden
    What Did President Biden’s Day-One Executive Orders Achieve?The U.S. is now back in the Paris climate accords, border-wall construction has been halted, and there is a mask mandate on federal grounds.
    By Charlotte Klein
  38. president biden
    In Inaugural, Biden Calls for Unity (Against Trump’s GOP)The president’s speech was a call for reconciliation — on Blue America’s terms.
    By Eric Levitz