US Votes 2024
Opinion
Donald Trump
Why Trump’s explosive Iran question stumped this former White House insider
Chris Miller’s tenure as Donald Trump’s defence secretary was a brief 72 days. He’s now considered a possibility to return to the job in a second Trump administration.
- by Peter Hartcher
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Harris says she backs Biden but she may end up replacing him
Democrats are seriously weighing the prospect that Kamala Harris could become their nominee. Harris, already dissatisfied with her lack of visibility, is ramping up her approach.
- by Erica L. Green
Opinion
US election
Trump is the master conman, but Biden is giving him a run for his money
Joe Biden, his wife, his vice president and his long-time aides worked hard to conjure a mirage where everything is fine in Bidenworld. That mirage vanished with the debate.
- by Maureen Dowd
Biden’s doctor ‘met with Parkinson’s disease specialist at the White House’
Joe Biden’s doctor met with a leading Parkinson’s disease specialist at the White House earlier this year, it has emerged, amid ongoing questions about the US president’s health.
- by Tony Diver
‘No one is irreplaceable’: More Democrats say Biden’s candidacy is unsustainable
Growing swaths of Democrats now believe that by remaining on the ticket, the president is jeopardising their ability to maintain the White House.
- by Katie Glueck, Nicholas Nehamas and Lisa Lerer
Explainer
Political leadership
‘I screwed up’: When is a leader too old to lead?
Joe Biden’s recent halting debate against a blustering rival caused panic in some quarters. But does it mean he should throw in the re-election towel?
- by Angus Holland and Jackson Graham
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‘Trying to push me out of the race’: Joe Biden rejects calls for him to step aside
A fired-up Biden made it clear he would not back down, telling supporters: ‘I’m not going to let a 90-minute debate wipe out 3½ years of work.’
- by Farrah Tomazin
Tony Wright’s Column
Opinion
Donald Trump and the king who could do no wrong, but lost his head
The US Supreme Court grants immunity from prosecution for former presidents like Donald Trump. But could a king really do no wrong and keep his head?
- by Tony Wright
Biden says he is ‘first black woman to serve with a black president’
A week after Joe Biden’s disastrous debate with Donald Trump, the sitting US president appears to be fighting for his political life.
- by Andrew Buncombe
Joe Biden says he needs more sleep and will avoid events after 8pm
Biden began a conversation with governors by declaring he was continuing in the presidential race, leaving some feeling that any further discussion was chilled.
- by Reid J. Epstein and Maggie Haberman
Opinion
US politics
Forcing Biden out would have only one beneficiary
By building a case for Joe Biden’s incapacity, Democrats risk increasing the probability of the thing they most desperately seek to avoid.
- by Charles M Blow