It’s difficult for presidents to directly control inflation in the short term. But the White House has addressed a few specific costs that matter for families, by releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to contain surging oil prices in late 2022, for example. The Inflation Reduction Act reduced prescription drug prices under Medicare and …
Biden Campaign Aims to Weaponize Trump’s Threat to Obamacare
Very few events bring aides on President Biden’s re-election campaign more joy than when former President Donald J. Trump threatens to repeal popular Democratic policies. So when Mr. Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, wrote on social media over the holiday weekend that he was “seriously looking at alternatives” to the 13-year-old Affordable Care Act, and …
Biden Hopes to Alter the Trajectory of the War as Hostages Are Released
After seven weeks of struggling with a crisis that defies easy solutions, President Biden could take solace over the weekend in saving a single 4-year-old girl whose parents were killed in the Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel. But gratifying as it was to secure the release of Avigail Idan from her Hamas captors on …
Dean Phillips, Democrat Challenging Biden, Won’t Seek Re-election
Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota, a Democrat who began a long-shot primary challenge to President Biden last month, said on Friday that he would not run for re-election next year. Mr. Phillips, 54, a moderate third-term congressman who represents a district that includes suburban Minneapolis, renewed his call for generational change in Washington as he …
Biden to Skip U.N. Climate Summit, White House Says
President Biden will not attend a major United Nations climate summit that begins Thursday in Dubai, skipping an event expected to be attended by King Charles III, Pope Francis and leaders from nearly 200 countries, a White House official said Sunday. The official, who asked to remain anonymous to discuss the president’s schedule, did not …
An American Girl Held Hostage by Hamas Has Been Freed, Biden Says
new video loaded: An American Girl Held Hostage by Hamas Has Been Freed, Biden Says transcript Back transcript An American Girl Held Hostage by Hamas Has Been Freed, Biden Says Hamas held the 4-year-old Avigail Idan, a dual U.S. and Israeli citizen, captive for seven weeks after killing her parents in the Oct. 7 terrorist …