US Politics

US President Joe Biden speaks about the situation in Afghanistan from the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, July 8, 2021. - US President Joe Biden announced on July 8, 2021 that the US military mission in Afghanistan will end on August 31, nearly 20 years after it began. The US military has "achieved" its goals in the country to degrade Al-Qaeda and prevent more attacks on the United States. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

New Islamist group is incalculable political peril for Biden

If ISKP pulled off an attack in the US, it would crystallise a feeling the president is weak in the face of global threats and has lost control of America’s border.

Gerard Baker

‘national security problem’World

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden arrives with union members to speak after touring Intel's Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona, on March 20, 2024. The White House unveiled almost $20 billion in new grants and loans Wednesday to support Intel's US chip-making facilities, marking the Biden administration's largest funding announcement yet as it tackles China's dominance of the crucial technology. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Hungry for votes, so $30bn on chips

The Biden administration’s biggest investment in the domestic chip-making sector as it takes on China.

AFP

immigrationWorld

EAGLE PASS, TEXAS - MARCH 17: In an aerial view, immigrants pick through coils of razor wire after crossing the Rio Grande from Mexico on March 17, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. Texas National Guard troops have fortified Eagle Pass with vast a amount of razor wire as part of Governor Greg Abbott's "Operation Lone Star" to deter migrants from crossing into Texas. The U.S. southwestern border stretches nearly 2,000 miles, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean and is marked by fences, deserts, mountains and the Rio Grande, which runs the entire length of Texas. The politics surrounding border and immigration issues have become dominant themes in the U.S. presidential election campaign. John Moore/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOHN MOORE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Legal ping-pong as Texas border law back on hold

The Biden administration argues that the federal government has authority over immigration matters, not individual states.

AFP

Green Bay SweepWorld

MIAMI, FLORIDA - MARCH 19: Former Donald Trump adviser Peter Navarro walks away after holding a press conference before turning himself into a federal prison on March 19, 2024, in Miami, Florida. Mr. Navarro, who was convicted of contempt of Congress last year, surrendered at a federal Bureau of Prisons facility to begin serving his four-month sentence after speaking to the media. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Bitter Navarro begins jail term

He was found guilty of contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the congressional panel that investigated the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

AFP

COMMENTARYThe Times

TikTok ban distracts from hobbled US military

Concerns about the Beijing-based social media app are justified, but look trivial when wars proliferate around the globe and the army remains underfunded and unprepared.

Gerard Baker

WORLD COMMENTARYCommentary

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2024. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Biden can shout, but he’s no Truman

More important, Trump is no Dewey. There won’t be a 1948-style comeback.

Karl Rove

Testy exchangeThe Times

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 12: Former special counsel Robert K. Hur testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on March 12, 2024 in Washington, DC. Hur investigated U.S. President Joe Bidenâs mishandling of classified documents and published a final report with contentious conclusions about Bidenâs memory. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

I was fair to Biden, says counsel who raised memory loss

Robert Hur tells judiciary committee ‘politics played no part’ in his description of the president, 81, as an ‘elderly man with a poor memory’.

Alistair Dawber

Super TuesdayWorld

FORT WORTH, TEXAS - MARCH 4: Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign rally on March 4, 2024 in Fort Worth, Texas. Haley won her first Republican primary, besting former President Donald Trump in Washington D.C. on Friday. Voters in 16 states, including Texas, head to the polls tomorrow on Super Tuesday. Emil Lippe/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Emil Lippe / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Haley sets her sights on a run for 2028

Her almost total Super Tuesday wipe-out makes it almost certain the former UN envoy will soon drop out of the race.

Cameron Stewart

‘Working together’World

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: U.S. Capitol is seen on February 28, 2024 in Washington, DC. Lawmakers continue work on the approaching government shutdown. Nathan Howard/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Nathan Howard / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

US congress kicks shutdown into next week

Five months into the fiscal year, congress still has not approved the 12 annual spending bills that make up the federal budget.

Frankie Taggart

Immigration crisisWorld

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden (L) speaks with US Border Patrol agents as he visits the US-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, on February 29, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Biden, Trump face off on Texas border

The two likely 2024 presidential candidates made duelling visits to offer competing solutions to Americans’ number one concern.

Adam Creighton

WORLD COMMENTARYCommentary

TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden (R), flanked by host Seth Meyers (L), eats an ice cream cone at Van Leeuwen Ice Cream after taping an episode of "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in New York City on February 26, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Voters must decide which oldie is worse: feeble Joe or angry Donald

This year will be only the second time a former president faces the man who defeated him four years before.

Karl Rove

succession battleThe Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 28: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) walks into the Senate chamber on February 28, 2024 in Washington, DC. McConnell announced Wednesday that he would step down as Republican leader in November. Nathan Howard/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Nathan Howard / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Veteran Senate leader set to quit

Longest-serving Senate leader in history will resign from his position in November.

David Charter

MichiganWorld

People hug at the Listen to Michigan watch party, a group who asked voters to vote uncommitted instead of for US President Joe Biden in Michigan's US Presidential primary election, during election night in Dearborn, Michigan on February 27, 2024. Activists in the key battleground -- where Biden's winning margin four years ago was 150,000 votes -- want Democrats to vote "uncommitted" to pressure the president to back off from his Israel support and call for an immediate ceasefire. Michigan's primary is expected to be another ticker-tape parade for former US President Donald Trump, but could deliver Democratic leader Joe Biden a bloody nose over the war in Gaza. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP)

Gaza primary protest a warning for Biden

Frontrunners cruise to victory in midwestern swin state but the President is made to pay for pro-Israeli stance.

Jeff Kowalski and Frankie Taggart

2024 presidential raceWorld

US Republican presidential hopeful and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks during a rally at Hollywood American Legion Post 43 in Los Angeles, California, on February 7, 2024. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP)

Trump has easy win in Nevada

Early results showed the former president had massively out-polled his long-shot challenger Ryan Binkley, a businessman from Texas.

AFP

white house 2024World

(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 30, 2019, Democratic presidential hopeful US author Marianne Williamson speaks during the first round of the second Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season in Detroit, Michigan. - Williamson suggested on September 4, 2019, that Americans could harness "the power of the mind" to change the course of deadly Hurricane Dorian. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Self-help author pulls plug on her long-shot campaign

Marianne Williamson, who also threw her hat in the ring in 2020 but dropped out before a vote was cast, faced an uphill battle.

AFP

US politicsWorld

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 07: Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY) walks to a meeting at the U.S. Capitol on February 07, 2024 in Washington, DC. In the immediate wake of the failed bipartisan border security and foreign aid legislation, Schumer said he will put up a supplemental spending bill for aid to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan up for a vote later on Wednesday. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Anna Moneymaker / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Republicans frustrate efforts to restore Ukraine aid

Democrats in US Senate are to make a fresh attempt on to restore funding to Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion.

Frankie taggart

Industry angerWorld

WILMINGTON, DE - DECEMBER 19: Nominee for EPA Administrator, Michael Regan, speaks at the Queen theater on December 19, 2020 in Wilmington, DE. President-elect Joe Biden announced his climate and energy team that will advance an ambitious agenda to address the issues of climate change. Joshua Roberts/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Biden cracks down on soot

Biden’s administration announces tough new air quality standards it says are needed to protect health of vulnerable communities.

Issam Ahmed

Biden endorsesWorld

A group of migrants stand on the edge of Rio Grande in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., February 3, 2024. REUTERS/Maria Alejandra Cardona

US Senate’s $181bn border deal

Swift approval from White House, which highlighted the decades-long pursuit to reform the country’s ‘broken’ immigration system.

Frankie Taggart and Michael Mathes

Republican primariesWorld

CONWAY, SOUTH CAROLINA - JANUARY 28: Republican presidential hopeful and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a rally on January 28, 2024 in Conway, South Carolina. After her defeat to Trump in New Hampshire, Haley pledged to continue on to her home state of South Carolina, insisting she still has a path to the nomination. Allison Joyce/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Allison Joyce / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Trump can’t ‘bully’ way to nomination: Haley

The former South Carolina governor has vowed to stay in the contest, despite the ex-president’s insistence the race is over.

AFP

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New Hampshire primaryThe World

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on January 21, 2024 shows former US President Donald Trump (L) arriving at the New York State Supreme Court during the civil fraud trial against the Trump Organization, in New York City on December 7, 2023 and Republican presidential hopeful and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaking during a campaign event at the Olympic Theatre in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on January 11, 2024. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis ended his election campaign on January 21, 2024 and threw his support behind the former president. His withdrawal, after months of weakening support, leaves only low-polling Nikki Haley standing between Trump and the nomination as the Republican Party's candidate for the US presidential election in November. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez and Christian MONTERROSA / AFP)

Trump defeats Haley in New Hampshire GOP primary

Former president Donald Trump is expected to win more than 55pc of the vote to Nikki Haley’s 38pc, according to AP VoteCast.

Adam Creighton and agencies

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