Should we have trillionaires? Should we even have billionaires? According to at least one recent analysis, the economy is on track to mint its first trillionaire — that is one thousand billion — within a decade. Such staggering accumulations of wealth are made possible in large part by the fact that America’s federal tax burden […]
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Large Grocers Took Advantage of Pandemic Supply Chain Disruptions, F.T.C. Finds
Large grocery retailers took advantage of supply chain disruptions to beat out smaller rivals and protect their profits during the pandemic, according to a report released by the Federal Trade Commission on Thursday. The report found that some large firms “accelerated and distorted” the effects of supply chain snarls, including by pressuring suppliers to favor […]
Read MoreAnd the Award for Best Performance at the State of the Union Goes to …
Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. I think it’s safe to say that Joe Biden’s confident performance at the State of the Union has put to rest any doubts that he’ll be the Democratic nominee, with Kamala Harris as his running mate. My questions are two: Did he change anyone’s mind? And can he maintain the momentum? […]
Read MoreKatie Britt Seeks to Defend Her Misleading Border Comments
Senator Katie Britt of Alabama on Sunday sought to defend comments she made in her response to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday, when she described the experience of a woman who was sexually trafficked in Mexico between 2004 and 2008 in a way that falsely implied it had happened in the […]
Read MoreFine, Call It a Comeback
If the Joe Biden who showed up to deliver the State of the Union address last week is the Joe Biden who shows up for the rest of the campaign, you’re not going to have any more of those weak-kneed pundits suggesting he’s not up to running for re-election. Here’s hoping he does. But that’s […]
Read MoreBiden Expresses Regret for Calling an Undocumented Immigrant ‘an Illegal’
President Biden expressed regret on Saturday for using the word “illegal” to describe an undocumented immigrant who has been charged in the killing of a 22-year-old nursing student in Georgia, agreeing with his progressive critics that it was an inappropriate term. Mr. Biden used the word during an unscripted colloquy with Republicans during his State […]
Read MoreAfter a Night ‘on Fire,’ Biden Hits the Road to Make the Case for a Second Term
President Biden took his bid for a second term on the road on Friday, effectively opening the general election campaign with a strongly populist pitch and an aggressive attack on his Republican challenger, former President Donald J. Trump. Kicking off a monthlong set of barnstorming trips mainly to swing states, Mr. Biden reprised the themes […]
Read MoreHot Mic: Biden Says He Told Netanyahu They Are Nearing a ‘Come-to-Jesus Meeting’
President Biden said on Thursday that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel were headed toward a “come-to-Jesus meeting” over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, according to an audio clip of the president’s remarks posted on social media on Friday. Mr. Biden’s comment highlights the rising tensions between him and Mr. Netanyuhu in recent […]
Read MoreProviding Both Bombs and Food, Biden Puts Himself in the Middle of Gaza’s War
From the skies over Gaza these days fall American bombs and American food pallets, delivering death and life at the same time and illustrating President Biden’s elusive effort to find balance in an unbalanced Middle East war. The president’s decision to authorize airdrops and the construction of a temporary port to deliver desperately needed humanitarian […]
Read MoreAddress Showed Biden Seeking Tricky Balance on Immigration
Confronting the fraught politics of immigration, President Biden wants to focus attention on the decision by Republicans in Congress, egged on by former President Donald J. Trump, to block a bipartisan deal that would provide an infusion of money for border security and allow the president to close off the border to asylum seekers. On […]
Read MoreA Big Night — but Will It Matter?
President Biden was not even halfway through his 68-minute State of the Union speech when Simon Rosenberg, the rare Democratic strategist who is bullish on Biden’s re-election prospects, fired off a note to the readers of his Substack newsletter. “The President is Kicking Ass!” it read (though with many more exclamation points attached). The Biden […]
Read MoreIn Two Speeches, Trump and Biden Offer Starkly Different Views of the Country
On Tuesday night, a triumphant Donald J. Trump looked out on an adoring crowd at his seaside mansion in Palm Beach, Fla., evoked the halcyon days of his presidency when, in his telling, there were no wars, the nation was universally admired and united in egalitarian prosperity — and then declared, “Our country is dying.” […]
Read MoreTrump’s State of the Union Response on Social Media Uses Mocking Filters
Former President Donald J. Trump promised Americans a “play-by-play” of President Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday night. That, Mr. Trump declared before the event began, would happen on “Truth Social, the real voice of America,” praising the social media platform in which he has a financial stake that would be his bully […]
Read MorePresident Biden’s Economic Optimism
A year ago, few economists believed that President Biden could come before Congress and make the boast that he did last night: “I inherited an economy on the brink,” he said. “Now our economy is literally the envy of the world.” Back then, many experts expected a recession. They worried that America’s central bank, the […]
Read MoreA Feisty State of the Union, and a Leadership Change at the R.N.C.
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Read MoreBiden Portrays Next Phase of Economic Agenda as Middle-Class Lifeline
President Biden used his State of the Union speech on Thursday to remind Americans of his efforts to steer the nation’s economy out of a pandemic recession, and to lay the groundwork for a second term focused on making the economy more equitable by raising taxes on companies and the wealthy while taking steps to […]
Read More‘Biden Brought the Heat’: Our Columnists on the State of the Union
Welcome to Opinion’s coverage of President Biden’s State of the Union address. In this special feature, Times Opinion writers rate Biden’s performance on a scale of 1 to 10: 1 means the night was a disaster; 10 a triumph. Here’s what our columnists and contributors thought of the event. Best Moment Binyamin Appelbaum In a […]
Read MoreIn-Your-Face Biden Takes on Trump and His Own Doubters
This was not Old Man Joe. This was Forceful Joe. This was Angry Joe. This was Loud Joe. This was Game-On Joe. In an in-your-face election-year State of the Union address, President Biden delivered one of the most confrontational speeches that any president has offered from the House rostrum, met by equally fractious heckling from […]
Read MoreAt Biden’s Speech, Speaker Johnson’s Many Faces Show Everything but Approval
Presiding over his first State of the Union address as speaker of the House, Mike Johnson sat at center stage, just over President Biden’s left shoulder, with one of the worst poker faces in American politics. His eyebrows arched and fell. He pursed his lips. He couldn’t decide whether he should stand up, smile or […]
Read MoreOn Foreign Policy, Biden’s Agenda Faces Multiplying Challenges
Two years ago, just six days after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, President Biden opened his State of the Union address by vowing to stop Vladimir V. Putin in his tracks. The response in the House chamber was a series of standing ovations. On Thursday night Mr. Biden again opened his address by repeating his […]
Read MoreBiden Strikes Contrast With Trump in State of the Union Address
President Biden used his State of the Union address on Thursday to launch a series of fiery attacks against former President Donald Trump, a competitor whom he did not mention by name but made clear was a dire threat to American democracy and stability in the world. In a televised speech to a joint session […]
Read MoreBiden’s Border Taunts Clearly Hit a Republican Nerve
March 5, 2024, 1:29 p.m. ET March 5, 2024, 1:29 p.m. ET “I was a little disappointed that Katie Porter chose to run,” Karl Rubin, an emeritus professor of math, told me on the patio of a community center on the campus of the University of California, Irvine, on Monday morning. He said that Porter, […]
Read More5 Takeaways From Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address
President Biden delivered an energetic and impassioned speech that was as much a campaign kickoff as it was a State of the Union, leveraging what is expected to be one of his largest audiences of the year to make a forceful case that he was fit enough for another four years. Mr. Biden has rarely […]
Read MoreKatie Britt, With Smiles and Menace, Delivers G.O.P. Response to Biden
Senator Katie Britt of Alabama criticized President Biden as ill-equipped to lead the country in a speech on Thursday that served as both a rebuke to his State of the Union address and an introduction to the nation by a politician many Republicans have seen as a rising young star. “Our commander in chief is […]
Read MoreKatie Britt of Alabama to Deliver GOP Response to Biden’s State of the Union
Follow live updates on Biden’s State of the Union address. Republicans have chosen Senator Katie Britt of Alabama to deliver their response to President Biden’s State of the Union address on Thursday night, turning to one of their youngest members of Congress to burnish the image of their aging, male-dominated party and draw a contrast […]
Read MoreHere Are the Bidens’ Guests at the State of the Union
The White House guest list for President Biden’s State of the Union address will underscore some of his administration’s biggest accomplishments, from student debt forgiveness to the expansion of NATO. But even as he heralds his accomplishments, the guest list will highlight intractable challenges still facing his presidency, including pervasive gun violence and the vast […]
Read MoreHere’s How to Watch the State of the Union Address
President Biden will deliver the State of the Union address on Thursday night at 9 p.m. before a joint session of Congress, laying out his agenda ahead of the presidential election in November. Mr. Biden will seek to reassure Americans with a strong performance as he navigates wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, a […]
Read MoreBiden’s State of the Union Strategy, and Haiti in Crisis
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Read MoreBiden’s State of the Union Tonight: What to Watch for and When
The State of the Union address on Thursday is likely to be President Biden’s best opportunity before November to tell Americans at length about his record in office and what he would do in a second term. It’s not technically a campaign speech, since he will deliver it in his official capacity from the floor […]
Read MoreIn State of the Union, Biden Will Cheer the Economy and Draw a Contrast With Trump
President Biden enters his State of the Union speech on Thursday with an economic record that has defied forecasters’ gloomy expectations, avoiding recession while delivering stronger growth and lower unemployment than predicted. But polls suggest voters know relatively little about the legislation Mr. Biden has signed into law that seeks to boost the economy through […]
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