Joe Biden

'Message has been received': Biden's campaign reacts to 'uncommitted' votes

5:00am February 29, 2024

In Michigan, a push to encourage voters to send President Biden a message about his refusal to call for a permanent cease-fire in Gaza may have worked. Here's how his campaign moves forward.

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The Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 14.

Politics & Government

Supreme Court to hear arguments in Trump immunity case in April

7:49pm February 28, 2024

by Carrie Johnson

The order from the court on Wednesday keeps Trump's prosecution in the Jan. 6 case on hold.

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President Biden walks out of the White House on Wednesday to board Marine One for a short trip to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., for his annual physical.

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Biden just got a physical. But a cognitive test was not part of the assessment

5:41pm February 28, 2024

by Deepa Shivaram

President Biden, 81, is the oldest person ever to hold the office, and voters have expressed concern that he is too old for a second four-year term in the job.

President Biden and Vice President Harris met with House Speaker Mike Johnson and other top congressional leaders in the Oval Office on Tuesday to discuss government funding and Ukraine aid.

Congressional leaders hope to avoid a shutdown. But Ukraine aid is still unclear

9:27pm February 27, 2024

by Tamara Keith

After tense talks in the Oval Office, congressional leaders said they were hopeful they could reach a deal to avert a partial government shutdown on Friday. But they appeared divided on Ukraine aid.

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President Biden boards Air Force One on Feb. 26 after a quick trip to New York for a campaign event.

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Biden says there could be a cease-fire in Gaza by Monday. Talks are still ongoing

7:04pm February 26, 2024

by NPR Staff

Negotiators have been trying to reach a deal on a temporary cease-fire to to move hostages held in Gaza out of the territory. President Biden says he's optimistic the cease-fire could begin in a week.

President Biden shakes hands with Utah Gov. Spencer Cox during a meeting with governors from across the country at the White House on Feb. 23.

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Biden is looking at options for the border. But he's running into legal issues

3:52pm February 23, 2024

President Biden told governors that he's looking for ways to take executive action to reduce the number of migrants crossing the southern border — but he's limited by laws and lack of funding.

President Biden is rated highly in a survey of historians on presidential greatness — but he's in a tight election race with former President Donald Trump, who is ranked last.

In historians' Presidents Day survey, Biden vs. Trump is not a close call

4:59pm February 19, 2024

by Bill Chappell

A survey of historians and presidential experts ranks President Biden in 14th place all-time, just ahead of Woodrow Wilson and Ronald Reagan. Former President Donald Trump came in last.

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks to members of the media during a campaign event at Thunder Tower Harley Davidson Monday, Feb. 12 in Elgin, S.C. On the campaign trail, Haley has stepped up attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, drawing parallels between herself and the vice president.

Nikki Haley's latest target on the campaign trail? Kamala Harris

5:00am February 17, 2024

by Sarah McCammon

Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has recently been directing attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris as she highlights concerns about President Biden's age.

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President Biden talks with East Palestine, Ohio Mayor Trent Conaway during a tour of the site where a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed a year ago.

Biden visits East Palestine a year after a train derailment changed the Ohio town

6:14pm February 16, 2024

by Franco Ordoñez

Biden had promised to visit soon after the derailment. He has faced criticism from some residents and from former President Donald Trump, who made a trip to the community shortly after the disaster.

Hunter Biden, son of President Biden, talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, on Dec. 13, 2023. An FBI informant has been charged with lying to his handler about ties between Joe Biden and Hunter Biden and a Ukrainian energy company.

FBI informant charged with lying about Joe and Hunter Biden's ties to Ukrainian firm

9:15pm February 15, 2024

by The Associated Press

Alexander Smirnov falsely told FBI agents in 2020 that executives associated with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma paid Hunter and Joe Biden $5 million each in 2015 or 2016, prosecutors said.