President Biden spent decades in the Senate and presided over the transformation of Supreme Court fights into hyperpartisan affairs. Now he is pushing to lower the temperature for his own nominee.
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The Pandemic Policy That Really Mattered Wasn’t a Policy
Public health is rooted in the soil of trust.
Nothing’s More Fun Than Picking the Next Supreme Court Justice. Right?
Sometimes fulfilling a campaign promise gets tricky.
Joe Biden Would Like to Know What Your Problem Is
His marathon news conference last week did not suggest that he thought his presidency needed a reboot — or even a rebranding.
The View From the White House
Ron Klain, President Biden’s chief of staff, reflects on the first year of the administration.
Progressives Flex Muscles on Biden Agenda, Adopting New Tactics
Their persistence forced Speaker Nancy Pelosi to delay a planned vote on the $1 trillion infrastructure bill. In the end, President Biden sided with their position.
Beneath Joe Biden’s Folksy Demeanor, a Short Fuse and an Obsession With Details
As Mr. Biden settles into the office he has chased for more than three decades, aides say he demands hours of debate from scores of policy experts.
An Early Promise Broken: Inside Biden’s Reversal on Refugees
What had been an easy promise on the campaign trail — to reverse what Democrats called President Donald J. Trump’s “racist” limits on accepting refugees — has become a test of what is truly important to President Biden.
After Stimulus Victory in Senate, Reality Sinks in: Bipartisanship Is Dead
With Republicans poised to block Democrats’ top priorities, the party-line vote on the $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package showed the gulf between the parties was too wide to be bridged.
Taking on a New Role, Susan Rice is Asserting Herself
After serving as United Nations ambassador and national security adviser in the Obama administration, she has unexpectedly ended up helping oversee domestic policy in the Biden White House.
Confirmation in Doubt for Neera Tanden, Biden’s Budget Director Pick
The struggle to gain support for the longtime Democratic aide whose combative Twitter posts have drawn criticism reflects miscalculations by the White House and its chief of staff, Ron Klain.
How Biden United a Fractious Democratic Party Under One Tent
President Biden and progressive Democrats are united by a moment of national crisis and the lingering influence of his predecessor. But the moment of harmony may be fragile.
How Biden United a Fractious Party Under One Tent
President Biden and progressive Democrats are united by a moment of national crisis and the lingering influence of his predecessor. But the moment of harmony may be fragile.
In Biden’s White House, Masks, Closed Doors and Empty Halls
The West Wing has become a different place in an administration serious about Covid restrictions.
Team of Rivals? Biden’s Cabinet Looks More Like a Team of Buddies
In making his picks for the new administration, the president-elect has put a premium on personal relationships.
Biden to Name Ron Klain as White House Chief of Staff
Mr. Klain, a lawyer and veteran Democratic operative who first worked for the president-elect in 1989 when he was a senator, has been a sharp critic of President Trump’s handling of the coronavirus.
Biden’s Team Steps Up Transition Plans, Mapping Out a White House
With Joe Biden leading in several important battleground states, his advisers and allies have moved rapidly to discuss hiring in critical roles, especially those overseeing the coronavirus response.
Coronavirus Outbreak: A Cascade of Warnings, Heard but Unheeded
Government exercises, including one last year, made clear that the U.S. was not ready for a pandemic like the coronavirus. But little was done.
Trump, His Eye on the Border, Overlooked the Coronavirus Threat
His insistence that the danger was overseas and could be kept out led officials to downplay the disease’s spread and the need for tests.