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☆ Russia’s Antisatellite Technology Poses No Immediate Threat, White House Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A White House spokesman said on Thursday that antisatellite technology being developed by Russia had not been deployed and posed “no immediate threat to anyone’s safety.”“We are not talking about a weapon that can be used to attack human beings or cause physical destruction here on earth,” the spokesman, John F. Kirby, told reporters. Mr. Kirby also pushed back on calls from Republicans to broadly declassify intelligence related to the weapon, which came to light on Wednesday in part after a cryptic message by Representative Michael R. Turner, Republican of Ohio and the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. After Mr. Turner’s announcement, current and former officials briefed on the matter said Russia was believed to be making advances on a new, space-based nuclear weapon designed to threaten America’s extensive satellite network.

Persons: John F, Kirby, Michael R, Turner Organizations: Republican, House Intelligence Locations: Russia, Ohio

☆ Biden Lashes Out at Special Counsel for Raising Beau’s Death
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Out of every detail listed in the 383-page special counsel report, it was the suggestion that President Biden had trouble remembering when his elder son, Beau, died that seemed to anger the president the most. During a news conference just hours after the report was released, Mr. Biden appeared to struggle to keep his composure when recalling a line, on page 212 of the report, that suggested that “he did not remember, even within several years,” when his son died. “I know there’s some attention paid to some language in the report about my recollection of events,” Mr. Biden said, his chin quivering either from anger or sadness. “There’s even a reference that I don’t remember when my son died. How in the hell dare he raise that?”He said he had worn his son’s rosary “since the day he died.”Beau Biden, who died of brain cancer in 2015, appears 16 times in the pages of the report prepared by Robert K. Hur, the special counsel appointed to investigate Mr. Biden’s handling of classified documents.

Persons: Biden, Beau, “, ”, ” Mr, ” Beau Biden, Robert K, Hur

☆ Biden to Speak at U.A.W. Conference as He Seeks the Group’s Endorsement
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden will appear with the president of the United Automobile Workers union at a conference in Washington on Wednesday as he tries to secure the group’s influential endorsement. Mr. Biden, who appeared on a picket line with striking union workers in the fall, is expected to provide a keynote speech at the conference, and will “address attendees on the top issues facing working-class Americans,” according to a media advisory for the event. The group’s president, Shawn Fain, has been a vocal critic of former President Donald J. Trump and criticized some Republican policies as divisive and harmful when he spoke at the conference on Monday. “Right now, we have millions of people being told that the biggest threat to their livelihood is migrants coming over the border,” Mr. Fain said. It’s from the billionaires and the politicians getting working people to point the finger at one another.”

Persons: Biden, Mr, Shawn Fain, Donald J, Trump, Fain, ” Organizations: United Automobile Workers, Republican Locations: Washington, United States

☆ Biden, Brushing Off Gaza Protesters at Rally, Calls for Restoring Abortion Rights
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden headlined a rally in support of abortion rights on Tuesday, trying to focus on an issue that has galvanized his supporters even as he was interrupted every few minutes by at least 10 people protesting the war in Gaza, an issue that has just as quickly divided Democrats. Mr. Biden, a practicing Catholic who has been a reluctant supporter of abortion rights, has leaned on Vice President Kamala Harris to be the most vocal activist in his administration. But on Tuesday, in front of a banner reading “Restore Roe,” Mr. Biden raised his voice to a yell in support of Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion before the Supreme Court overturned it in 2022. His yelling also helped drown out the voices of people waving Palestinian flags, shouting “Genocide Joe” and demanding a cease-fire. “They feel deeply,” Mr. Biden said at another point.

Persons: Biden, Mr, Kamala Harris, ” Mr, Roe, Wade, Joe ”, ”, CodePink Locations: Gaza

☆ Harris Begins a Reproductive Rights Tour on 51st Anniversary of Roe
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Wisconsin on Monday morning to host an event in support of abortion rights while President Biden brings together a task force on reproductive health care in Washington. Both events are designed to call attention to the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court ruling that established a constitutional right to abortion, and to announce new steps that Mr. Biden’s administration has taken to support abortion access since the court struck it down in 2022. “Even as Americans — from Ohio to Kentucky to Michigan to Kansas to California — have resoundingly rejected attempts to limit reproductive freedom, Republican elected officials continue to push for a national ban and devastating new restrictions across the country,” Mr. Biden said in a statement. “On this day and every day, Vice President Harris and I are fighting to protect women’s reproductive freedom.”Ms. Harris, who has become the administration’s most vocal defender of abortion rights, chose Wisconsin as the backdrop for the first in a series of abortion rights events her office has planned around the country through the spring. Kirsten Allen, the vice president’s press secretary, said that Ms. Harris’s office had planned several more stops, over the next two to three months, in “states that have enshrined protections, restricted access and states that continue to threaten access, causing chaos and confusion.”

Persons: Kamala Harris, Biden, Roe, Wade, Mr, Harris, Ms, Kirsten Allen, ” Organizations: Republican Locations: Wisconsin, Washington, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, Kansas, California, “

The 300 volunteers were divided into eight teams, each named for a different Santa’s reindeer. The transformation — praised by Jill Biden, the first lady, as a result of “hard work and painstaking attention to detail” by the droves of volunteers — resulted in a holiday-themed White House overflowing with historical touches. No matter the administration, turning the White House complex into a wonderland is a feat that relies on donated materials and the time of volunteers. Here are a few numbers behind this year’s display. 200: Age of ‘’Twas the Night Before Christmas’When planning began this spring, Dr. Biden told her team that she wanted visitors to experience the décor through the eyes of a child.

Persons: Jill Biden, ’, Biden Organizations: House, Cross Locations: Nantucket

On a rainy night in June, President Biden toasted Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India during a state dinner at the White House, celebrating “two great friends, and two great powers” — a gesture of flattery for a leader he has enlisted to help the United States check China’s ambition and counter Russia’s aggression. According to the White House, the president had no idea that a significant test to that relationship was unfolding, even during the state visit. On June 22, as Mr. Biden pulled out all of the diplomatic stops to bring Mr. Modi closer, a senior official in the Indian government was offering the “go ahead” approving the murder-for-hire plot surrounding a Sikh American on U.S. soil, according to a Justice Department indictment filed in a federal court in New York Wednesday. There was one flaw: The hit man turned out to be an undercover law enforcement officer, prosecutors said, and the plot was foiled. The suspect, an Indian national accused of trying to arrange the killing, was arrested in the Czech Republic on June 30, eight days after the state dinner.

Persons: Biden, Narendra Modi, ”, Modi Organizations: India, White Locations: United States, American, New York, Czech Republic

☆ Harris Defends Biden’s Policies, but Says More Work Is Needed to Reach Voters
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

10 00:00:24,570 —> 00:00:27,260 There are fundamental freedoms that are at stake 11 00:00:27,260 —> 00:00:29,730 right now, and the American people do understand that. 17 00:00:42,240 —> 00:00:44,270 “Do you think the polls are just wrong? 26 00:01:09,030 —> 00:01:13,800 Ron Klain says this, and and you’ve seen press about 27 00:01:13,800 —> 00:01:15,160 yourself over the years. 34 00:01:29,830 —> 00:01:31,880 Do you think that’s true?” 35 00:01:31,880 —> 00:01:34,635 “Well, are we talking about the media or people? 36 00:01:34,635 —> 00:01:35,760 As it relates to the media, 37 00:01:35,760 —> 00:01:38,410 I’m sure some of that is true.”

Persons: Trump, Harris, Ron Klain, you’ve, doesn’t Organizations: Biden, ”, Trump Locations: Kansas, California , Ohio, Virginia

☆ The National Christmas Tree Fell Over. Make of That What You Will.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a bold affront to the holiday season, the National Christmas Tree eschewed its festive duties and fell over on Tuesday afternoon, alarming federal park workers and temporarily throwing the plans for the national tree-lighting ceremony into question. People who don’t much like the president have already compared the tree to President Biden’s economic policies, and criticized Mr. Biden’s inability to keep the tree from falling over, as if ensuring the tethering of a Christmas tree to the frigid earth were his sole responsibility as president. Who among us hasn’t rebelled against the American urge to celebrate Christmas almost an entire month early? (The debate over using a cut Christmas tree or a planted one has been raging in the tree community for decades.) Anyway, the episode unfolded when a strong gust of wind forced the 40-foot Norway spruce to the ground, Jasmine Shanti, a spokeswoman for the National Park Service, said in an email.

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, us hasn’t, Jasmine Shanti Organizations: National Park Service, White Locations: Georgia, Norway, West Virginia

☆ Day After Xi Meeting, Biden Says U.S. Has ‘Real Differences’ With China
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

President Biden said Thursday that the United States has “real differences with Beijing,” one day after he held an hourslong meeting with President Xi Jinping of China at a moment of deep tension between the two countries. Speaking to executives at the APEC summit in San Francisco, Mr. Biden noted that he and Mr. Xi had agreed to resume military-to-military communication to “reduce the risk of miscalculation” — a line that got a round of applause from the room. “We have real differences with Beijing,” Mr. Biden said. “We are going to continue to address them with smart policies and strong diplomacy.”Mr. Biden also stressed that a strong U.S. economy was helping the Indo-Pacific region. The president has been frustrated that positive news about the U.S. economy has not seemed to resonate with the public, so on Thursday he took the opportunity to tick through the numbers.

Persons: Biden, Xi Jinping, Mr, Xi, ” Mr Organizations: APEC Locations: United States, Beijing, China, San Francisco, U.S

☆ Car Talk and Birthday Wishes Punctuate Biden’s ‘Trust but Verify’ Diplomacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“You know what they call that car?” Mr. Biden asked Mr. Xi. Mr. Biden wished Mr. Xi’s wife a happy birthday. Mr. Xi replied with embarrassment that he had forgotten her birthday was approaching because he had been working so much. At another point, Mr. Biden brandished a picture of a younger Mr. Xi standing on the Golden Gate Bridge. Mr. Biden eventually pierced the “Kumbaya” moment by telling reporters after the carefully coordinated summit that he still considered the Chinese leader a dictator.

Persons: Mr, Biden, Xi, ’, Xi’s, “, ‘, Mao Ning, Biden’s, Donald J, Trump, —, Vladimir V, Putin, Kim Jong Organizations: Economic Cooperation, Mr, North Locations: United States, China, Asia, Washington, Russia, Helsinki, North Korean, Lago, Florida

President Biden said on Wednesday that four hours of discussion with President Xi Jinping of China had brought about two significant agreements, on curbing fentanyl production and on military-to-military communications. But both American and Chinese accounts of their first encounter in a year indicated little progress on the issues that have pushed the two nations to the edge of conflict. Emerging from the talks, and a brief walk with Mr. Xi on the grounds of a mansion south of San Francisco, Mr. Biden told reporters that the conversation had been the “most constructive and productive” between the two men since Mr. Biden had come to office. The agreements they announced were modest, however, and their most important commitments were to keep talking and to pick up the phone in times of crisis. Instead, Mr. Biden’s aides said that Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, would keep talking with Wang Yi, China’s chief foreign affairs official.

Persons: Biden, Xi Jinping, Xi, Mr, Biden’s, Jake Sullivan, Wang Yi Locations: China, San Francisco

San Francisco, the host city of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation — known as APEC, a group of 21 countries that surround the Pacific Ocean — would be too bottlenecked and too frenetic to host such a meeting. U.S. officials, given the mandate to plan a summit that would show Mr. Xi respect and keep him away from protesters, landed on the Filoli estate during their anxious planning process. It is set among the hills, one of the more isolated spots in a densely populated corner of California. The White House kept the location of the meeting secret until a day before, presumably to keep protesters from surrounding the venue. None were visible at the gates on Wednesday morning as Mr. Biden’s motorcade approached the locale, but some could be seen along the route from San Francisco.

Persons: Biden, Xi Jinping, Biden’s Organizations: Facebook, Economic Cooperation, APEC Locations: California, China, San Francisco, Asia

When President Biden meets President Xi Jinping of China at a lush estate on the edge of Silicon Valley on Wednesday, his primary goal will be simple: find a way to avoid an increasingly bitter competition with China from tipping into conflict. A senior administration official said they are expected to reach the outline of an agreement that would commit Beijing to regulating components of fentanyl, the drug that has driven a devastating opioid epidemic in the United States. And they will probably discuss resuming military-to-military communications, which China cut off after Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last year, when she was speaker of the House. But there have been periods of military-to-military contact since the George W. Bush administration. Senior Chinese officials have discussed them in meetings with Mr. Biden’s most trusted aides, including Jake Sullivan, the national security adviser, and Antony J. Blinken, the secretary of state.

Persons: Biden, Xi Jinping, Nancy Pelosi, George W, Bush, Jake Sullivan, Antony J, Blinken Organizations: Stanford, Senior Locations: China, Silicon Valley, Beijing, United States, Taiwan

When President Biden meets with President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, China’s diplomats want to know what Mr. Xi will be looking at, and to make sure the scenery does not include protesters. Nearly every minute they spend together, from the number of steps it will take Mr. Xi to reach a chair when he enters a room to the specific timing of their handshake, will be part of a highly choreographed diplomatic dance, one designed to give them the space to try to defuse a year of bubbling tensions. The ceremonial details have now been hashed out. But compared with the U.S.-China summits of a decade ago or more, the expectations for substantive agreement are minimal, at best. The leaders, they said, could announce a resumption of military-to-military communications, which were suspended by the Chinese after Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in the summer of 2022.

Persons: Biden, Xi Jinping, Xi, Nancy Pelosi Organizations: U.S ., Economic Cooperation Locations: United States, China, California, Asia, San Francisco, Taiwan

Mr. Joko, who arrived in Washington fresh from a summit in Saudi Arabia where he condemned the war, has been vocal in criticizing Israel’s role. After Mr. Biden welcomed him to the Oval Office by celebrating a “new era of relations between the United States and Indonesia,” Mr. Joko ended his own set of remarks by calling for an end to the conflict. “Indonesia also wishes our partnership contributes to regional and global peace and prosperity,” Mr. Joko said. “So Indonesia appeals to the U.S. to do more to stop the atrocities in Gaza. On Monday, Mr. Biden and other officials called for the protection of hospitals in Gaza from attack.

Persons: Biden, Joko Widodo, Joko, Israel’s, Mr, ” Mr Organizations: White Locations: Indonesia, Gaza, United States, Washington, Saudi Arabia, “ Indonesia

President Biden and President Xi Jinping of China plan to meet in California on Wednesday for a discussion that Mr. Biden’s advisers say is meant to stabilize relations even as it features a host of topics on which the two fiercely competitive countries disagree. The Biden administration, which formally announced the meeting on Friday morning, said the two leaders would have the highly choreographed discussion as they attended the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, known as APEC. In a call with reporters on Thursday, two senior advisers to Mr. Biden said the meeting was intended to be wide-ranging, with Mr. Biden prepared to bring up issues including Taiwan, election interference, the war in Ukraine and the war between Israel and Hamas. Taiwan, a self-ruled island claimed by China, is set to hold elections early next year, and one of the advisers said Mr. Biden would seek to “present” Mr. Xi with “clarity” — meaning that the United States expects Beijing not to interfere and is concerned that it might. Mr. Biden is also expected to warn Mr. Xi against interfering in U.S. elections.

Persons: Biden, Xi Jinping, Mr, Xi Organizations: Economic Cooperation Locations: China, California, Asia, San Francisco, Taiwan, Ukraine, Israel, Hamas, United States, Beijing, U.S

☆ Jake Sullivan’s ‘Quieter’ Middle East Comments Did Not Age Well
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

In a 7,000-word essay for Foreign Affairs magazine published this week, Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s national security adviser, tried to sum up the state of the Middle East. Before the article was posted online, Foreign Affairs asked Mr. Sullivan to update it to reflect the Hamas attack. The online version scrubbed Mr. Sullivan’s “quieter” sentence, as well as his assertion that the Biden administration had “de-escalated” crises in Gaza. A fund-raising email sent to supporters by the Trump campaign on Wednesday chastised “Biden’s Delusional National Security Adviser” with a link to a story about Mr. Sullivan’s comments. Not all of Mr. Sullivan’s critics are on the right.

Persons: Jake Sullivan, ”, “, Mr, Sullivan, Biden, ” Mr, Trump, “ Biden’s, Sullivan’s, Brett Bruen, Obama, he’s, Bruen, Hillary Clinton, Jake doesn’t disabuse, Adrienne Watson, Ron Dermer, Ms, Watson, ” Edward Wong Organizations: Foreign Affairs, “, ”, Hamas, Gaza, Foreign, The, National Security Council, West Bank, Soviet, Cuban Locations: Gaza, Israel, United States, Yemen, Iran, Afghanistan, U.S, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait

☆ Biden and Albanese Say the U.S. and Australia Stand Together With Israel
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

President Biden and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia expressed their shared condemnation of the Hamas attack this month on Israeli civilians and soldiers, saying during a state visit on Wednesday that they would stand with Israel. In recent months, the Australians have accelerated efforts to supply missiles for the United States and expand joint military cooperation and training between the two countries. At one point, Mr. Albanese invoked the words of Mr. Biden’s late son, Beau, to emphasize the strength of their partnership: “When there’s an Australian with you, they’ll always have your back.” Mr. Biden bowed his head. The Biden administration is relying on Congress to pass legislation that would allow for the shipment of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia, as part of an agreement called AUKUS among the United States, Britain and Australia. U.S. officials said before the visit that Mr. Biden would tell the prime minister that the United States would fulfill that promise.

Persons: Biden, Anthony Albanese, Mr, Albanese, ”, “, Richard Marles, . Albanese, Biden’s, Beau, there’s, they’ll, ” Mr, Israel “, Mira Rapp, Hooper, Charles Edel, Edel Organizations: White, China, Biden administration’s, East, Biden, Center for Strategic, International Studies Locations: Israel, United States, Australia, Ukraine, Britain, East Asia, Oceania, China, Papua New Guinea

☆ Biden Keeps Australia’s Dinner Low-Key at a Moment of Global Turmoil
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

How do you throw a state dinner on the South Lawn when the world is burning? By their fourth time around, the Bidens know how to do this. And then you serve up some root vegetables and ice cream. And this state dinner, held in honor of Anthony Albanese, the Australian prime minister, was an opportunity to express a show of nuclear-powered military force to a planet that feels that it is about to spiral away from its axis. “We must continue to advance freedom, security and prosperity for all,’’ President Biden said somberly at the dinner, “and continue to build a future worthy of our highest hopes, even when it’s difficult — especially when it’s difficult.’’

Persons: Anthony Albanese, ’ ’, Biden, somberly, “

☆ On the Agenda for Australia’s State Visit: China, Trade and a U.S. Marine Band
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

This week, Mr. Biden is steering American involvement in two overseas wars and monitoring the continuing calamity of a speakerless House of Representatives, and there is another government shutdown crisis looming next month. John F. Kirby, a White House spokesman, played down the idea that global crises could distract Mr. Biden from his visitor, or perhaps even keep him waiting. During Mr. Biden and Mr. Albanese’s time together, which includes a news conference scheduled for Wednesday afternoon, they are expected to emphasize their shared interests. Mr. Biden’s advisers say the administration is supportive of the meeting between Mr. Albanese and Mr. Xi. Mr. Biden and Mr. Albanese are also likely to touch on the dysfunction in Congress.

Persons: Biden, Anthony Albanese, John F, Kirby, Mr, “, ” Mr, ”, Jill Biden, ” Dr, Bruce Jones, Albanese’s, Donald J, Trump, Scott Morrison, Morrison, Albanese, Xi Jinping, Jones, Xi Organizations: Representatives, U.S . Marine, Army and Air Force, China, Center for East Asia Policy, Brookings Institution, East Locations: Australia, United States, Washington, China, Georgia, Britain, Papua New Guinea, Israel, ”, American, Hormuz

Mr. Biden has been planning to use the visit to show solidarity with America’s closest ally in the Middle East and to urge Israel to avoid civilian casualties. “The timing and optics of such a significant visit couldn’t be any worse,” said Charles Lister, the director of counterterrorism at the Middle East Institute. “Whatever the circumstances behind this strike at the hospital in Gaza, it doesn’t really matter at this point. They also said he believed an in-person visit could help him better understand Israel’s strategy as a ground invasion of Gaza loomed. “The failure to have an actual major strategy, I think, is the long-term biggest risk here,” Jonathan Panikoff, the director of the Scowcroft Middle East Security Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Program, said in an interview.

Persons: Biden, ”, Charles Lister, we’ve, Mr, ” Jonathan Panikoff, ” John F, Kirby Organizations: Middle East Institute, Security Initiative, NBC’s Locations: Israel, Gaza, U.S

☆ Biden Heads to the Picket Line in Michigan to Court Autoworkers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden will travel to Michigan on Tuesday to join a group of striking autoworkers on the picket line, an extraordinary gesture of support to a labor union by a sitting American president. At first glance, the visit looks like a capstone for a politician who has for decades positioned himself as a champion of the middle class, but other political forces are at play as well. Mr. Biden will join the workers in Wayne County one day before his predecessor and likely 2024 rival, former President Donald J. Trump, is scheduled to visit a nearby county and deliver remarks to current and former union members. It is the first time this campaign season that the two men, whose political styles are as divergent as their visions for the country, will be competing in real time to present dueling messages to a powerful bloc of voters in a key swing state. In one corner, Mr. Biden has argued that his clean-energy agenda, including a shift toward electric vehicles, will create new manufacturing jobs, even as companies that make batteries and other electric-vehicle parts resist unionizing their workers.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump Locations: Michigan, Wayne County

☆ New White House Counsel’s To-Do List: Impeachment on Day 2
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ed Siskel moved from Chicago to Washington last weekend to begin his new role as White House counsel. He had one entire day — last Monday — to settle into his office, in a coveted corner on the second floor of the West Wing. In a statement, Mr. Biden praised Mr. Siskel as a seasoned lawyer who could “hit the ground running as a key leader on my team” to advise on everything from policy litigation to judicial nominations. Still, it was an unusually busy week — and one focused squarely on impeachment — even by Washington’s frenetic standards. A veteran of the Obama White House, where he countered Republican efforts in the Benghazi and Solyndra investigations, Mr. Siskel, 51, will help steer Mr. Biden through a political maelstrom as an ultraconservative bloc of Republicans pushes for impeachment.

Persons: Ed Siskel, —, Siskel’s, Biden, Siskel, Obama Organizations: Republicans, House Locations: Chicago, Washington, Benghazi

☆ ‘It Is Evening, Isn’t It?’ An 80-Year-Old President’s Whirlwind Trip.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Katie Rogers | More About Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On the 13th hour of the third day of a two-country trip, President Biden stepped onstage at a news conference in Vietnam and bid reporters there a good evening. “It is evening, isn’t it?” the president said, drawing laughs from the jet-lagged masses. The trip, which began in New Delhi with the Group of 20 summit, was a whirlwind for Mr. Biden. In Hanoi, he celebrated the elevation of the U.S.-Vietnamese partnership to the highest level in Vietnam’s diplomatic hierarchy, and said it was part of his administration’s strategy to bolster the American presence in the Indo-Pacific. But Mr. Biden took another objective overseas, too, as he enters an election season facing questions about his age and stamina: showing that he is still up to the challenges of globe-trotting statesmanship.

Persons: Biden Organizations: Group, U.S . Locations: Vietnam, New Delhi, China, United States, Hanoi, U.S

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