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☆ ‘Trump’s America’: His Comeback Victory Signals a Different Kind of Country
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-06 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In her closing rally on the Ellipse last week, Kamala Harris scorned Donald J. Trump as an outlier who did not represent America. In fact, it turns out, that may be exactly who we are. With his comeback victory to reclaim the presidency, Mr. Trump has now established himself as a transformational force reshaping the United States in his own image. Populist disenchantment with the nation’s direction and resentment against elites proved to be deeper and more profound than many in both parties had recognized. Mr. Trump’s testosterone-driven campaign capitalized on resistance to electing the first woman president.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald J, Trump, ” Organizations: White, Electoral College Locations: America, United States

Six Takeaways From the Republican Convention , by Shane GoldmacherPeople Close to Biden Say He Appears to Accept He May Have to Leave the Race, by Michael D. Shear, Peter Baker and Katie Rogers

Persons: Shane Goldmacher, Biden, Michael D, Peter Baker, Katie Rogers Organizations: Republican

☆ Biden Condemns Shooting at Trump Rally, Calling it ‘Sick’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden condemned the shooting incident at former President Donald J. Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday and expressed gratitude that Mr. Trump survived and was evacuated. “Look, there’s no place in America for this kind of violence,” Mr. Biden said in a nationally televised statement. “It’s sick. It’s one of the reasons why we have to unite this country. We cannot condone this.”Mr. Biden said he had tried to reach Mr. Trump but was not able to talk with him because the former president was with his doctors.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, Mr, “, he’s, ” Locations: Pennsylvania, America

is the chief Africa correspondent for The Times based in Nairobi, Kenya. He previously reported from Cairo, covering the Middle East, and Islamabad, Pakistan.

Organizations: The Times Locations: Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Cairo, Islamabad, Pakistan

An Israeli tank near the border with Gaza. The United States paused an arms shipment to Israel last week out of concern that the weapons might be used in a threatened assault on Rafah, Gaza, officials said. Credit... Tsafrir Abayov/Associated Press

Persons: Tsafrir Organizations: United, Associated Locations: Gaza, United States, Israel, Rafah

☆ Hamas’s Offer to Hand Over 33 Hostages Includes Some Who Are Dead
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The disclosure came as part of Hamas’s counteroffer to Israel’s latest proposal, which envisions a first-phase, six-week cease-fire in exchange for the return of some of the hostages taken during the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks. It was not clear whether Hamas revealed how many of the 33 are still alive and how many are dead. The Israelis initially wanted 40 to be released in the first phase but came to understand that Hamas did not hold that many who fit the criteria. Israeli and American officials have long assumed that some of the hostages may be dead. Protesters blocked major roads in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv late Monday after Hamas’s counteroffer.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Hamas’s counteroffer Locations: Israel, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv

☆ Biden Appeals to North Carolina With Program to Replace Lead Pipes
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden traveled on Thursday to North Carolina, a possible swing state in the fall election, to promote his efforts to replace toxic lead pipes as part of his administration’s program to expand and upgrade the nation’s network of roads, airports and other critical infrastructure. “Until the United States of America, God love us, deals with this, how can we say we’re a leading nation in the world?” he told a crowd of supporters at the Wilmington Convention Center. “For God’s sake, we’re better than this.”Mr. Biden has committed to replacing all lead pipes across the nation within a decade. Lead exposure can affect brain development in children, damage kidneys and interfere with the production of red blood cells that carry oxygen. The administration estimates that more than nine million homes, schools, day care centers and businesses still receive water through lead pipes, particularly in communities of marginalized people.

Persons: Biden, Mr Organizations: Wilmington Convention Locations: North Carolina, Wilmington, United States of America

☆ Biden to Address Holocaust Remembrance While Still Quiet on Campus Unrest
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“No president has spoken more forcefully about combating antisemitism than this president,” she said. Since then, Mr. Biden has left it to aides to speak for him, trying to balance the free speech rights of protesters with rejection of violence and antisemitic statements. “Americans have the right to peacefully protest as long as it’s within the law and it’s peaceful,” Ms. Jean-Pierre said. “Forcibly taking over a building is not peaceful. “I hope the president speaks as boldly and as forcefully as this moment requires,” Mr. Deutch told Julie Mason on her Sirius/XM radio show.

Persons: Jean, Pierre, Mr, Biden, “, ”, Ms, Pierre said, Ted Deutch, Deutch, Julie Mason, Donald J, Trump, Adolf Hitler Organizations: Columbia University, American Jewish Committee, Mr, Sirius, XM, Republicans, Jewish Locations: Florida

☆ Biden to Confer With Netanyahu on a Possible Cease-Fire and Hostage Deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden plans to speak with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel on Sunday to discuss the prospects of a possible cease-fire deal to obtain the release of some of the remaining hostages held since the Hamas-led terrorist attack of Oct. 7, according to two officials with direct knowledge of the plan. Mr. Biden’s call with the prime minister is set to come just hours after Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken left Washington for his latest trip to the Middle East. Mr. Blinken will start in Saudi Arabia, where he will see Egyptian and Qatari officials who have served as intermediaries with Hamas in the cease-fire and hostage talks, which have stalled in recent weeks. The call also comes three weeks after Mr. Biden told Mr. Netanyahu that he would rethink his support for Israel’s war unless the country did more to facilitate the delivery of food and other supplies to Gaza and limit civilian casualties. Since then, humanitarian aid to Gaza has increased substantially, and Biden advisers credit Israel with responding to the president’s demands, though U.S. officials acknowledge that the aid is still not as much as is needed.

Persons: Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Antony J, Blinken, Netanyahu Organizations: Israel, State Department, Saudi, Economic Locations: Washington, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Gaza, U.S

☆ Biden Says Israel Has Improved Aid Flow to Gaza but Must Do More
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli authorities have improved aid delivery to Gaza but still “need to do more,” President Biden said on Wednesday, offering a measured assessment of how well Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is living up to promises he made last week. Since then, Mr. Biden said, Israel has done more to provide access for food, medicine and other critical supplies, but added that he still expects additional action. Mr. Netanyahu committed to increasing the number of aid trucks entering Gaza, and to opening another border crossing into the territory. “It’s not enough,” Mr. Biden said. “We’ll get these hostages home where they belong but also bring back a six week cease-fire that we need now,” Mr. Biden said.

Persons: Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Israel, “ It’s, Mr, Fumio Kishida, Kamala Harris, “ We’ll Organizations: ”, Hamas, United Nations Locations: Gaza, United, Israel, Japan, U.S, United States

☆ Biden Signs Legislation to Extend Funding for Critical Departments
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden signed a $460 billion spending package on Saturday to avert a shutdown of critical federal departments even as lawmakers continue to wrestle over a financing blueprint for many other agencies more than halfway into the current fiscal year. The president finalized the legislation before leaving his home in Wilmington, Del., to fly to Atlanta for a campaign rally. It will extend funding through the rest of the fiscal year, ending Sept. 30, for about half of the government, including the Departments of Agriculture, Energy, Justice, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Veterans Affairs. In his short tenure, Speaker Mike Johnson has made clear his desire to avoid a shutdown, even to the point of relying on Democratic votes, but the path ahead remains tricky. “Thank you,” he wrote, naming the eight “for their leadership.”

Persons: Biden, Mike Johnson, ” Organizations: Agriculture, Energy, Justice, Transportation, Housing, Urban Development, Veterans Affairs, Pentagon, Homeland Security Department, Democratic, White Locations: Wilmington, Del, Atlanta

☆ As U.S. and Militias Engage, White House Worries About a Tipping Point
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

American forces have at times mounted retaliations, but in limited fashion to avoid instigating a full-fledged conflict. They privately say they may have no choice, however, if American troops are killed. “They don’t want to strike Iran directly for fear of escalation, which only widens the margin for pro-Iranian groups, including the Houthis, to strike at U.S. forces. On Sunday, U.S. Central Command said that the SEALs had died and it had ended its search. Critics of Mr. Biden have complained that he has been too passive, even after the United States launched six airstrikes in 10 days against Houthi forces.

Persons: Biden, ”, Aaron David Miller, they’ll, Mr Organizations: longtime, Carnegie Endowment, International, U.S, Navy, Sunday, U.S . Central Command, United States, Houthi Locations: Iran, Iranian, East, U.S, Yemen, Aden, Gaza

☆ For Biden, Another Trump Nomination Presents Opportunity — and Great Risk
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To be clear, no one in President Biden’s White House would ever root for Donald J. Trump. Mr. Biden’s best chance of winning re-election in the fall, in their view, is a rematch against Mr. Trump. None of them would cry if Mr. Trump were taken down by someone like former Gov. Whatever Ms. Haley’s flaws, and Democrats see many, they do not believe she would pose the same danger to democracy that Mr. Trump does. But if she won the Republican nomination, she might pose a bigger danger to Mr. Biden.

Persons: Biden’s, Donald J, Trump, Nikki Haley, Biden, Al Capone Organizations: Republican, Mr Locations: Iowa, South Carolina, New Hampshire

The U.S. government is making an intense effort to persuade Israel and Hamas to resume negotiations so they can once again pause hostilities and exchange more prisoners for hostages, a White House spokesman said on Sunday. Israel has since resumed its assault on Hamas, and Mr. Kirby urged it to avoid civilian casualties, while crediting its forces with making efforts to do so. “He’s so naïve; I mean I just lost all confidence in this guy,” Mr. Graham said. “I would go to Iran and say listen, you need to tell Hamas to let these hostages go,” he said. “We should have conditions on military aid in the same way that we do for every other country.”While the White House blamed Hamas for the breakdown in hostage talks, Ms. Jayapal faulted Israel.

Persons: Israel, “, John F, ”, Kirby, There’s, Biden, Biden’s, Lindsey Graham, Lloyd J, Austin III, Austin, ” Mr, Graham, Mr, Al Qaeda, Pramila Jayapal, Jayapal Organizations: Kirby, White House National Security Council, Press, Hamas, Republican, West Bank, CNN’s, Union, “ Locations: Gaza, Israel, South Carolina, CNN’s “ State, Iraq, Al, we’d, Iran, Washington, United States, Qatar, Persian, “ Israel

☆ 6 Takeaways From Liz Cheney’s Book Assailing Trump and His ‘Enablers’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was inevitable that Liz Cheney’s new memoir would cause a splash. The memoir, “Oath and Honor,” arrives on bookshelves just as Mr. Trump is poised to reclaim the Republican presidential nomination in primaries beginning in a few weeks. But beyond its top-line arguments, the book offers a rare peek inside the Republican cloakroom at what Ms. Cheney, a former representative from Wyoming, heard from her colleagues about “the Orange Jesus,” as one wryly called Mr. Trump. Trump Republicans took Cheney’s stand personally. After Ms. Cheney spoke out against Mr. Trump and voted to impeach him, she faced a backlash from fellow Republicans accusing her of disloyalty.

Persons: Liz Cheney’s, Donald J, Trump, ”, Cheney, Jesus, Brown, Cheney’s Organizations: Republican, New York Times, Company, Trump Republicans, Mr, Republican Conference Locations: American, Wyoming

☆ Kissinger: A Player on the World Stage Until the Very End
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When China’s leaders wanted to send a message to the Biden administration last summer, they did what came naturally. Mr. Kissinger was 100 years old by then and had left the government 46 years earlier. But for as long as anyone could remember, the Chinese had venerated him as the secretary of state who forged the landmark diplomatic opening to Beijing. And President Xi Jinping told Mr. Kissinger that his initial visits had led to 50 years of mostly stable relations and that he hoped this trip would usher in another 50 years. Mr. Kissinger returned home and dutifully filled in Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken by phone; met with William J. Burns, the C.I.A.

Persons: China’s, Biden, Henry A . Kissinger, Kissinger, Xi Jinping, Xi, Biden’s, Antony J, William J, Burns, Jake Sullivan Locations: Beijing, Washington, United States

☆ McCarthy Claimed Trump Was ‘Not Eating’ After Leaving Office, Cheney Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. McCarthy, the California congressman who was then the House Republican leader, had condemned Mr. Trump for fueling the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol and even suggested that he resign, only to turn around and effectively absolve the former president by embracing him again. In her new book, Ms. Cheney, perhaps the country’s most vocal anti-Trump Republican, reports that Mr. McCarthy justified the Jan. 28 visit as an act of compassion for a beaten ally. Ms. Cheney wrote that she was so shocked when she first saw the photograph of Mr. McCarthy and Mr. Trump standing side by side with grins on their faces that she thought it was a fake. “Not even Kevin McCarthy could be this craven, I thought,” she wrote. “I was wrong.” She went to see Mr. McCarthy to confront him about rehabilitating the twice-impeached former president who had just tried to overturn an election he lost.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Liz Cheney, Trump’s, McCarthy, Cheney, Mr, Ms, craven, ”, “ Organizations: Republican, Capitol, Trump Republican Locations: Lago, Florida, California, grins

☆ Biden Hopes to Alter the Trajectory of the War as Hostages Are Released
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

In seeking to extend the pause and hostage releases, Mr. Biden has American interests to consider as well as those of Israel. Mr. Biden hopes an extension of the pause in exchange for the release of more hostages will result in the rest of the Americans being freed. “We’ll continue to remain personally engaged to see that this deal is fully implemented and work to extend the deal as well,” Mr. Biden told reporters. The release of Avigail gave Mr. Biden a small but emotionally powerful victory amid all the tumult in the region. “She’s been through a terrible trauma,” Mr. Biden said.

Persons: Biden, Idan, Mr, Benjamin Netanyahu, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad, “ He’s, ” Jake Sullivan, Abigail, “ We’ll, Netanyahu, “, ”, Sullivan, Israel, ” Mr, Biden’s, Chris Christie, Christie, can’t, Tom Cotton, Cotton, Avigail, “ She’s, God she’s Organizations: Sunday, Hamas, Israel, “, NBC, Mr, ”, CNN, Republicans, Republican, “ Fox, European Union Locations: Israel, Gaza, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al, Thani, Qatar, United States, “ State, New Jersey, Arkansas

President Biden on Sunday hailed the release of Avigail Idan, a 4-year-old American citizen who has been held hostage by Hamas for seven weeks, and vowed to keep working to secure freedom for others in captivity and extend the pause in the fighting. “Thank God she’s home,” Mr. Biden told reporters in Nantucket, Mass., where he has been marking the Thanksgiving holiday. Her case has been the focus of widespread international attention and concern as she marked her fourth birthday on Friday. “More is needed but this deal is delivering lifesaving results,” Mr. Biden said. This deal is structured so that it can be extended to keep building on these results.

Persons: Biden, Avigail, God she’s, ” Mr, “, ” Avigail, Abigail, ” Organizations: Sunday Locations: Nantucket, Israel, Gaza

☆ Terrible Choices and Deep Distrust: The Path to the Hostage Deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The Israelis were insisting that it was not enough to free just 50 of the roughly 240 hostages. Mr. Biden told the emir of Qatar, who was serving as the intermediary with Hamas, that four was all they would get for now. The path to the hostage deal was painful and painstaking, one marked by fitful progress, deep mistrust, terrible choices and moments when the whole thing was on the verge of unraveling. Mr. McGurk, who has wide contacts in the region, held early morning phone calls each day with the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, and then briefed Mr. Sullivan, who kept Mr. Biden informed. Mr. Sullivan stayed in touch with Ron Dermer and Tzachi Hanegbi, two of Mr. Netanyahu’s closest advisers.

Persons: Biden, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, ” Mr, Jake Sullivan, Brett McGurk, Joshua Geltzer, McGurk, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad, Sullivan, Ron Dermer, Tzachi Hanegbi, Netanyahu’s Organizations: Hamas, United, Biden, White, National Security Council Locations: Qatar, United States, Thani

☆ Rosalynn Carter Helped Shape the Role of the Modern First Lady
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Some two decades after leaving the White House, Rosalynn Carter reflected on the criticism she generated for expanding the role of a first lady. “You can’t let it stop you,” she told an interviewer. “The first lady role has changed,” she observed. “I don’t think there will ever be another first lady who will be just a hostess and pour tea.”If that is true, Mrs. Carter will have been one of the primary reasons. “It was a time in the country of profound change for women, and she wanted to seize the opportunities before her.”

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, ”, “, Carter, Anita B, McBride, Laura Bush, — Organizations: White Locations: Plains , Ga

☆ For an Aging President, a Birthday With a Bite
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

And that’s for people who are not even running for president. For President Biden, who turns 81 on Monday, another birthday may bring more liability than revelry, offering one more reminder of his age to an already skeptical electorate. Unlike other presidents who have celebrated birthdays with lavish political events, Mr. Biden plans to observe his milestone privately with family in Nantucket later this week. The best birthday gift the oldest president in American history could hope for would be a strategy for assuaging voters’ concerns, but that has been hard to come by. If Mr. Trump wins next year and serves out four years, he would take over the status as the country’s oldest president.

Persons: Biden, Mr, Donald J, Trump, Barack Obama, Obama Organizations: Republican Locations: Nantucket, Hungary, Turkey

☆ Rosalynn Carter, 96, Enters Hospice Care at Home in Georgia
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Rosalynn Carter, the former first lady, has entered hospice care at her home in Georgia alongside her husband, former President Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice since February, the family announced on Friday. Mrs. Carter, 96, revealed in May that she has dementia, but Friday’s statement offered no further details about her condition or any other ailments she might be suffering. “She and President Carter are spending time with each other and their family,” the Carter Center said in a statement on behalf of Jason Carter, the center’s chairman and a grandson of the former first couple. It is meant for patients not expected to live more than six months, although Mr. Carter’s experience defying that timetable has demonstrated that the duration of hospice care can vary. Mr. Carter turned 99 last month and is the longest-living president in American history.

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, Carter, Jason Carter, Carter’s Organizations: Carter Locations: Georgia, ”

☆ Elections Are a Respite for Biden, but Show the Disparity Between Him and Party
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Several aides said privately that the mood in the West Wing was upbeat and they expressed a sense of validation that their theory of the case was still valid. Coming after the survey by The New York Times and Siena College, which found Mr. Biden losing to former President Donald J. Trump in five swing states that Mr. Biden won in 2020, the off-year elections were well timed. The results, Biden advisers stressed, reaffirmed that Democrats have outperformed in every election since the Supreme Court’s decision overturning a constitutional right to abortion. It is also true that Mr. Beshear spent much of the campaign distancing himself from Mr. Biden. But Biden advisers noted that two-thirds of the 23 Democratic candidates for the state legislature in Virginia endorsed by the president and Vice President Kamala Harris won.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, Mr, ”, Beshear’s, Daniel Cameron, Beshear, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, ” Jim Messina, Barack Obama’s Organizations: The New York Times, Siena College, Republican, Democratic Locations: Virginia

☆ A First Title for the Rangers, and a Thrill for the Former First Fan
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Peter Baker | More About Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It doesn’t come with a ring, but this week was still special for former First Fan George W. Bush. Nearly three decades after he sold the Texas Rangers, the team that propelled him into politics finally brought home its first World Series title. For the onetime Rangers managing partner, it was an enervating finale to a championship that eluded him when he was signing the checks. “I think he’s loving it,” said Tom Bernstein, a longtime friend and fellow partner in the Rangers ownership back in the day. “And, of course, I congratulate the players of this awesome team on winning the first World Series in our club’s history.

Persons: George W, Bush, ”, Tom Bernstein, “, Laura Organizations: Texas Rangers, onetime Rangers, Rangers Locations: Dallas, Phoenix

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