Biden's White House
Opinion
World markets
Wall Street’s implosion is terrible news for Biden - and it’s going to get worse
After months of dithering, Fed chair Jerome Powell appears ever more serious about reining in inflation. Joe Biden’s re-election hopes could be caught in the crossfire.
- by Jeremy Warner
Latest
‘Politicians have done nothing’: Tens of thousands rally against gun violence across US
Demonstrators have rallied across the United States to demand laws curbing gun violence following last month’s massacre at a Texas school.
- by Ted Hesson
Out-of-control inflation for Americans’ food, petrol may see Biden’s Democrats lose control of Congress
The job market is growing and unemployment is falling, but with the price of everything going up, the public simply isn’t happy.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Biden says Ardern’s leadership ‘critical’ as US tackles mass shootings
US President Joe Biden and New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern discussed gun violence, climate change, and the rise of China at the White House.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
Trade wars
Trump’s China tariffs failed but it looks like Biden is stuck with them
Divisions in the White House have been exposed as it reviews Donald Trump’s contentious trade tariffs on China. But it appears inevitable that Biden and America will just have to continue living with them.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
China relations
Strategic confusion: Biden’s fifth Taiwan gaffe baits Beijing, rattles White House
The White House is again walking back the president’s gung-ho remarks about defending Taiwan from China. Is Biden confused or just indiscreet?
- by Farrah Tomazin
Opinion
Billionaires
‘Party of hate’: Why Silicon Valley’s rift with the White House is growing deeper
Once-strong ties between US Democrats and Silicon Valley, the new heart of American corporate power, have broken down.
- by James Titcomb
Albanese wants climate consensus with Biden in first overseas meeting
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make progress on climate change a central part of his discussions with US President Joe Biden in Tokyo.
- by David Crowe and Anthony Galloway
Military flight brings 35,000Â kg of baby formula to US amid supply crisis
President Joe Biden’s administration has struggled to address a nationwide shortage of formula.
- by Michael Conroy
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South Korea
North Korea nuclear threat tops agenda for Biden-Yoon meeting
Joe Biden’s visit to a massive Samsung semiconductor plant in Korea underscored a message of economic security with an eye on China and the war in Ukraine.
- by Trevor Hunnicutt
Updated
Russia-Ukraine war
Biden’s Asia trip to show ‘in living colour’ that US can take on China and Russia
The trip will underscore that Russia’s faltering invasion of Ukraine should give Beijing pause about its own saber-rattling in the Pacific.
- by Aamer Madhani and Josh Boak