New York Times

In a closed-door meeting, the aide offered some of the administration’s clearest notes of contrition for its response to the Gaza war, a sign of rising Democratic pressure on President Biden.

The White House and some Democrats tried to discredit a document that characterized the president as elderly and forgetful.

The $95 billion package appeared on track for eventual passage, but Republicans who killed a bipartisan version were still trying to make changes.

“There are a lot of innocent people who are in trouble and dying,” the president said in a session with reporters. “And it’s got to stop.”

Two of the Republicans who battled for co-chairman last year appear poised for Round 2, but this time party leadership is at stake and the former president may hold more sway.

A special counsel’s stinging report and an uneven White House appearance captured Democrats’ fears about President Biden and fueled Republicans as they try to cast him as weak.

After an inquiry concluded that President Biden was “well-meaning” but had “a poor memory,” he angrily fired back in an attempt at political damage control.

Justices across the ideological spectrum expressed skepticism about several aspects of a ruling from the Colorado Supreme Court, but there was little discussion of the Jan. 6 riot or Mr. Trump’s role in it.

An interview with Russia’s leader and congressional resistance to aid for Ukraine underscore the transformation of the parties and electorate in the United States more than three decades after the Cold War.

Senate Republicans allowed the measure to move forward but were still slowing its progress as they held out for guarantees that they would be able to propose revisions.