New York Times

The president put on a competent showing at his pressure cooker of a news conference, but it remained in doubt if he could stem the bleeding of Democratic support.

The challenge for President Biden after last month’s debate debacle is that every public appearance between now and November will be scrutinized for evidence of infirmity.

In a nearly hourlong appearance, President Biden hit back at questions about his fitness for office and engaged in long discourses on China and Gaza.

Even if President Biden can stem high-level Democratic defections, many Americans will still have grave concerns about his age and abilities.

Weapons donations from the United States and European countries will take weeks, if not months, to reach the front lines.

Close allies of the president are developing a case for why he should step aside. But Mr. Biden is increasingly isolated.

At his news conference, the president also acknowledged a new strategy to disrupt the growing ties between China and Russia but provided no details.

President Biden will be under intense scrutiny when he takes questions from reporters at the end of a three-day NATO summit in Washington.

The president’s allies, doubters and enemies will be watching for any evidence of stumbles as he fields questions from reporters.

Fiscal hawks are lamenting the transformation of the party that claimed to prize fiscal restraint and are warning of dire economic consequences.