Instead of savoring credit for ending America’s longest war, Biden faces withering criticism for the inept U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Author: Susan Page, USA TODAY
Alexander Vindman, the White House staffer who sparked Trump’s 1st impeachment, tells his story
When Alexander Vindman was preparing to testify at the first impeachment hearing, he faced intense pushback from a Trump supporter: his father.
At 98 and facing cancer, Bob Dole reckons with legacy of Trump and ponders future of GOP
“I’m a Trumper,” said Dole, the only former GOP presidential nominee to attend Trump’s convention in 2016. But he added, “I’m sort of Trumped out.”
At 100 days (and after a lifetime in politics): The surprising presidency of Joe Biden
Where’s the chatty, centrist “Uncle Joe” we knew? As president, he’s talked less and proposed bolder policies, from climate to the economy.
Did the tumultuous 2020 change House Speaker Nancy Pelosi? ‘I’m a strong person,’ she says
At a time when many Americans felt unnerved by COVID, not to mention an unpredictable president, I realized I had never seen her emotionally falter.
John Boehner on how history will judge presidents he’s known. Trump: ‘I don’t think very well’
The good, the bad and the “brother:” Ex-speaker John Boehner rates the presidents, from the “decent” Gerald Ford to the disappointing Barack Obama.
With plain language and open emotion, Biden urges shaken nation to regain its footing in wake of divisive president
The Capitol riot isn’t the biggest challenge the new president is facing, with COVID and economic repercussions looming.
Not just the House: From golf pros to the Central Park Carousel, President Donald Trump is rebuffed
No president has ever found himself so shunned and so isolated, with repercussions for his political legacy and his earnings potential.
Exclusive: 10 years after the shooting, Gabby Giffords on the need to ‘move ahead’
Unbidden, Gabby Giffords breaks into song during the interview. “Amazing grace, how sweet the sound,” she sings in a clear voice, a smile on her face.
It’s not 2000 anymore: President Trump’s rejection of election sets rocky landscape for President-elect Biden
After the Supreme Court ruled in 2000, Al Gore conceded and embraced his rival. In 2020, Trump vows protests and a state GOP chair suggests secession.