As the US grapples with its debt problem,an old idea that at first blush might seem unthinkable has been revived.
Jeff Zients was credited with overseeing efforts to get Americans vaccinated,but also criticised that the administration did not do enough early on to boost testing capacity.
The discoveries have undermined the president’s efforts to portray himself as an image of propriety compared to Donald Trump.
The White House’s own clumsy PR strategy,which lacked transparency and made the US president look like he had something to hide,may yet help derail his re-election.
Biden’s legal team had already acknowledged this week it had found classified documents relating to his time as vice president at his Delaware home.
As cities struggle to cope with an influx of new arrivals from the border,the US president is getting tougher on asylum seekers. But will it fix the problem?
The issue has become a political headache for the White House,in view of the criticism Biden levelled at former president Donald Trump over the classified documents seized by the FBI at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Biden spoke a day after the White House acknowledged that his lawyers had discovered a small cache of Obama-era documents an old office.
The US needs to invest money in trade and foreign aid in the region,as well as defence,the foreign minister will say in a major speech.
Vladimir Putin is open to negotiations on Ukraine but the West must recognise Russia’s “new territories”,the Kremlin said.
“People who take science seriously” need to speak up more,said the public face of America’s COVID response,“because the other side that just keeps putting out misinformation”.