Peter Baker
What the Gaza ceasefire will and won’t do
There’s a lot to be done when the gunfire pauses after 15 months of war. Will there be enough time?
How unpopular president Carter became America’s beloved ex-president
Rising from Georgia farmland to the White House, he oversaw the historic Camp David peace accords, but his one-term presidency was waylaid by troubles at home and abroad
- Peter BakerRoy Reed
- New York Times
Why Biden, the father, won over Biden, the president
Joe Biden had vowed repeatedly that he wouldn’t use the power of executive clemency to wipe out his son’s convictions on gun and tax charges. But he ended up doing just that
- Peter Baker
- New York Times
How Donald Trump remained the US's shadow president for four years
Donald Trump has acted as something of a shadow president for four years and has been operating out of what he used to call the Winter White House at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
- Peter Baker
- New York Times
Is Biden finally coming to terms with the idea of dropping out?
People close to the US president say he appears to accept he may have to quit after three key developments shook his resolve to stay in the race
- Michael D ShearPeter BakerKatie Rogers
- New York Times
Biden advisers weigh how to persuade him to end his campaign
Close allies of the US president are developing a case for why he should end his re-election campaign, though it is not clear that the discussions have reached him
- Michael S SchmidtKatie RogersPeter Baker
- New York Times
Biden’s lapses are said to be increasingly common and worrisome
People who have spent time with Biden over the past few months or so said the lapses appear to have grown more frequent, more pronounced and, after the June 27 debate, more worrisome
- Peter BakerDavid E Sanger
- New York Times
A felon in the Oval Office would test the American system
Some are wondering how the US Constitution’s checks and balances, meant to hold presidents accountable, would work if the next president elected were already a felon
- Peter Baker
- New York Times
Turning point or breaking point? Biden’s pause on weapons tests ties to Israel
US President Joe Biden hopes the decision to withhold the delivery of 3,500 bombs will prompt Israel to change course in its war in Gaza
- Peter Baker
- New York Times
Trump’s Nato threat reflects a wider shift on America’s place in the world
Donald Trump's conviction that the United States has been shafted by international allies on trade, immigration, and security, harks back to a century ago when much of America just wanted to be left alone
- Peter Baker
- New York Times
Who will Biden back -- an old friend or a new ally?
US President Joe Biden has prioritised bolstering partnerships over full-throated advocacy for democracy among American allies
- Peter Baker
- New York Times
Why mutiny could spell the beginning of the end for Putin
The armed standoff on the road to Moscow, brief as it was, represented the most dramatic struggle for power in Russia in decades
- Peter Baker
- New York Times
How Biden pulled off a secret journey to Ukraine
US President Joe Biden travelled covertly to the besieged Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, hoping to demonstrate American resolve to help defeat the Russian forces that invaded a year ago this week
- Peter BakerMichael D Shear
- New York Times