The Tip Sheet: How Biden Can Flip the Script Against Republicans

President Biden told a group of Democratic governors on Wednesday that he was staying in the 2024 campaign, as the group peppered the president with questions about the path forward after Mr. Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week. After the meeting, a handful of governors spoke with reporters outside the…

In the middle of struggling through the opening monologue of the Golden Globes in January, the comic Jo Koy did something unusual, if not unprecedented, for the host of a major awards show: He blamed the writers. “I wrote some of these — and they’re the ones you’re laughing at,”…

President Biden has called for the release of Evan Gershkovich, an American Wall Street Journal reporter imprisoned in Russia, praising his courage and saying the United States was working tirelessly to bring him home. Mr. Gershkovich was detained in Russia last month and accused of espionage, a charge that his…

The group of tenants with Ms. Garcia occasionally chanted, “We are rent burdened already,” and cheered for proposals to cut rents. But because it was held virtually, the hourlong meeting was relatively subdued. Matt Murphy, the executive director of New York University’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy,…

The Senate was expected to pass legislation on Thursday to fund the government through early March, putting pressure on the House to quickly follow suit to avoid a partial government shutdown beginning Saturday. Senator Chuck Schumer, the New York Democrat and majority leader, cleared the way on Wednesday for a…

Two ships arrived in the Cook Islands in the South Pacific in March of last year. One was a familiar sight: a massive cruise ship, bringing hundreds of tourists to the pristine shores of this nation of 15,000 people. The other, a neon-orange vessel hauling complex scientific equipment, was more…