Yesterday, we went inside Donald Trump’s campaign for president, to understand how he’s trying to turn a mountain of legal trouble into a political advantage. Today, we turn to the re-election campaign of President Biden.
Reid Epstein, who covers politics for The Times, explains why what looks like a record of accomplishment on paper, is turning out to be so difficult to campaign on.
Guest: Reid J. Epstein, a politics correspondent for The New York Times.
Background reading:
For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
The Death of Tyre Nichols
The Sunday Read: ‘Has the Amazon Reached Its “Tipping Point”?’
Arrests, Executions and the Iranian Protesters Who Refuse to Give Up
An Aggressive New Approach to Childhood Obesity
How Nonprofit Hospitals Put Profits Over Patients
What Biden Miscalculated About His Classified Documents
The Debt Ceiling Showdown, Explained
The Sunday Read: ‘Could I Survive the “Quietest Place on Earth”?’
A Mother, a Daughter, a Deadly Journey
Why the U.S. Is Sending More Powerful Weapons to Ukraine
The ‘Enemies List’ at Madison Square Garden
China’s Abrupt Reversal of ‘Zero Covid’
The Sunday Read: ‘Risking Everything to Offer Abortion Access Across State Lines’
The Presidents and the Classified Documents
The California Floods
A Jan. 6 Moment for Brazil
The Southwest Airlines Meltdown
Speaker McCarthy. But at What Cost?
The Sunday Read: ‘She Fell Nearly 2 Miles, and Walked Away’
Consider the Burying Beetle. (Or Else.)
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