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Trump exits like a man 'fleeing a crime scene'
Donald Trump's farewell from Washington was sparsely attended; Joe Biden signed 15 executive orders winding back his policies on immigration, climate change and racial equity. Follow updates here.
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- Rohan Sullivan, Timothy Moore and Natasha Rudra
China sanctions Trump officials including Mike Pompeo
China took the move a day after Donald Trump’s administration declared that the repression and detention of more than 1m Muslim Uighurs in the north-western Xinjiang region amounted to genocide.
- 1 hr ago
- Demetri Sevastopulo
Trump exits with a whimper and a final pardon
Trump's grip on the presidency ended with the bang of the Capitol siege. His final departure climaxed with a whimper as he disappeared quickly into the background.
- 1 hr ago
- Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker
'We must end this uncivil war': Biden takes charge
Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States, offering a message of unity and restoration to a deeply divided country reeling from a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic
- Trevor Hunnicutt
Capitol riot hero escorts Kamala Harris
Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman escorted Kamala Harris to the inaugural platform before her swearing-in as vice president.
- David S. Cloud
Britain, Europe await Biden's reset on climate, China and trade
UK officials are confident of good relations with the new US administration despite Boris Johnson's ties to Donald Trump and worries about Ireland's peace process.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Opinion & Analysis
Even under Biden, China faces Trumpism
US policy towards China will continue unchanged under Joe Biden, with a policy of containment overshadowing the urge to co-operate.
Contributor
Two raging viruses among Biden's biggest challenges
Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic may be one of President Biden's best prospects of early success, but expectations he'll restore national unity as the other virus of disinformation rages should be tempered.
Contributor
Can Biden really unite America? Probably not
During the past two decades, public life in the United States has undergone a terrible deterioration
Contributor
South-east Asia looks forward to welcoming US back to the fold
Four ASEAN nations have territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea. Yet they still engage diplomatically. The US has fallen way behind, policy experts say.
South-east Asia correspondent
From the Financial Times
- Opinion
- Biden's White House
Joe Biden embraces his inner radical to confront winter of peril
It is often said that US presidents are the opposites of their predecessors. By deduction, therefore, Biden will be a boring president. Yet it all depends on how you define boring. In practice, Biden’s first 100 days could prove to be very interesting indeed.
- Edward Luce
- Opinion
- Biden's White House
Biden will find ample potential for acrimony in the Middle East
The new US President's biggest problems in the Middle East may come from his traditional allies such as Israel, Saudia Arabia and Turkey.
- David Gardner
Singapore steps up bid to become Asia Spacs hub
SGX said it would begin a formal consultation within two months into allowing blank cheque companies to list in the city-state.
- Tabby Kinder, Stefania Palma and Mercedes Ruehl
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- Biden's White House
Even under Biden, China faces Trumpism
US policy towards China will continue unchanged under Joe Biden, with a policy of containment overshadowing the urge to co-operate.
- 18 mins ago
- Wang Jisi
- Opinion
- Biden's White House
Two raging viruses among Biden's biggest challenges
Dealing with the coronavirus pandemic may be one of President Biden's best prospects of early success, but expectations he'll restore national unity as the other virus of disinformation rages should be tempered.
- 37 mins ago
- Simon Jackman
- Opinion
- Biden's White House
Can Biden really unite America? Probably not
During the past two decades, public life in the United States has undergone a terrible deterioration
- 1 hr ago
- Tom Switzer
- Analysis
- Biden's White House
South-east Asia looks forward to welcoming US back to the fold
Four ASEAN nations have territorial disputes with China in the South China Sea. Yet they still engage diplomatically. The US has fallen way behind, policy experts say.
- Emma Connors and Natalia Santi
- Opinion
- Biden's White House
Joe Biden embraces his inner radical to confront winter of peril
It is often said that US presidents are the opposites of their predecessors. By deduction, therefore, Biden will be a boring president. Yet it all depends on how you define boring. In practice, Biden’s first 100 days could prove to be very interesting indeed.
- Edward Luce
- Opinion
- Biden's White House
Biden will find ample potential for acrimony in the Middle East
The new US President's biggest problems in the Middle East may come from his traditional allies such as Israel, Saudia Arabia and Turkey.
- David Gardner
‘A total failure’: The Proud Boys now mock Trump
As Trump departed the White House on Wednesday, the Proud Boys, once among his staunchest supporters, have also started leaving his side.
- Sheera Frenkel
- Opinion
- Biden's White House
There was no carnage, just poetry
Americans heard a call for unity and a staunch defence of their most hallowed institutions as Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States.
- Updated
- Jacob Greber
Kamala Harris sworn into history
Kamala Harris was sworn in as Vice-President of the United States on Wednesday, stepping into history as the highest-ranking female politician in American history.
- Chelsea Janes and Cleve A. Wootson
The link between Lincoln in 1865 and Biden in 2021
In his second inauguration on March 4, 1865, Lincoln sought to begin the healing of a divided country emerging from a bloody Civil War.
- Ronald G. Shafer
The young poet who stole the inaugural show
In one of the inauguration's most talked about moments, poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world “even as we grieved, we grew."
- Hillel Italie
The full text of Joe Biden's inaugural address
This is the inauguration speech as prepared for delivery by Democrat Joe Biden, who was sworn in as president of the United States.
'We all got played': QAnon fans in shock as reality of defeat dawns
As Joe Biden was sworn in peacefully and Donald Trump slunk away to Florida, many extremist conspiracy theorists finally began to wonder if they had been duped.
- Drew Harwell and Craig Timberg
- Opinion
- Biden's White House
Biden faces a harder task than any president but Lincoln
The tsunami of suffering from the coronavirus, the thousands of shuttered businesses and the millions of unemployed - all of this will be Joe Biden's burden.
- Jeff Greenfield
'We'll be back': Trump drops hint as he exits
After four bitterly divisive years, Donald Trump exited with self-congratulations and a promise that we haven't seen the last of him.
- Jill Colvin
Trump prepares to depart White House for last time
Donald Trump granted clemency to 143 allies and friends in his last hours as president, including former strategist Steve Bannon; He also revoked his own order banning staff from becoming lobbyists. Follow updates here.
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- Fiona Buffini, Natasha Rudra, Timothy Moore and Rohan Sullivan
- Opinion
- Biden's White House
Biden should update Obama strategies for new era
There are many Obama specialists being attached to the Biden White House but which of their policies will thrive is another question.
- Jackson Diehl
Chinese companies patent Uighur-spotting tech
Firms are building systems that use facial recognition to identify members of the Muslim minority group and policing tools to identify which of them to detain.
- Avi Asher-Schapiro
Yesterday
About one in 13 people in California have been infected with COVID-19
The 3-million case mark, established through a Times survey of county and city health departments, demonstrates how widely the coronavirus has spread throughout the nation’s most-populous state.
- Luke Money and Rong-Gong Lin II
