Nixon was the first sitting president to resign from office, while Biden is the first sitting president in two generations to pull out of a presidential race. Both men are part of American history

If filmmakers flock to Cannes, and billionaires dovetail at Davos, then economists and central bankers make for Jackson Hole in Wyoming. Ahead of US elections, all eyes are on the Federal Reserve

Donald Trump's MAGA crowd may be more inclined towards the baser instincts, so what attracts the tech bros? The promised land offers more than money or a bonfire of regulation. It offers revolution

Minnesota's Democratic leader has been chosen to help the Party win the White House. If it does, he will be Vice President. What does this 60-year-old former geography teacher add to the campaign?

It is not entering recession, but it is slowing down. That is bad news for Kamala Harris

There are clues as to Trump's foreign policy, and a defence strategy outlines in some detail what his administration hopes to achieve. Yet, he will still shoot from the hip.

The presidential campaign suddenly looks different. How would a second Trump White House or a first Harris administration approach the Middle East?

Donald Trump's previous administration offers clues as to how he would approach 2025-29, but Kamala Harris is more of an unknown quantity. Whoever wins, their policies would ripple through the region

Kamala Harris is new to the presidential election campaign and largely an unknown quantity on foreign policy. Yet there are clues as to how she may approach the region if she wins the White House

Joe Biden's vice-president has an extraordinary opportunity. But she also has a mountain to climb