President Joe Biden will warn that Donald Trump and his "extremist" allies pose a danger to US democracy in a speech Thursday, sharpening his attacks on his likely Republican challenger in the 2024 election

The European Commission is considering Austrian-US economist Florian Ederer for the post of chief competition economist, after prominent US economist Fiona Scott Morton turned down the job amid a scandal over the choice of a non-EU candidate for the role, Politico newspaper reported

Former US President Barack Obama warned incumbent president Joe Biden of the political strengths held by ex-officeholder Donald Trump during a private lunch earlier this year, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday