President Joe Biden said in a USA Today interview that he could have won the 2024 presidential election against Donald Trump.

Polls showed Biden falling behind Trump before he stepped aside, and that he lost ground after a shaky debate performance in June.

In public, Trump has decried the state of the nation as "a disaster" and "a mess." But at their private meeting, Trump praised him, Biden said. "He was very complimentary about some of the economic things I had done. And he talked about − he thought I was leaving with a good record."

US President Joe Biden has said he thinks he would have defeated Donald Trump and won re-election in November. Speaking to USA Today in an exclusive interview, Biden did however add that he was unsure if he would have had the stamina to carry out another four-year term.

President Joe Biden's move to protect offshore areas is largely symbolic, but the economic factors that may limit oil output gains are very real.

In one of his final interviews as president, Joe Biden offered up an unlikely alternative history that, yes, he could have beaten Donald Trump again.

US President Joe Biden believes he would have defeated Donald Trump and won re-election in November. However, the 82-year-old Democrat added that he was unsure if he would have had the vigour for a four-year term in the Oval Office.

As fires spread across Southern California, Trump urged Newsom to send in water from Northern California despite some experts saying water supply is not the problem.

In a USA Today interview, Joe Biden acknowledges the global trends that made Democrats winning unlikely. But he still claims he could have beaten Donald Trump.

Carter's casket is making its final journey home to Georgia after tributes are paid to the former president at his state funeral.