Jill Biden is “all in.” What does that really mean?

This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on [Bloomberg]( This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on web readership. [Jill Biden Has Some Explaining To Do]( — Mary Ellen Klas As President Joe Biden continues to be almost as scarce on the campaign trail as his rival, attention is turning to the increasingly prominent role his wife is playing. First Lady Jill Biden has gone beyond the role of protector-in-chief. She’d better get used to the scrutiny and be prepared to answer some questions. Photographer: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Jill Biden, 73, has long been her husband’s best defender — once even throwing herself in front of [protestersÂ](as they lunged for the president on stage. With Biden’s visible physical decline and his resistance to calls that he drop out of the race following his disastrous debate performance (editor’s note: A follow-up [news conference]( Thursday didn’t stem the tide of criticism), the first lady has become the most important person in the White House next to her husband. And America is watching. Read the [whole thing](. [US Drones Will Create a ‘Hellscape’ in the Taiwan Strait]( — Andreas Kluth [The Private Equity Bubble Is About to Deflate]( — Allison Schrager [Hurricane Beryl Makes a Mockery of Texas Climate Deniers]( — Mark Gongloff [Go Ahead, Write Your Cover Letter With ChatGPT]( — Sarah Green Carmichael [Milk Tea Craze Is Bringing Out All China’s Wrongs]( — Shuli Ren [Biden Needs to Accept That It’s Time to Step Aside]( — Timothy L. O’Brien [US and China Aren’t in Another Cold War. It’s Worse]( — Minxin Pei [The Great Climate Change Wealth Transfer Is Here]( — David Fickling [Another Green Bubble Is Deflating in Biofuels]( — Javier Blas More From Bloomberg Opinion Here’s what we’ve been listening to and watching this week. - X Broadcast: Will the latest [CPI report give the Fed greater confidence]( that the inflation genie is back in its bottle? Jonathan Levin and Allison Schrager break down the data. - [Boeing has enough problems]( on Earth to be worrying about getting to space. And even space isn’t going so great, Thomas Black says. - This was not a pro-Labour election; it was an anti-Tory one. Adrian Wooldridge takes a closer look at the [UK’s election results](. Follow Us Like getting this newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com]( for unlimited access to trusted, data-driven journalism and subscriber-only insights. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. Want to sponsor this newsletter? [Get in touch here](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Opinion Today newsletter. If a friend forwarded you this message, [sign up here]( to get it in your inbox. [Unsubscribe]( [Bloomberg.com]( [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( [Ad Choices](