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To a defiant Biden, the 2024 race is up to the voters, not to Democrats on Capitol Hill
To a defiant President Joe Biden, the 2024 election is up to the public — not the Democrats on Capitol Hill. On Saturday, a fifth Democratic lawmaker said openly that Biden should not run again. Rep. Angie Craig of Minnesota said that after what she saw and heard in the debate with Republican rival Donald Trump, and Biden’s “lack of a forceful response” afterward, he should step aside “and allow for a new generation of leaders to step forward.”
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FACT FOCUS: Online reports falsely claim Biden suffered a ‘medical emergency’ on Air Force One
False reports that President Joe Biden had a “medical emergency” while traveling back to Delaware on Friday after a campaign stop in Wisconsin, spread widely on social media on Friday. CLAIM: President Joe Biden had a “medical emergency” aboard Air Force One on Friday. There were no signs of a medical emergency on the flight, according to an Associated Press reporter who was traveling with Biden.
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These Obscure Democrats Could Soon Become Kingmakers
They are lawyers and school board members, labor activists and faith leaders, lifelong Democrats and party newcomers. Some of them just turned 18; others are pushing 80. These are the people who make up the 3,939 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Some are elected, and some are selected — each state party has its own rules — for what is normally a ceremonial task: nominating their candidate for president. But in the — still unlikely — scenario in which President Joe Biden steps dow
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Here are the Democrats who've voiced concerns about Biden's candidacy following debate debacle
A growing number of Democratic figures are publicly voicing concerns about President Biden's ability to take on Donald Trump in November.
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These 5 House Democrats have called for Biden to drop out of the race
A growing cohort of House Democrats are breaking their silence on their concerns about Biden's political viability going forward.
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Biden under fire for appearing unsure whether he has watched his disastrous debate performance
"Did you ever watch the debate afterwards?" George Stephanopoulos asked Biden. "I don't think I did, no," Biden replied.
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Trump seeks to use Supreme Court’s immunity ruling to quash classified docs case in Florida
Donald Trump is hoping that the Supreme Court decision in his election interference case can prove to deliver him a third procedural win, this time in the case in which he is accused of hoarding government secrets after he left office.
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How Trump flipped from bitcoin skeptic to 'crypto president'
Donald Trump once said bitcoin is based on "thin air." Now, he wants to make the US the industry's leader.
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Voters Had Issues With Biden’s Age Long Before The Debate. That’s Why Democrats Are Worried.
But the Biden campaign is highlighting how little has changed.
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The 5 people to watch as Joe Biden weighs leaving the race
It may take a fellow Biden to pressure Joe Biden out of the 2024 run or one his aides who are practically family anyway.
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'It's Shakespearean': Long-simmering tensions between Biden's family and aides spill out
President Joe Biden’s family is attempting to become more involved over his campaign and White House affairs as their anger with his staff spills into public view.
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'I am your least worst alternative': Why one Utah conservative is drawing in climate backers
Rep. John Curtis, a heavy favorite to win his general election race in November, could be in a position to provide a crucial GOP vote against a gutting of President Joe Biden’s energy and climate policies during a second Trump administration.
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As Biden digs in, fellow Democrats face a dilemma
(Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden has defiantly rejected calls that he step aside from the presidential race against Republican opponent Donald Trump, presenting a challenge to fellow Democrats who are concerned his age will dissuade voters. "I am running and gonna win again," Biden, 81, told supporters in a fiery speech in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday. Biden faces an uprising within his own party to end his campaign after the shaky and halting debate performance against Trump on June 27, wh
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A defiant Biden, in denial of the polls and calls to step aside: 3 takeaways from the ABC interview
President Joe Biden sat Friday for his first television interview since his poor debate performance, a high-stakes moment of seeking to reassure allies and voters.
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House Republicans unite on spending cuts to non-defense programs, but Senate roadblock awaits
House Republicans are off to a quicker, more united start this year when it comes to funding the federal government, passing four of 12 annual appropriations bills before the end of June compared to zero at this time last year when the new majority got off to a rocky start. All four bills that passed the House so far generated veto threats from President Joe Biden 's administration and drew widespread Democratic opposition and they have no chance of passing the Senate in their current form. Ho
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Biden refuses to take a cognitive or neurological test in his first post-debate TV interview
In his first televised interview since his widely criticized debate performance, Biden would not commit to taking a cognitive or neurological test and releasing the results.
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‘In denial’: Democrats livid that Biden is digging in
One Democrat put it simply: “Let someone else do this.”
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Biden faced a low bar in his first post-debate interview. It's not certain he cleared it
The 22-minute sit-down came a full eight days after Biden's disastrous debate performance, in which more than 50 million people watched the 81-year-old struggle to complete sentences or respond to basic questions about his campaign. Far fewer people watched the ABC interview, of course, but the audience included many of the elected officials, donors and political strategists who are actively deciding whether to help rescue — or end — Biden's candidacy in the coming days. Top Biden aides have b
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6 takeaways from Biden’s high-stakes interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos
In a Friday interview with ABC News that was intended to steady his reelection campaign following last week’s much-criticized debate performance, President Biden acknowledged his “bad” debate against former President Donald Trump, blaming it on a cold, and reiterated that he has no plans to drop out of the presidential race.
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Biden says he'd be okay losing to Trump, 'as long as I gave it my all'
Biden suggested he would be OK losing to Trump in November as long as he gave it his all — undercutting the heart of his 2024 presidential platform.
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Biden says only ‘the Lord almighty’ could make him drop out in pivotal TV interview
In appearance aimed at quelling nascent rebellion among Democrats, Biden made no big gaffes, but reviews are mixed
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In New Interview, Biden Defiantly Downplays Mounting Political Crisis
The president's session with ABC was his first nationally televised interview since his disastrous debate with Donald Trump.
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Biden refuses to accept just how much trouble his campaign is in
President Joe Biden denied that his debate against Trump hurt him in the polls and is causing growing calls for him to step aside.
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Live updates: Biden wraps Stephanopoulos interview after week of mounting pressure
President Biden will be campaigning in Wisconsin Friday afternoon.
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Congressional Democrats plan meetings to discuss Biden's 2024 prospects
A group of Democratic senators is organizing a meeting next week to discuss the path forward for President Joe Biden following his debate performance.
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Joe Biden said only God could get him to drop out of the presidential race
President Joe Biden flashed his trademarked stubbornness when asked just who could get him to reconsider dropping out of the 2024 race.
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5 takeaways from Biden's first interview following his disastrous debate performance
President Joe Biden appeared Friday in his first interview since last week's debate, which his supporters saw as key to address his poor performance.
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Biden holds rally ahead of high-stakes TV interview as he seeks to prove competency
President Joe Biden held a rally in Wisconsin before taping his first televised interview since his disastrous debate performance last week, events that could be crucial in determining whether he can salvage his embattled candidacy.
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Biden doubles down at Wisconsin rally: 'I'm staying in the race'
President Joe Biden said he's staying in the 2024 presidential race and will beat former President Donald Trump, despite concerns about a disastrous debate.
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Democratic donors divided on what comes next, buying Biden more time
President Joe Biden has benefited from frustrated Democratic donors and elected officials failing to rally behind a single plan for replacing him, but that may be changing.
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Trump seeks to disavow 'Project 2025' despite ties to conservative group
Former President Donald Trump tried to distance himself on Friday from a conservative group's sweeping plans for the next Republican presidency, days after its leader claimed a second American Revolution was underway that would "remain bloodless if the left allows it to be." The Republican presidential candidate renounced any connection with Project 2025, a plan Democrats have been attacking to highlight what they say is Trump's extreme policy agenda for a second term should he beat President J
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Biden says only the 'Lord Almighty' could oust him from race in ABC News interview
MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden remained resolute in a closely-watched interview with ABC News on Friday that he was the candidate to beat Republican opponent Donald Trump in November's election, but did little to temper Democrats' concerns. Biden in the interview again called his shaky CNN debate performance on June 27 against Trump "a bad episode." Biden was gently but repeatedly probed by Stephanopoulos about whether he was being realistic in his belief that he could
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Biden in first interview since debate debacle calls poor performance a 'bad episode'
In a clip of his first interview appearance since his disastrous debate appearance, President Joe Biden blamed his performance on being "exhausted."
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Warning signs: a history of Joe Biden’s verbal slips
Signs were hiding in plain sight well before the US presidential debate against Donald Trump
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The Funniest Tweets From Women This Week (June 29-July 5)
"how do you text a new friend to hang out without sounding like a democrat asking for money"
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US Senator Warner aims for meeting of Democrats to discuss Biden candidacy, source familiar says
U.S. Senator Mark Warner on Tuesday was contacting some fellow Democratic senators to invite them to a possible meeting on Monday to discuss President Joe Biden's presidential campaign, a source familiar told Reuters. The source did not elaborate or say whether Warner was trying to organize a group of senators to pressure Biden to quit the race. The Washington Post reported on Friday that Warner was trying to put together a group of Democratic senators who would ask Biden to end his presidenti
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Democratic senator reportedly trying to organize a Biden drop-out push among his colleagues
A spokesperson for Sen. Mark Warner said that the Virginia Democrat "believes these are critical days for the president's campaign."
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Citing Supreme Court immunity ruling, Trump's lawyers seek to freeze the classified documents case
Donald Trump asked a federal judge Friday to freeze the classified documents case against him in light of a Supreme Court ruling this week that said former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution. Trump's lawyers told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that the prosecution should be put on pause until she resolves pending defense motions that assert that Trump is immune from criminal charges in the case and that special counsel Jack Smith was illegally appointed by the Justice Department
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A running list of what Michelle Obama has said about (not) running for president
Since 2012, the former first lady has reiterated her disinterest in running for politics. Still, people are throwing her name around to replace Biden.
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Trump seeks pause on classified documents case after Supreme Court immunity ruling
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a U.S. judge on Friday to partially pause the criminal case accusing the former president of mishandling classified documents, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that presidents have broad immunity for official acts. Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, said the Supreme Court's ruling that he has broad immunity from criminal prosecution in a case over his attempts to overturn the 2020 election also boosts his claim of immunity in the
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Trump denies knowing about Project 2025, his allies' sweeping plan to transform the US government
Donald Trump distanced himself Friday from Project 2025, a massive proposed overhaul of the federal government drafted by longtime allies and former officials in his administration, days after the head of the think tank responsible for the program suggested there would be a second American Revolution. “I know nothing about Project 2025,” Trump posted on his social media website. The 922-page plan outlines a dramatic expansion of presidential power and a plan to fire as many as 50,000 governmen
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How you can watch Biden's high-stakes interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos tonight
President Biden is set to be interviewed by ABC's George Stephanopoulos on Friday, a little over a week after his debate against former President Donald Trump. Here's how to watch and why this interview is so crucial for voters.
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You sent us questions about Biden and the presidential race. We answered them.
In the wake of President Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week, Yahoo News asked readers to send in their questions about his future and the 2024 presidential race. Here is a sampling.
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Reps. Seth Moulton, Mike Quigley Latest Democrats To Call On Joe Biden To Quit Race
The dam hasn't broken, but there's a steady drip of statements from Democrats skeptical of Biden being the Democratic nominee.
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The Reintroduction of Kamala Harris
SELMA, Ala. — By early this year, around the time a prosecutor called President Joe Biden a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” Vice President Kamala Harris already knew something had to change. It was up to her, she had told allies, to finally distinguish herself in her job — something she had been struggling to do for more than two years — and reassure American voters that the Biden-Harris ticket was still a safe bet. She had been feeling sidelined in the early stages of the campai
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Biden cancels speech at teachers union convention in Philadelphia after union staff goes on strike
President Joe Biden canceled a planned speech in Philadelphia at the annual conference of the National Education Association after the union's staff announced a strike and set up picket lines Friday. Biden had planned to speak Sunday, but his campaign said the president is a "fierce supporter of unions and he won’t cross a picket line." The picket line effectively ended the weeklong convention, canceling the last three days of programming, the NEA said.
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Robert Hur called Biden an 'elderly man with a poor memory.' It's time for Biden to release the recording of his interview.
Robert Hur description of Joe Biden as a "well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory" has new resonance after last week's disastrous debate.
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Trump Advisers Call for U.S. Nuclear Weapons Testing if He Is Elected
Allies of Donald Trump are proposing that the United States restart the testing of nuclear weapons in underground detonations should the former president be reelected in November. A number of nuclear experts reject such a resumption as unnecessary and say it would threaten to end a testing moratorium that the world’s major atomic powers have honored for decades. In the latest issue of Foreign Affairs magazine, Robert C. O’Brien, a former national security adviser to Trump, urges him to conduct n
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Powerful Democratic backers to pause donations until Joe Biden steps aside
Abigail Disney, Barry Diller and Diane von Fürstenberg are among the big names withholding funds till Biden steps aside
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These Democratic megadonors are pressuring Biden to drop out
A growing list of Hollywood titans and powerful heirs who have cut major checks to Democrats in the past want Biden to step aside.
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