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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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Greens’ quandary: What to do with a pro-climate Republican?
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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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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These 4 House Democrats have called for Biden to drop out of the race
Reps. Lloyd Doggett, Raúl Grijalva, Seth Moulton, and Mike Quigley all called on Biden to drop out this week.
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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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Biden cancels remarks at teacher's group convention after strike
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden will no longer speak at gathering of the largest U.S. teacher's union on Sunday, the White House said after the union's staff announced a strike. The National Education Association Staff Union said it would strike on Friday, urging supporters to join them on a picket line outside the NEA's convention in Philadelphia over the weekend. The union said it filed two unfair labor practice complaints with the National Labor Relations Board this week invo
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How Texas is still investigating migrant aid groups on the border after a judge's scathing order
Texas is widening investigations into aid organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border over claims that nonprofits are helping migrants illegally enter the country, taking some groups to court and making demands that a judge called harassment after the state tried shuttering an El Paso shelter. The efforts are led by Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, whose office has defended the state's increasingly aggressive actions on the border, including razor wire barriers and a law that would
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Biden dismisses age questions in interview as he tries to salvage reelection effort
President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort, used a highly anticipated TV interview Friday to repeatedly reject taking an independent medical evaluation that would show voters he is up for serving another term in office while blaming his disastrous debate performance on a “bad episode” and saying there were “no indications of any serious condition." “Look, I have a cognitive test every single day,” Biden told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, referring to the tasks he face
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Biden wants to woo TikTok creators. But posting him comes at a price.
One rainy day this spring, a dating influencer, a “Dance Moms” cast member, a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, and three other social media content creators gathered at a five-star hotel facing New York’s Central Park to advise the Biden campaign on one of its biggest problems: how to persuade young people to vote for the president. Biden’s granddaughter, Finnegan Biden, asked the influencers - who boast nearly 30 million combined followers across TikTok and Instagram - for their tips. Olivia
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Here's what happens to Biden's campaign funds if he withdraws
While President Biden is insisting he won't back out of the 2024 race, what would happen to his campaign funds if he did decide to drop out?
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Biden's first post-debate interview could ultimately decide his fate
President Joe Biden is under mounting pressure as he faces forgoing his reelection campaign.
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Wisconsin Republicans are improperly blocking conservation work, court says
The Wisconsin Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee can't legally block conservation projects initiated by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The decision marks a victory for Evers, whose relationship with Republican lawmakers has deteriorated since he took office in 2019, as well as environmentalists across the state. “I’ve spent years working against near-constant Republican obstruction, and this historic decision rightfully reset
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Officers who defended the Capitol fight falsehoods about Jan. 6 and campaign for Joe Biden
Former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell is mostly recovered from the brutal assaults he endured from Donald Trump’s supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. Gonell struggled when he heard that former Trump visited Capitol Hill last month and received what he called a “hero’s welcome” from the Republican lawmakers Gonell had protected that day, and when Trump falsely told millions of viewers in last week’s debate that many of the violent rioters, his supporters, “were ushered in by the police.”
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