Biden team worries as Macron’s election gamble looks doomed
Before President Emmanuel Macron of France went on national television to announce his call for snap parliamentary elections, he privately alerted President Joe Biden, who was wrapping up a five-day...
View Article‘We’ve all enabled the situation’: Democrats turn on Biden’s inner sanctum...
Over the course of his presidency, Joe Biden’s small clutch of advisers have built an increasingly protective circle around him, limiting his exposure to the media and outside advice — an effort to...
View ArticleBiden tells governors he got a medical checkup
President Joe Biden on Wednesday evening told more than 20 Democratic governors in a private meeting that he underwent a medical checkup after last week’s debate and is fine, according to three people...
View ArticleInside the crucial days leading up to Biden’s debate disaster
An exhausted president with a bad cold, according to aides. A rushed final 36 hours of preparation at Camp David leading to a disastrous debate. And now, a presidency in crisis. A week after Joe...
View ArticleAmerican allies fear Biden is finished and can’t beat Trump
Diplomats and world leaders preparing for next week’s NATO summit are privately expressing acute concern about President Joe Biden’s age, health and ability to win the 2024 presidential election....
View ArticleNervous world leaders fret over what the Biden chaos means for NATO’s future
The contrast couldn’t be starker: President Joe Biden, physically and politically frail, presiding over what could be his final NATO Summit at a moment when the alliance has never been so strong. That...
View ArticleBiden’s Covid diagnosis comes at the worst possible time for his campaign
President Joe Biden’s Covid diagnosis on Wednesday afternoon could hardly have come at a more devastating time. Not only did it cut short a two-day campaign swing in Nevada, but it threatens to deepen...
View ArticleBiden in crisis
REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware — President Joe Biden’s reelection bid appeared to be nearing the point of collapse on Thursday, amid a cascade of warnings from the Democratic Party’s top leaders that they...
View ArticleWhy Biden finally quit
For 23 days, President Joe Biden insisted on pushing forward with his reelection bid in the face of calls from Democratic lawmakers and donors for him to step aside. And then, almost on a dime, things...
View ArticleBiden is passing the torch ‘to unite our nation’
Speaking for the first time about his historic decision to end his reelection bid, President Joe Biden said that “saving our democracy” was “more important than any title.” During an Oval Office...
View ArticleHow Trump and Vance went from a ‘threat to democracy’ to ‘weird’
In the days since Vice President Kamala Harris has taken over the campaign against former President Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance, Democrats are leaning into a new attack line against the...
View ArticleTrump’s first try at pivoting to Harris blows up in his face
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday took his first big swing Wednesday at the revamped Democratic ticket — and it did not go well for him. Trump participated in a controversial live interview...
View ArticleKamala Harris’ veepstakes races toward the finish line
Kamala Harris is preparing for the final stage of selecting a running mate: face-to-face interviews. She has yet to meet with any of the vice presidential finalists in person. But Harris plans to do...
View ArticleObama steps back into the spotlight — and absolutely skewers Trump
CHICAGO — Former President Barack Obama delivered his most animated address in nearly a decade as he worked to pass his political legacy to Kamala Harris while skewering Donald Trump. Obama, who...
View Article‘The honeymoon’s inevitably going to end’: Harris dives into a critical...
CHICAGO — Democrats’ newfound energy and enthusiasm around Vice President Kamala Harris rose to a fever pitch here Thursday night, as she closed out a four-day convention with a forceful, optimistic...
View ArticleHarris and Trump brace for final sprint in ‘snap election’
At a moment when presidential campaigns traditionally formulate their closing arguments, Kamala Harris is still making her introductions. The vice president has flipped the enthusiasm gap, the money...
View ArticleKamala Harris relents on muting debate microphones
Vice President Kamala Harris agreed to ABC News’ rules for next week’s debate with Donald Trump, relenting on her campaign’s demand that both candidates’ microphones be unmuted for all 90 minutes they...
View ArticleHarris team worried she’ll be ‘handcuffed’ by debate rules set by Biden
Kamala Harris had planned to object, fact-check and directly question Donald Trump while he was speaking during their debate next week. But now, with rules just finalized to mute the candidates when...
View ArticleHow Harris beat Trump at his own game
Until Tuesday, Donald Trump spent much of the campaign running as an insurgent. But in one night, Kamala Harris changed all that. After weeks of intense scrutiny on her own policy pivots over the...
View ArticleBiden: ‘All-out war is possible’ in the Middle East
President Joe Biden warned Wednesday that “all-out war is possible” in the Middle East, acknowledging the limits of his own persistent diplomatic efforts at achieving a cease-fire deal. “I’m using...
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