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President Biden's lackluster debate performance has thrust Vice President Harris into the spotlight.
After Biden struggled against former President Trump, Harris hit the airwaves to defend her running mate's record and ability to handle the job. But she was also central to conversations among some Democrats about whether Biden should step aside, a move that would likely move Harris to the top of the ticket in November. |
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BY AL WEAVER AND ALEX GANGITANO |
Democrats are worried President Biden's dismal debate performance could doom any slim chance the party has for holding its Senate majority by further depressing turnout in critical battleground states. Democrats were already in a tough electoral spot, with Republicans only needing Montana or Ohio — in addition to their guaranteed pickup in West Virginia — to take the upper chamber. Thursday's debate debacle only makes the road for incumbents in red or purple states more treacherous. |
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Former President Trump's apparent victory in the presidential debate on Thursday night has added urgency to efforts underway by world leaders to prepare for a second Trump administration, despite international audiences preferring President Biden. Trump claimed during the debate that foreign countries don't respect Biden's leadership and don't respect the United States – claims that run counter to a recent Pew poll that showed respondents in more than 30 countries holding more confidence in Biden than Trump to do the right thing on foreign policy decisions. |
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Former President Trump and his allies are taking a victory lap in the aftermath of his Thursday night debate with President Biden, which solidified his standing as the favorite in the presidential race. Biden, 81, got bad reviews after stumbling over his words and at times struggling to clearly lay out his positions, especially during the debate's first half hour. |
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| Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she isn't calling for President Biden to step down when asked about calls from Democrats for the president to do so in the wake of his negatively-reviewed presidential debate performance. "I don't know who's doing that," Pelosi said of the calls for Biden to step aside and make room for someone new to enter the race against former President Trump, according to MSNBC, in an audio clip played on anchor Ali Velshi's show Saturday. |
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Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville said President Biden does not have advisers telling him what to do, he has employees, in comments after his poor debate showing on Thursday night. Since the debate between Biden and former President Trump, the conversation has been centered around if Biden should step aside and allow another Democrat to take on Trump in the polls. |
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Former GOP presidential primary candidate Nikki Haley urged former President Trump in a Wall Street Journal article published Saturday to get ready to face a younger rival following a problematic debate performance from President Biden. "They are going to be smart about it: they're going to bring somebody younger, they're going to bring somebody vibrant, they're going to bring somebody tested," Haley said in the Journal article. "This is a time for Republicans to prepare and get ready for what's to come because there is no way that there will be a surviving Democratic Party if they allow Joe Biden to continue to be the candidate." |
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Former Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker (R) said that the Supreme Court was "absolutely right" in blocking the Justice Department (DOJ) from charging Jan. 6 rioters with obstruction. Whitaker, who served as former President Trump's Acting AG for three months in 2018 after Jeff Sessions vacated the role at the president's request, said he viewed the Jan. 6 obstruction charges as an overstep from the DOJ. |
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| Hurricane Beryl became a hurricane Saturday, the first of the 2024 Atlantic season, according to discussions from the National Hurricane Center (NHC). "Beryl continues to rapidly strengthen, and has now become a hurricane," the NHC said in a discussion Saturday evening on the Atlantic season's first hurricane. "Satellite images show an expanding central dense overcast feature, and recent microwave images indicate that a partial eyewall has formed." |
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| OPINION | Neither candidate performed well in Thursday's not-so-great presidential debate. The problem is that Americans hold President Biden to a higher standard than Donald Trump, allowing the former president to win a race to the bottom. |
OPINION | The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was one of Congress's last vestiges of bipartisan unity. As our nation's elected officials dig in their heels on just about everything these days, differences were often put aside to support America's military. Until now. |
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BY LISA LERER, SHANE GOLDMACHER AND KATIE ROGERS |
With countless calls and a rush of events, President Biden's team began to pressure and plead with Democratic lawmakers, surrogates, activists and donors. |
BY SHALINI RAMACHANDRAN AND KHADEEJA SAFDAR |
Despite its lofty goals, the World Economic Forum has faced numerous accusations of sexual harassment and discrimination against women and Black people. |
A sense of deep concern is growing among some Democratic officials that leaders inside Joe Biden's campaign and the Democratic National Committee are not taking seriously enough the impact of the president's troubling debate performance. |
The port city of Toulon helps explain the far right's appeal in France and, critics say, the risks of entrusting it with government responsibilities. |
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