Month: June 2024

<!– Plus: Media coverage shifts around Biden’s age {beacon} Evening Report   ©  Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images Dems debate if Biden should stay on ticket Should President Biden drop out of the race?   That question was considered a fringe conspiracy theory only 24 hours ago, but it’s the question Democrats are wrestling…
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‘That was painful’: Van Jones reacts to Biden’s debate performance  CNNsource

Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t set an alarm to wake up in the middle of the night to watch Thursday’s debate between President Biden and former President Trump. “Well, look, I don’t think you expect the president of Russia might set an alarm clock, wake up before morning and watch the debates in the United…
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The first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign was pretty much a disaster.Joe Biden struggled, Donald Trump lied and CNN moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, hamstrung by agreed-upon rules and not fact-checking, pretty much just sat there.It was ugly, start to finish, and touched off a panic in the Democratic Party. I’ve written about…
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Democrats are questioning whether Joe Biden should continue his re-election bid after a debate “disaster” against Donald Trump. But reports suggest the president is committed to debating Trump again.Friday 28 June 2024 21:25, UKPlease use Chrome browser for a more accessible video playerDonald Trump says Joe Biden’s policies are causing “America’s decline at a level…
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Like many Americans, I dreaded tuning into the first presidential debate Thursday night. I frankly have had little interest in watching America’s two least likable old men bicker about who will have the honor of running our country into the ground. To little surprise, my dread turned out to be entirely warranted, and the nearly two…
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The debate proved that Donald Trump is still a threat to democracy. How have we lost sight of that?by Zack BeauchampThree separate times during Thursday night’s debate, CNN’s moderators asked Donald Trump if he would commit to accepting the legitimacy of the 2024 election results regardless of who won. He never did. Instead, Trump said…
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John King reacts to Biden and Trump’s performances in the presidential debate  CNNsource

NY AG opposes Trump motion for civil fraud judge to recuse himself  CNNsource

Two presidential candidates argue about who’s better at hitting a ball. Nobody wins.Listen to this article00:0006:57Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration.Sign up for The Decision, a newsletter featuring our 2024 election coverage.Last night, a nation turned its watchful eyes toward its television screens and witnessed a type of ritual usually…
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AdvertisementAge has loomed over the 2024 campaign, and neither candidate’s answer might have been enough to push aside voters’ qualms.transcript“I took two tests, cognitive tests. I aced them. Both of them, as you know. We made it public. He took none. I’d like to see him take one. Just one. I just won two club…
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Former President Obama urged voters Friday to back President Biden in November despite a poor showing by the president in the previous night’s debate. “Bad debate nights happen. Trust me, I know,” Obama posted on the social platform X. “But this election is still a choice between someone who has fought for ordinary folks his…
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Biden’s shaky Trump debate alarms Democrats, raises questions for his campaign  Reuterssource

We must treat him like any other candidate for high office who is emotionally and mentally unstable.This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.Earlier this year, Atlantic…
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The court previously denied a similar request from another Trump aide.

Analysis: Donald Trump had a much better night than Joe Biden. Markets are unfazed  CNNsource

Close to half of Americans believe the Democratic Party should replace President Biden in the 2024 election, per a YouGov poll conducted the morning after the first presidential debate.  Of those polled, 49 percent said Biden should be replaced at the top of the ticket for the party to have the best chance of winning,…
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Photos: Biden and Trump face off in CNN presidential debate  CNNsource

Republicans are more enthusiastic about their candidate than Democrats areWASHINGTON, D.C. — Heading into the first debate of the 2024 presidential campaign some four months before Election Day, Donald Trump is viewed more positively than President Joe Biden across a range of measures, though neither candidate has a favorable image overall. Part of Trump’s advantage…
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“I don’t debate as well as I used to, but I know what I do know: I know how to tell the truth,” Biden said at a North Carolina rally.

There’s no spinning the debate result: Trump hit the jackpot  POLITICOsource

President Biden sought to tamp down the panic among some Democrats on Friday over his ability to lead the party heading into November following a calamitous debate performance a night earlier, delivering a more energized speech in North Carolina in which he acknowledged some of his shortcomings. “Folks, I don’t walk as easy as I…
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Former President Trump is slated to speak Friday to supporters at a rally in Chesapeake, Va. It’s Trump’s first public appearance following the CNN presidential debate in Atlanta, the first of the cycle. The former president will be joined by Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), a source confirmed to The Hill, marking the first time the two have…
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Takeaways from CNN’s presidential debate with Biden and Trump  CNNsource

As the Democratic party scrambles following a “nightmare” showing from President Biden at Thursday’s presidential debate, former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has thrown her support behind his candidacy. “I’ll be voting Biden,” she wrote in a post to X on Friday morning. The post, which linked back to the Biden-Harris campaign website, took a stab…
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