Biden's lapses are increasingly common, according to some of those in the room
People who have spent time with President Biden over the last few months or so said the lapses appear to have grown more frequent, more pronounced and, after Thursday's debate, more worrisome.
Walz, Democratic governors to meet with White House after Biden's debate performance
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Democrats in Congress are torn between backing Biden for president and sounding the alarm
President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance has reverberated across the Democratic Party, forcing lawmakers to grapple with a crisis that could upend the presidential election and change the course of American history.
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Top White House aide urges staff to tune out 'noise' and focus on governing during debate fallout
White House chief of staff Jeff Zients urged people during an all-staff meeting on Wednesday to tune out the ''noise'' and focus on the task of governing as senior aides scramble to contain the political fallout from President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance.
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Abortion-rights advocates in Arizona submit needed signatures to put the issue on November ballot
Arizona abortion-rights supporters on Wednesday turned in more than double the signatures needed to put the issue on November's ballot in the key swing state.
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Harris tries to hold the line for Biden as Democrats panic over election
By the time Vice President Kamala Harris stepped into her third fundraiser since President Joe Biden's disastrous debate last week, she had her routine down.
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Biden will bestow Medal of Honor on Union soldiers who helped hijack train in Confederate territory
President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry on Wednesday to two Union soldiers who stole a locomotive deep in Confederate territory during the Civil War and drove it north for 87 miles (140 kilometers) as they destroyed railroad tracks and telegraph lines.
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Some Mississippi legislative districts dilute Black voting power and must be redrawn, judges say
Three federal judges are telling Mississippi to redraw some of its legislative districts, saying the current ones dilute the power of Black voters in three parts of the state.
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Democrat Dora Drake wins open seat in Wisconsin state Senate
A Democratic state representative has won an open seat in the Wisconsin state Senate.
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Supreme Court opinion conferring broad immunity could embolden Trump as he seeks to return to power
In her dissent from a Supreme Court opinion that afforded former President Donald Trump broad immunity, Justice Sonia Sotomayor pondered the potential doomsday consequences: A president could pocket a bribe for a pardon, stage a military coup to retain power, order the killing of a rival by the Navy's SEAL Team Six — and be protected from prosecution for all of it.
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ATF: Fires at Golden Valley building that houses conservative group intentionally set
Flames damaged the headquarters of the Center of the American Experiment, a think tank, and several affiliated conservative organizations in the Golden Valley office building.
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Democrats ignored voter concerns about Biden's age. Then came the debate.
Minnesota Democrats, some of whom had insisted Biden was sharp, are reckoning with the president's halting debate performance.
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Trump revels in legal and political wins while Biden's campaign reels from their debate
Donald Trump likes to be the one in the spotlight.
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Ominous history for Biden: Incumbents trying to win over their parties often struggle to win again
There's plenty of worry among Democrats about whether 81-year-old President Joe Biden is up to the job itself or the task of defeating Donald Trump.
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Biden plans public events blitz as White House pushes back on pressure to leave the race
The White House announced Tuesday that President Joe Biden will meet with congressional leaders and Democratic governors, sit for a network TV interview and hold a press conference in the coming days, a blitz designed to push back against growing pressure for the 81-year-old president to step aside in the 2024 race after his disastrous performance in last week's debate with Republican Donald Trump.
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Judge delays Trump's hush money sentencing until at least September after high court immunity ruling
if ever — as the judge agreed to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
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Pressure is building on Biden to step aside. But many Democrats feel powerless to replace him
Bernie Sanders describes President Joe Biden's recent debate performance as ''painful.'' In an interview, he says he's not confident that Biden can win this fall.
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Virginia certifies John McGuire as primary winner over Rep. Bob Good, who says he'll seek a recount
The Virginia State Board of Elections on Tuesday certified the apparent narrow defeat of Republican Rep. Bob Good, one of America's most conservative congressmen, to a challenger endorsed by former President Donald Trump in the state's June 18 primaries.
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Major wins for Trump and stark pullback on regulations mark momentous Supreme Court term
Donald Trump and the conservative interests that helped him reshape the Supreme Court got most of what they wanted this term, from substantial help for Trump's political and legal prospects to sharp blows against the administrative state they revile.
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Rep. Lloyd Doggett becomes first Democrat in Congress to call for Biden's withdrawal from 2024 race
A House Democratic lawmaker has become the first in the party to publicly call for President Joe Biden to step down as the party's nominee for president, citing Biden's debate performance against Donald Trump failing to ''effectively defend his many accomplishments.''
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Mississippi erases some restrictions on absentee voting help for people with disabilities
Mississippi is revising the restrictions it put in place last year on who can provide absentee voting assistance to people who have disabilities or cannot read or write — restrictions that were blocked by a federal judge before ultimately being altered by lawmakers.
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