Jul 11 WATCH: Biden holds news conference after NATO summit President Joe Biden used his highly anticipated news conference Thursday to deliver a forceful defense of his foreign and domestic policies and batted away questions about his ability to serve another four years, declaring: “I’m not in this for my… Continue reading
Jul 11 Biden administration awards $1.7 billion in grants for electric vehicle manufacturing in eight states By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Energy Department will issue grants totaling $1.7 billion to create or retain thousands of union jobs and support auto-based communities. Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch 5:30 More Democratic lawmakers and donors call on Biden to exit the 2024 race By Laura Barrón-López, Lisa Desjardins, Kyle Midura, Shrai Popat Despite his repeated pledges to stay in the race, there is growing pressure for President Biden to step aside as his party’s nominee. Longtime Biden ally Nancy Pelosi praised the president but stopped short of endorsing his candidacy, and major… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch 6:25 New polls show Biden slipping further behind Trump in critical swing states By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan Adding to Democratic concerns about President Biden's candidacy, new data forecasts an electoral map leaning more heavily towards Donald Trump. To walk us through these new numbers and the current electoral landscape, Geoff Bennett spoke with Amy Walter of the… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch 7:22 Whitmer says ‘Biden has delivered for people’ and supports his decision to stay in race By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Alexa Gold Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer burst onto the national scene in 2020, delivering the Democratic response to Trump’s State of the Union. Today, she is mentioned as someone who could occupy the White House. Amna Nawaz spoke with Whitner about the… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch 8:07 Neurologist weighs in on concerns about the age of presidential candidates By Stephanie Sy, Courtney Norris, Karina Cuevas, Kyle Midura, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako While much of the attention is focused on President Biden right now, there have been worries around the age of both Biden and former President Trump. Many of those questions have focused on cognitive skills, memory lapses and how they… Continue watching
Jul 10 Biden borrows tactics from Trump as he rejects calls to step aside By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Joe Biden is calling into his favorite morning cable news show, bashing the “elites” of his party, dismissing unfavorable polls and talking up his crowd sizes. … Continue reading
Jul 10 Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi says ‘it’s up to the president’ to decide whether to stay in the race By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Pelosi's remarks Wednesday on MSNBC show how unsettled the questions over Biden's candidacy remain among Democrats, despite Biden's insistence he is staying in the race. Continue reading
Jul 10 George Clooney, major Democratic fundraiser, calls for Biden to leave presidential race By Associated Press Clooney says in a New York Times opinion piece Wednesday that he loves Biden, but the party would lose the presidential race as well as any control in Congress with him as the nominee. Continue reading
Jul 10 Biden to meet with union leaders in effort to reassure anxious Democrats By Josh Boak, Associated Press Biden's sit-down with union officials also overlaps with the NATO summit in Washington, where he's is navigating geopolitics with other world leaders. Continue reading