Jul 02 Amid post-debate anxiety, Biden campaign says it raised $264 million in 2nd quarter By Will Weissert, Associated Press President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee have reported raising $264 million in the year’s second quarter. Continue reading
Jul 02 WATCH: Biden proposes new rule to protect 36 million workers from potentially deadly heat By Suman Naishadham, Associated Press The Democrat warns as tens of millions of people in the U.S. are under heat advisories that high temperatures are the country's leading weather-related killer. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 2:31 Biden allies defend his place as Democratic nominee as others suggest he should drop out By Amna Nawaz The debate over the debate continues. The weekend did little to settle concerns inside the Democratic Party after President Biden's widely-panned debate performance. Questions about whether the president should step aside have only intensified. Amna Nawaz reports. Continue watching
Jul 01 WATCH: ‘No one is above the law,’ Biden says after Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity and Trump By Colleen Long, Will Weissert, Associated Press Biden spoke Monday following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling that granted broad immunity from prosecution to Trump and other presidents. Biden says the public has a "right to know" Trump's role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. Continue reading
Jul 01 House Republicans sue Attorney General Garland for access to audio from Biden’s interview with special counsel Hur By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The lawsuit filed by the House Judiciary Committee marks Republicans' latest broadside against the Justice Department as partisan conflict over the rule of law animates the 2024 presidential campaign. Continue reading
Jun 30 Watch 3:24 News Wrap: New poll shows decline in voter confidence in Biden after debate In our news wrap Sunday, a new post-debate poll shows a jump in voters who say Biden should not be running for re-election, Hurricane Beryl strengthened to a Category 4 storm in the Atlantic, the family of a 13-year-old boy… Continue watching
Jun 29 Lack of Jan. 6 accountability on the debate stage alarms democracy advocates By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press In the first presidential debate, Republican Donald Trump skimmed over the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol, shifted blame for the violent mob siege and declined repeatedly to state unequivocally that he will accept the results of this year’s White House election. Continue reading
Jun 28 Watch 8:55 The fallout from a debate full of fumbles and falsehoods By Laura Barrón-López, Ian Couzens Over a 90-minute presidential debate, former President Trump repeatedly made false claims and President Biden repeatedly struggled to dispel concerns about his age. It opened new concerns over the stakes of a possible Trump presidency and sparked discussion about whether… Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 7:35 Minnesota Gov. Walz on Biden’s debate performance and Democratic concerns By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby After President Biden’s debate performance, there has been discussion among Democrats about whether Biden should be the nominee. To discuss the fallout, Amna Nawaz spoke with Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, a surrogate for the president’s campaign. Continue watching
Jun 28 Watch 5:14 Fact-checking the claims Biden and Trump made during the debate By Geoff Bennett, Matt Loffman Thursday night’s debate may be the first time millions of Americans have paid attention to the presidential race this year. They heard a lot of claims that have been familiar refrains on the campaign trail and not all of them… Continue watching