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 House passes bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote, fanning a GOP election-year talking point By Ali Swenson, Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a proof-of-citizenship requirement for voter registration, a proposal Republicans have prioritized even as research shows noncitizens illegally registering and casting ballots in federal elections is exceptionally rare. Continue reading
Jul 10 Arkansas election officials reject petitions submitted to put abortion rights on 2024 ballot By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press The secretary of state’s office rejected the petitions submitted on Friday by supporters of the proposal, saying the group didn’t submit statements required regarding paid signature gatherers. Continue reading
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 Latino voters in Pennsylvania embrace political sway in pivotal swing state By Luis Andres Henao, Associated Press Religion and politics overlap in Reading, an old industrial city in one of the most pivotal swing states. 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 WATCH: Harris delivers remarks before Black sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha annual meeting in Dallas By Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris will speak before at the annual meeting of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the nation's oldest Black sorority, in Dallas, Texas on Wednesday. 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