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Our campaign is not working through any scenarios where President Biden is not the top of the ticket. The delay stopped a draft letter circulating among House Democrats that, if made formal, would have exposed further cracks in the party. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer both pushed the DNC to delay the process, multiple sources told CNN. Behind the scenes, the president is not as defiant as he is in public, multiple Democratic sources told CNN. “President Biden is the nominee of the party.

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☆ Political assassinations are on the rise. It's a symptom of growing global instability.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementA wave of violence against political leadersAround the world, politics has been rocked by a wave of assassinations of political leaders, dissidents, and other high-profile figures. In the UK, political assassinations were once rare, but two members of parliament were assassinated in five years. Political violence is on the riseA 2018 protest in Turkey against the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident. Bruce Hoffman, an expert on terrorism at the Council on Foreign Relations, told Business Insider that rising political violence is the outcome of increasing global instability. - Getty ImagesAnother factor behind the spike in assassinations is the increasing instability of the global political order.

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Deputy White House chief of staff Annie Tomasini, a longtime aide to the Bidens, joins Donilon and Ricchetti in forming a protective bubble around the president. “The phones just kind of stopped ringing,” is how one senior Democrat put it. “Staff in general are just over the leadership here,” one White House official said. Inside the White House, senior administration officials are bracing for Republicans to call for Biden to resign the presidency if he doesn’t seek reelection. With Biden’s political future on the brink, the White House is fielding a steady stream of letters, telephone calls and message from Americans, too, from Democratic voters like Terri and John Hale.

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☆ Opinion | It’s Time for Democrats to Hold Hands and Jump
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Ever since President Biden’s calamitous debate last month, many Democrats who’ve lost faith in his candidacy have been frozen, fearing mutually assured destruction. The president has had a few good moments in recent weeks, including a great speech in Michigan. It’s time for Democrats who want a new nominee to hold hands and jump. There is no salvaging this campaign; Biden has lost his party’s confidence. The campaign is in a death spiral that threatens to pull down-ticket Democrats into the vortex.

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☆ Harris hits the campaign trail under spotlight as Biden faces mounting pressure to drop out
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Josephine Rozzelle | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

And more than 1,000 factories closed under his watch," Harris said in Fayetteville. "Meanwhile, President Joe Biden and I have created nearly 800,000 new manufacturing jobs — so much so it's been described as a manufacturing boom." The vice president's remarks come amid intense pressure from top Democrats for Biden to drop out of the presidential race. According to media reports, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have both told Biden that his bid for reelection could endanger the party's electoral chances in both chambers of Congress. And while Democratic megadonors pressure Biden to step aside, donor events that feature Harris have started to sell out.

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☆ Biden has botched his comeback plan. Now the calls to replace him are growing.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

President Joe Biden has not quieted the doubters in his party. A sprint of post-debate activity hasn't been the fix Biden hoped it would be. A new series of reports say top Democratic leaders privately told Biden that he's toast. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementPresident Joe Biden has desperately tried to convince his fellow Democrats that he's still their best hope in a furious three-week sprint after his disastrous debate.

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☆ Trump triumphant as Biden descends into a deepening crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Milwaukee CNN —Donald Trump will pull off his greatest feat yet as Joe Biden confronts his darkest hour. The 45th president’s comeback will only be fully realized if he becomes the second one-term president to win a return to the White House in November. But that’s one reason why his campaign is pulling its punches on Biden in the hope he stays in the race. President Joe Biden gestures to reporters as he steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Dover Air Force Base on July 17, 2024. After Trump escaped the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania, his campaign has leveraged the aftermath to reshape his image.

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☆ Biden under intense pressure from Democrats to drop out of election against Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on April 15, 2024. As President Joe Biden isolated at his beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware, on Thursday after testing positive for Covid, he faced renewed pressure from leading Democrats to drop out of the 2024 election contest against former President Donald Trump. "We're close to the end," a person close to Biden told NBC News. Biden served two terms as Obama's vice president, and the 44th president still has unrivaled influence within the Democratic party. Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the Democratic nominee for one of the state's two Senate seats, openly called for Biden to drop out of the race Wednesday.

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CNN —President Joe Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, disrupting a key campaign event meant to shore up support with Latino voters at a critical juncture in the election. President Joe Biden gives a thumbs-up as he prepares to board Air Force One in Las Vegas on July 17, 2024, after testing positive for Covid-19. A campaign source separately told CNN that the Biden campaign will readjust and do as much as possible remotely. Harris’ husband, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, tested positive for Covid-19 earlier this month – though the vice president tested negative for the virus at the time. The president first tested positive for Covid-19 in July 2022 and suffered a second, so-called rebound case in the days after.

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The president responded by pushing back, telling Pelosi he has seen polls that indicate he can win, one source said. Another one of the sources described Biden as getting defensive about the polls. None of the sources indicated whether Pelosi told Biden in this conversation that she believes the president should drop out of the 2024 race. “President Biden is the nominee of the party. A Pelosi spokesperson told CNN that the former House speaker has been in California since Friday and she has not spoken to Biden since.

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“Anyone who thinks this is over is mistaken,” said one House Democrat about the ongoing conversations happening behind the scenes. The delay stopped a draft letter circulating among House Democrats that, if made formal, would have exposed further cracks in the party. ABC News’ Jonathan Karl reported earlier Wednesday that Schumer told Biden on Saturday that it would be best if Biden bowed out of the presidential race. At one point, Biden told Crow, “I don’t want to hear that crap” in addressing the lawmaker’s concerns. In response, Biden told Houlahan that his team would get her talking points about all of the things that he has done for Pennsylvania, reminding her that he married a Philly girl.

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☆ Rep. Adam Schiff calls on Biden to drop out of the race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Manu Raju | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday became the most prominent elected Democrat to publicly call on President Joe Biden to drop out of the race. The announcement by Schiff, who is running for US Senate in California, makes him the first Democrat to urge Biden to step aside since the failed assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Report of Special Counsel John Durham, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. And in doing so, secure his legacy of leadership by allowing us to defeat Donald Trump in the upcoming election,” Schiff said in a statement. The Democratic Party remains roiled about the path forward amid fears that, in light of the debate, Biden cannot defeat Trump and he risks taking down-ballot Democrats with him in November.

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☆ Nancy Pelosi has been working behind the scenes to plot Biden's ouster: Politico
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Politico's Jonathan Martin wrote on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter, that Pelosi is "convinced Biden will lose." Last week, Pelosi was seen openly talking to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in the House Democratic cloakroom, Martin reported, citing a Pelosi colleague who saw the exchange. Notably, Jeffries' letter did not say whether the House Democratic Caucus wanted Biden to step aside or stay the course. "Speaker Pelosi fully supports whatever President Biden decides to do. Representatives for Pelosi and Biden didn't immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy: There's enough blame to go around for everyone
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy: There's enough blame to go around for everyoneFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss his thoughts on the assassination attempt of former President Trump, whether the political rhetoric has become too overheated in America, impact on the 2024 presidential race, and more.

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☆ Bernie Sanders urges Dems to 'stop the bickering' and back Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

"Mr. Biden may not be the ideal candidate, but he will be the candidate and should be the candidate," Sanders wrote. "And with an effective campaign that speaks to the needs of working families, he will not only defeat Mr. Trump but beat him badly." But "I will do all that I can to see that President Biden is re-elected," Sanders wrote. I know: Mr. Biden is old, is prone to gaffes, walks stiffly and had a disastrous debate with Mr. Trump. "Supporters of Mr. Biden can speak proudly about a good and decent Democratic president with a record of real accomplishment," he wrote.

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☆ Jon Stewart says Biden is becoming 'Trumpian' by insisting only God can get him to drop out of the 2024 race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read preview"The Daily Show" host Jon Stewart has criticized President Joe Biden's recent posture toward calls for the leader to step aside, saying the latter's defense is turning "Trumpian." This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Only God could tell me to get out of the race,'" Stewart continued. In recent weeks, Biden has come under scrutiny after a dismal showing in his first presidential debate of 2024 against Trump. AdvertisementRepresentatives for Biden's campaign and Stewart did not immediately respond to requests for comments sent outside regular business hours by Business Insider.

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☆ Support is coming in for an embattled Biden — from Trumpworld
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But he's getting some support — and it's coming from Trumpworld. Advertisement"I don't think anyone wants to call this guy at an emergency at 3 o'clock in the morning but you know, he did an hour. It's almost an hour," Trump Jr. said midway through Biden's press conference. I don't think it was a great job by any means, but I think it's a big one," he said near the end of the podcast. The Trump campaign had already expressed its preference for Biden as a candidate even before Biden's disastrous debate on June 27.

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☆ Democratic megadonor Ron Conway took his concerns about Biden directly to Pelosi
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Brian Schwartz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Venture capitalist and Democratic megadonor Ron Conway has spoken directly with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about President Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance, according to three people familiar with the matter. Representatives for both Pelosi and Conway did not deny that the California Democrat and unofficial dean of the House Democratic caucus had spoken to Conway about Biden. "Like many others, since the debate Ron has had many conversations with Democratic party leaders and other major donors about the best path forward for victory. He's given over $400,000 to the Biden Victory Fund throughout the 2024 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission records. Conway gave over $200,000 to the Nancy Pelosi Victory Fund during the 2022 congressional midterm elections, according to OpenSecrets.

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☆ Billionaire Ray Dalio outlines the 3 strategies Democrats could use to deal with Biden, the 'emperor who has no clothes'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Dalio, the founder of the world's largest hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, wrote a column for Time magazine published Tuesday. "To begin, I want to make clear that I respect, like, and empathize with President Biden and I get that Democrats find themselves in a difficult position," Dalio wrote. "I look at this case like the fable of the emperor who has no clothes," Dalio added. First, the party can retain Biden as its nominee, a path Dalio thinks the party has chosen for now — at least publicly. Related storiesThe billionaire then suggested two alternative strategies, including a "mini-primary plan" where a select group of candidates battle it out to succeed Biden.

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☆ Analysis: Democrats keep piling on as Biden stands firm
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

And I think I’m the best qualified to win,” Biden told reporters at the NATO summit. CNN reported Thursday evening that Pelosi and former President Barack Obama have spoken privately about Biden and the future of his campaign. Another deeply painful ordealNo president has undergone a trial by news conference like the one Biden endured. And shortly afterwards, when a reporter asked Biden to weigh in on the qualities of his vice president, he referred to “Vice President Trump” instead of Kamala Harris. Tennessee Rep. Steve Cohen told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that Democrats need to stop their “fantasy games” and unite to beat Trump.

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☆ The calls for Biden to step down are now coming from inside the White House
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewPresident Joe Biden may have to convince some of his own White House officials that he's still their best hope of defeating former President Donald Trump. The White House strongly denied the report. "Unequivocally, this is not true," White House spokesperson Andrew Bates told The Times, a statement he reiterated to Business Insider. Earlier this week, it looked like the White House had successfully frozen most of Capitol Hill not to pressure the president. Biden is set to speak to White House reporters at length Thursday night in his first extensive news conference in months.

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“It’s not like Biden’s inner circle didn’t know this,” one Democratic strategist close to the White House said of the extent of the president’s recent decline. “Expect a drip, drip, drip,” said one former Biden White House official. “Blinders are off and everyone is aware,” one source close to the White House told CNN. “He’s declined,” one House Democratic lawmaker who attended the gala told CNN. She wields influence in the White House and campaign, and sits in on some of the president’s political meetings.

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☆ Biden set to face reporters as calls for him to step aside accelerate
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

US President Joe Biden walks to the White House in Washington, DC, on July 7, 2024, after attending campaign events in Pennsylvania. President Joe Biden is set to face reporters at a potentially make-or-break solo press conference on Thursday, a day after the first Democratic senator joined growing calls for Biden to drop out of the 2024 election contest, citing his "disastrous debate" two weeks ago against Donald Trump. "For the good of the country, I'm calling on President Biden to withdraw from the race," Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont wrote Wednesday in an op-ed in The Washington Post. We cannot unsee President Biden's disastrous debate performance. In addition to Welch, 11 Democrats in the House of Representatives have publicly said Biden should abandon his campaign and allow another Democrat to become the party's nominee for November's election.

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☆ Japan is worried about another 'transactional' Trump presidency, Tokyo-based expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Lim Hui Jie | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

However, following the recent turmoil in Biden's party, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party is now reappraising the odds of a "Trump 2.0 presidency." "I think the issue with Trump, he's very transactional, he's not very predictable. If you're Japan, they're looking at the future and wondering, 'this could be a fascinating few years for for us.'" Collateral damageA Trump presidency is concerning to Tokyo because Japan suffered from "collateral damage" during his first term, Pesek said. "Now Japan has to, in many ways, go back to the drawing board, and at least begin bracing for a Trump 2.0 presidency, which is not going down very well [in Tokyo]."

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☆ ‘The Daily Show’ Ribs Biden Over Democratic Detractors
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-11 | by ( Trish Bendix | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown of the previous night’s highlights that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. Here are the 50 best movies on Netflix right now. Ocean’s 24On Wednesday, Representative Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker, responded to questions about whether the president should continue to seek re-election by saying that she would support President Biden, “whatever he decides.”“Keep in mind, Biden has said about 50 times that he’s staying in the race,” Jordan Klepper said on “The Daily Show.”

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