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☆ It looks like Donald Trump will get to fly on his cut-price Air Force One after all
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-21 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementDonald Trump renegotiated a deal with Boeing for a new Air Force One in his first term as president. Following years of delays, billions of dollars, and his return to the presidency, Donald Trump is set to fly on the new Air Force One after all. In 2015, the Air Force again chose Boeing to build two new planes, this time based on the larger 747-8. The VC-25B project is known as the "Next Air Force One." Courtesy of the Air ForceWhile the government is paying $3.9 billion for the new jets, Boeing has suffered from the Next Air Force One.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Dennis Muilenburg, Donald J, Boeing's, Joe Biden, Kennedy, Dave Calhoun, wasn't Organizations: Boeing, Air Force One, Next Air Force, Air Force, Force, Trump, ABC, Trump Shuttle, Reuters, Street Journal, Business Locations: Russian, United States

☆ How Alaska Airlines used AI to save over 1.2 million gallons of jet fuel
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-20 | by ( Matthew S. Smith | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Alaska Airlines partnered with Air Space Intelligence to use an AI tool that suggests flight routes. While Air Space Intelligence developed the Flyways AI Platform, it did so in close cooperation with the airline's stakeholders. AI in actionThe partnership between Alaska Airlines and Air Space Intelligence began with a learning period for both organizations. ASI's staff shadowed the airline's dispatchers to learn how they worked, while Alaska Airlines learned more about how a machine-learning algorithm could be used to route traffic. While that might seem low, those accepted routes helped reduce Alaska Airlines' fuel consumption by more than 1.2 million gallons in 2023, according to the airline's annual sustainability report.

Persons: —, We've, they're, Pasha Saleh, Flyways, Saleh, Phillip Buckendorf, Buckendorf, Andreessen Horowitz Organizations: Alaska Airlines, Air Space Intelligence, Service, Space Intelligence, Alaska Airlines . Alaska Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, ASI, IBM DOS, Airlines, Air, US Air Force Locations: Alaska, Boston, Denver, Poland, Washington, DC

☆ See inside the E-4B 'Nightwatch,' nicknamed the 'doomsday plane' for its ability to help US presidents survive nuclear war
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-16 | by ( Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

AdvertisementThe E-4B "Nightwatch" is nicknamed the "doomsday plane" because it can survive a nuclear attack. In the event of nuclear war, it would serve as the US military's command and control center. It is the US Air Force's most expensive plane to operate, at $159,529 per hour. Related Video The true cost of America's war machinesThere's another lesser-known presidential plane that can operate as a "flying war room": the E-4B "Nightwatch." Nicknamed the "doomsday plane" for its ability to survive a nuclear blast, the E-4B is designed to protect the president and other senior officials and function as a military command center in worst-case scenarios.

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For President Joe Biden, the 2024 campaign ended much as it began, in a room full of union members. Even Biden at times would double-check with senior aides about looming actions, asking, “Have we run this by the vice president?” according to a senior official. Advisers are working on what Biden’s final weeks, and hours, in office will look like. “They’ll pull me aside, one leader after another, quietly, and say, ‘Joe, he can’t win. Harris’ first stop on the campaign’s final day was in Scranton, where for the second consecutive day she didn’t once mention Trump’s name.

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☆ Biden expected to apologize for federal government’s role in Indian boarding schools
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-24 | by ( Arlette Saenz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —President Joe Biden is expected to issue an apology to the Native American community for the federal government’s role in the abusive Indian boarding schools that forced Native American children to assimilate over a 150-year period, two sources familiar with the plans said. “The federally-run Indian boarding school system was designed to assimilate Native Americans by destroying Native culture, language and identity through harsh militaristic and assimilationist methods,” the White House said Thursday. In 2021, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet secretary, commissioned the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative to review the impact of the federal boarding school policies. The department issued a final report this summer confirming at least 973 Native American children died while attending these federal boarding schools. At least 18,000 children were taken from their families and forced to attend more than 400 Indian boarding schools across 37 states or then-territories between 1819 and 1969.

Persons: Joe Biden, “, ” Biden, Biden, Deb Haaland, –, ” Haaland, Harris, Stephen Lewis, ” Lewis, Lewis, Whitney Gravelle, Rodney Butler, Gena Kakkak, Jill Biden, Kamala Harris ’, Donald Trump Organizations: CNN, Indian Nations, Gila Crossing Community School, Washington Post, Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative, Department, Biden, Bay Mills Indian Community, Pequot Tribal, Air Force, White, American, Plan Locations: Gila, Phoenix, Indian, American, Bay Mills, Menominee, Arizona

☆ New Boeing CEO to give clues about company's future, while striking workers vote on new contract
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

Now, new CEO Kelly Ortberg has the chance to share his vision for the troubled manufacturer, from a potential strike-ending labor agreement to a slimmed-down future. When he takes the mic for his first earnings call as Boeing’s CEO on Wednesday, more than 32,000 striking machinists will start voting on a new, sweetened contract proposal. “I think it’s going to be a tight vote,” Jon Holden, president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers District 751, told CNBC on Tuesday. Narrowing businessesOrtberg, a longtime aerospace veteran who previously ran Rockwell Collins, took the reins at Boeing in early August. Mending ties with workers, stabilizing supply chainThe results of the union vote will come out hours after the earnings call.

Persons: Kelly Ortberg, “, ” Jon Holden, RTX, Neil Mitchill, Collins, Rockwell Collins, Robert " Kelly, Ortberg, ”, Ken Herbert, Julie Su, Holden, ” Holden, Joe Biden, Biden, —, Phil LeBeau Organizations: Boeing, International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers, CNBC, GE Aerospace, AFP, Getty, Air Force One, Workers, Puget, Labor, Spirit, Aerospace Industries Association Locations: underperformance, Seattle, South Carolina

☆ New Boeing CEO to give clues on company's future, while striking workers vote on new contract
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-22 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

When he takes the mic for his first earnings call as Boeing's CEO on Wednesday, more than 32,000 striking machinists will start voting on a new, sweetened contract proposal. Narrowing businessesOrtberg, a longtime aerospace veteran who previously ran Rockwell Collins, took the reins at Boeing in early August. Boeing's new CEO Kelly Ortberg visits the company's 767 and 777/777X programs' plant in Everett, Washington, U.S. August 16, 2024. watch nowMending ties with workers, stabilizing supply chainThe results of the union vote will come out hours after the earnings call. Meanwhile, the strike is costing Boeing $1 billion a month, according to S&P Global Ratings estimates.

Persons: Ryan Bergh, Jason Redmond, JASON REDMOND, Kelly Ortberg, Rockwell Collins, Ortberg, Marian Lockhart, Ken Herbert, Leslie Josephs Organizations: International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers, Seattle Union Hall, Getty, AFP, Boeing, Reuters, Air Force One, Workers, CNBC Locations: Everett , Washington, Seattle , Washington, AFP, underperformance, Everett , Washington , U.S, Seattle, Renton , Washington

Biden spoke to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from Air Force One en route to Berlin. Earlier this week, Biden announced more than $400 million in a new round of aid to Ukraine. “I deeply appreciate your partnership and the many times you’ve forsaken an easy choice to make the right choice, Biden told Scholz. “I am overwhelmed,” Biden spoke softly just moments after German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier lavished him with praise and awarded Biden his country’s highest honor. In my view, we must keep going, until Ukraine wins a just and durable peace,” Biden continued, “until once again, human dignity prevails.”

Persons: Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz, Yahya Sinwar, ” Biden, Scholz, Biden, Antony Blinken, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu “ let’s, ” Scholz, Sinwar, Keir Starmer, Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s, didn’t, “, you’ve, Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan, Frank, Walter Steinmeier lavished, Steinmeier, ”, ” Steinmeier Organizations: BERLIN, Israel, Air Force, British, Wall Street, NATO, Ukraine Locations: United States, Berlin, Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, U.S, Russian, Germany, Europe

☆ Biden administration unaware of Trump-Putin calls, but top adviser says it ‘would raise red flags’ if true
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Betsy Klein | Kylie Atwood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

“I do not know if that’s true or not,” Biden national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters aboard Air Force One Thursday when asked about the calls. “Obviously,” Sullivan added, “That would raise red flags if it were true.”Asked by CNN whether the administration was trying to ascertain more details about those calls, the White House declined to provide specific information. Trump has denied having multiple calls with Putin, calling it “absolutely wrong” in an interview on Newsmax last week. Days later at the Chicago Economic Club, he declined to comment on whether the Putin calls had taken place, but said it would have been a “smart thing” if he had. The Harris campaign has seized on the reporting as it seeks to cast Trump as a friend to authoritarian figures.

Persons: Biden, Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump, Trump, Bob Woodward, “, ”, Jake Sullivan, ” Sullivan, Sullivan, Putin, Harris, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz Organizations: CNN, ” Biden, Air Force, Newsmax, Chicago Economic Club Locations: Minnesota

☆ Hopes for ceasefire in Gaza tempered by difficult politics as Harris heads to Michigan
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Kevin Liptak | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

The moment was carefully coordinated between aides to the president and vice president. For Harris, the complicated politics of the Middle East are unlikely to be made much easier by Sinwar’s demise. And as she headed to Michigan a day later for a three-stop swing, the fraught politics were likely to continue dogging her. The Israel war has proven a complicating factor as the vice president looks for votes among the state’s large Arab- and Muslim-American population in the Detroit metro area. Earlier this month, Harris met with Arab-American leaders in Michigan, where participants encouraged her to distance herself from Biden’s approach to the conflict.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Yahya Sinwar, Harris, Joe Biden, ” Harris, ”, Biden, he’d, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Bibi Organizations: CNN, Air Force, Biden, Israeli Locations: Germany, Wisconsin, Michigan, Detroit, Israel, Gaza, Berlin

☆ How Hurricane Katrina and an off-script remark by Kanye West shifted culture
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-13 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

If you see a White family, it says they’re looking for food,” West, going off script, said in September 2005 during NBC’s “Concert for Hurricane Relief” telethon following hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in August 2005, causing severe flooding damage to cities from New Orleans to Biloxi. Comedian and actor Mike Myers, who appeared with West on the telethon, did not know about the artist’s planned comments in advance. Myers said in a 2014 interview that he was “super proud” to stand next to West in that moment. “This moment should not even be about Kanye West and President Bush,” CNN Entertainment Correspondent Lisa Respers France said in Sunday’s episode.

Persons: Kanye, “ George Bush doesn’t, West, –, Katrina, George W . Bush, ” Van Lathan, ”, George W, Jim Watson, Bush, ” Bush, Van Jones, ” Jones, Mike Myers, Myers, Lisa Respers Organizations: CNN, Kanye West, Hurricane Relief, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Getty, Louisiana Superdome, Air Force, White, NBC, stoke, ” CNN Entertainment Locations: Gulf, New Orleans, Biloxi . New Orleans, AFP, West, Lisa Respers France

FEMA has dedicated disaster relief money that cannot be used for other purposes. FEMA’s disaster response efforts and individual assistance is funded through the Disaster Relief Fund, which is a dedicated fund for disaster efforts,” FEMA said in its post. “Disaster Relief Fund money has not been diverted to other, non-disaster related efforts.”FEMA added: “FEMA has enough money right now for immediate response and recovery needs. However, that program called the Shelter and Services Program, or SSP, is separate from FEMA’s disaster relief fund which is more than $20 billion. A spokesperson for Homeland Security, which oversees FEMA, said any claims of disaster funds going to illegal immigrants are false.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, “, ” Trump, Alejandro Mayorkas, Helene, ”, Mayorkas, Hurricane Helene, Jim Jordan, Elon Musk, ” Mayorkas, Karine Jean, Pierre, Joe Biden Organizations: FEMA, Customs, Protection, Trump, Homeland, Disaster Relief Fund, Services, Catholic Charities, Salvation Army, Congress, Homeland Security, Air Force Locations: U.S, Saginaw , Michigan, Denver, Chicago, Philadelphia, Ohio, Hurricane

☆ Nike's new CEO has a big uphill struggle ahead
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Elliott Hill is preparing to start as the CEO of Nike amid revenue decline and market challenges. Nike's Q1 fiscal 2025 earnings report shows a 10% revenue drop to $11.6 billion. AdvertisementNike's new CEO will have several challenges to overcome when he takes over in less than two weeks. Nike released its first-quarter fiscal 2025 earnings report on Tuesday, and revenue declined 10% from the previous year to $11.6 billion. Hill, who's scheduled to start as CEO on October 14, wasn't present for Tuesday's earnings call.

Persons: Elliott Hill, —, wasn't, Hill's, Matthew Friend Organizations: Nike, Service, Force Locations: Maine, Texas

☆ Trump threatened John Deere. It’s just his latest attempt to bully a legendary American company
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Trump, more so than any American president in modern history, has directly targeted individual US businesses, threatening them with everything from boycotts and canceled federal contracts to unthinkably high tariffs. Deere, the farm equipment maker founded nearly 200 years ago, became just the latest storied brand to get singled out by Trump. Bigger picture, the attack on Deere fits a broader pattern of Trump bullying companies when it suits him. “John Deere is an outstanding company. “Ultimately, it would lead to fewer sales, less revenue, less growth and fewer employees for John Deere,” said McDaniel, now a senior research fellow at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center.

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☆ Boeing's defense unit chief Colbert is departing, CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former CEO for Boeing's defense, space and security subdivision Ted Colbert speaks during a press conference in Dubai on Nov. 16, 2019. The head of Boeing 's defense unit Ted Colbert is leaving the company effective immediately, said CEO Kelly Ortberg, marking his first major executive change since he took the top job in early August. Ortberg thanked Colbert for his 15 years of service at Boeing and said the unit's Chief Operating Officer Steve Parker would take over until the company names Colbert's replacement. Boeing's defense, space and security unit generated nearly 40% of Boeing's revenue in the first half of this year, but it has struggled with production problems and cost overruns, including on the new 747s that will serve as Air Force One aircraft. In the space sector, Boeing's Starliner is returning without the NASA astronauts who took it to the International Space Station in June.

Persons: Ted Colbert, Kelly Ortberg, Ortberg, Colbert, Steve Parker, Starliner Organizations: Boeing, Air Force One, NASA, International Space Station Locations: Dubai

☆ Whoever can finally coin an effective economic message could win the White House
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Voters keep telling pollsters that their economic insecurities are the biggest issue in the 2024 election. Former President Donald Trump will try to make a case against Kamala Harris’ role in the Biden economy on Wednesday in North Carolina. President Joe Biden dedicated his domestic agenda to restoring economic fairness and sought to revive manufacturing and repair the country’s crumbling infrastructure. As the effective incumbent in this race, Harris is vulnerable to any sudden shifts in the economic outlook. But with Trump seeking an opening to define her negatively — especially on the economy — Harris must act fast.

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☆ Boeing's new outsider CEO Ortberg takes the helm, this time from the factory floor
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-08 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Aerospace veteran Robert “Kelly” Ortberg becomes Boeing’s new CEO on Thursday with a singular mission: restoring the reputation of a U.S. manufacturing icon. Boeing's new CEO, Robert "Kelly" Ortberg. Ortberg’s Day 1 activity is walking the floor of Boeing’s factory in Renton, Washington, where it builds its bestselling but problematic 737 Max. The airline’s CEO hinted at the big feat Ortberg has ahead of him. “We look forward to working with Kelly Ortberg in his efforts to return Boeing to its place as the leading American aerospace company,” CEO Bob Jordan said in a written statement.

Persons: Robert “ Kelly ” Ortberg, Robert " Kelly, Ortberg, ”, Rockwell Collins, Richard Aboulafia, ” Ortberg, Boeing’s, Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams, Ron Epstein, “, isn’t, ” Jon Holden, Dave Calhoun, Calhoun, Dennis Muilenburg, Max, Chicago —, Kelly Ortberg, Bob Jordan, —, Michael Sheetz Organizations: Boeing, AFP, Getty, Ortberg’s, National Transportation, Air Force One, NASA, SpaceX, International Space, Airbus, Bank of America, International Association of Machinists, Aerospace Workers, Arlington , Virginia —, ”, Southwest Airlines Locations: U.S, Renton , Washington, Portland , Oregon, “, Washington state, Oregon, Arlington , Virginia, Chicago, Seattle, American

☆ Boeing names new CEO after losses more than triple
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Boeing announced Robert “Kelly” Ortberg, the former CEO of supplier Rockwell Collins, will be its new CEO, effective August 8, replacing retiring Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun, who has been under fire for the company’s problems. Serious problems to solveOrtberg will have his hands full fixing the problems at Boeing, which has not posted a profitable year since 2019. It recently agreed to plead guilty to charges that its employees defrauded the Federal Aviation Administration during the original certification process for the 737 Max. The company has come under renewed scrutiny since a 737 Max plane’s door plug blew off shortly after takeoff in January. But that will keep the losses building at Boeing as it can’t make money at its current level of production.

Persons: Robert “ Kelly ” Ortberg, Rockwell Collins, Dave Calhoun, Ortberg, I’m, ”, ” Ortberg, Dennis Muilenburg, “ Kelly, Steven Mollenkopf, ” Rockwell Collins, Max Organizations: New, New York CNN, Boeing, Texas Instruments, United Technologies, Collins Aerospace, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Air Force Locations: New York

☆ Biden Plans to Address the Nation on Wednesday Night
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Peter Baker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden plans to address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday night to explain his decision to bow out of the presidential campaign and outline how he wants to use his final six months in office. Mr. Biden is scheduled to return to Washington on Tuesday afternoon for the first time since announcing his withdrawal on social media on Sunday. He spent six days at his vacation house in Rehoboth Beach, Del., recovering from Covid and recalibrating his political future. Mr. Biden has not been seen in public since late Wednesday, when he disembarked from Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware looking frail and uncertain. The White House physician said on Monday that after days of treatment with Paxlovid, the president was recovering well and that his symptoms were “almost completely resolved.”

Persons: Biden, Kamala Harris, “ I’m, ” Organizations: Air Force, Dover Air Force Base, White Locations: Washington, Rehoboth Beach, Del, Covid, Delaware

☆ Boeing 'disappointed' customers but is on the path to 'transformational change,' commercial jet CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Leslie Josephs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Pope said Boeing is on the right path to improving its manufacturing quality, safety and predictability of deliveries, a "transformational change" that she said will take years. "It still doesn't take away the reality that we've disappointed" our customers, she said at a press conference before the Farnborough Airshow, outside of London. "This plan is not a three month plan," said Pope. As part of the leadership shakeup that promoted Pope to head the commercial unit, Boeing's CEO Dave Calhoun said he would step down by year's end. Boeing reports quarterly results on July 31 and is set to report charges from that unit, Colbert said at the same press conference.

Persons: Stephanie Pope, Max, Pope, haven't, Dave Calhoun, Ted Colbert, Colbert Organizations: Boeing, MAX, LONDON, Federal Aviation Administration, Farnborough, FAA, Air Force One Locations: Renton , Washington , U.S, London

☆ 2024 at a Crossroads
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Shane Goldmacher | Lisa Lerer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The 2024 presidential race hurtled toward a consequential crossroads on Thursday, as top Democrats ratcheted up pressure to deny President Biden his party’s nomination while bullish Republicans prepared for a balloon drop to formally select a bandaged Donald J. Trump as their standard-bearer. An extraordinary three weeks in American politics took another surprise turn, after the White House announced on Wednesday that Mr. Biden had contracted Covid, forcing the president into physical isolation just as his presidential candidacy hung in the balance. A race that not long ago seemed a staid rematch came to a dramatic pivot point after a head-spinning series of events: a disastrous debate late last month that made longstanding questions about Mr. Biden’s age unavoidable, and then a shocking attempted assassination of Mr. Trump less than 48 hours before the start of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. For a fleeting few hours on Wednesday, the two presidents presented starkly dueling images that fed into the very story line Republicans were unspooling at their convention — that Mr. Trump was strong and Mr. Biden was weak. One was flying to his beach house on Air Force One to enter seclusion as his party fractured around him; the other was welcomed as a wounded hero by thousands of cheering supporters, some of whom bandaged their ears in a show of solidarity.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, Mr Organizations: Republicans, White, Republican National Convention, Air Force Locations: Milwaukee

☆ 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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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.

Persons: Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Biden, Donald Trump, —, Lloyd Austin, Ketanji Brown, ” Biden, Ketanji Brown Jackson, ”, Aaron Ford, Ford, “, Quentin Fulks, Harris, Kamala Harris, Fulks, he’s, ” “, Pelosi, Biden’s, Volodymyr Zelensky, Putin ”, Trump ”, Lester Holt, Hakeem Jeffries, Chuck Schumer, ” “ He’s, ‘ Kamala can’t, ’, Kamala, “ It’s, ” Kevin Munoz, White, Andrew Bates, ” Bates, CNN’s MJ Lee, Annie Grayer, Donald Judd, Veronica Stracqualursi Organizations: Washington CNN, Democratic Party, CNN, Trump, BET, Las Vegas, Air Force, Secret Service, ”, White House, Biden, Democratic, Blue Rose Research, Democrats, NATO, House Democrat, NBC, Democratic National Committee, DNC, White Locations: Delaware, Rehoboth Beach , Delaware, Nevada, Milwaukee, Chicago, New Hampshire , Minnesota, New Mexico, Virginia, Maine, Washington

☆ What happens next if Biden drops out of the presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-18 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

US President Joe Biden steps off Air Force One as he arrives at Hagerstown Regional Airport in Hagerstown, Maryland, June 20, 2024, on his way to Camp David. Those delegates are set to vote for their presidential nominee in a virtual roll call in early August, before the Democratic National Convention. If Biden ends his campaign before voting begins, the pledged delegates could cast their ballots for a new candidate. According to the DNC rules, If no candidate won a majority on that first ballot, then the more than 700 "superdelegates" could join in subsequent votes. The voting would then continue until one candidate won a simple majority of delegates.

Persons: Joe Biden, David, Donald Trump, Biden, —, Jaime Harrison —, Harrison Organizations: Air Force, Hagerstown Regional Airport, Wednesday, Democratic, Democratic National Convention, Democratic National Committee, Democratic Governors Association Locations: Hagerstown, Hagerstown , Maryland

☆ Biden says he might quit presidential race if 'medical condition' emerged
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One, at Harry Reid international airport in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., July 17, 2024. President Joe Biden said in an interview airing Wednesday that he might reconsider his decision to stay in the race against Donald Trump if a medical condition emerged. BET host Ed Gordon asked Biden in an interview conducted Tuesday. "If I had some medical condition that emerged, if somebody, if doctors came to me and said, 'You got this problem, that problem,'" Biden replied, according to a video clip shared Wednesday ahead of the broadcast. Biden, 81, has come under increasing pressure from members of his own party to withdraw from the race following his disastrous debate with Trump, 78, in late June.

Persons: Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Donald Trump, Ed Gordon, Biden, Adam Schiff of California Organizations: Air Force, BET, Biden, Trump Locations: Las Vegas , Nevada, U.S

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