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☆ Election Live Updates: Embattled Biden Hits Trail and Sits for Crucial Interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Nicholas Nehamas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

But Mr. Biden told the governors, some of whom were at the White House while others participated virtually, that he was staying in the race. Josh Green of Hawaii, a physician, asked Mr. Biden questions about the status of his health, Mr. Biden replied that his health was fine. Image Democratic governors left the White House after meeting with Mr. Biden on Wednesday. Mr. Biden told a Milwaukee radio station in an interview made public Wednesday that he had “a bad night.” In the prerecorded interview with the radio host Earl Ingram, Mr. Biden added, “The fact of the matter is that I screwed up. A White House spokesman, Andrew Bates, confirmed that Mr. Biden had seen the White House physician to check on the cold.

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☆ Massachusetts Gov. Healey urges Biden to ‘carefully evaluate’ whether he remains Dems best hope to defeat Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Kit Maher | Michael Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Maura Healey issued a statement Friday urging President Joe Biden to “carefully evaluate” whether he remains the Democratic Party’s best hope to defeat Donald Trump in the 2024 election. “President Biden saved our democracy in 2020 and has done an outstanding job over the last four years. Over the coming days, I urge him to listen to the American people and carefully evaluate whether he remains our best hope to defeat Donald Trump. Those calls were signs of the unsteadiness of Democratic support for their top candidate. His Wednesday meeting with the governors came after some of them expressed frustration with not having heard from the president.

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☆ Dr. Sanjay Gupta: It’s time for President Biden to undergo detailed cognitive and neurological testing and share his results
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Dr. Sanjay Gupta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Biden was examined by his physician after the debate to check on a cold, the White House said, but it was a “brief check” and not a physical. Biden and his aides have said it was a “bad night.” The White House press team said Biden had a cold but did not take any medications to treat symptoms. The White House has rejected requests from the press to release more medical records and question Biden’s physician, Dr. Kevin O’Connor. PoolWe often hear that observing a candidate on the campaign trail is the best assessment of the individual’s physical and cognitive health. Back in 2020, Biden said he was “constantly tested” by the work of running for president.

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☆ Jill Biden quietly fed lines into Joe Biden's ear, reminding him of a megadonor's name and saying to thank them, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewJill Biden quietly fed lines into President Joe Biden's ears, reminding him of a megadonor's name and telling him to thank them, New York Magazine's Intelligencer reported, citing an unnamed witness to the exchange. Since his disastrous debate performance last week, Biden has tried to reassure Democratic governors, House Democrats, staffers, voters, and donors that he is fit for reelection. But Biden is losing support among some Democratic donors, some of whom have publicly called on him to step aside. Despite mounting pressure to exit the race, Biden told staffers he was "not leaving" during a Wednesday call with his campaign and Democratic National Convention staff, Politico reported, citing anonymous staffers on the call.

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☆ Kamala Harris: Democrats start moving to VP as President Joe Biden digs in
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

CNN —Amid the ongoing fallout from Joe Biden’s debate performance, talk in many top Democratic circles has already moved to who Kamala Harris’ running mate would be. A more open race, these top Democrats hope, would be for Harris’ running mate, with a focus on leading Democratic governors. “President Biden is our nominee, Vice President Harris is our running mate, and we will win this November,” he said. The anti-Trump coalition cannot afford to discount the strengths of the nominated Democratic running mate and current vice president. Harris’ answer: She’d turn around and say to him, “Why are you being so weird?”As vice president, Harris has tended to be known more for her word salads than sharp elbows like that.

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☆ Biden Tells Governors He Needs to Sleep More and Work Less at Night
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | Maggie Haberman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden told a gathering of Democratic governors that he needs to get more sleep and work fewer hours, including curtailing events after 8 p.m., according to two people who participated in the meeting and several others briefed on his comments. The remarks on Wednesday were a stark acknowledgment of fatigue from the 81-year-old president during a meeting intended to reassure more than two dozen of his most important supporters that he is still in command of his job and capable of mounting a robust campaign against former President Donald J. Trump. Mr. Biden’s comments about needing more rest came shortly after The New York Times reported that current and former officials have noticed that the president’s lapses over the past few months have become more frequent and more pronounced. But Mr. Biden told the governors, some of whom were at the White House others who participated virtually, according to the White House, that he was staying in the race.

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☆ White House now says Biden was seen by his doctor days after debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Mj Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —President Joe Biden was examined by his physician in the days following last week’s CNN presidential debate, the White House tells CNN — despite the White House press secretary having said Wednesday that the president has had no medical exams since his February physical. “Several days later, the president was seen to check on his cold and was recovering well,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said. Questions about Biden’s fitness for office and ability to seek a second term have swirled since his stunningly halting debate performance at last week’s CNN presidential debate. The White House and campaign have insisted the president is not considering ending his campaign. Jean-Pierre did not mention travel fatigue and jet lag as factors for Biden’s poor debate performance in Tuesday’s White House briefing.

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☆ Biden Tells Governors He Needs More Sleep and Less Work at Night
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | Maggie Haberman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden told a gathering of Democratic governors that he needs to get more sleep and work fewer hours, including curtailing events after 8 p.m., according to two people who participated in the meeting and several others briefed on his comments. The remarks on Wednesday were a stark acknowledgment of fatigue from the 81-year-old president during a meeting intended to reassure more than two dozen of his most important supporters that he is still in command of his job and capable of mounting a robust campaign against former President Donald J. Trump. Mr. Biden’s comments about needing more rest came shortly after The New York Times reported that current and former officials have noticed that the president’s lapses over the past few months have become more frequent and more pronounced. But Mr. Biden told the governors, some of whom were at the White House while others participated virtually, that he was staying in the race.

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☆ Biden tells Democratic governors he needs more sleep and plans to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Biden tries but fails to turn back rising tide threatening to swamp his reelection bid
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

I’m not leaving,” Biden declared to spooked campaign staff on a phone call on Wednesday as he searched for an elusive comeback. And even a far more competent damage control effort than the White House and the Biden campaign have mounted so far would have struggled to erase that impression. On Wednesday for instance, the White House picked up Biden’s line that he was jet lagged after two trips to Europe in early June. And Biden had the Democratic governors to the White House. The White House and the campaign said the reports were false.

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☆ Biden has a new plan: Stop doing events at night
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Laila Maidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. He told the governors he just needs to get more sleep and stop holding events after 8 p.m., according to the outlets. Biden's campaign didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider about the reports. Biden's campaign had previously chalked up the poor performance to a cold and jet lag from international trips he had taken days earlier. One representative told CNN anonymously that House lawmakers are giving Biden space to decide what to do next.

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U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on extreme weather at the D.C. President Joe Biden suggested to Democratic governors that he may limit evening events after 8 p.m. so he can get more sleep, according to two sources familiar with the exchange. Normal presidents strike a balance, and so does Joe Biden," campaign spokesman Kevin Munoz said in a statement. "That was the Joe Biden I remember from two weeks ago. That was the Joe Biden that I remember from two years ago.

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☆ Live Election Updates: Pressure Mounts on Biden as He Heads Into Meeting With Governors
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

On Tuesday, Mr. Biden suffered his first formal call to resign from the race from a Democratic member of Congress. At the White House press briefing on Tuesday, Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, faced a nearly hourlong barrage of questions about the president’s abilities, medications and physical examinations, including whether he had received a neurological test. But he also preemptively announced whom he would endorse if Mr. Biden departed the ticket. Period.”Image Many Democrats worry that Mr. Biden has moved too slowly to confront fears about his mental fitness and stamina. “I came back and nearly fell asleep onstage,” Mr. Biden said.

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☆ Biden will meet with Democratic governors as he fends off calls for him to quit
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewPresident Joe Biden is set to meet with Democratic governors on Wednesday as he tries to fend off growing concern about his ability to beat Donald Trump. Related storiesFormer Democratic House members, party strategists, and candidates have also issued similar calls, some urging Vice President Kamala Harris to replace Biden on the Democratic ticket. President Biden should withdraw from this race." Meanwhile, an anonymous House Democratic aide told Reuters that 25 Democratic members of the House are preparing to urge Biden to pull out of the race if he appears shaky in the coming days. AdvertisementPresident Lyndon B. Johnson dropped out of the race in 1968, and his vice president, Hubert Humphrey, entered the Democratic primary but went on to lose the election to former Vice President Richard Nixon.

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President Biden and his advisers rushed to stem the first serious defections inside the Democratic Party since his shaky debate last week, as leading Democrats lent legitimacy to questions about his mental acuity and raised the specter of replacing him atop the ticket. Mr. Biden’s operation hoped to assert fresh control on Wednesday, holding a call with a group of Democratic governors, in person and virtually, as he seeks to shore up support after days of private hand-wringing went public in sudden and quick succession. On Tuesday, Mr. Biden suffered his first formal call to resign from the race from a Democratic member of Congress. But a private set of polls from a pro-Biden super PAC leaked to the news site Puck showed the president losing ground — around two percentage points — across all the most important battleground states. He was also now trailing in New Mexico, New Hampshire and Virginia, three states that were not seen a year ago as likely even to be contested seriously by Republicans.

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☆ Video: Democratic governors talk about their meeting with Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Clemente Duran-Ballen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Analysis: Biden’s post-debate crisis is now evolving into a genuine threat to his reelection bid
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Every effort the president and his White House and campaign teams make to fix the problem end up exacerbating it. She said that while Biden had a cold at the debate, he hadn’t taken medication but was now feeling better. But she declined to go beyond Biden’s already released annual physical results that found him fit for duty in February. Democratic Sen. Peter Welch from Vermont said Tuesday: “The big question going into that debate was the age question. One of those governors, Kentucky’s Andy Beshear, said in a remarkably candid interview with CNN on Tuesday that Biden’s debate was “rough” and that whatever the polls say, it will damage his campaign.

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☆ Biden tries to calm Democrats as 2024 drop-out pressure mounts: 'I'm not leaving'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the Middle East in the State Dining room at the White House in Washington, U.S., May 31, 2024. For likely voters, Trump led Biden by a slightly smaller 6-point margin, though that was 3 points higher than before the debate. The New York Times poll surveyed 1,532 registered voters across the country from June 28 to July 2. While Biden's campaign continues its blitz, pressure mounts for the president to consider bowing out of the 2024 race. In response, the White House and the Biden campaign have rolled out a slate of events for the coming week to reassure the public.

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☆ Democratic governor says Biden ‘fit for office’ after president meets with group of state leaders
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Tim Walz said Wednesday that President Joe Biden is “fit for office,” following a meeting with the president as he looks to ease fears about his ability to lead the country and take on Donald Trump in November. “Yes, fit for office,” the governor said in response to a question from a reporter, shortly after the closed door meeting between Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and nearly every Democratic governor in the country. Moore, largely considered to be a rising star in the Democratic Party, described the meeting as “honest” and “candid” as the governors shared concerns with the president. What we saw in there today was a guy who was the guy that all of us believed in the first time who could beat Donald Trump and he did beat Donald Trump.”Democratic Govs. In a statement to CNN, Newsom said, “I heard three words from the President – he’s all in.

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President Biden told a group of Democratic governors on Wednesday that he was staying in the 2024 campaign, as the group peppered the president with questions about the path forward after Mr. Biden’s disastrous debate performance last week. After the meeting, a handful of governors spoke with reporters outside the White House, with one, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, declaring, “President Joe Biden is in it to win it, and all of us said we pledged our support to him.”Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota, the chair of the Democratic Governors Association, said: “He has had our backs through Covid, through all of the recovery, all of the things that have happened. The governors have his back, and we’re working together just to make very, very clear on that.”But he added, “A path to victory in November is the No.

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☆ Biden has privately acknowledged next stretch of days are critical for whether he can save his reelection bid
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Mj Lee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden has privately acknowledged that the next stretch of days are critical to whether he can save his reelection bid for president, making clear to an ally Tuesday that he understands what would prompt him to accept: “It’s just not working.”“He sees the moment. “He’s not oblivious.”In the days since Biden’s stunningly halting debate showing, Democrats across the country have expressed grave concern. Some elected officials have even begun to publicly call on Biden to drop out for the good of the party. Since the debate, Biden has faced one of the toughest stretches of his presidency and his reelection campaign is reeling. Campaign officials are scrambling to calm donors who were shocked by Biden’s performance.

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President Biden should do the same,” Doggett said in his statement Tuesday. “There’s a large and increasing group of House Democrats concerned about the president’s candidacy, representing a broad swath of the caucus,” another House Democratic lawmaker told CNN on condition of anonymity to speak candidly. They have held off going to Biden directly, hoping he would make the decision himself, but patience is wearing thin, multiple Democrats told CNN, amid signs that Biden has taken no steps to seriously consider the mounting concerns. President Joe Biden, first lady Jill Biden, and their granddaughters Finnegan and Natalie Biden head to Camp David on June 29, 2024. House Democrats are deep into their own polling, assessing how much damage has been done.

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☆ White House fends off tough questions about Biden’s mental fitness after debate performance
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-02 | by ( Michael Williams | Samantha Waldenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Washington CNN —The White House on Tuesday fended off tough questions about President Joe Biden’s mental fitness, acknowledging his poor performance in last week’s debate while maintaining the president is still able to hold and run for office. The president did not have a great night,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. Campaign officials are scrambling to calm donors who were shocked by Biden’s halting, hoarse performance. The White House announced Tuesday that Biden is expected to meet with Democratic governors and congressional leaders Wednesday after some demanded a meeting with the president. Jean-Pierre also addressed recent reporting that Hunter Biden had been joining his father in recent White House meetings.

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☆ What would happen if Biden decided to leave the race?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | Ethan Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Things would be very different in 2024 if Biden decided to leave the race, although Democrats’ convention will return to Chicago in August. It also means that if Biden dropped out of the race, it would largely be Biden backers who would be responsible for picking his replacement. You can assume, for instance, that Vice President Kamala Harris would be a top contender to be on the ballot in such a scenario. The DNC actually needed to convene a meeting to affirm Sargent Shriver as Democratic nominee George McGovern’s second-choice running mate. Under the 20th Amendment, if a president-elect dies, his or her running mate, the vice president-elect, becomes president.

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☆ Election Updates: Biden campaign stresses Trump’s role in overturning Roe to mark second anniversary.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Through advertising, campaign events and news conferences, Democrats are fanning out across the country, working to remind voters that it was justices nominated by Mr. Trump who helped overturn Roe v. Wade. “Donald Trump is the sole person responsible for this nightmare,” President Biden said in a statement on Monday. “Fundamentally on this issue, it’s about freedom,” Vice President Kamala Harris said in an MSNBC interview that is set to run in full on Monday. He has also said he believes abortion policy should be left to the states, disappointing some on the right. Many of these issues are likely to come up at their debate on Thursday, the first of the general-election campaign.

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