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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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Democrats have been planning for weeks to conclude Biden’s nomination process before August 7 – well before the Chicago convention next month. But even as those entreaties are being made daily behind the scenes, plans are being made to solidify his standing with the help of party rules in the Democratic convention process. Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison pushed back on any suggestion that attempts might be underway within the DNC to accelerate the virtual roll call. “Fourteen million people voted for me to be the nominee in the Democratic Party. “That’s the democratic process,” Biden said of the ability of delegates to change their mind, before adding confidently: “It’s not going to happen.”This story has been updated with additional reporting.

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☆ Biden denounced political violence and said using 'bull's-eye' was a mistake during an interview with NBC News
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"I didn't mean — I didn't say cross-hairs. At several points in the interview, Biden expressed frustration with how the media has covered Trump. 28 times, it's confirmed, he lied in that debate," Biden said. At the end of the interview, Biden asked Holt to come and talk to him sometime about "what we should be talking about." Similarly, in that interview, Biden was soft-spoken and misspoke at times.

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☆ President Joe Biden: I'm not engaged in violent rhetoric, my opponent is
▼ + 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 EmailPresident Joe Biden: I'm not engaged in violent rhetoric, my opponent isCNBC's Eamon Javers joins 'Fast Money' to discuss President Biden's sit down with NBC's Lester Holt.

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☆ Biden has staked his campaign on painting Trump as a threat to Democracy. That could change after Saturday's shooting.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Biden campaign quickly paused "outbound communications" and took down television advertisements in the wake of the shooting. Will 'defense of democracy' remain a core campaign issue? But after the Butler shooting, many are wondering how Biden will campaign on the issue moving forward. AdvertisementAs the fallout from the shooting endures, Biden is set to resume his campaign after a high-touted Monday interview with NBC's Lester Holt. Business Insider reached out to the Biden campaign for comment.

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☆ Live Election Updates: G.O.P. Convention to Open as F.B.I. Hunts for Would-Be Assassin’s Motive
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

There is no place in America for this kind of violence — for any violence ever, period. “I’m sincerely grateful that he’s doing well and recovering,” Mr. Biden said. And the White House said that Mr. Biden would keep his campaign events in Las Vegas. Mr. Biden will speak at an NAACP conference on Tuesday and a UnidosUS conference on Wednesday, even as Mr. Trump and his party hold the Republican convention in Milwaukee. In both sets of remarks on Sunday, Mr. Biden made a plea that — if recent history is any guide — seemed unlikely to be heeded by activists on either side of the nation’s increasingly bitter divide.

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Washington CNN —President Joe Biden was bracing for a week of political onslaught. When gunshots rang out at a Donald Trump political rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday evening, much of that appeared to change. He also addressed the nation from the Oval Office, calling for a lowering of the political temperature. “I think it should,” one close Biden ally told CNN when asked if that may end up being a result of Saturday’s attack. But those expected discussions were quickly eclipsed by the response to the assassination attempt on Biden’s predecessor and political opponent.

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☆ How to Watch Biden’s NBC Interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Maggie Astor | More About Maggie Astor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden is scheduled to do a prime-time interview on Monday with Lester Holt of NBC News. The interview, which was planned before the assassination attempt on Saturday against former President Donald J. Trump, is part of Mr. Biden’s effort to stabilize his campaign after his poor performance at last month’s debate spurred doubts about his candidacy. It follows an interview he did a little over a week ago with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos. Here’s what to know about the latest interview:What time is the interview? Mr. Biden was initially supposed to do the interview in Austin, Texas, but he canceled the trip after the assassination attempt and will do it at the White House instead.

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☆ Biden defends his rhetoric but concedes it was a mistake to make bullseye comment about Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Betsy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“It was a mistake to use the word,” Biden said in an interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt on Monday. Focus on his policies, focus on the number of lies he told at the debate,” he said. I’m not the guy who said he won’t accept the outcome of this election automatically. “The political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated. He again turned the focus back on Trump’s own words, adding, “I am not engaged in that rhetoric.

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Mr. Holt’s coverage ran on MSNBC immediately after the shooting on Saturday and he was scheduled to interview Mr. Biden on Monday. The person said staff members were surprised on Monday when MSNBC ran programming from its digital news service, NBC News Now, instead of the main NBC News show, “Today,” which was not pre-empted. A spokesman for MSNBC denied that NBC had made the programming change because of political considerations. In a statement, the network said: “Given the gravity and complexity of this unfolding story, NBC News, NBC News NOW and MSNBC have remained in rolling breaking news coverage since Saturday evening. MSNBC made other programming changes after the shooting on Saturday.

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☆ Biden says 'time to put Trump in the bullseye' remark was a mistake
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks following the incident that occurred at a campaign rally for former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, U.S., July 13, 2024. President Joe Biden said he should not have used the language, "put Trump in the bullseye," a remark he made to donors in a private call days before the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally. "It was a mistake to use the word," Biden said, according to excerpts of a Monday interview with NBC News' Lester Holt. "Look, I have not engaged in that rhetoric," Biden said. The Monday interview comes as Biden works to rehabilitate his political image following his disastrous debate performance against Trump in June.

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☆ Biden Says It Was a Mistake to Say He Wanted to Put Trump in a ‘Bull’s-eye’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Michael D. Shear | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden said on Monday it was “a mistake” to say that he wanted to put former President Donald J. Trump back in “a bull’s-eye” but defended his descriptions of his rival in the 2024 election as a threat to the foundations of the nation’s democracy. “Do you just not say anything because it may incite somebody?” he asked. The president’s comments come just two days after a would-be assassin shot at Mr. Trump at a rally in western Pennsylvania, grazing the former president’s ear and killing one of his supporters. Republicans have accused Mr. Biden of stoking violence against Mr. Trump, pointing to a comment that the president made last week to donors. He told them that “we’re done talking about the debate; it’s time to put Trump in a bull’s-eye.”

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☆ Live Updates: Authorities Find Explosives in Car of Gunman Killed in Assassination Attempt on Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Michael D. Shear | Mike Ives | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

“I will Never Surrender!” Mr. Trump wrote in a text message to supporters. And Mr. Trump is preparing to name his running mate and formally claim his party’s nomination for the third consecutive election. Vance of Ohio, who is on the shortlist of candidates that Mr. Trump is considering as a running mate, wrote on X. “An assassination attempt is contrary to everything we stand for as a nation,” Mr. Biden said. Mr. Trump had assured Malphine Fogel, who lives in Butler County, that he would help get her son home.

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The Biden campaign and Democrats across the party scrambled Sunday to determine how to adjust their plans to counter messaging at the Republican National Convention, which had been in the works for some time. Stunned Biden campaign officials huddled and decided to pause all outbound communications and pull down TV ads. The campaign urged staff in a memo to “refrain from issuing any comments on social media or in public.” Sources described the mood within the White House and the Biden campaign as “shock” as they put their response into motion. The Biden campaign has yet to decide when to resume its advertising campaign against Trump after pulling the ads on Saturday. Sen. Chris Coons, a close Biden ally and co-chair of the Biden reelection campaign, called for a lowering of the political temperature.

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☆ How to Watch the Republican Convention
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-13 | by ( Neil Vigdor | More About Neil Vigdor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump will formally accept the Republican presidential nomination for a third election cycle during the party’s national convention in Milwaukee. The New York Times will stream the convention speeches during prime time, alongside real-time commentary and analysis from reporters. C-SPAN will stream the convention at C-SPAN.org and on the C-SPAN Now mobile app. CBS’s streaming platform, CBS News 24/7, will start its nightly coverage at 7 p.m., but it will not carry the convention gavel to gavel. ABC News will offer nightly coverage on ABC News Live, its streaming platform, from 7 p.m. to midnight.

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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 Sets Second Post-Debate Interview, This Time With NBC’s Lester Holt
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Michael M. Grynbaum | More About Michael M. Grynbaum | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden has committed to his second major network interview since the debate debacle that has fueled questions about his continued candidacy. The president will tape an interview with the NBC News anchor Lester Holt on Monday in Austin, Texas, the network said on Wednesday. NBC plans to air the interview “in its entirety” that evening at 9 p.m. Eastern, a similar prime-time placement as ABC’s interview with Mr. Biden that aired last Friday. Mr. Holt, who last interviewed the president in February 2022, will speak with Mr. Biden for at least 15 minutes at the LBJ Presidential Library, NBC said. Excerpts from their conversation are expected to appear on that evening’s “NBC Nightly News,” with the unedited interview to follow in prime-time.

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☆ Katy Perry's new album is called '143.' Here's everything we know so far.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"143" will be Perry's sixth major-label release — seventh overall, including her sparsely heard debut "Katy Hudson," a Christian music album released in 2001. JULY 11TH4PM PT pic.twitter.com/88z73jzWtP — KATY PERRY (@katyperry) July 9, 2024"'143' IS A PARTY AND THE WORLD IS INVITED!" AdvertisementHowever, Perry has not worked with Dr. Luke since he was sued by Kesha, his former teen protégé, in 2014. Kesha accused Dr. Luke, whose real name is Lukasz Gottwald, of sexual, physical, and emotional abuse . Dr. Luke, Katy Perry, and Cirkut at the 2014 Grammys.

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☆ Biden’s political position is rapidly deteriorating as critical news conference looms
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —A staggering 24 hours that cracked the political foundation of Joe Biden’s reelection bid leave him facing the most high-pressure presidential news conference in modern history on Thursday. The stakes for Biden’s solo appearance at the conclusion of the NATO summit multiplied by the hour as his political position unraveled at a dignity-sapping rate. In another danger sign for Biden’s candidacy, one Democratic strategist told CNN, “Everything is frozen because no one knows what’s going to happen. The deepening crisis gripping the Democratic Party is not simply damaging Biden’s chances of clinging to the nomination. But as Biden’s political standing continues to rapidly deteriorate, the question is becoming how much longer he can insist he’s the only Democrat who can beat Trump.

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☆ Democrats go public with fears of GOP ‘landslide’ that could jeopardize US democracy
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —President Joe Biden and his advisers keep issuing unequivocal declarations that he’s staying in the 2024 race, but Democrats aren’t hearing it. “Speaker Pelosi fully supports whatever President Biden decides to do,” a spokesperson said in a subsequent statement. “Donald Trump is on track, I think, to win this election, and maybe win it by a landslide, and take with him the Senate and the House,” he told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins. Trump is currently aheadCNN’s Road to 270 assessment of the electoral map shows Trump in position to win the election. “Donald Trump and the Republicans have loved every minute of watching this discussion,” Rep. Debbie Dingell, who represents the battleground state of Michigan, told CNN’s Jessica Dean.

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☆ NBC’s Lester Holt to interview President Biden on Monday
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —President Joe Biden will sit down with NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt for an interview that will tape and air next Monday, the network announced. Portions of the interview will first air Monday at 6:30 pm ET on NBC Nightly News. Last week, Biden sat down with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos for a 22-minute interview that drew in more than 8 million viewers. Biden has sat for the fewest number of television interviews as president since President Ronald Reagan, according to data from Professor Martha Joynt Kumar, a presidential scholar who tracks press interactions. The interview with Holt will be Biden’s sixth sit-down with a news network in 2024.

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☆ Gen X says they'll need more than $1.5 million to retire comfortably—but most have less than 5% of that saved
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-29 | by ( Cheyenne Devon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

For Gen Xers in their 40s and 50s, retirement may be right around the corner. On average, Gen Xers believe they will need around $1.56 million to retire comfortably, according to Northwestern Mutual's 2024 Planning and Progress study. Retirement saving obstaclesA few factors have prevented members of Gen X from setting aside more money for retirement. "When Gen Xers started working, they had to choose whether they wanted to enroll in their company's 401(k) plan," she tells CNBC Make It. How Gen Xers can boost their retirement savings

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☆ AI companies need to get society's input as they build out the technology, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky say
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewAs companies and startups race to implement artificial intelligence into their products, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky and OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman have a word of caution: Don't leave society behind. "I think that if everyone here could feel like they could participate and they could have their input into it, then I don't think there's a huge thing to fear," Chesky said. A few former board members accused Altman of lying to colleagues and creating a toxic culture through "psychological abuse." While researchers fear that AI will exacerbate the loneliness epidemic, Chesky believes the tool will "help bring people together." "At the end of the day, it's not the technology; it's the people with the technology," Chesky said, referring to those who are building with AI.

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☆ Denied the 'right to hug': In many U.S. jails, video calls are the only way detainees can see loved ones
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dan_Headshot.Jpg | Dan Slepian | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +13 min

Reekila Harris-Dudley during a video call with her family at Genesee County Jail in Flint, Mich., on June 10. In recent years, hundreds of jurisdictions around the United States have eliminated in-person visits, making a video screen the only way detainees can see their loved ones. The financial allure of video visitation was clear to local officials when the technology was first introduced in Genesee County a decade ago. In Genesee County, video calls are free — if the “visitor” travels to the jail and uses a screen there. The video visitation scheduling kiosk at Genesee County Jail in Flint, Mich., on June 10.

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One by one, each country with the money and the drive to compete started its own nuclear weapons program. Even with this kind of evidence in hand, science has reached only limited conclusions about how nuclear weapons testing affects individuals’ health. They helped create the 2021 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, signed by 93 countries, which bans the possession, use and testing of nuclear weapons. France has acknowledged its “debt” to Polynesians over nuclear testing, and it created a commission in 2010 to evaluate nuclear testing victim compensation claims, but it has never apologized. We are still wrestling with the damage wrought by testing nuclear weapons in our past.

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