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Vice President Kamala Harris looks on during a campaign event at Girard College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 29. Biden always says not to compare him to the almighty, but to the alternative. That’s her keeping close to Biden — but it’s also Biden keeping her close. Despite her efforts, Democratic politics has started to reshape around her — as has former President Donald Trump’s campaign, which has already begun attacking Harris. Other officials and advisers said plans are underway to convince Biden to immediately throw his support behind Harris, release his Democratic delegates and ask them to follow his choice.

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☆ Popeyes considered calling its boneless wings 'bites' so that people wouldn't get confused about what they are
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Popeyes has expanded its chicken lineup by adding boneless wings — which are actually made from breast meat. There's "a lot of online chatter around 'what the heck is a boneless wing?,'" Popeyes' US boss said. Customers who order boneless wings skew slightly younger and are more likely to be female, he said. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementPopeyes tried out a number of different names for its boneless wings — including "bites" — over worries that people may struggle to understand what they were.

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☆ Biden downplays poor debate performance, says it’s not indicative of larger issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( Betsy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington CNN —President Joe Biden on Friday downplayed his poor performance in last week’s debate, offering additional excuses for the showing and adding that it was his fault alone. The president said in an interview on ABC that he was “sick” and “feeling terrible” before the debate. Asked whether it was a bad episode or a sign of a more serious condition, Biden dismissed those concerns. The fact of the matter is that – what I looked at is he also lied 28 times,” he said. Pressed on his performance, he said, “Well I was just having a bad night.”This is a breaking story and will be updated.

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☆ Opinion | Is Kamala Harris Underrated?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-05 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If Joe Biden steps aside for the Democratic presidential nomination — still a very big if — the favorite to replace him is Vice President Kamala Harris. In recently leaked post-debate polling from Open Labs, Harris polled better than Biden in matchups against Trump. But Harris hasn’t inhabited that political profile for years. And since becoming Biden’s vice president the conventional wisdom on her has shifted: She’s gone from rising star — many thought her “the next Obama” — to political underachiever. And are critics of Harris fair, or is she underrated now?

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☆ Cracker Barrel employees and customers say the restaurant chain needs a turnaround, too
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

They also pointed to some ways Cracker Barrel could get diners back in the chain's iconic rocking chairs waiting for a table. Last month, one guest responded: "It seems like Cracker Barrel is trying to squeeze every dollar out of its patrons." AdvertisementA Cracker Barrel spokesperson said patrons "have responded positively" to the $5 offering since it was introduced last year. CEO Masino, who previously held executive roles at Taco Bell and Starbucks, has indicated that changes are coming to Cracker Barrel. Do you work at Cracker Barrel or another major restaurant and have a story idea to share?

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☆ Biden facing intense scrutiny as campaign ramps up unscripted events
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Betsy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

In a radio interview taped Wednesday that aired Thursday, Biden made some verbal missteps. Reached for comment Thursday night, a Biden campaign spokesperson slammed the “absurdity” of criticism of the president’s missteps. “It was clear what President Biden meant when he was talking about his historic record including a record number of appointments to the federal bench. This is not news and the media has passed the point of absurdity here,” Biden campaign spokesman Ammar Moussa said. I don’t debate as well as I used to,” Biden said last Friday at a Raleigh, North Carolina, campaign rally.

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Now, with Biden facing an increasingly uncertain political future amid the fallout from his shaky debate performance, Republicans are trying to determine what the Democratic incumbent stepping aside would actually mean for the Trump campaign. “Chaos is our friend,” a person close to Trump said. Even if Biden is not the Democratic nominee, the Trump campaign believes the issues likely to decide the election will remain the same. After Carlson suggested Harris would replace Biden on the Democratic ticket, Trump predicted: “Not really. One Trump adviser told CNN the Democratic handwringing had been expected to blow over within a week.

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He’s clear-eyed,” this person told CNN. “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. In Tuesday’s private conversation, Biden was also “chastened” as he “blamed himself” – not his staff – for the debate performance, the person told CNN. And at one point in their conversation, Biden asked this person for advice – and then there was silence, the person told CNN, as the president waited for input.

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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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☆ 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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☆ The top arguments for Biden dropping out or staying in the presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A CBS/YouGov poll found that 46% of registered Democrats think Biden should step aside. Yet Biden dropping out of the race at this stage is also a huge gamble, one that's fairly unprecedented in recent memory. AdvertisementHere are the most common arguments that people are making for and against Biden dropping out of the race — some of which, inevitably, may contradict each other. Why Biden should drop out of the raceThe debate was his last good shot at turning things around, and he failed. It's early, but polling so far has not shown a dramatic shift in the race since the debate.

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☆ Here are JPMorgan’s top stock picks heading into July
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-01 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

"Unwarranted discount versus peers given improved fundamentals and EBITDA/ FCF growth," JPMorgan wrote. JPMorgan's $2,400 price target implies the stock could rally nearly 43%. Bank of America also hiked its price target to $2,150 from $2,000, calling the stock one of its top picks . However, Analyst Matthew Boss' $157 price target means that the stock could climb 48% from here. Other stocks that made JPMorgan's list include industrials manufacturer Danaher , energy company Entergy and chemicals firm DuPont De Nemours .

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Washington CNN —President Joe Biden on Monday condemned the Supreme Court’s decision which ruled that presidents have an absolute immunity from prosecution for core official acts, and issued a stern warning over a possible second term for former President Donald Trump. “(With) today’s Supreme Court decision on presidential immunity, that fundamentally changed. Biden repeatedly warned that the limits of the president’s power now solely rest with the holder of the office and the choices that person makes. During Monday’s speech, Biden appeared alert, reading energetically from a teleprompter in the Cross Hall of the White House. Here’s what she said – she said, ‘In every use of official power, the president is now a king above the law.

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☆ Opinion | This Isn’t All Joe Biden’s Fault
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-30 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Thursday night, after the first presidential debate, MSNBC’s Alex Wagner interviewed Gov. “You were out there getting a chorus of questions about whether Biden should step down,” she said. What kind of party does that?”Perhaps a party that wants to win? Or a party that wants to nominate a candidate that the American people believe is up to the job? Maybe the better question is: What kind of party would do nothing right now?

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☆ 'He must bow out': the media reacts to Biden's historically bad debate performance
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewPresident Joe Biden's historically bad debate performance on Thursday night was received so poorly that there's serious talk among America's commentariat that he could, or should, or needs to be replaced. AdvertisementLiz Peek, also writing for Fox News, described Biden's performance as shocking the nation and as "an astonishing disaster." It started with a devastating line: "The best that can be said of Joe Biden's stumbling debate performance was that it took place in June." Noah Smith, the American blogger, also offered a bleak assessment of the debate performance. AdvertisementAnd podcaster Joe Klein did not mince his words in his summary of Biden's debate performance.

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Asked whether Biden would exit the race, Biden campaign spokesperson Seth Schuster responded: “No.”“There’s no basis for that,” one Biden adviser also told CNN Friday morning. The Biden campaign will hold an all-staff meeting Friday afternoon, two Biden campaign officials told CNN, part of what they said is a routine pattern of Friday meetings. “It’s hard to debate a liar,” Biden told patrons at an Atlanta-area Waffle House following the debate. Big lies.”Pro-Biden political world fretsIn the broader pro-Biden and anti-Trump political universe, the panic over Biden’s debate performance was much clearer on Friday morning. God.”The veterans of Obama’s administration who launched the “Pod Save America” series of podcasts popular with liberal listeners also lamented Biden’s performance.

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☆ Opinion | After the Debate: ‘I Don’t Think Joe Biden Should Be Running’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

On the “Matter of Opinion” post-debate episode, hosts Ross Douthat and Michelle Cottle are joined by Ezra Klein, who says, “At some point Democrats have to decide if they want to try to win this election, or it is simply too uncomfortable for them to do anything but be on this train as it derails.”Below is a lightly edited transcript of their conversation. To listen to this episode, click the play button below.

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☆ NYT Editorial Board calls for Biden to leave the 2024 presidential race
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-28 | by ( Brian Rokus | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The New York Times Editorial Board is calling on President Joe Biden to leave the race for the White House after his performance at CNN’s presidential debate. He struggled to hold Mr. Trump accountable for his lies, his failures and his chilling plans. “The greatest public service Mr. Biden can now perform is to announce that he will not continue to run for re-election. There is no reason for the party to risk the stability and security of the country by forcing voters to choose between Mr. Trump’s deficiencies and those of Mr. Biden. “The last time Joe Biden lost the New York Times editorial board’s endorsement, it turned out pretty well for him,” Biden campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond told CNN.

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Washington CNN —President Joe Biden’s debate performance has set off alarm bells among top Democrats, leaving some to openly question whether Biden can stay atop of the Democratic ticket. Pressed by Cooper on Biden’s performance, Harris offered a defense of her boss. Austin Steele/CNNBiden brushed off concerns about his debate performance, telling reporters that he thought he performed well while visiting patrons at a Waffle House after the debate. When asked about calls for him to drop out and if he had any concerns about his debate performance, Biden attacked former president Donald Trump. Democratic Party officials questioned why Biden missed other opportunities to slam Trump’s comments, particularly on the issue of abortion.

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☆ ‘Miss AI’ beauty pageant and the complicated quest for the ‘perfect’ woman
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

None of these women are real — everything about them, even the emotion that flickers across their faces, is generated by artificial intelligence (AI), for the world’s first ever AI beauty pageant. Fanvue World AI Creator AwardsEach of the contestants has a unique and distinctive personality, as well as face. But, echoing the reality of most modern Miss USA beauty pageant winners since the competition’s inception in 1921, most are White, thin and have long hair and symmetrical features, detailed Hilary Levey Friedman — a sociologist and author of “Here She Is: The Complicated Reign of the Beauty Pageant in America” — in a phone interview. Fanvue World AI Creator AwardsCreators of these AI models add that the technology itself is not necessarily the problem. Fanvue World AI Creator Awards“Influencers are just behind a screen,” Mohammad Talha Saray, one of Seren Ay’s creators, said.

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☆ ‘The Bear’ Season 3 review: The Emmy-winning series returns at the slow-cooked pace of a show simmered in praise
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A posted sign in a kitchen reads “Every Second Counts,” but “The Bear” is clearly in no hurry during its third season, proceeding at the slow-cooked pace of a show simmered in accolades and Emmys. The latest season’s first episode nicely sets the table for the nine episodes to come, playing almost like a visual poem while reintroducing the characters. Ricky Staffieri, Jeremy Allen White and Matty Matheson in "The Bear." What “The Bear” has lost is the element of surprise that greeted its arrival. “The Bear” launched its third season June 26 on Hulu.

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☆ Wading Through Neck-High Waters in Iowa, a Husband Implored His Wife to Keep Going
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Ann Hinga Klein | Mitch Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Wanda and Randy Bliek awoke on Saturday to the sound of water lapping against the walls of their home in Rock Valley, Iowa. The couple rushed to their pickup truck and drove onto the street, but surging water pushed them against the curb. Unable to open the truck doors, they said, they escaped through the windows and climbed out into the neck-high current gushing down their street. For eight long blocks, they alternated between swimming and walking to safety while neighbors screamed for help from their roofs. At one point, Ms. Bliek, 65, told her husband she was not sure she could continue.

Persons: Wanda, Randy Bliek, Bliek Locations: Rock Valley , Iowa

☆ Presidential debate: The Biden-Trump face-off is anything but a rerun
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Steve Contorno | Jeff Zeleny | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The historic rematch between Joe Biden and Donald Trump is anything but a rerun, with their first presidential debate next week set to showcase a vastly different set of issues driving their bitter duel for the White House. It feels like an upside-down lifetime ago since the pair last appeared together on a debate stage. “That’s the thing you’re going to see coming out in this debate: What was the world like under Trump?” Waltz said on CNN. Trump suggested Biden would be “pumped up” for the debate, before insinuating, without any evidence, that the president uses cocaine. Yet this showdown is without parallel as the 45th and 46th presidents seek to define their rival in what is the earliest general election debate in memory.

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☆ Brooke Shields wears yellow Crocs on the Tony Awards’ red carpet
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Christy Choi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Many celebrities will be well-versed in the power of the statement heel to complete a red carpet look, but at the Tony Awards on Sunday night in New York, Brooke Shields stole the spotlight in a statement flat. Even as far back as 2015, actor Alan Cumming sported Crocs to the Emmys with his Vivienne Westwood ensemble. Founded in Boulder, Colorado by three friends in 2002, Crocs were an immediate success when they first hit the market. Alan Cumming attends the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in a Vivienne Westwood suit and black Crocs. These efforts may be paying off: Crocs reported a record year of earnings in 2023, with total revenue reaching nearly $4 billion dollars.

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☆ Putin arrives in North Korea for first visit in 24 years as anti-West alignment deepens
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | Anna Chernova | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Following his visit to North Korea, Putin is scheduled to travel to Hanoi in a display of Communist-governed Vietnam’s ties to Russia that is likely to rankle the United States. Putin’s trip to North Korea will have a “very eventful” agenda, his aide Yuri Ushakov said during a press conference Monday. One image was of a grandstand being constructed on the eastern side of Kim Il Sung Square, the site where all major parades in North Korea are held. Putin arrives in North Korea on Tuesday, June 18. But Russia’s apparent increasing reliance on North Korea and rising frictions with the West appear to have shifted that dynamic.

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