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☆ Takeaways from Election Day 2023 in America
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Here are the key election night takeaways on a strong night for Democrats:As Ohio goes, so goes the nation? Tuesday night’s election results probably won’t change the equation for Biden in 2024, given Ohio’s recent presidential electoral history. Other state Republican parties might not be so lucky. Andy Beshear won a second term on Tuesday in a state that Trump carried by more than 25 points in 2020. Endorsed by Trump but often described as McConnell’s protégé, Daniel Cameron’s defeat will stir a lot of finger-pointing within the Republican Party.

Persons: Glenn Youngkin, Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, Joe Biden, Biden, Sen, Sherrod Brown, “, Barrett Marson, Glenn Younkin, Roe, Wade, Youngkin, Youngkin’s, Andy Beshear, Trump, protégé, Daniel Cameron’s, Chris Christie, ” Christie, “ Trump, ” Trump, Beshear, Cameron, it’s, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Donald Trump’s, we’ve, ” Biden, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Gabe Amo, Rhode, Gabe, ”, councilmember Cherelle Parker, She’ll, – Organizations: CNN, Gov, Virginia Republican, GOP, Democratic, Republican, Democrats, Trump, Ohio Democrat, Buckeye, Ohio Republicans, ”, ” Arizona Republican, “, Virginia, Republican Party, Former New Jersey Gov, Republicans, Florida Gov, South Carolina Gov, The New York Times, Siena College, Kentucky, today’s Republican Party, Philadelphia Government, Democratic Caucus, Representatives, Democratic Congressional Locations: Commonwealth, Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, Arizona, ” Arizona, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Florida, Colorado, Trump, Rhode Island, Congress, Rhode, Philadelphia

☆ CNN Poll: Trump narrowly leads Biden in hypothetical rematch
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Douglas Wood | Jennifer Agiesta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —One year out from Election Day 2024, former President Donald Trump narrowly leads President Joe Biden, 49% to 45% among registered voters, in a hypothetical rematch in the latest CNN poll conducted by SSRS. And among voters of color generally, women divide 63% Biden to 31% Trump, while men split about evenly, 49% Trump to 46% Biden. Only about half of Democrats (51%) say Biden has the sharpness and stamina to serve, compared with 90% of Republicans who say Trump does. Primary matchups for both parties suggest a Biden vs. Trump election is the most likely scenario as of now. Likewise, the 18% of registered voters who have unfavorable views of both Biden and Trump split 44% Trump, 35% Biden and 17% for someone else.

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☆ Dean Phillips launches primary challenge against President Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Arit John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Minnesota Rep. Dean Phillips announced Thursday that he is running for president, kicking off a long-shot Democratic primary challenge to President Joe Biden. “I think President Biden has done a spectacular job for our country, but it’s not about the past. Phillips is expected to formally announce his campaign Friday in Concord, where he’ll file to run in New Hampshire’s Democratic primary. Biden will not file to appear on the New Hampshire Democratic primary ballot because the state isn’t complying with the national party’s revised nominating calendar, which demoted its first-in-the-nation primary status to second. And it all points to the same thing,” Phillips told CNN after he stepped down from leadership.

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☆ Opinion | The Blind Ambition of Chris Christie
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Alexander Nazaryan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“Trump made us smaller,” Mr. Christie tells his audience as he prowls the stage, explaining that he wants to go after Mr. Trump for two reasons: “One, he deserves it. Almost any pollster will tell you that Mr. Trump’s support is soft once you look beyond the MAGA base. Mr. Christie is the only candidate speaking directly, specifically, to this fear. But in national surveys, Mr. Christie is still polling in the low single digits. But there is something deeper at work here, and it holds clues about what it would take to attack Mr. Trump successfully.

Persons: Chris Christie’s, Donald Trump, “ Trump, Mr, Christie, Trump, ”, MAGA, — pugnacious Organizations: Saint Anselm College, New, Mr, CNN, Republican, Trump Locations: New Hampshire, New Jersey

CNN —President Joe Biden plans to make a direct appeal to the American people to continue funding Ukraine and Israel amid their war efforts in an Oval Office address Thursday, according to two administration officials. The Biden administration in August delivered its last so-called supplemental funding request, which encapsulates unique requests beyond traditional government programs. The proposal requested $24.1 billion to aid Ukraine through the end of the year, but Congress failed to approve it during a process to greenlight short-term federal funding. By contrast, support to sustain aid to Ukraine has waned significantly since Russia’s unprovoked invasion in February 2022. An August CNN poll found 55% of respondents said Congress should not pass more funding to aid Ukraine.

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And based on what I’ve seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you. And Americans are worried,” Biden told Netanyahu as they began a bilateral meeting, acknowledging the complex dynamic. Hospital blast looms over tripThe trip comes less than a day after a horrifying blast at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City. Biden landed in Israel on October 18, on a solidarity visit following Hamas attacks that have led to major Israeli reprisals. “The Jews have been subject to abuse, prejudice and attempts to wipe them out for, oh, God, over a thousand years,” Biden told interviewer Scott Pelley.

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☆ CNN Poll: Americans overwhelmingly side with autoworkers in ongoing union strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( Ariel Edwards-Levy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Americans overwhelmingly side with unionized autoworkers in their ongoing strike against major car companies, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds, even as most say that elected officials should steer clear of labor disputes. Support for the striking workers is particularly robust among Democrats (56% sympathize strongly), members of union households (57%) and self-described liberals (61%). The effects of the United Auto Workers union strike have been relatively limited for American consumers so far. There’s a slightly more pronounced racial divide, with 79% of White Americans saying things have gotten harder financially, compared with 68% of Americans of color who feel the same. A 64% majority of Americans say that the GOP-led House committees investigating Biden are mostly using the investigations to gain political advantage, compared with 36% who say they are mostly conducting objective investigations.

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☆ Analysis: House speaker crisis is a symptom of historic Republican divisions
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

But whether or not the House Republican majority elects a new speaker anytime soon is irrelevant. Much of the recent discussion over House Republican divisions tries to frame it along the right-left ideological spectrum. Those who voted against McCarthy are more conservative, on average, than the GOP at large – and this is a very conservative House majority. Are people willing to line up behind the compromises House GOP leaders have made with Democrats to keep the government going? It’s no surprise then that we’re dealing with a House GOP leadership fight that seems more fitting of an Aaron Sorkin script than the real world.

Persons: Dusty Johnson, Kevin McCarthy, It’s, McCarthy, Chip Roy, What’s, Matt Gaetz, Gaetz, Donald Trump, yearned, Trump, Kentucky’s Thomas Massie, Massie, Bill Clinton, Aaron Sorkin Organizations: CNN, Democrat, Republicans, Republican Rep, South, Republican, GOP, Voteview, Trump, NBC, Democratic Locations: South Dakota, Washington, Congress

☆ Amid House leadership crisis, opinions of Republican Party and its congressional leaders have worsened among Americans
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Jennifer Agiesta Ariel Edwards-Levy | Jennifer Agiesta | Ariel Edwards-Levy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —The public’s impressions of the Republican Party and its leaders in Congress have worsened amid a leadership crisis in the House of Representatives, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, with Republican-aligned Americans divided over how the GOP should govern. A 56% majority of Republican-aligned voters who back former President Donald Trump say they approve of McCarthy’s ouster, compared with just 37% of those not supporting Trump in the primary. That division is evident across multiple measures of the Republican Party’s performance or of views on its path forward. Asked about Republican leaders in Congress, 51% of Trump supporters approve of their work, while just 35% of other Republican-aligned voters feel the same. Among the public generally, impressions of the Republican Party are deeply negative.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy, Matt Gaetz, CNN Republicans ’, Donald Trump, they’re, Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Mike Pence, Vivek Ramaswamy, SSRS Organizations: CNN, Republican Party, SSRS, Republican, White, Republicans, Florida, CNN Republicans, Trump, Trump Republican, GOP, Florida Gov, South Carolina Gov, Biden, Democratic, Democratic Party, Democrats, Surveys Locations: Congress, Washington, Ukraine

☆ Here's why this jobs report is going to cost you
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

So you’d think some really, really, shockingly good news about the job market would give Americans’ spirits a boost. So a robust job market won’t make most people feel like the economy is strong. The Fed is working to slow the economy by hiking interest rates — the only tool it has to fight inflation. We should never cheer a bad job market. But a job market that has remained this healthy for this long really isn’t excellent news for average Americans struggling to pay their bills.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, ”, Chris Rupkey, Jamie Dimon Organizations: New, New York CNN, Federal Reserve, Fed, CNN, SSRS, JPMorgan Locations: New York, Government

☆ House Democrat steps down from leadership role over party’s support of Biden’s reelection
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Kristin Wilson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Washington CNN —Democratic Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota is leaving his position in House Democratic leadership over his party’s support of President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection bid. “My convictions relative to the 2024 presidential race are incongruent with the majority of my caucus, and I felt it appropriate to step aside from elected leadership,” Phillips said in a statement Sunday. Onward!”A moderate Democrat, Phillips has said for months he does not think Biden should run for reelection, and CNN previously reported he’s eyed his own White House bid. I respect them taking a hard look at it,” he said during an April press conference when pressed on concerns about his age. “I take a hard look at it as well – I took a hard look at it before I decided to run, and I feel good, I feel excited about the prospects.”

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☆ ‘We can’t do it alone’: Ukrainians react to lack of additional funding in US spending bill
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Olga Voitovych | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Kyiv, Ukraine CNN —The United States may have avoided a government shutdown on Saturday – but the lack of additional funding for Ukraine in the spending bill has left some residents in the war-torn nation nervous. Though US President Joe Biden lauded the deal reached by lawmakers, he also acknowledged the lack of new funding for Ukraine, vowing Washington “will not walk away” from Kyiv. There will be some errors, but they will be insignificant.”Kostiak said the fight over funding Ukraine is due to the political realities of the 2024 US presidential election, but he believes the possibility that Washington would stop helping Ukraine is slim. “So I don’t see this as a big problem for Ukraine.”Natalia and Serhii Krasnoshchoks expressed optimism about US support for Ukraine. A CNN poll in August found that most Americans oppose Congress authorizing additional funding to support Ukraine in its fight, with the public roughly split on whether the US has already done enough.

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☆ Trump taunts GOP rivals as legal clouds loom
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-01 | by ( Daniel Strauss | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But without any obvious threat to his dominance of the GOP field, Trump is embracing brash tactics such as belittling his opponents and fundraising off of his possible court appearances. In the latest update to the CNN Poll of Polls on the race, from before the second GOP debate, Trump holds an average of 58% support, Florida Gov. Trump wants to be in her head,” he said, alluding to Haley. This goes back so long ago and it’s just Trump being Trump.”What’s different this year is the bevy of indictments and serious legal woes threatening Trump. In the first six months of 2023, Trump’s joint fundraising committee took in more than $53 million.

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Trump has slammed the president for the visit, claiming Biden “had no intention” of walking the picket line until Trump said he would make a speech in Michigan. In the absence of an announced plan from the White House, speculation spread through the UAW ranks that Biden would go to whatever picket line was closest to the airport. Amid mounting political pressure to ramp up his public support, Biden is expressing solidarity with the union members, who are striking against the Big Three automakers – General Motors, Ford and Stellantis – for a second week. Union members, once a reliable Democratic voting bloc, have gradually gravitated to Republican candidates, according to CNN polls and the AFL-CIO, the nation’s largest labor federation. The historic presidential picket line appearance will reaffirm his commitment to the critical voting and organizing group ahead of the 2024 election.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Biden, He’s, –, Trump, Biden “, “, ” Biden, I’ve, Karine Jean, Pierre, ” Jean, Shawn Fain, ”, “ We’re Organizations: CNN, United Auto Workers, Trump, Republican, UAW, White, Big Three, –, Motors, Ford, National Labor Relations Board, Union, AFL Locations: Wayne County , Michigan, Washington, Michigan, Detroit

☆ First on CNN: Two out of three workers say prices are still rising faster than wages, new survey shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-25 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Sixty-seven percent of employees say the cost of living is outpacing growth in their salary and wages, according to a Bank of America survey shared exclusively with CNN on Monday. High inflation is a major reason why just 42% of employees say they feel financially well, according to the Bank of America survey. Likewise, 64% of employees say they are stressed about their finances. 23% of women losing sleep over moneyJust 38% of women say they feel financially well, according to the Bank of America survey. While 61% of Asian employees say they feel financially well, just 44% of White employees, 40% of Hispanic and 35% of Black said the same.

Persons: That’s, “, ” Lorna Sabbia, Joe Biden, Biden, ”, Black, Sabbia, ” Sabbia Organizations: New, New York CNN, Bank of America, CNN, Bureau of Labor Statistics, of Labor Statistics, Bidenomics The Bank of America, ABC News, Washington Post, ABC, “ Companies Locations: New York

☆ Opinion: The 2,000-year-old advice for coping in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. A surprising number claimed to think about the ancient empire as often as ‘every day’ or least every week or two. It became a meme (are you even in a relationship if she hasn’t asked you about the Roman Empire? They marvel at their absolute dominion, their mastery of every strand of civilisation — and then how that power suddenly slipped away. Biden on Wednesday took steps to speed up the ability of Venezuelans in the US to obtain work permits.

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Overall, Trump is the first choice of 39% of likely GOP primary voters in the first-in-the-nation primary state. That lags a bit behind his performance nationally, where Republican primary polling routinely finds Trump with majority support. Pence is the only candidate besides Christie with majority unfavorable views among likely GOP primary voters in New Hampshire (62% unfavorable). Few likely New Hampshire Republican primary voters raise serious doubts about Trump when asked to name their top concern about him as a candidate. Results among 845 likely Republican primary voters have an error margin of plus or minus 3.4 percentage points; it is larger for subgroups.

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☆ Three reasons Biden’s problems appear to be overblown
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But while Biden clearly has problems – no president with an approval rating hovering around 40% is in good shape – some of his issues appear to be overblown at this time. It is worth analyzing whether the fact that a lot of Democrats don’t think Biden should be renominated masks a larger problem he could face in a general election. But Biden’s pulling in more than 90% of Democrats in Fox News and Quinnipiac University general election polling released this past week. The fact is Biden’s got problems, but worrying about renomination is not one of them. Most voters think Biden did something inappropriate related to his son’s business dealings.

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☆ Pence intensifies attacks on Trump as GOP primary heats up
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Paul Leblanc | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former Vice President Mike Pence on Sunday intensified his attacks on his former boss, hitting former President Donald Trump over everything from his abortion messaging to comments about the war in Ukraine. “When Donald Trump ran for president in 2016, he promised to govern as a conservative. And he wants to marginalize the right to life,” Pence said. The comments from Pence represent a significant escalation in his campaign attacks on Trump. More than 4 in 10 in the potential GOP primary electorate say they have definitely decided to support Trump for the nomination (43% are definite Trump backers, 20% are firmly behind another candidate, and 37% have no first choice or say they could change their minds).

Persons: Mike Pence, Donald Trump, “, ” Pence, Jake Tapper, ”, Pence, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump, Joe Biden, Biden Organizations: CNN, Union, Trump, Indiana, Republican, NBC, Iowa Faith Locations: Ukraine, “ State

Aides said that President Biden urged both sides of the dispute to stay at the negotiating table. Just before the strike vote, Mr. Biden called Shawn Fain, the president of the U.A.W. How Mr. Biden navigates the situation could have a significant impact on his hopes for re-election. Mr. Biden won the state over former President Donald J. Trump with just over 50 percent of the vote. “They talk about labor, but they don’t say ‘union.’ It’s ‘union.’ I’m one of the — I’m proud to say ‘union.’ I’m proud to be the most pro-union president.”

Persons: Biden, Biden’s, “, ” Mr, “ You’ve, ”, Eddie Vale, You’ve, Vale, Shawn Fain, Donald J, ’ ”, ’ It’s, ’ Organizations: United Auto Workers, Republican, White, Democratic, AFL, CNN, Trump, Labor Locations: Michigan, America, United States, Philadelphia

☆ Biden's weaknesses: Hunter's past and the president's age
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Hunter Biden was indicted on federal gun charges in Delaware on Thursday, accused of lying about his past drug abuse and violating a gun law when he bought a handgun in 2018, before his father’s presidential campaign. The weapon was later abandoned behind a grocery store by Hallie Biden, the wife of Hunter’s late brother, Beau. What Americans believe about Hunter Biden’s businessEven if there is nothing to tie President Biden to the millions of dollars Hunter Biden and other family members made from interests in China, Ukraine and elsewhere, most Americans are not convinced. Most of those people who think the president was involved back then also think the actions were illegal. Hunter Biden also attended.

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☆ Biden impeachment saga creates a wild new political twist in an unprecedented election
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Now, his proxies in the House GOP are effectively weaponizing an impeachment inquiry of Biden to try to again destroy Trump’s potential opponent in the next presidential election. Then-Vice President Biden attended two dinners with his son and his business associates in Washington, DC, although one of Hunter’s associates testified that no business was discussed. Biden’s political liabilitiesIn some ways, the White House has a political advantage. CNN’s White House team reported Wednesday that the administration had put into action a counter-impeachment plan even before McCarthy’s announcement. Video Ad Feedback James Carville wants Biden impeachment inquiry.

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☆ He Was a Hillary Clinton Cheerleader. Now He Calls Democrats a Threat.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Charles Homans | More About Charles Homans | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For a long time, I worked within the Democratic Party, and slowly moved toward the left, to the point where I quit the party in 2020. And, having done that, I look much more objectively at these arguments that Republicans are far, far worse and far, far more dangerous than Democrats, and if Trump gets elected again, it’s the end of the world, it’s the end of the country. It’s certainly a threat to democracy to take Joe Biden, who 67 percent of Democratic voters in a recent CNN poll do not want to be the Democratic nominee. We are going to make sure this is a fair process because it’s not going to be a fair process within the Democratic Party. Ron Klain, who until recently was Mr. Biden’s chief of staff, wrote a blurb for your 2019 book.

Persons: Republican Party’s lurch, ” You’re, It’s, Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, West, it’s, Ron Klain, Biden’s Organizations: Republican, Democratic Party, Trump, Democratic, CNN, Green Party

The impeachment inquiry comes at a fragile political moment for the president. An impeachment inquiry would give Republicans broad new powers to request documents and testimony about the Bidens. For now, the White House views the situation from a communications standpoint rather than as a legal issue. “Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and MAGA Republicans just launched a beyond ridiculous impeachment inquiry into President Biden,” the fundraising email reads. An element of the White House strategy is keeping him focused on his governing duties, including plans to deliver what the White House has billed as a “major economic address” in Maryland on Thursday.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy’s, Biden, McCarthy, ” Biden, Biden’s, –, Hunter Biden, Devin Archer, Hunter, Republicans “ can’t, ”, Ian Sams, Sams, Kamala Harris ’, “ Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene, MAGA, Donald Trump, – Trump, “ McCarthy, Trump, Kevin McCarthy, Bill Clinton, Dick Sauber, Russ Anello, Ammar Moussa, “, Kyle Herrig, it’s, Kamala Harris Organizations: CNN, GOP, Congress, White, Republicans, White House, MAGA Republicans, House Republicans, Democratic National Committee, Wednesday, Biden White, Democratic, Biden, Project, United Nations Locations: Maine, Maryland, New York

☆ The most predictable impeachment investigation in American history
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —The initiation of an impeachment investigation against a president ought to be an earthshaking moment in the nation’s history. Republicans could use an impeachment investigation of the president to fuel public suspicion over Hunter Biden’s cascading controversies. But the coming impeachment investigation represents a gamble for Republicans since it could cause a backlash in moderate districts that their majority depends on. Ian Sams, a White House spokesman for oversight and investigations, blasted the impeachment investigation as “extreme politics at its worst.”But the strain of an impeachment inquiry is hardly the way the White House would have preferred to prepare for election year. If the impeachment investigation does uncover more direct involvement of Joe Biden, condemnations of McCarthy’s action may have been premature.

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