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Former President Barack Obama has reportedly told allies that Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance has made his bid to win back the White House even tougher than it had been previously.The Washington Post reports that Obama gave a harsher private assessment of Biden’s chances of re-election following the debate despite publicly trying to ease concerns by tweeting that “bad debates happen.”The outlet reported that Obama “spoke directly with Biden by phone after last Thursday’s debate to offer his support as a sounding board and private counselor for his embattled former vice president,” according to WaPo.It remains unclear how much or...

Obama Privately Goes Shaky After Offering to Prop Up Biden

CNN’s Jeff Zeleny reports on gains President Joe Biden has made with senior voters, and talks to some voters about why – and why not – they are supporting Biden over Trump in 2024. 

She voted for Biden 4 years ago, hear why she isn’t doing it again

Mediaite

Privately, members of President Joe Biden’s family are trashing his top advisers over his disastrous performance at Thursday’s debate against Donald Trump. Earlier this week, Biden struggled to give coherent answers while debating the former president, leading to many Democratic pundits and strategists urging him to step aside in the November race before the convention. Biden was joined by members of his family this weekend at Camp David, where they reportedly discussed the future of his campaign.

Biden Family Privately Urges President to Fire Top Advisers Over CNN Debate Disaster – Report

The White House has denied a report from the New York Times that President Joe Biden expressed doubt he can continue his candidacy during a conversation with a key ally. White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said in a post on X that the report was “absolutely false” and that if the outlet had given them more time to return a request comment, they “would have told them so.”

White House denies Biden is assessing whether 2024 bid is over

The Guardian

With Biden not yet officially endorsed as Democratic presidential candidate, it is in theory open to the party to choose another candidate

Who could replace Joe Biden? Here are six possibilities

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

The British public has elected a new government, and with that a new family will be moving into 10 Downing Street.

Victoria Starmer, Britain’s new ‘first lady,’ is a former lawyer turned public health worker

Chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta reacts to President Biden discussing whether he would undergo an independent medical evaluation during his interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.  Watch more of President Biden’s interview on https://abcnews.go.com/

Biden says he doesn’t want to get a medical evaluation. Dr. Gupta responds

Swimming’s international governing body says its executive director Brent Nowicki has been ordered to testify in a US criminal investigation into a case involving 23 Chinese swimmers who failed doping tests in 2021 but were allowed to continue competing and won medals in the Tokyo Olympics.

World Aquatics confirms US government has opened criminal investigation into doping case involving Chinese swimmers

Kris Jenner learned some difficult news on the newest episode of “The Kardashians.”

Kris Jenner learns her ovaries will need to be removed because of tumor on ‘The Kardashians’

With lengthy fangs and a massive skull, a giant salamander-like creature was likely the terror of polar swamps 40 million years before the dinosaurs appeared.

Ancient swamp creature with a toilet seat-shaped head was a top predator before the dinosaurs

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WaPo: Dem Sen. Warner seeks others to ask Biden to exit race

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ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos had a tall task on Friday: Press President Joe Biden on his age, acuity, and the future of his re-election campaign. It was one of the most anticipated interviews of his career.

George Stephanopoulos steadily presses Biden with tough questions but got no fireworks

The Atlantic

If the president wants to protect American democracy, he should hand over his office to Kamala Harris.

Biden Must Resign

CNN’s Senior Political Commentator Ana Navarro has a message for the Democrats calling for President Joe Biden to step aside after his performance during CNN’s Presidential debate against former President Donald Trump.

Hear Ana Navarro’s advice to Democrats as some call for Biden to step aside

Prosecutors accused Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug of leading a criminal street gang that committed murder and a slew of violent crimes in the Atlanta area over the past decade. However, the case trial has been suspended indefinitely. CNN’s Nick Valencia speaks to the artist’s father about the case.

The most bizarre moments from Young Thug’s RICO case

Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

Business Insider

Hunter Biden has upped his presence at the White House, advising his father and taking part in meetings with him, per NBC News.

Hunter Biden has joined White House meetings with the president in recent days, report says

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The New Republic

Less than 24 hours after President Joe Biden’s disastrous performance at the first presidential debate, the commander in chief spoke clearly, coherently, and energetically at a rally in North Carolina. This appearance, meant to soothe Democrats’ freshly ratcheted anxieties, left many with a new question: Where the heck was this version of Biden when 48 million voters were watching him on CNN?  “Did you see Trump last night? My guess, he set—I mean this sincerely—a new record for the most lies told in a single debate,” said Biden, who was nearly shouting, a huge departure from his unsettlingly quiet demeanor the...

Where Was This Joe Biden at Thursday’s Debate?

The FBI report identified ways to identify mass shooters before they strike. Historical data shows there’s an uptick in US mass shootings in early July.

Biden’s Inner Circle

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