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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

Fox News

Former President Trump has a new nickname for Vice President Kamala Harris, who could potentially end up in a head-to-head with Trump if President Biden drops out.

Trump tests out new nickname for Kamala Harris amid speculation she'll replace Biden

The New Republic

Following an abysmal debate performance against Donald Trump, Democrats are scrambling to replace President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race. There’s just one hiccup: Biden himself doesn’t intend to step aside. So what are the options?Per the Democratic National Committee’s rules, Biden cannot be stripped from the ticket by party leaders. But the convention can throw an open nominating process on the convention floor, opening the door for other candidates to take the front seat, reported Politico. That would necessitate a complicated gambit for power among the party’s 4,000 delegates, many of whom hold loyalties to the Biden administration...

Here’s How Democrats Could Replace Joe Biden Before November

CBS San Francisco

President Biden's lackluster debate performance Thursday night, marked by a raspy voice, gaping facial expressions, rambling answers on key questions and a perceived failure to refute several lies from former President Donald Trump, has fueled concern among many Democrats in Washington and sparked some discussion about whether there's a way to replace him on the Democratic ticket in the 2024 presidential election. Biden campaign spokesperson Mia Ehrenberg, asked if the president would step aside after his debate performance, replied, "Absolutely not." Asked if there are conversations about Mr. Biden stepping aside, campaign spokesman Michael Tyler said, "There are no conversations about...

What would happen if Biden stepped aside from 2024 presidential race?

Mediaite

I have long opposed calls for President Joe Biden to drop out. I no longer do. His performance at Thursday night’s debate proved he is not fit to be president, let alone finish an arduous campaign. Within the first 15 minutes of the CNN debate, it was abundantly clear...

Biden Should Drop Out

Assisted dying campaigner Antonya Cooper, has died, says her family after she admitted helping end her son's life.

Mum who ended life of terminally ill son dies

Newark, NJ

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Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Firefighters in El Dorado County, California tried to put out a wildfire that surrounded an airport, as the heat wave continues across the west coast state. Fire crews could be seen dropping water and fire retardant powders from planes and helicopters in a bid to stop the fires from spreading.

California airport engulfed by wildfires

Human bones dated to more than 1,000 years old have been discovered at The Old Bell Hotel.

Thousand-year-old skeletons found in hotel garden

A Kenyan coastal region has seen a spate of murders, supposedly over witchcraft but really over land.

Accused of witchcraft then murdered for land

Ohio State

American History Central

On Wednesday, May 18, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln issued an Executive Order, commanding General John A. Dix to arrest and imprison the editors, proprietors, and publishers of the New York World and New York Journal of Commerce newspapers for publishing a “false and spurious proclamation purporting to be signed by the President.”

President Orders the Military to Sieze Newspapers and Arrest Workers for Printing Fake News

Military.com

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have both sought to claim the mantle of veterans champion as each vies for a second term in office.

Here's What Biden and Trump Actually Did for Veterans as President

The hundreds of die-hard Democrats who turned out to see Joe Biden in Wisconsin on Friday didn’t need much convincing. The US president received an enthusiastic response to his loudly delivered remarks at the rally in Madison, especially when he attacked his Republican rival Donald Trump. But as some...

'I'm worried' - Democrats at Biden rally open to change

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The e-Texan

New York – As Trump anticipates his sentencing on July 11th in the New York hush money case, Florida Judge Aileen Cannon made a ruling this Monday. Despite rejecting Trump’s legal team's request to dismiss several charges in the classified documents case, she conceded on a minor point. She removed a portion of the charges that referenced an uncharged allegation, but upheld the other charges.

Legal expert says Trump should not be jailed after New York guilty verdict because he is ‘too old’

Jay Johnston joins more than 800 others who have pleaded guilty in connection with the 2021 attack.

Bob's Burgers actor pleads guilty over Capitol riot

Bucks County Beacon

Donald Trump is now a convicted felon. This is an objectively good thing but you wouldn’t know it from a lot of the discourse in the media and online. Trump and his allies are attempting to claim that being a convicted felon only makes Trump stronger , and political pundits keep saying that a conviction wouldn’t impact the upcoming election . Even on the Left, there’s debate as to how Biden and Democrats should talk about Trump’s conviction.

5 Things You Need to Know about MAGA Republicans

Chief Constable Nick Dean says Mark Coteman's actions were "deliberate, pre-meditated and planned".

Former police officer sent to jail for 18 months

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

With the future of American democracy at stake, the first presidential debate of 2024 was an embarrassing trip to the nursing home. One old man struggled to answer questions and finish his sentences. The other defied logic and spewed relentless lies.“We had great H20,” former President Donald Trump said, inexplicably.“We finally beat Medicare,” President Joe Biden touted, mistakenly.The string of gaffes threatened to eclipse the most frightening aspect of the night: the fact that the only thing standing between Trump’s increasingly brazen authoritarianism and the White House is a wheezy octogenarian.Asked if he would accept the result of the presidential...

Joe Biden Mumbles and Stumbles the Democrats Into Crisis

Colorado State

An 18-year-old died after he jumped into the water and was electrocuted by stray voltage.

One dead after lake electrocution in Virginia

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Democrats weigh risks and rewards of losing Biden

Concern over Mr Biden's re-election effort has reached fever pitch as some lawmakers express...

Democrats weigh risks and rewards of losing Biden

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