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

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

WashingtonExaminer

While top Democratic consultants debate the proper course of action for the party following President Joe Biden’s poor debate performance, many donors are skeptical of Vice President Kamala Harris’s appeal should she be tapped to replace Biden at the top of the ticket.  The Democratic consultants spoke with top donors for the Democratic Party about […]

Democratic donor blasts Kamala Harris as worse than ‘dead’ or ‘comatose’ Biden: Report

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The Independent

 President Joe Biden, 81, has tested positive for Covid while on the campaign trail.The president was due to speak at the UnidosUS Annual Conference in Nevada on Wednesday evening before the news was announced.A statement from the White House confirmed the news and said that the president would be returning home to Delaware to self-isolate in accordance with CDC guidelines, but would continue to carry out all of his duties “fully” during that time.Biden has conducted multiple campaign events, including rallies and press interviews across the country throughout the week.In an interview on Tuesday, he said that he would...

Biden tests positive for Covid while in Vegas for NAACP speech as concerns over his future mount: Live

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

A female prison officer was arrested following allegations she had an "inappropriate relationship" with an inmate. The HMP Highpoint worker was held on suspicion of misconduct in a public office. The Eastern Region Special Operations Unit (ERSOU) - which is made up of staff from seven police forces in the...

Prison officer arrested over 'inmate relationship'

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

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Bucks County Beacon

Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

Tiger Woods says he turned up at Royal Troon jaded after watching news of the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump on his flight.

Woods missed sleep over Trump assassination attempt

Country singer Ingrid Andress has apologised and admitted being drunk while performing a much-derided rendition of the US national anthem, at a baseball stadium. Andress's erratic performance of The Star-Spangled Banner was widely shared after Major League Baseball's Home Run Derby, in Texas, on Monday. "I was drunk last night,"...

Country star sorry for singing US anthem drunk

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Virginia Wendy Williams fans, this is your July 2024 update on the former talk show host. Her best friend of 44 years, Regina Schell, has shared recent concerns with TV Show Aces and says she has not seen or talked to Wendy in more than a year.

Wendy Williams fans are worried after her best friend claims not to have heard from her in a year

Jack Black has said he’s cancelled the rest of the Tenacious D world tour after his bandmate Kyle Gass sparked an outcry with a comment about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. The comedy rock group were on stage in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday when Gass was asked to...

Jack Black axes tour over bandmate's Trump comment

Vice President Kamala Harris is increasingly viewed as a potent contender for the 2024 presidential election amid growing concerns surrounding the mental fitness of President Joe Biden. Top Democrats consider her a likely successor to President Biden if he decides against running. With the backing of party heavyweights and a...

Kamala Harris may win 'overwhelmingly' against Trump: Schiff

Role, Reporting from New Orleans and Washington DC. On Saturday afternoon, US Vice-President Kamala Harris sit down for stage for one black cultural festival for New Orleans, wia she tok about her life story and wetin she feel say she don achieve for di White House. Na di kind of...

Democrats dey reason Kamala Harris to replace Biden - but she go fit beat Trump to be US president?

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With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial reports said, a bullet grazed his ear . But one rally attendee was killed , more spectators were injured and the suspected gunman is also dead. The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger after the event. Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations. Given the stark political polarization in the U.S., Perliger said, “it’s not a surprise that eventually people engage in violence.”

‘One Inch from a Potential Civil War’? Trump Shooting a Close Call for American Democracy

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Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

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A drug commonly prescribed to thin blood can be repurposed as a cheap antidote to cobra venom, a team of scientists based in Australia, Canada, Costa Rica and the UK has discovered. Snakebites kill about 138,000 people a year, mostly in poorer rural areas in low- and middle-income countries in...

Common blood-thinning drug neutralises cobra venom

A man who kneed his ex-partner in the head and hit her with a whisky glass has been jailed. Ryan McHugh, of Chester, also punched the woman, dragged her by the hair and hit her in the face with an unopened drinks can. McHugh, 27, of no fixed abode, had...

Man who kneed ex-partner in head jailed

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -She worries Republican donors, has name recognition, and Democratic Party heavyweights are beginning to line up behind her. Vice President Kamala Harris would be President Joe Biden's natural successor if he bowed to growing pressure and stepped aside as the Democratic candidate in the 2024 election, top Democrats say.

Could Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump in November's presidential race?

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Top Democrat Schiff calls on Biden to 'pass the torch'

Schiff, a California congressman, is one of the most prominent Democrats yet to publicly call for the president to step...

Top Democrat Schiff calls on Biden to 'pass the torch'

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