Columbus, OH

The Associated Press

Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to reevaluate his election bid, with former President Barack Obama expressing private concerns to allies and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately telling Biden the party could lose the ability to seize control of the House if he doesn’t step aside. Follow AP’s live coverage of the investigation into the assassination attempt on Trump, the RNC and more Democrats expressing concerns about President Biden’s candidacy. WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to rethink his election bid, with former President Barack Obama expressing concerns to allies and Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi privately telling Biden the party could lose the ability to seize control of the House if he doesn’t step away from the 2024 race. Biden’s orbit, already small before his debate fumbling, has grown even smaller in recent days. Isolated as he battles a COVID infection at home in Delaware, the president is relying on a few longtime aides as he weighs whether to bow to the mounting pressure to drop out.

Biden is isolated at home as Obama, Pelosi and other Democrats push for him to reconsider 2024 race

NBC News

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s political world is collapsing. Top allies have either publicly or privately called on him to step aside. Major donations have fallen off a cliff. Grassroots fundraising is not keeping up with the demands of a campaign that needs to aggressively scale up three months before the presidential election. Members of his own re-election effort have already declared he has no path to victory.

'We're close to the end': Biden world braces for the possibility that the president will step aside

Salon

President Joe Biden and his campaign, struggling to contain the fallout over his disastrous debate performance, have been nailing down Democratic support on Capitol Hill despite calls for him to step aside for a more viable nominee. But those efforts have done little to slow his tumbling poll numbers, which on Tuesday prompted the nonpartisan Cook Political Report to move three swing states — Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada — into the "Lean Republican" column.

"A landslide": Political analysts and some Democrats now say Biden is bringing down the whole party

Mediaite

Democratic donors have told the largest pro-Biden super PAC that approximately $90 million in donations are now on hold until Biden steps down from the ticket. 
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Major Dem Donors Freeze $90 Million to Largest Biden Super Pac Until President Drops Out: Report

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Actor Buddy Ebsen, who died at age 95 in 2003, found fame by starring in two of the most popular classic television shows in history: The Beverly Hillbillies (CBS, 1962 to 1971) and Barnaby Jones (CBS, 1973 to 1980). On the Hillbillies, he played former Tennessee country mountain-folk-turned-wealthy Beverly Hills resident Jed Clampett. On Barnaby Jones, he was one of TV's most senior, slyest, health-conscious detectives. Ebsen, however, almost became even more famous for a certain big-screen classic film in which he ultimately did not appear.

'Beverly Hillbillies" Actor Buddy Ebsen Was "Bitter" about not playing the Tin Man in 'Wizard of Oz'

Adela Raz served as the last ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States, a role she held when the Taliban returned to power in 2021. She previously served as the first female ambassador and permanent representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations. The following interview was conducted by the Kirk...

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Colleton County, SC

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Los Angeles, CA

At a star-studded fundraiser for President Joe Biden in Los Angeles last month, George Clooney wasn’t the only one who came away concerned about the president.

Angry and stunned Democrats blame Biden’s closest advisers for shielding public from full extent of president’s decline

Monday on the News Hour, a federal judge rules Google is a monopoly in a landmark decision that could ripple across big tech. As stocks plunge around the world on fears of a U.S. recession, we have a look at the data fueling investors' concerns. Plus, Hurricane Debby batters Florida's coast and threatens inland flooding.

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Business Insider

After Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Kamala Harris, a host of Democrats also threw their support behind the VP to replace him.

All the Democrats who have endorsed Kamala Harris to replace Joe Biden after he dropped out

West Virginia State

Actor Bob Denver, who passed away in 2005, will forever be remembered for his leading role on the classic 1960s sitcom Gilligan’s Island. Denver also played another famous TV character: the beatnik-type Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.

TV's 'Gilligan Island' Stars Dawn Wells and Bob Denver and Their Controversy Behind the Scenes

Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Sunday he thinks Vice President Kamala Harris will be easier to defeat in November's election than Democratic President Joe Biden, who earlier in the day stepped aside as his party's candidate.

Trump says Kamala Harris will be easier to defeat than Biden

Delaware State

Tom Carper has served as a U.S. Senator for Delaware since 2001. He is a longtime friend and colleague of Joe Biden. The following interview was conducted by the Kirk Documentary Group’s Mike Wiser for FRONTLINE on March 15, 2024, prior to Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race. It has been edited for clarity and length.

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Hollywood child stardom has taken its toll on many actors through the decades. Lani O'Grady, for one, found fame in the 1970s on the TV family series, Eight is Enough. O'Grady followed in the footsteps of her brother, actor Don Grady, an original Mouseketeer and member of another popular TV family show: My Three Sons. Their mother, Mary B. Grady, was a talent agent who represented several child actors. But Lani, who would also eventually become an agent, died in 2001 just one week before what would have been her 47th birthday.

TV's 'Eight is Enough' Star Lani O'Grady Found Fame Early in Life but Died a Tragic Death

Maryland State

CBS Baltimore

BALTIMORE -- Marylanders are wondering what's going to happen next after President Joe Biden opted to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.With just over 100 days until the election, many Democratic lawmakers are putting their support behind Vice President Kamala Harris to be the nominee to face Donald Trump."I guess I could've seen it coming probably," said Byron Shoemaker. "I think Kamala Harris would probably be a good replacement." The Democratic National Convention starts on August 19, and right now, they are without a presidential candidate.Harris announced Sunday that she intends to "earn and win" the Democratic nomination for president,...

"Shocking" reaction from Maryland voters after Biden ends 2024 presidential campaign

Florida State

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Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

POLITICO

The Saturday night decision that ended Biden’s reelection campaign.

Why Biden finally quit

Pennsylvania State

Virginia State

The Independent

Two new polls from The New York Times and Siena College show that President Joe Biden underperforms Vice President Kamala Harris against former president Donald Trump in Pennsylvania and Virginia.The surveys contradict Biden’s own claims. During his first “big boy” press conference in months last week during the conclusion of the NATO summit, Biden was asked whether he would step down if data showed Harris polled better against Trump than he did. Biden responded: “No one’s saying that.”But the polls show that Harris outperforms Biden among young voters and non-white voters specifically.The new surveys come after weeks of Democratic anxiety...

New polls show Harris outperforming Biden in Virginia and Pennsylvania

TheDailyBeast

Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, has officially put his foot down against Biden’s naysayers in a New York Times op-ed published Saturday. Sanders said he has had “enough” of his party’s public infighting over Biden’s viability, and that “too many Democrats have joined that circular firing squad.” Sanders urged his fellow Democrats to “learn a lesson from the progressive and centrist forces in France who, despite profound political differences, came together this week to soundly defeat right-wing extremism.” Sanders writes that there are a number of areas in which he disagrees with President Biden, including the handling of the Israel-Gaza war and health care. But despite their disagreements, Sanders writes, Biden “has been the most effective president in the modern history of our country and is the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump.” And, yes, Sanders wrote, “Mr. Biden is old, is prone to gaffes, walks stiffly and had a disastrous debate with Mr. Trump.” Yet, he added, “A presidential election is not an entertainment contest. It does not begin or end with a 90-minute debate.”Read it at New York TimesRead more at The Daily Beast.

Bernie Sanders Warns Democrats Against Biden ‘Firing Squad’

WashingtonExaminer

A new poll showed poor results if Democrats decide to run anyone from the Biden-Harris administration against former President Donald Trump. A polling memo from BlueLabs Analytics, which concluded just before the Saturday assassination attempt, surveyed 15,000 voters across seven battleground states. The findings, obtained by Politico, are sure to give fuel to rivals of President […]

Democrats get warning sign about running anyone from Biden-Harris administration against Trump

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Inside the ‘Roller Coaster’ Leading Up to Biden’s Decision to Drop His 2024 Reelection Bid

It was mid-July, and Joe Biden was in the midst of one of the most difficult stretches of his tenure as America’s 46th president. Ever since...

Inside the ‘Roller Coaster’ Leading Up to Biden’s Decision to Drop His 2024 Reelection Bid

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