President Joe Biden told deep-pocketed donors in New York’s Hamptons that he acknowledges worries about his debate performance against Donald Trump, and he vowed to stick with his reelection bid.

“I understand the concern about the debate,” Biden said Saturday at the oceanfront Hamptons estate of hedge fund manager Barry Rosenstein and ...Read more

President Joe Biden told deep-pocketed donors in New York’s Hamptons that he acknowledges worries about his debate performance against Donald Trump, and he vowed to stick with his reelection bid.

“I understand the concern about the debate,” Biden said Saturday at the oceanfront Hamptons estate of hedge fund manager Barry Rosenstein and ...Read more

President Joe Biden told deep-pocketed donors in New York’s Hamptons that he acknowledges worries about his debate performance against Donald Trump, and he vowed to stick with his reelection bid.

“I understand the concern about the debate,” Biden said Saturday at the oceanfront Hamptons estate of hedge fund manager Barry Rosenstein and ...Read more

President Joe Biden stumbled and mumbled and stared blankly into space for the better part of 90 minutes Thursday night. The oldest president in history looked every bit his 81 years as he delivered what analysts called the worst debate performance in American campaign history.

Even as some Democrats and pundits questioned whether Biden should ...Read more

President Joe Biden's widely panned debate performance Thursday night in Atlanta has many prominent Democrats asking a simple question:

What do we do now?

Swapping out Biden for someone else is likely not possible — unless he quits the race himself. He's won the requisite number of delegates to capture the Democratic nomination, and Biden ...Read more

The U.S. Supreme Court’s sweeping decision slashing the power of the executive branch, coming hours after President Joe Biden‘s poor debate performance, makes it harder for his administration to accomplish his biggest policy ambitions ahead of November’s election.

By saying that regulatory agencies don’t have leeway to interpret the ...Read more

On grounds that the states bringing the case lacked standing, the U.S. Supreme Court tossed the claim that the Biden administration bullied social media companies into removing content that government considered dangerous. It was a sensible ruling — but the court could’ve and should’ve gone further and rejected the complaint on the merits....Read more

The latest ballot count in Iran’s snap presidential election shows a runoff is likely to take place next week between the only reformist candidate in the race and a staunchly anti-Western hardliner.

So far, Saeed Jalili, the most conservative candidate in the poll, has 4,266,386 votes and reformist Masoud Pezeshkian has 4,244,815, according ...Read more

The latest vote count in Iran’s snap presidential election shows the only reformist candidate, Masoud Pezeshkian, taking a slight lead in the race, Iranian state TV reported.

Pezeshkian has approximately 1,595,345 votes so far, narrowly ahead of his hard line opponent, Saeed Jalili, who so far has 1,594,868 votes — a margin of just 477 ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court’s last opinion day will be Monday, July 1, Chief Justice John Roberts said Friday, teeing up a dramatic finale to an unusually long Supreme Court term.

The scheduling announcement means the court, which still has several cases to resolve, on Monday will announce its highly anticipated decision on former ...Read more

CHEASAPEAKE, Va. — Former President Donald Trump addressed a crowd of thousands during a campaign rally in Chesapeake, taking swipes at President Joe Biden and touching on issues regarding immigration, crime and the economy.

The nearly 90-minute speech came a day after Trump sparred with Biden in the first presidential debate of the 2024 ...Read more

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, whom some consider a potential future candidate for president, and other top state Democrats voiced continued support Friday for President Joe Biden after his shaky performance in Thursday's debate with Republican Donald Trump drew widespread criticism.

As questions flew about the 81-year-old ...Read more

There is no sugarcoating the fact that President Joe Biden seemed tired, listless and occasionally confused in his televised debate with former President Donald Trump on Thursday. In other words, he showed his age.

Trump, who at 78 is only a few years younger than the 81-year-old Biden, was initially more restrained and focused than usual. He ...Read more

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Democrats must directly confront the implications of President Joe Biden's extraordinarily poor performance at Thursday's debate. Many are panicked by the thought that former President Donald...Read more

The highly anticipated first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign averaged 51.3 million television viewers Thursday, far below what the first-time President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump faced off in 2020.

The summer date for the event staged by CNN in Atlanta was likely a main factor in the Nielsen figure being significantly ...Read more

Political science professors from Georgia who watched President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump debate Thursday night agreed that Biden’s performance didn’t help him.

Kennesaw State University’s political science professor Kerwin Swint said Biden left many voters uncertain about what’s next for Democrats. Above all, Swint ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — President Joe Biden delivered the speech, Friday in Raleigh, that many political pundits said he needed following Thursday night’s debate against former President Donald Trump.

At a campaign rally that had become a high-pressure, can-he-do-the-job crucible, Biden needed to reassure his supporters he was up to the challenge. ...Read more

CHEASAPEAKE, Va. — Former President Donald Trump took the stage at a campaign rally before a crowd of thousands Friday afternoon in Chesapeake, the day after sparring with President Joe Biden in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign season.

“As every American saw firsthand last night, this election is a choice between strength ...Read more