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11:50 AM ET, July 6, 2024

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Bloomberg:
Biden Narrows Gap With Trump in Swing States Despite Debate Loss  —  The incumbent trails his GOP rival by just 2 points across key states, a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult shows, even as three in 10 Democrats say he should leave the race.  —  President Joe Biden registered his best showing yet …
Discussion: Forbes and Political Wire
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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
‘Exhausted,’ ‘bad episode’: Biden doubles down on debate explanations in ABC News exclusive  —  : Speaking with George Stephanopoulos, he dismissed concerns about mental fitness.  —  President Joe Biden speaks with George Stephanopoulus on July 5, 2024, in an ABC News exclusive.
ABC News:
ABC's George Stephanopoulos' exclusive interview with President Biden: Full transcript  —  Full transcript of the ABC News exclusive interview with President Joe Biden.  —  President Joe Biden speaks with George Stephanopoulos on July 5, 2024, in an ABC News exclusive.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Biden at peace if he loses to Trump: “As long as I gave it my all” … - Many Democrats believe Biden has been an excellent president — but that his refusal to give up power at his advantaged age could risk throwing the country into turmoil after November's election.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Biden refuses cognitive test, denies he's losing to Trump  —  President Biden tonight flatly ruled out taking a cognitive test or submitting to an independent medical examination to determine if he has any nuerologial conditions, insisting he had the energy and ability to run for president and defeat former President Trump.
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Biden's credibility crisis … Some top Democrats told us Biden made matters worse Friday with his ABC interview, where he denied bad poll numbers and widespread Democratic panic.  — “All the pollsters I talk to tell me it's a tossup,” Biden told George Stephanopoulos.
Discussion: Newsbusters
Politico:
Healey, a top Biden ally, urges him to consider dropping out of the race
NBC News:
Biden doubles-down at Wisconsin rally: 'I'm staying in the race'
Rasmussen Reports:
After Debate Disaster, 55% Think Democrats Should Dump Biden
Discussion: Breitbart and Washington Examiner
ABC News:
Trump stays relatively quiet, unseen as Biden struggles to save political future
Discussion: Sputnik News
Washington Post:
Sen. Mark Warner seeks to assemble group of Democratic senators to ask Biden to exit race  —  There's increasing sentiment among Democratic senators that Biden cannot stay in the race.  —  Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) is attempting to assemble a group of Democratic senators to ask Joe Biden …
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
Jeffries Plans to Meet Virtually With Top House Democrats on Biden's Path Ahead  —  The House minority leader scheduled a virtual meeting for Sunday.  —  Representative Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, has scheduled a virtual meeting on Sunday with senior House Democrats …
Washington Post:
Election 2024 latest news Defiant Biden doubles down on staying in race  —  In a pair of Friday events — a campaign rally in the battleground state of Wisconsin and a prime-time interview on ABC — President Biden dismissed concerns about his fitness to continue his campaign and stated he intends to remain on the ballot in November.
New York Times:
Some of Biden's Upcoming Fund-Raising Events Face New Uncertainty  —  Plans for a late July fund-raiser in Wisconsin are now off, and it's unclear whether another event in Texas will proceed, following President Biden's disastrous debate performance.  —  Some of President Biden's fund-raising events …
Robert Reich / The Guardian:
We should all be terrified of Trump's Project 2025  —  The presumptive Republican nominee has promised to give rightwing evangelical Christians what they want - and more  —  “Project 2025” is nothing short of a 900-page blueprint for guiding Donald Trump's second term of office if he's re-elected.
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MSNBC:
Trump World ‘panicking’ as Project 2025 gets on the radar of voters  —  “Trump does not want people to know about the entire vanguard of extremist weirdos around him—and what their plans are when he governs,” says Chris Hayes on voters finding out about the far-right agenda that is Project 2025.
Discussion: Raw Story and WBUR
Axios:
Trump torches Heritage Foundation's Project 2025
Tressie McMillan Cottom / New York Times:
Whoever the Democratic Candidate Is, Americans Have Already Lost  —  I watched the debate from a pub in Ireland.  A man sitting next to me pegged me for a Yank.  “Sorry about all that — screwed no matter what you do,” he said before the final minutes of the debate ended.
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he 'won't take sides' on what happened on 9/11  —  The independent presidential candidate made the remark in a social media post, later saying that he was referring to “possible Saudi involvement” in the 2001 terror attacks.  —  Independent presidential candidate …
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Trump Jumps on Immunity Ruling to Ask Favorite Judge to Gut Secrets Case  —  WORTH A SHOT  —  Trump's attorneys asked Judge Aileen Cannon to lay out a new schedule so they can pounce on the Supreme Court's decision.  —  Donald Trump seized on the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling Friday …
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