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Biden's Call With Hispanic Lawmakers Goes Off the Rails — The call ended abruptly after Rep. Mike Levin asked Biden to withdraw from the race. Soon after, Levin formally called on Biden to step down as the nominee. — Copy — As President Joe Biden tries to talk with Democratic lawmakers …
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Live Election Updates: Biden, Dealt a Blow by Donors, Will Speak in Michigan — President Biden is set to cap a tumultuous week by attacking his rival in a key battleground state. But the fallout from his poor debate performance continued on Friday, with major donors said to have frozen roughly $90 million in pledges.
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Another battlground Dem calls on Biden to withdraw — A 19th Hill Democrat is calling on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the ticket — one of California's most vulnerable Democrats. “First, let me say that President Biden has been an outstanding leader, not only of our nation, but of the entire free world.
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Takeaways from Biden's critical solo news conference
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Biden does some damage control with House Dems — but not enough
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After Biden's debate performance, the presidential race is unchanged — The race for the presidency remains statistically tied despite President Biden's dismal debate performance two weeks ago, a new national NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds. — Biden actually gained a point since last month's survey …
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Contest for President Still “Up for Grabs” — NPR/PBS News/Marist National Poll — Biden +2 Percentage Points Against Trump, Despite Concerns about Biden's Mental Fitness — With just days to go before the start of the Republican National Convention, President Joe Biden …
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Breaking from NYT: The $90 Million Shoe Just Dropped on Biden — Clearly, Democrat donors have little interest in supporting Vice President Trump in this cycle. Despite the spin coming from Team Biden, the presser last night failed to impress big-ticket donors supporting Joe Biden's re-election effort.


Is Kamala Harris Ready for Trump?
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Donors to Pro-Biden Super PAC Are Said to Withhold Roughly $90 Million
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Playbook: Biden's presser leaves Dems in ‘purgatory’
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Scoop: Inside Biden's shrinking inner circle … - Democrats inside and outside the White House tell Axios they're worried that Biden isn't receiving a 360-degree view of his — and his party's — perilous political situation. — In the two weeks since Biden's disastrous debate …
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Behind the Curtain: Committee to Unelect the President
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How Biden's Stumbles Collided With a Right-Wing Conspiracy Theory


GOP Rep Delivers a House Floor Speech Straight Out of 'The Handmaid's Tale' — BLESSED BE THE FRUIT — In a speech before the House that seemed lifted right out of Margaret Atwood's dystopian classic, Rep. Glenn Grothman said he wants the U.S. to go back to 1960.
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New York judge throws out Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case — The decision paves the way for two former Georgia election workers who won a defamation claim against him to pursue and potentially seize his assets. — A federal judge in New York on Friday threw out Rudy Giuliani's bankruptcy case …

Remarks by President Biden in Press Conference — Washington, D.C. — 7:27 P.M. EDT — THE PRESIDENT: Hey, everybody. Thank you. Please be seated. — Well, good evening. We just concluded this year's NATO Summit. And the consensus among the members was it was a great success.
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The most important story about Trump's VP is why he needs a new one — Trump is replacing Mike Pence for behaving honorably on Jan. 6. His substitute would not. — The most important story about Donald Trump's incipient pick for his vice presidential running mate is the reason he needs …
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July 11, 2024 — Yesterday, Raw Story reported that Ivan Raiklin, Trump's self-declared “Secretary of Retribution” has compiled a “Deep State target list” of 350 people he wants to see arrested and punished for “treason” if Trump is reelected. The list includes Democratic and Republican elected officials …
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Trump allies at Heritage declare 2024 election illegitimate in advance
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Sunrise, powerful youth climate group, calls for Biden to drop out — Sunrise's Executive Director Aru Shiney-Ajay on Friday cited low enthusiasm for Biden among young people. — The influential youth green group Sunrise Movement is calling on President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid to “protect” his climate legacy.
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‘It was horrifying’: Chutkan warns against complacency about Jan. 6 — The judge in Trump's federal election subversion case used a Friday sentencing in a relatively routine Jan. 6 case to issue the warning. — The Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is far from ancient history and still inflicts pain …
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Exclusive: Meta removes Trump account restrictions ahead of 2024 election … - While those penalties were designed to limit any public figure's accounts during civil unrest, Donald Trump's accounts were the only ones that have so far been subject to those restrictions, a spokesperson confirmed.
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AT&T says hackers stole records of nearly all cellular customers' calls and texts — The data contains records of calls and texts between approximately May 1 and Oct. 31, 2022, and on Jan. 2, 2023. — Hackers stole six months' worth of call and text message records of nearly every …
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