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Washington Post:
Obama tells allies Biden needs to seriously consider his viability — The former president, hugely influential in the party, has told associates that Biden's path to victory has significantly shrunk. — Former president Barack Obama has told allies in recent days that President Biden's path …
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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Top Dems now believe Biden will exit … - The president is being told that if he stays in, former President Trump could win in a landslide and wipe away Biden's legacy and Democrats' hopes in November. … - Democrats fully expect polls after the Republican National Convention …
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NBC News:
'We're close to the end': Biden world braces for the possibility that the president steps aside — As Trump is about to give a major speech accepting the GOP nomination for president, Biden is off the campaign trail with COVID. — WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's political world is collapsing.
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CNN:
Pelosi privately told Biden polls show he cannot win and will take down the House; Biden responded with defensiveness — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi privately told President Joe Biden in a recent conversation that polling shows that the president cannot defeat Donald Trump and that Biden …
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Politico:
Biden allies retaliated against a Dem who called for him to step aside — The decision to remove battleground Democratic Rep. Hillary Scholten from a coordinated campaign was reversed after POLITICO contacted the Biden campaign. — Democrats in Michigan cut off a vulnerable House Democrat …
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Washington Examiner, New York Post and Mediaite
Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:
The VP is clearly the stronger candidate — The case for Kamala Harris, from a former hater — I did not support selecting Kamala Harris as Joe Biden's running mate in 2020. — My reasons for this were pretty boring. It's genuinely difficult to make it to the top of the political pyramid …
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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The End of Biden's Candidacy Approaches — At the start of the day yesterday, it was conceivable that Joe Biden might manage to hold on to the Democratic nomination for president. But this morning, things seem to be slipping out of his grasp. — The blows to Biden were both procedural and political …
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Christopher Cadelago / Politico:
Democratic delegates erupt over Biden's nomination in private chats — Messages shared between Democratic delegates and activists in California, the biggest and one of the bluest states, lay bare the infighting over their nominee's fitness for a presidential run.
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Emily Crane / New York Post:
Biden now being ‘receptive’ about possibility of giving up 2024 re-election campaign: new report
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Politico:
Biden in crisis — The president is isolating at his Delaware shore home as Democratic support appears to crumble around him.
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Washington Post, The National Pulse and RedState
Lisa Kashinsky / Politico:
Sununu says ‘I told you so’ on Biden
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Washington Examiner and Fox News
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
July 2024 Swing State Polls
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Politico:
Playbook: The walls close in around Biden
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Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Schumer privately urged Biden to step aside in 2024 election: Sources
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Virginia 2024 Poll: Trump 45%, Biden 43%
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Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
America will never be the same after Milwaukee's tent revival for the cult of Donald Trump — MILWAUKEE — I came to the American Heartland to cover a political convention, but all I found was a tent revival, Brother Trump's Traveling Salvation Show.The Republican National Convention took …
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Robert McCoy / New Republic:
MAGA Enters Racist Meltdown Mode Over J.D. Vance's Wife … The past week has seen an outpouring of hate from the far right over the wife of Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance. The unremarkable fact that Vance is married to Usha Vance, a woman of Indian heritage, has become a fixation for white nationalists online.
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
J.D. Vance's radical plan to build a government of Trump loyalists
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Wired:
J.D. Vance Left His Venmo Public. Here's What It Shows — The Republican VP nominee's Venmo network reveals connections ranging from the architects of Project 2025 to enemies of Donald Trump—and the populist's close ties to the very elites he rails against.
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New Republic and Raw Story
Emma Colton / Fox News:
Blackburn slams Secret Service chief for ‘celebrating herself’ at RNC after Trump assassination attempt — 'Cheatle can run, but she can't hide,' Sen Marsha Blackburn says — MILWAUKEE — Republican Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn doubled down on her demand for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle …
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Max Matza / BBC:
Trump gunman seen as threat before attack but was lost in crowd
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Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
To his supporters, Trump is a martyred messiah, resurrected after crucifixion
Jacob Knutson / Axios:
Biden administration cancels another $1.2B in student debt … - PSLF allows public employees, such as teachers, firefighters, members of law enforcement, and people who work for nonprofit organizations, to apply for forgiveness after making 10 years' worth of payments on their federal student loan balance.
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Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
Biden Forgives $1.2 Billion in Student Loans in Latest Relief
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Victor Goury-Laffont / Politico:
Macron wins shock vote to keep coalition hopes alive — PARIS — Emmanuel Macron's party formed a last-minute agreement with right-leaning lawmakers to win a key vote in parliament on Thursday that opens the door to the French president playing a greater-than-expected role in forming the country's next government.
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Associated Press:
Housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children engaged in sexual abuse and harassment, DOJ says — The largest housing provider for unaccompanied migrant children has engaged in the “severe, pervasive, and unwelcome” sexual abuse and harassment of children in its care, the Justice Department alleged Thursday.
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Los Angeles Times
Damien Gayle / The Guardian:
Five Just Stop Oil activists receive record sentences for planning to block M25 — Campaigners receive longest ever sentences for non-violent protest after being convicted of conspiracy to cause public nuisance — Five supporters of the Just Stop Oil climate campaign who conspired …
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Daily Mail, The Sun and Metro.co.uk
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Jamie Raskin, a Key Democrat, Urged Biden to Reconsider Campaign — Mr. Raskin, a congressman from Maryland, was a key member of the panel that investigated the Capitol riot. In a lengthy letter, he compared President Biden to a tiring baseball pitcher. — Representative Jamie Raskin of Maryland …
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Axios and Los Angeles Times
The White House:
Statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre — Earlier today following his first event in Las Vegas, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19. He is vaccinated and boosted and he is experiencing mild symptoms. He will be returning to Delaware where he will self-isolate …
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Megan Messerly / Politico:
Trump brags about ending Roe. No one's talking about it in Milwaukee. — Heading into the final day of the Republican Party's first national gathering since the Supreme Court's landmark decision, the issue has barely received a passing mention. — MILWAUKEE — Overturning Roe …
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