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Schiff calls on Biden to drop out, citing ‘serious concerns’ he can't win — Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), who is running for U.S. Senate in California, is calling for President Biden to drop out of the presidential race, he said in an exclusive statement Wednesday to The Times.
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Nearly two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to withdraw, new AP-NORC poll finds … Nearly two-thirds of Democrats say President Joe Biden should withdraw from the presidential race and let his party nominate a different candidate, according to a new poll, sharply undercutting his post-debate claim that …
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Biden Says He'd Consider Dropping Out if a ‘Medical Condition’ Emerged — President Biden has said none of his doctors have told him he has a serious medical condition. But his debate performance last month raised questions about his health and acuity. — President Biden said in an …
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Most say Biden should withdraw from the Presidential race — Sixty-five percent of Democrats say President Biden should withdraw and allow his party to select a different nominee. There are growing misgivings about Biden's mental capability to be an effective president.
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Rep. Adam Schiff calls on Biden to drop out of the race — Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday became the most prominent elected Democrat to publicly call on President Joe Biden to drop out of the race. — The announcement by Schiff, who is running for US Senate in California …
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Playbook: New polling bolsters ‘Dump Biden’ push — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: WHAT DEMOCRATS ARE READING — This polling memo (h/t JMart) from BlueLabs Analytics is circulating among party officials still keen …
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Playbook PM: ‘Dump Biden’ fervor swells among Dems
Playbook PM: ‘Dump Biden’ fervor swells among Dems
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DeSantis hopes Biden sticks it out as nominee
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Megadonors Are Plotting to Change Biden's Mind With Money. Will It Work?
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A new kind of Republican Party is forming at the RNC — The GOP is dramatically transforming. Just listen carefully to the RNC. — MILWAUKEE — A new kind of Republican Party is revealing itself at its national convention. — All the markers of a MAGA jamboree are on display …
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J.D. Vance's Stunning Admission About Trump Spells Trouble for MAGA — Now that Ohio Senator J.D. Vance is Donald Trump's running mate, everyone is combing through his old quotes, and a striking one has surfaced: In 2016, Vance warned that Trump threatened to take the white working class to a “very dark place.”
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‘Scared to Death’: GOP Security Hawks Slam Vance Selection — By choosing the Ukraine-skeptic Ohio senator, Trump accelerates his party's rejection of its Reaganite roots. — MILWAUKEE — Former President Donald Trump didn't just select a running mate here - he doused political kerosene …
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Dems stand down on DNC complaints after aggressive pressure campaign — “No doubt about it, they were trying to twist arms and break legs.” — A group of furious House Democrats was prepared to publicly repudiate an effort to nominate Joe Biden before the convention.
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DNC letter says virtual roll call to nominate Biden will happen in August — The Democratic National Committee has determined that a virtual roll call vote to formally nominate President Biden as the party's nominee will happen in August, according to a letter sent Wednesday by the heads of the convention rules committee.
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Scoop: House Democrats scrap letter opposing early DNC vote
Scoop: House Democrats scrap letter opposing early DNC vote
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Biden Group Therapy — Fresh reporting on the collective private mourning of top Democrats after the tragic “events”—as they are known in Washington-speak—of the weekend. Nevertheless, some cling to hope. “He also said he would drop if he saw data saying he can't win,” said a campaign source.
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‘Defensive’ Biden lashes out at vulnerable Dems warning of November losses: reports
‘Defensive’ Biden lashes out at vulnerable Dems warning of November losses: reports
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Boiled Frog Journalism: Is Trump an Agent of Saudi Arabia, and Other Pressing Questions Buried under Biden's Age — A jury found Robert Menendez guilty on all charges yesterday, including those alleging he accepted payments from Egypt and Qatar (I didn't follow the trial closely enough …
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Andreessen Horowitz co-founders explain why they're supporting Trump — Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of one of the most prominent venture capital firms in Silicon Valley, says he's been a Democrat most of his life. He says he has endorsed and voted for Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
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Former Trump adviser Peter Navarro released from prison after serving 4 months for contempt of Congress — Former Donald Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro was released from a Miami federal prison Wednesday after completing his four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the January 6 congressional committee.
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Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro released from federal prison, expected at RNC
Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro released from federal prison, expected at RNC
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GOP Platform Author Admits There's a National Ban — Click to skip ahead: In WTF NYT, the paper of record deceptively edited a quote. In the States, news out of Ohio, Michigan, Montana and more. I Told Ya So on the GOP's abortion plank. Ballot Measure Updates has more on the financial impact statement fight in Florida.
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The phony populism of JD Vance — It's a cynical branding exercise. … Trump chose JD Vance as his running mate this week, and a certain segment of the news media immediately rushed to declare the start of a new kind of working-class Republicanism. — “JD Vance pick unnerves GOP's business elite …
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Johnson urges Secret Service director to resign … - While multiple committees have launched probes into the events surrounding the shooting, Johnson argued that the task force will be beneficial in side-stepping attempts to gain information. — “The reason we're going to do it that way …
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Court ‘Going To Remove’ Aileen Cannon From Trump Case: Anti-MAGA Lawyer — 's classified documents case will be removed from the proceedings following her latest ruling, a legal expert has said. — Ben Meiselas, attorney and frequent Trump critic, hit out at the “horrific” decision from Judge
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Trump's Mar-a-Lago Visits Had Dozens of Potential Threats, Secret Service Docs Show — More than 100 pages of documents obtained by FOIA Files provide an inside look at how the agency responded to dozens of potential threats against Trump at his Palm Beach resort.
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Elon Musk vows to move X, SpaceX headquarters out of California, citing trans privacy law — The tech billionaire has made similar threats over political differences in the past. — SACRAMENTO, California — Elon Musk said Tuesday he would move the headquarters of social media platform X …
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Most Americans support Supreme Court reforms — Most Americans also disapprove of the job the court is doing. — The Washington Post reported on Tuesday that President Biden has warmed to the idea of reforming the Supreme Court. At the beginning of his term, pressure from the base …
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J.D. Vance described Alex Jones as a truth teller to the Teneo Network, a Project 2025 partner organization — New reporting from ProPublica and Documented revealed that Trump's vice presidential pick, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, praised far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones as a truth teller during …
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