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Donald Trump spoke shortly after Joe Biden insisted he is committed to re-election, despite calls from some Democrats that he step aside.
Democrats in the U.S. Congress were due to huddle behind closed doors on Tuesday amid mounting fears about their prospects in the Nov. 5 election, after President Joe Biden defiantly rejected calls by some in his party to end his campaign.
But Biden’s politically crippling debate performance changed all that. Ensuing and uncomfortable questions about the 81-year-old Democratic president’s mental and physical capacity to serve a second four-year term have thrust O’Connor into the spotlight.
Amid all the doom scrolling, a glimmer of hope for Biden's polling numbers as he narrows Trump's lead in seven swing states.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he expected President Joe Biden to remain in the race for the White House despite growing calls within Biden's Democratic Party for him to step aside for a younger nominee.
Democrats on Capitol Hill are meeting privately behind closed doors at an extraordinary moment for President Joe Biden’s candidacy
I’m getting so frustrated by the elites in the party – they know so much more,” Biden sarcastically told co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski “If any of these guys don’t think I should run, run against me.
President Joe Biden's letter to Democrats in Congress says he wants them to know he has no intention of exiting this year’s presidential race
Former President Donald Trump is getting back on the campaign trail at his flagship Miami golf resort as Democrats face tough calls over President Joe Biden’s reelection chances
President Biden on Monday wrote he is 'firmly committed to staying in this race, to running this race to the end, and to beating Donald Trump.'
U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to stay in the presidential race on Monday, saying he is confident the average voter still wants him on the Democratic ticket. "I am not going anywhere," Biden told MSNBC after calling into the network's Morning Joe program.
Former President Donald Trump is getting back on the campaign trail Tuesday, rallying voters in his home state at his flagship golf resort in a celebratory mood as Democrats face tough calls over President Joe Biden’s reelection chances.
Democrats who rallied around Joe Biden to defeat Donald Trump four years ago now fear he may be paving way for Trump's return.
U.S. congressional Democrats, worried that President Joe Biden's campaign troubles will hurt their chances of capturing a House majority in the Nov. 5 election, return to Washington on Monday to try to agree on whether to urge the incumbent to end his reelection bid.
The White House faces many questions about Biden's health and medical history. Here are some answers
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has tried to address questions about President Joe Biden’s health
Democrats on Capitol Hill appeared resigned to Joe Biden as the party's presidential nominee, despite concerns over his ability to defeat Donald Trump.
Jill Biden is launching President Joe Biden's outreach to veterans and military families during a campaign swing through three battleground states with a large military presence
Deeply torn over President Joe Biden’s candidacy, Democratic lawmakers are returning to Washington at a pivotal moment
A growing number of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are calling on Democratic President Joe Biden to end his reelection bid after the 81-year-old incumbent's halting debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump.
But Biden may have accidentally stumbled upon a way forward. In a Trumpian move, the president is now presenting himself as an underdog taking on the Washington elite. Never mind
I am firmly committed to staying in this race, to running this race to the end, and to beating Donald Trump,” he said this week in a letter to Democratic lawmakers. But Democrats are questioning his health and competence,
By Makini Brice, Allende Miglietta and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democrats in the U.S. Congress remained deeply divided on Tuesday over whether to fall in line behind President Joe Biden's wounded reelection campaign or urge him to step aside because of persistent questions about his health and acuity.
President Joe Biden is attempting to frame his quest to retain his candidacy as him against the “elites” in Washington.
Emerging from the closed-door meeting, Biden’s supporters were the most vocal, and one key Democrat reversed course to support the president.
Even as congressional Democrats argued Tuesday over whether to stand behind Joe Biden’s candidacy, the White House and lawmakers grasped for a unified strategy: trying to change the subject from the president’s mental acuity to Donald Trump’s policy goals.
The Times' editorial board urged Democrats to tell Biden that he's "endangering his legacy" by remaining the party's presidential nominee.
Former President Trump's week and a half of keeping a relatively more restrained profile following his debate with President Biden appears to be coming to an end as he begins to turn up the volume.
New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman told CNN on Monday that the lack of attention is surely getting under Trump’s skin. “He doesn’t like being out of the news cycle,” Haberman told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.
President Joe Biden’s insistence that he won't quit his 2024 re-election race seems to have stemmed Democratic calls for him to drop out.
After Joe Biden's disastrous debate, Democrats worried about the president's chances in November are mired in a debate of their own: shut up or shout louder.
Democrats on Capitol Hill met privately Tuesday at a crucial moment for President Joe Biden and their party, with tensions running high over the extraordinary question of whether to keep standing behind his re-election or push the president to step aside amid concerns over his ability to lead them to victory.
Monday night's episode of “The Daily Show” was a victory lap for host Jon Stewart who’d been criticized for routines about Biden’s age and fitness for office.
By Makini Brice, Allende Miglietta and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. lawmakers huddled for nearly two hours on Tuesday, only to emerge without a consensus on whether to fall in line behind President Joe Biden's resolve to pursue his reelection bid.
After President Joe Biden’s re-election efforts spiraled into chaos following his debate fiasco last month, Democrats who have both stood by and abandoned Biden since then see Tuesday as a decisive day for the president’s political future.
In a private Tuesday meeting, multiple House Democrats made the case for replacing the president at the top of the ticket, while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries advised members to stay unified.
The president has exhibited similar behavior to that of his Republican opponent, political commentators have said.
Biden is finally hitting his stride and getting back to what he does best – turning adversity into resilience. Here are five dimensions of firing back where Biden fell flat before but is now on the pa
Democrats will meet for a consequential day of closed-door meetings where the focus is expected to be largely on Biden's viability and path going forward.
Donald Trump as president would have restored security clearance, but Joe Biden may choose to not allow Trump as a major-party nominee to get intelligence briefings during the campaign or as president-elect.
By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. lawmakers huddled behind closed doors on Tuesday amid mounting fears about their prospects in the Nov. 5 election,
Joe Biden's poor performance at the first presidential debate has NATO scrambling to find ways to "Trump-proof" the alliance ahead of the election.
Joe Biden is in the worst polling position, on average, that any Democratic candidate has been in for more than two decades, analysis shows. The last time a Republican candidate was ahead in early July general election polls was in 2000,
House Democrats on Tuesday failed to reach a consensus about whether President Joe Biden should continue his bid for a second term, as he showed no signs of stepping aside. The caucus met for a much-anticipated and high-stakes meeting behind closed doors amid Democratic lawmakers’ and donors’ concerns about Biden’s sluggish debate performance on June