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Democratic leaders called on President Biden and his campaign Wednesday to provide convincing evidence of a viable path to victory amid a steady tide of bad battleground state polling and growing concerns that he cannot defeat former president Donald Trump in November.The calls came as top union leaders expressed grave concerns about his candidacy, more members of Congress and other Democrats called on him to step aside, and even members of Biden’s senior campaign staff began to exchange doubt about his prospects.In a closed-door meeting Wednesday, some of the country’s union leaders — many of whom are strident backers of…
Despite a hotly anticipated House Democratic Caucus meeting that went nowhere and a meeting between Senate Democrats that was described as “a constructive conversation” (that also went nowhere), everything in Democratic presidential politics remains the same: Joe Biden is still the Democratic nominee. Still, no matter how many Dems insist that nothing has changed, the past 10 days have showcased a different campaign style from the president, as he fights to hang on as a candidate. Biden emerged for his Friday interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos eager to strike a new pose after his disastrous debate performance eight days prior.…
Sen. Mike Braun is a critic of Acting Secretary Julie Su’s agenda. (Braun by braun.senate.gov; Su by Alex Brandon/Associated Press) [Stay on top of transportation news: Get TTNews in your inbox.] Efforts to chip away at Acting Secretary Julie Su’s agenda at the Department of Labor remain a priority for congressional Republicans. A resolution targeting a new rule that expands eligibility for overtime compensation is their most recent target of pushback on department policy. Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) is leading the effort. He is a member of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. “When the free market sets the…
Sen. Peter Welch says 2024 was an ‘uphill race,’ but says it’s now closer to an ‘up-mountain race’Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., suggested this afternoon that Democrats’ prospects this November are worse than before, telling reporters that it “was an uphill race,” but “now closer to an up-mountain race.” Asked if Biden needs to drop out, Welch said, “I think he’s really got to seriously consider with all the post-debate evidences, he can do as he’s always done, make the best decision for the American people.”“I have to believe we’ll win in November, you’re hearing my aspirations,” Welch said when asked…
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: The Heritage Foundation The Trump campaign’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, is in a tough spot. Like many who have worked for Trump, she contributed to Project 2025, and she is being forced to attack the project she helped create. “Project 2025 is not related to our campaign and does not reflect official campaign policy,” she told me the same week Trump himself denounced the project as “ridiculous and abysmal.” She isn’t the only one. Stephen Miller, for example, is performing rhetorical gymnastics while attempting to claim he has “never been involved with Project 2025” despite his having…
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and other Senate Republican leaders discussed their legislative agenda amid calls for President Biden to step down as the Democratic presidential nominee and the NATO summit in Washington, DC. When asked about adversaries watching President Biden and potentially being more aggressive because of the perceived weakness within the administration, Sen. McConnell fielded the question to Senate Democrats and said, “Completely unrelated to who happens to be in the White House at the moment, we need to step up.” He advocated for the U.S. to make support for NATO and allies in the Pacific clear, and emphasized…
President Biden’s performance at the NATO summit this week is under close scrutiny not only by leaders of the Western alliance but by Democratic lawmakers, as he has managed to slow calls for him to exit the presidential race and seeks to prove to his party that he is the best person to take on Donald Trump.Biden opened the summit on Tuesday evening by welcoming the more than 30 leaders who descended on Washington at the same time as Democrats returned to Capitol Hill and debated whether the president should remain the party’s presidential nominee. Foreign leaders are closely watching…
Seth Meyers on Tuesday chose to see the upside of a report that “disgraced Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland” is now working with former President Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign.McFarland, who ended up behind bars for financial crimes tied to the 2017 event, is reportedly connecting Trump with rappers in an attempt to boost the presumptive GOP nominee’s support among Black voters, per Rolling Stone.It’s the “first good news [Joe] Biden’s gotten in weeks,” cracked Meyers, referencing calls among Democrats for the president to quit his campaign after his debate performance. This article was originally published by a www.huffpost.com . Read…
As former President Donald Trump’s search for a running mate enters the homestretch, Senate Republicans are anxiously awaiting whether one of their colleagues will be tapped for running mate. Trump’s pick could come in the next couple of days after he told Fox News’s Sean Hannity that he’d announce his nominee for vice president “probably before” the Republican National Convention, which begins Monday in Milwaukee. “I haven’t made [a] final decision. But I have some ideas as to where we’re going,” Trump said in the interview that aired on Monday night. Trump’s search for a running mate appears to be…
Not a worthy business partner. “Unfit” for the White House. “Con artist.”These are not the words of Democrats attacking Donald Trump, but comments from three Republicans Trump has considered to be his running mate. Sens. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who have been at the center of discussions inside the Trump campaign, and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R), who is also in the mix, have been lavishing Trump with praise in recent weeks as they jockey for position.But that was not always the case.Previously, they have attacked Trump’s character or policies, and spoken in stark and sometimes…