While it seemed settled that the nation would be looking at a matchup between Trump and Mr. Biden in November, that all changed after theJune 27 presidential debate. The president's performance startled many Democrats, prompting aslew of sitting lawmakersto publicly urge him to step aside to...
The 2024 presidential race was shaken up in July, with about 100 days until Election Day. President Joe Biden upended the White House race when he announced on July 21 that he was withdrawing from contention and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. Weeks later, the Democrats’ new standard...
But Biden seems to be facing at least some skepticism from Democrats.Polling has consistently shownthatmany Democrats and voters overalldo not want Bidento run for reelection. He has also received backlash from at least some members of his party for his administration’s handling of t...
so that there would have been more time for the compressed primary that we had hoped for. But even with the time available now, it still can be done and should be done because it's better for the eventual nominee and the party that this not simply be a handoff, but that it be...
Here are the people who have officially declared themselves to be candidates or announced an exploratory committee, and a look at how some of their claims have fared on our Truth-O-Meter.If you hear a statement by a presidential candidate or potential contender we should fact-check, email us...
While Phillips has been effusive in his praise for Biden, the 54-year-old also says Democrats need younger voices to avoid a nightmare scenario where Trump wins another election next fall. Phillips is one of the wealthiest members of Congress and heir to his stepfat...
The GOP convention is also taking place as manyDemocratsare questioning whether President Biden should be theirnominee, after hisshaky performancein the debate last month raised questions about his fitness for another four years in office and his ability todefeat Trump in November. ...
The spin from Democrats is that Biden boxed Trump in. ... Biden’s team insisted debates should be hosted by media organizations that moderated both a 2016 GOP primary debate and one in the 2020 Democratic primary — thus excluding the right-leaning Fox News. Team Biden got what it wanted...
“Everybody in America, and thus everybody in the world, is watching what happens on Long Island,” Johnson said. D’Esposito is one of five first-term Republicans in New York whom Democrats hope to unseat — reclaiming the speaker’s gavel after the same races helped cost them contro...
If the Fed is going to let NGDP growth remain this high, Biden and the Democrats better move quick on those supply side reforms to tamp down inflation. But really isn’t that how politics and the economy should work? It seems far better than politicians trying to prop up demand. ...