Former President Trump took a victory lap Saturday after this week's debate, but argued President Biden's poor showing overshaded his own "fantastic" performance. “As I walked off the stage on Thursday night, at the end of the highly anticipated ‘Debate,’ anchors, political
If you are Team Trump, the last thing you want to see is “a knight in shining armor” riding into the convention in Chicago to “save” the Democratic Party.
Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.) criticized CNN and its moderators for allowing former President Trump to make claims on air without fact checking during Thursday night's debate with President Biden. “He is blatantly mischaracterizing the disaster that was his presidency,” Goldman
Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) defended WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after he was released from prison earlier this month, calling his charges “one of the biggest attacks on freedom of the press.” “His prosecution, the charges against him, are one of the biggest
As in the original Cold War, the threat of action rather than action itself rules the day.
In May, the northern lights reached as far south as Florida and Hawaii for the first time in years — could it happen again?
Former President Bill Clinton weighed in on President Biden’s debate performance, noting "facts and history matter." “I’ll leave the debate rating to the pundits, but here’s what I know: facts and history matter. Joe Biden has given us 3 years of solid leadership, steadying us
The perennial candidate believes the presidential debate was the latest in a long string of two-party failures.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) reupped his support for President Biden's reelection campaign Friday in the wake of Biden's poor debate performance this week. “Not only do I know that he will be able to serve another 4 years ... I'm excited about what we can actually get done as a
The Supreme Court's decision in Fischer v. U.S. invalidated hundreds of January 6 cases, and the biggest impact may be on former President Donald Trump, whose indictment includes charges of obstruction of an official proceeding, which have now been dropped.
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) said he would support Vice President Kamala Harris taking over the top spot on the ticket if President Biden “ain’t there.” “I’m a Biden-Harris person, so I’m not getting away from that. I’m for Biden-Harris. I’m going to be for Biden if Harris ain’t
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) called on President Biden’s cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment to potentially remove him from office after Thursday’s debate performance that included a number of halting answers and raised concerns on both sides of the aisle just months ahead of
In short, investors fear new political relations that do not augur well for the European economy and unity.
Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci blasted former President Trump Friday, accusing his former boss of lying "every 100 seconds" on the debate stage earlier this week. But, he added, it was overshadowed by President Biden's poor performance. Scaramucci
Former CNN anchor Brian Stelter said voters who are criticizing the moderators from Thursday’s debate for not fact-checking are just “disappointed” and “frustrated” with President Joe Biden’s performance. "Why are these people complaining about it today," Stelter said during a
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson (R) vetoed a bill Friday that would fund a safety initiative for gun-detection equipment in schools. The $2.5 million grant proposal Parson rejected was one of 173 line-item vetoes he announced when he was signing a roughly $50 billion state budget,
Alexander v. South Carolina NAACP is just the most recent in a string of decisions disenfranchising minority voters.
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) said the media “quickly” turned on President Biden after his debate performance. Huckabee joined NewsNation’s “On Balance with Leland Vittert" Friday, where he said it’s hard to say how long Biden’s performance will dominate the news
Watergate reporter and long-time Washington Post associate editor Bob Woodward said President Biden’s debate performance was a “political hydrogen bomb” and the public deserves to know what really happened. Woodward joined MSNBC’s Air Melber on Friday following the debate,
The trust fund renders the legal arguments for and against taking frozen Russian assets unnecessary.
Former President Trump is ramping up his efforts in Virginia in a sign that Republicans are viewing the state as winnable in November. While President Biden headed to battleground North Carolina for his post-debate rally, Trump traveled to Chesapeake, Va., to share the stage
ATLANTA — Never before has a debate transformed a presidential race so utterly. The idea of replacing President Biden as his party’s 2024 nominee has become Topic A in national politics; former President Trump has advanced from a slight to heavy favorite in November’s election;
The Supreme Court has broadly expanded the power of judges at the expense of federal agencies with a pair of decisions this week, and it could be poised to do so again next week. Altogether, its actions to transfer authority from agencies to the judiciary could curtail a wide
An asteroid the size of a football stadium will thread the needle between Earth and the moon Saturday morning — the second of two astronomical near misses in three days. Near miss, in this case, is a relative term: Saturday’s asteroid, 2024 MK, will come within 180,000 miles of
The question on many Democrats’ minds: Now what? Democrats were reeling from the presidential debate where they saw President Biden not only do poorly but bomb what was supposed to be a narrative-defining moment. And with the threat of a second Donald Trump presidency looming,
President Biden’s campaign released a new advertisement Friday targeting former President Trump over comments he made during the first presidential debate. “Donald Trump doesn’t care about you,” Biden posted on social media platform X, along with the video. The 29-second
Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said President Biden’s shaky debate performance Thursday portrays the U.S. as a “rudderless ship” on the international stage. Carson, a former Trump administration official joined "The Hill" on NewsNation Friday to
Across the 100 largest metros in the U.S., the median non-mortgage debt is $24,668, according to LendingTree.
Rev. Al Sharpton acknowledged Friday that the scrutiny over President Biden's debate performance is "not going anywhere," he largely brushed off calls for Biden to step aside. Sharpton joined MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace to discuss the political fallout from Thursday night's debate
President Biden's campaign appears to be doing damage control following the president's poor showing at Thursday night's debate by framing the event as a chance for Americans to see former President Trump's "lies" on display. Democrats have fallen into a panic following the
The data follows the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declaring firearm violence a public health crisis.
Former President Trump said at a rally Friday that he thought CNN’s presidential debate moderators, Dana Bash and Jake Tapper, treated him “very fairly” on Thursday night. “I shouldn’t knock CNN because I actually thought they treated me very fairly last night. Very
Excluded from the CNN presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on June 27, independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. livestreamed a parallel debate on social media, answering the same questions put to the major party candidates. The
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Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said he thinks President Biden won’t step aside and let the Democratic Party find a new nominee because “you can’t negotiate with him.” Biden’s shaky debate performance Thursday sparked widespread fear among liberals, leaving pundits to
The New York Times editorial board called on President Biden to suspend his campaign after his shaky debate performance against former President Trump on Thursday. “Mr. Biden has said that he is the candidate with the best chance of taking on this threat of tyranny and
NASA signaled Friday that a return date for Boeing's Starliner crew from the International Space Station had still not been set, as the two astronauts continue testing and working on issues within the capsule. “We’re not in any rush to come home,” NASA’s commercial crew program
New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) took a swipe at the "Democratic elite" in an interview Friday, blaming those in leadership for President Biden's poor performance in the recent debate. Sununu highlighted the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) decision early in the cycle
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President Biden and former President Trump raked in millions around the debate on Thursday, which was the first presidential debate for the 2024 cycle. Biden’s campaign raised $14 million on debate day and the morning after, it said. Additionally, the hour after the debate,
Here's a fact-checking video of some highlights of the first presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The post Video: FactChecking Highlights from the Biden-Trump Debate appeared first on FactCheck.org .
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President Biden praised the LGBTQ community in remarks at Stonewall on Friday, a day after his presidential debate against former President Trump. Friday marked the 55 years since the start of the Stonewall riots, which were demonstrations against a police raid that took place
Prominent abortion-rights groups rallied around President Biden’s reelection campaign Friday, arguing that his administration’s record on reproductive health and the “existential” threat of another Trump administration outweigh a poor debate performance. As Democratic
A growing chorus of alarmed House Democrats say President Biden’s faltering performance in the debate the night before raises immediate questions about whether he should remain at the top of the ticket in this year’s presidential contest. Such criticisms were unthinkable
Two giant pandas have safely arrived in San Diego from China as part of the ongoing conservation partnership, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said Friday. The organization said the pandas, named Yun Chuan and Xin Bao, will spend the next couple of weeks in a private habitat
In his first public comments since President Biden took to the debate stage last night, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said the president failed to clearly articulate his achievements or vision for the future. “I have to also be very honest with you and tell you that I think the