As the Secret Service continues to face scrutiny and outrage after former President Donald Trump was nearly killed by an assassin’s bullet on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania, the agency reportedly has issued a new code name for vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance. The Republican senator from Ohio is Trump’s running mate as the...
Former President Obama has not yet endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee for president, though allies in the Obama orbit indicate the 44th president is squarely behind Harris’ campaign. President Biden dropped out of the 2024 race Sunday afternoon in a letter posted to his X account, which was shortly followed by...
A list of former President Obama’s allies and former advisers helped lead the charge in calling on President Biden to drop out of the 2024 race before he officially ended his campaign on Sunday afternoon. Biden officially dropped out of the 2024 race after weeks of increasing pressure from traditional Democrat allies to bow out...
Former President Barack Obama released a statement Sunday afternoon, praising President Biden after he dropped out of the 2024 race.Obama referred to Biden as a “dear friend and partner” as well as a “patriot of the highest order.” “Sixteen years ago, when I began my search for a vice president, I knew about Joe’s remarkable...
Former Obama adviser Van Jones argued Thursday that the energy at this week’s Republican National Convention was comparable to what he saw when former President Obama was first nominated in 2008. Jones, now a CNN senior political commentator, talked about the palpable “spirit” and enthusiasm he could feel among the people at the RNC. After...
The walls appear to be closing in on President Biden’s re-election campaign. Former House SpeakerNancy Pelosi, D-Calif.,reportedly told President Biden in a phone call that polls are showing he cannot defeat former President Trump in November and that him staying in the race could destroy Democrats’ chances of taking the House in November. The phone...
President Biden biographer Chris Whipple recently disclosed he doesn’t’ believe that former President Obama could convince Biden to abandon his re-election bid. In a recent interview with NewsNation, Whipple – who wrote “The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House” – said it’s “not quite true” that Obama could influence Biden to leave...
President Biden released a statement after a shooting at a rally for former President Trump on Saturday, after which Trump had blood on his face and was escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents. “I have been briefed on the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania,” Biden said in a White House statement...
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews said President Biden was right about ignoring “the elite” on Thursday, adding he had “good reason to be resentful” of former President Obama because of how he’s been treated. Matthews sang Biden’s praises on “Morning Joe” Thursday, recounting his first upset U.S. Senate victory in Delaware in 1972 and overcoming personal tragedy...
The criticism from ex-Obama staffers aimed at President Biden, including calls for him to exit the 2024 presidential race, serve as a stark reminder of the well-known tensions between the former White House duo that go back nearly two decades. The often testy relationship between Biden and Obama reportedly began shortly after the latter’s election...
