Former Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod was pressed to explain how he could account for President Biden’s sudden decision to withdraw from the presidential race. “I think what you’re asking Republicans to do is to overlook a lot of dishonesty that came right out of this White House, that came right out of the vice...
Vice President Kamala Harris is beginning to vet her list of potential running mates for 2024, according to sources familiar with the campaign. The presumptive Democratic Party nominee has been moving quickly to formalize a campaign ticket after President Biden stepped down on Sunday afternoon. Harris’ team has requested information on approximately a dozen individuals,...
CNN commentator and ex-Obama adviser Van Jones emotionally lauded President Biden on Wednesday as a “hero” who sacrificed his political career for the country. “The kid with a stutter did good,” Jones said, choking up. “He did good. That’s a good man. He fell on his sword. He fell on his sword. Most heroes, they...
First lady Jill Biden met with the families of U.S. Olympic athletes Thursday and spoke of a “united” America, just one day after President Biden addressed the nation after his decision to end his re-election bid. Biden, who will lead the American delegation at the Summer Games the next few weeks, spoke publicly for the...
President Biden’s Oval Office address on Wednesday night prompted little reaction from foreign leaders, but China and Russia provoked an Air Force incident in a preview of what the coming months may hold, an expert says. “Russia and China will almost certainly take advantage of the tenuous situation in the White House,” Rebekah Koffler, a...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In his first campaign event since the presidential race was upended, former President Trump didn’t waste any time in trying to define his new opponent. At a rally in the crucial battleground state of North Carolina, the Republican presidential nominee repeatedly took aim at Vice President Kamala Harris, whom he derogatorily called...
House Republicans are questioning whether Vice President Kamala Harris was aware of any signs of cognitive decline in President Biden before his performance in last month’s presidential debate prompted similar concerns among the wider public. “I don’t see how anybody in the president’s inner circle could not have known about his cognitive decline,” House Foreign...
In the second White House press briefing since President Biden announced he would not be seeking a second term in office, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted again his decision was not based on his health and that he would be finishing his term. “President Biden will go down in history as one of...
President Biden’s tenure in the White House expires in January, and political insiders from both sides of the aisle believe the remaining six months of his lame-duck presidency will consist largely of the same routine and “absolutely nothing.” Biden suspended his 2024 re-election campaign on Sunday, noting in a statement that he believed it “is...
President Biden publicly addressed the nation on Wednesday night for the first time after announcing Sunday that he had withdrawn from his pending re-election. He cited things he has done since being inaugurated — like battling COVID-19 and trying to help the country recover from what he called the “worst economic crisis since the Great...
