President Biden remained defiant about his re-election prospects in the weeks following his debate performance, telling pundits and crowds that he was “not going anywhere” before abruptly ending his campaign. Biden publicly addressed the nation on Wednesday for the first time after announcing Sunday that he had withdrawn from the 2024 race. “In recent weeks,...
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5 key takeaways of Biden's address to the nation from the Oval Office
President Biden delivered an approximately 11-minute address to the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday. While sitting behind the Resolute Desk, surrounded by portraits of American presidents, Biden spoke of his decision to discontinue his re-election campaign and laid out his plan for the remainder of his term. The 81-year-old president, after recovering from...
Democratic lawmaker pushes back on CNN host questioning Biden's health: 'Have we talked about it enough?'
Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., pushed back on CNN host Kasie Hunt during an interview on Thursday when she questioned why President Biden didn’t talk about his health or age during his address to the nation. “Can I ask a question? Have we talked about it enough? I mean, the country knows that happened. They saw...
Politico column takes aim at Biden's 'weakened capacity' to use bully pulpit: 'Half a president'
Politico’s John Harris wrote in a column on Thursday that President Biden has “essentially been only half a president,” and argued his address to the nation on Wednesday showed why he had to drop out of the race. “It is [Donald] Trump who used the presidential pulpit — and the mania and obsessive interest that...
CNN's Daniel Dale claims all previous reporting on Harris being border czar from other outlets was 'wrong'
CNN reporter Daniel Dale was among the latest in a wave of legacy news outlets and personalities claiming that Vice President Harris was never appointed President Biden’s border czar. Harris frequently made headlines serving as what many called Biden’s “border czar,” trying to quell chaos at America’s border with Mexico. Now that she has become...
Republican AGs accuse Biden's education secretary of 'flagrant' Hatch Act violations
FIRST ON FOX: Two Republican attorneys general are reporting that Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona violated the Hatch Act in connection to recent comments about President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plans. Attorneys General Austin Knudsen of Montana and Kris Kobach of Kansas wrote to the Hatch Act unit special counsel on Wednesday to inform the...
Biden campaign co-chair 'pissed off' at big donors for cutting off cash to the president: 'No-win situation'
The co-chair of President Biden’s now-defunct campaign expressed anger at big donors who decided to withhold their contributions and suggested they had forced Biden to forego his re-election efforts. Following Biden’s announcement that he would no longer run for a second term on Sunday, Biden campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond told CNN that wealthy donors had...
Whitmer charges that Vance has 'absolutely betrayed' his blue collar values
DURHAM, N.H. – Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan says that Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio is a changed man. Former President Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, and his campaign are confident that thanks to Vance’s blue collar roots, the senator will help the Republican ticket in the crucial battleground states...
CNN anchor equates Biden to George Washington for sacrificing his re-election campaign
CNN anchor Abby Phillip claimed President Biden’s decision not to seek re-election makes him like America’s first president and founding father, George Washington. During a panel discussion on CNN ahead of Biden’s address to the nation Wednesday night, Phillip argued that the 46th president made a similar sacrifice to the country’s first president in withdrawing...
Harris edges closer to Trump in new poll conducted after Biden's withdrawal
Vice President Kamala Harris is edging former President Donald Trump in a hypothetical general election match-up, according to a new poll conducted after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 presidential race. The New York Times/Siena College released a new survey that found that Trump leads Harris by only one percentage point among likely...









