Congressional lawmakers departed Washington, D.C., around noon on Thursday, hours before President Biden’s pivotal press conference, where the 81-year-old leader is tasked with fighting off concerns that he is not fit for another four years in office. Some Democrats were relatively muted in their responses to Fox News Digital on whether the president would do...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said some of his concerns were “deepened” on Thursday, and he needs to see more from President Biden and his campaign to address the concerns about his candidacy in the November election against former President Trump. “I need to see more analytics and data that show a path to victory,” he...
Senators successfully blocked a judicial nominee to a district court on Thursday after a recommendation from her to transfer a biological male that identifies as a transgender woman to a prison that housed biological women, despite a conviction on sexual offenses. Judge Sarah Netburn’s nomination was prevented from advancing after Sen. Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., voted...
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, is being slammed for his political similarity to President Biden as the president’s poor June debate performance continues to pose concerns to Democrats in down-ballot races and on Capitol Hill. “Joe Biden’s politics now are not much different from mine,” Brown says in the ad from Republican candidate...
The Senate race in Michigan was moved to a “Toss Up” on Thursday by a top nonpartisan political handicapper, who cited the continued concerns surrounding President Biden and his candidacy as a potential “drag” on Democrats. The Cook Political Report changed the Senate race from “Lean Democratic” to “Toss Up,” putting Senate Democrats at greater...
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., is skipping a meeting with President Biden’s campaign advisers on Thursday and will not elaborate on his reasoning as concerns about Biden’s fitness grow in Congress. The at-risk Montana Democrat told reporters on Wednesday he wouldn’t be going to the special meeting at the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC) with senior...
Years ago, a veteran, respected journalist called me out on a piece of news copy I wrote. My sin: Rather than indicating that someone said something, I wrote that they believed something. My colleague corrected me. REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: BACKLASH IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS “We know what they say. But we can’t know what they...
Democrats in the Senate said calls from elites and celebrities to replace President Biden on the Democrat ticket didn’t indicate a “threat to democracy,” despite the fact that primary voters across the country have already cast their votes in support of Biden. Lawmakers in the Democratic Party have frequently discussed a variety of threats to...
A Democratic senator became the first in Congress’s upper chamber to call on President Biden to exit the 2024 race on Wednesday night, and left the question of Biden’s successor open-ended. “We cannot unsee President Biden’s disastrous debate performance. We cannot ignore or dismiss the valid questions raised since that night,” Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt.,...
The first Senate Democrat has publicly revealed that he does not believe President Biden will win re-election, warning of a potential red wave in November. Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., confirmed reports that he told colleagues Biden would not win against former President Trump in November, just hours after lawmakers met on Capitol Hill for the...
