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Vice President Kamala Harris quickly established herself as the Democratic front-runner to take on Donald J. Trump within hours of President Biden’s departure on Sunday, fundamentally transforming the presidential contest at top speed. Now the race has been transformed into a shortened 106-day sprint, more similar to early elections in Europe than the drawn-out American…
U.S. President Joe Biden arrives to deliver a speech on the assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump at the White House on July 14, 2024 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Five more House Democrats on Friday called on President Joe Biden to withdraw from the campaign, while…
When he was a child, Rep. Gabriel Vasquez never heard his parents discuss politics, let alone abortion, a topic that was taboo in many Mexican Catholic households like his. So he can understand why some believe he’s taking a risk by focusing on abortion rights in his campaign for Latino men. For decades, Democrats viewed…
US President Joe Biden waves at a press conference during the NATO 75th Anniversary Summit on July 11, 2024 in Washington, USA. Nathan Howard | Reuters President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign began Friday with the very real prospect that more Democrats will call on him to abandon the race against former President Donald Trump and…
President Biden’s support base among key Democrats on Capitol Hill began to crumble Sunday when a half-dozen senior members of the House of Representatives privately told colleagues that he should withdraw from the presidential campaign amid concerns about his age and his ability to win re-election increased. During a virtual private session, House Democrats —…
They are lawyers and school board members, labor activists and faith leaders, lifelong Democrats and party newcomers. Some of them have just turned 18, others are pushing 80. These are the people who make up the 3,939 delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Some are elected, others selected – each state party has its own…
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat of New York and minority leader, has scheduled a virtual meeting with senior House Democrats on Sunday to discuss President Biden’s candidacy and the path forward, according to a senior official familiar with the plan. The meeting, which is expected to include the ranking members of congressional committees that make up…
President Joe Biden and his White House aides spent Wednesday offering pep talks in phone calls and meetings with close allies, Democratic governors, lawmakers and campaign staffers. “Let me say this as clearly as I can, as simply and straightforwardly as I can: I’m running,” Biden said in a phone call with campaign officials, an…
In the aftermath of Thursday’s presidential debate, as Jill Biden led President Biden off the stage, former Senator Claire McCaskill, the Missouri Democrat, raised what she called a “hard and heartbreaking” question. “You have to ask,’’ she said on MSNBC, “how did we get here?” Barely seven weeks before Democrats gather in Chicago to formally…
