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'It's a Problem:' Democrats Assess the 8-Word Biden Slam

President has a mess to clean up after special counsel's description of his 'poor memory'

(Newser) - Thursday was former President Trump's "best day of 2024," writes Zachary B. Wolf in an analysis at CNN . He not only had a great day at the Supreme Court and racked up more delegates , he received an unexpected political bonanza from a special counsel who referred to...

Haley, the Only Major Candidate in Nevada Primary, Loses

The primary was symbolic, awarding no delegates

(Newser) - The "none of these candidates" option has won in Nevada's symbolic Republican presidential primary contest , an embarrassing result for Nikki Haley, who was the only major candidate on the ballot, the AP reports. The former UN ambassador opted to compete in the state-run primary election Tuesday instead of...

Trump Wants to Debate Biden &#39;Now&#39;
Trump Wants to
Debate Biden 'Now'
Feb 5, 2024 7:25 PM CST

Trump Wants to Debate Biden 'Now'

'He's got nothing to do,' Biden says

(Newser) - Former President Trump has refused to debate Nikki Haley or any of his other, now-vanquished, rivals in the GOP race, but it's a different story when it comes to President Biden. Trump said on Dan Bongino's radio show Monday that he wants to debate the president "immediately,...

One Stat in New Poll a Big Problem for Biden

Respondents favor Trump on the economy by 22 points

(Newser) - "Inflation is coming down," President Biden declared on the campaign trail last week. "Jobs are growing," he added, a reference to the still-sizzling labor market . On top of that, the stock market has been booming to record levels. Despite the rosy stats, however, a new NBC...

'Feeling Good About Where We Are:' Biden Cruises in SC

President easily wins Democrats' first official primary of the election year

(Newser) - President Biden scored an easy win in South Carolina's Democratic primary Saturday—voting that officially kicks off his party's nominating process. (Republicans don't vote in the state until later this month.) The AP called the race for Biden as soon as polls closed at 7pm Eastern...

Poll Puts Biden Ahead of Trump, With Growing Gender Gap

Quinnipiac poll has Biden up 6 points in head-to-head with GOP frontrunner

(Newser) - Enough polls have put Donald Trump ahead of President Biden recently for the GOP frontrunner to claim he is responsible for stock market rises , but Biden is ahead of the former president in the latest Quinnipiac poll . The poll of 1,650 registered voters nationwide, conducted from Jan. 25 to...

GOP Front-Runner Proclaims, 'This Is the Trump Stock Market'

Biden campaign points out former president had predicted a collapse if he lost in 2020

(Newser) - Employing reasoning that puzzles President Biden's team, Donald Trump has said he deserves the credit for the stock market's run of record highs despite the fact that he's not president. "This is the Trump stock market," the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination wrote Monday...

Biden Tells UAW They Have Each Other&#39;s Backs
UAW Endorses Biden
Jan 24, 2024 5:10 PM CST

UAW Endorses Biden

President's picket line appearance carries weight with union

(Newser) - President Biden picked up an endorsement from the United Auto Workers union Wednesday, an important boost to the Democratic president's reelection bid as he pushes to sway blue-collar workers his way in critical automaking swing states such as Michigan and Wisconsin. "I'm honored to have your back...

Trump Nomination Once Seemed 'Untenable,' Now Inevitable

Former president's win in New Hampshire primary suggests he's a shoo-in for 2024 general

(Newser) - The New Hampshire primary results came in quickly Tuesday, with the AP calling the GOP race for Donald Trump as soon as the polls closed. The former president's main contender, ex-South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, vowed she's not dropping out yet, but Zeeshan Aleem writes for MSNBC that...

Biden, Harris Focus on Abortion in First 2024 Rally
Biden, Harris
Hold First 2024 Rally
Jan 23, 2024 8:02 PM CST

Biden, Harris Hold First 2024 Rally

Virginia event focused on abortion rights

(Newser) - President Biden on Tuesday condemned abortion bans that have increasingly endangered the health of pregnant women, forcing them to grow sicker before they can receive medical care, and he laid the blame on Donald Trump, his likely Republican challenger in this year's election. Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris...

Biden Wins New Hampshire on Write-In Votes

President's name wasn't actually on the ballot

(Newser) - The showdown between Donald Trump and Nikki Haley in New Hampshire on Tuesday got most of the attention— Trump won —but Democrats also had a primary. It was, however, a little unusual. President Biden will win based on write-in votes, projects the AP . The president's name wasn't...

Biden 'Robocall' to NH Dems: Stay Home

Fake robocall tells them that their vote is needed in November, not Tuesday

(Newser) - Imagine your level of surprise if you answered the phone in an election year and the presidential candidate from your party was asking for money or support: As surprising as when the Buffalo Bills fail to win a clutch game again . Now imagine your level of surprise if that candidate...

White House Expands Access to Contraception on Roe Anniversary

Kamala Harris is Democrats' main voice as they hope to highlight abortion, contraception in 2024 election

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris is taking center stage in the Democrats' renewed push for abortion rights during this year's election, and she'll mark the 51st anniversary of the Roe v. Wade ruling on Monday in Wisconsin. It will be the first in a series of events hosted by...

Biden Campaign Calls Its Current Haul 'Historic'

It shares latest figures on day of Iowa caucuses

(Newser) - President Biden's re-election campaign released its latest fundraising numbers Monday, more than two weeks before it had to do so, in what the New York Times sees as "a clear attempt to distract attention from the Iowa caucuses." It touted $97 million raised by his campaign and...

Democratic Senators: Maybe Biden Should Skip Debates

High-ranking Dick Durbin says Biden should 'think twice' before getting on stage with Trump

(Newser) - Donald Trump hasn't attended a single GOP primary debate this election season. At least two Democratic senators suggest President Biden should return the favor when it comes to debates for the general election. "I would think twice about it," Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois tells the Hill...

Obama Takes Concerns About Campaign to Biden

Former president raises structure, aggressiveness, and Donald Trump

(Newser) - President Biden now has heard concerns about his campaign from a person who knows something about being reelected to the White House. Former President Barack Obama suggested changes to Biden and his aides, the Washington Post reports. Among the recommendations, some of which were made at a recent lunch, were...

Biden Forcefully Slams Trump as Enemy of Democracy

Democracy is at stake, president says near Valley Forge

(Newser) - President Biden kicked off the election year with his harshest denunciation yet of his likely opponent on Friday, casting Donald Trump as a liar, a loser, and a dangerous opponent of democracy. "There's no confusion about who Trump is or what he intends to do ," Biden said...

Internet's Hitler 'Law' Creator Weighs In on Trump-Biden

Mike Godwin suggests Trump knows exactly what he's doing with migrant rhetoric

(Newser) - Donald Trump over the weekend escalated his attacks on migrants trying to cross the border, asserting that they were "poisoning the blood of our country," reports the AP . That prompted a rebuke from the campaign of President Biden, with a spokesman saying that Trump "parroted Adolf Hitler,...

Nikki Haley&#39;s Blunt New Ad: &#39;Biden&#39;s Too Old&#39;
Obama
Reportedly
Antsy About
2024
the rundown
Dec 19, 2023 7:55 AM CST

Obama Reportedly Antsy About 2024

Nikki Haley's new ad takes a direct shot at President Biden's age

(Newser) - The latest ad from Nikki Haley begins in blunt fashion: "I'll just say it—Biden's too old," she says of the 81-year-old president. Politico calls the spot dubbed "New Generation" by the 51-year-old Republican "one of the most direct attacks on Biden's age...

Cornel West: Biden May Have 'LBJ Moment'

Independent candidate suggests president will drop out of the race

(Newser) - Cornel West is sure he'll be on the ballot for the 2024 presidential election as an independent candidate . But the Harvard prof isn't sure that President Biden will be one of his opponents. "I think he's going to have an LBJ moment [and] pull back,"...

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