Donald Trump’s recent denial that he knows anything about Project 2025, a 900-page proposal by the Heritage Foundation think-tank for a radical reconfiguring of the US federal government to suit hard-line conservatives, has been ridiculed by one of his former Republican allies.
“This is preposterous if you look at the collaborators and the authors of this plan,” commented ex-Mike Pence adviser Olivia Troye on CNN.
“A lot of these people… served in Trump’s cabinet during his administration. There are people that I worked with. I sat in those policy meetings with them.”
Naming ex-Trump administration figures John McEntee, Stephen Miller, Ben Carson and Ken Cuccinelli, Troye added: “I think what this is telling us is that Donald Trump knows that what is written in this plan is so extreme that it is damaging to his possibility of getting elected, and that’s what he’s concerned about.”
Meanwhile, the eyes of the world will once more be on President Joe Biden as he hosts a Nato summit in Washington DC amid ongoing concerns about his fitness to contest the election and serve another term in office and fresh calls for him to quit the 2024 race.
Key Points
- Trump attacked over ‘preposterous’ attempt to distance himself from Project 2025
- White House shoots down Biden Parkinson’s speculation with explanation of specialist doctor’s visits
- Nato allies ‘not concerned’ by questions over president's mental fitness ahead of major summit
- Trump says ‘Hunter is calling the shots’ and Biden’s ‘ego’ won’t let him quit 2024 race
- Sixth House Democrat calls publicly for president to drop out
Lincoln Project imagines dystopian US in devastating new ad
15:30
Oliver O'Connell
Anti-Trump conservative group The Lincoln Project has launched its latest ad imagining a dystopian American under a second Donald Trump presidency based many of the aims stated by Project 2025.
Chilling stuff...
For those who can't imagine the death of American democracy, we imagined it for you. Watch here. pic.twitter.com/3Nvalq8VLD
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 9, 2024
‘I shared my position and how I came to it'
15:27
Oliver O'Connell
Massachusetts rep Seth Moulton, one of the six Democrat lawmakers who publicly called on Joe Biden to step aside from the ticket, told CNN’s Annie Grayer of the party meeting: “I shared my position and how I came to it.”
He added: “Everyone was listening very carefully to a variety of positions in the room.”
Seth Moulton, 1 of the 6 Dems to publicly call for Joe Biden to step aside said he shared how he got to his position in the closed-door Dem caucus meeting
— Annie Grayer (@AnnieGrayerCNN) July 9, 2024
"I shared my position and how I came to it"
"Everyone was listening very carefully to a variety of positions in the room”
‘I shared my position and how I came to it'
15:25
Oliver O'Connell
Massachusetts rep Seth Moulton, one of the six Democrat lawmakers who publicly called on Joe Biden to step aside from the ticket, told CNN’s Annie Grayer of the party meeting: “I shared my position and how I came to it.”
He added: “Everyone was listening very carefully to a variety of positions in the room.”
Seth Moulton, 1 of the 6 Dems to publicly call for Joe Biden to step aside said he shared how he got to his position in the closed-door Dem caucus meeting
— Annie Grayer (@AnnieGrayerCNN) July 9, 2024
"I shared my position and how I came to it"
"Everyone was listening very carefully to a variety of positions in the room”
Biden hosts NATO members in Washington as he looks for reprieve from campaign pressures
15:21
Oliver O'Connell
Andrew Feinberg writes:
World leaders from NATO countries are set to descend on Washington, DC, this week for their annual meeting as President Joe Biden looks to quell fears and move past questions on his future.
Heads of state and government from 32 NATO nations — plus leaders of Ukraine, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea — began arriving at Joint Base Andrews on Monday for the annual gathering. Biden is scheduled to open the confab with a speech marking the 75th anniversary of the transatlantic alliance.
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Watch: Illinois Democrat says Biden can’t win
15:17
Oliver O'Connell
Rep Mike Quigley of Illinois says Joe Biden “can’t win” and needs to step down.
Chicago, his home city, hosts the Democratic Convention next month...
Rep. Mike Quigley says Biden “can’t win,” a position that will make life awkward for the Chicago Dem when his city hosts the Democratic Convention next month. pic.twitter.com/nTyGGpomgy
— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) July 9, 2024
Watch: Rep Cohen says Democrats not on same page or even book
15:12
Oliver O'Connell
Tennessee Democrat representative Steve Cohen told reporters outside the party’s meeting that rather than being on the same page regarding support for President Joe Biden, they are not even on the same book.
Dems exiting their meeting on Biden saying not only are they not on the same page, ‘we are not even in the same book’ pic.twitter.com/n2QEeJinzE
— Jon Michael Raasch (@JMRaasch) July 9, 2024
Which Democrat lawmaker have said Biden needs to step aside?
14:55
Oliver O'Connell
Eleven House Democrats – six publicly, five privately – have so far called on the president to drop out of the race for the White House, as of Tuesday — though Jerry Nadler appears to have walked back on his alleged comments made during a private crisis call.
James Liddell reports.
Democrats conclude meeting
14:54
Oliver O'Connell
Democrat lawmakers have concluded their meeting about support for President Joe Biden after around 45 minutes.
Democrats starting to file out of their meeting after around 45 minutes. Many staying perfectly silent in response to questions, some look rather shell shocked.
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 9, 2024
Democrat meeting ends
14:52
Oliver O'Connell
Democrat lawmakers have concluded their meeting over support for President Joe Biden.
Democrats starting to file out of their meeting after around 45 minutes. Many staying perfectly silent in response to questions, some look rather shell shocked.
— Andrew Solender (@AndrewSolender) July 9, 2024
Biden hails ‘historic’ NATO summit
14:49
Oliver O'Connell
Today begins a historic summit marking the 75th anniversary of NATO's founding.
— President Biden (@POTUS) July 9, 2024
And later this evening, I look forward to hosting our 31 NATO Allies in our nation's capitol to commemorate the strongest defensive alliance in history.
Trump begins day with wild election conspiracy
14:45
Oliver O'Connell
Donald Trump has begun his day by posting a wild conspiracy theory that Democrats are cheating in elections as according to him they cannot win on their policies — “That’s how they get an incapacitated moron like Joe Biden elected,” he writes on Truth Social, while also accusing Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg of helping and apparently threatening him with jail, for something...
Here’s the rant in full:
Republicans must pass the Save Act, or go home and cry yourself to sleep. Non citizen Illegal Migrants are getting the right to vote, being pushed by crooked Democrat Politicians who are not being stopped by an equally dishonest Justice Department. Our whole voting system is under siege. Harmeet and David, go to court and get this stopped, NOW. The Dems can’t win on their policies, the only way they can win is to CHEAT. They do it at every level of government, and they do it well. That’s how they get an incapacitated moron like Joe Biden elected. Get tough RNC (Michael W!), Speaker Johnson, and all State and Local Republican politicians. The Justice Department is CORRUPT and won’t do a thing to help. They have no shame! All I can say is that if I’m elected President, we will pursue Election Fraudsters at levels never seen before, and they will be sent to prison for long periods of time. We already know who you are. DON’T DO IT! ZUCKERBUCKS, be careful!
Jon Stewart destroys Biden campaign’s ‘blatant BS’ claims about debate disaster and future of 2024 race
14:30
Joe Sommerlad
After a brief hiatus, The Daily Show host was back on screens last night to say he’s sick of Biden’s “get onboard or shut the f*** up” rhetoric about his future in the presidential race.
“For a campaign based on honesty and decency, the spin about the debate appears to be blatant bulls***,” the host observed.
Here’s James Liddell with more on what the influential Stewart had to say.
Watch: Nadler says party must support Biden
14:15
Oliver O'Connell
New York Rep Jerry Nadler has told reporters outside of the Democratic Party meeting today that they must support President Joe Biden who has made it clear that he is running this November.
Nadler was one of several congressional Democrats who reportedly said on a private call over the weekend that Biden should step aside.
Watch his remarks below:
NADLER seconds ago…
— Sam Lisker (@slisker) July 9, 2024
“We have to support [Joe Biden].” pic.twitter.com/oQWMrTGTI3
Biden had a bad debate. That doesn’t mean we can ignore Trump’s lies
14:00
Joe Sommerlad
As most of the media – and the United States – remains laser-focused on the president’s poor debate performance, a handful of outspoken analysts have wondered: Where is the same scrutiny of Trump?
Kelly Rissman reports.
Trump attacked over ‘preposterous’ attempt to distance himself from Project 2025
13:46
Joe Sommerlad
Donald Trump’s recent denial that he knows anything about Project 2025, a 900-page proposal by the Heritage Foundation think-tank for a radical reconfiguring of the US federal government to suit hard-line conservatives, has been ridiculed by one of his former Republican allies.
A desperate and lying Trump claims he knows “nothing” about his Project 2025 agenda, even though his top aides are the ones behind the plan pic.twitter.com/KLzNaU8Owl
— Biden-Harris HQ (@BidenHQ) July 5, 2024
“This is preposterous if you look at the collaborators and the authors of this plan,” commented ex-Mike Pence adviser Olivia Troye on CNN.
“A lot of these people… served in Trump’s cabinet during his administration. There are people that I worked with. I sat in those policy meetings with them.”
Naming ex-Trump administration figures John McEntee, Stephen Miller, Ben Carson and Ken Cuccinelli, Troye added: “I think what this is telling us is that Donald Trump knows that what is written in this plan is so extreme that it is damaging to his possibility of getting elected, and that’s what he’s concerned about.”
Breaking News : Ex-Pence advisor responds to Trump's claims he has nothing to do with 'Project 2025
— America History (@AmericaHistory8) July 9, 2024
Former Mike Pence advisor Olivia Troye responds to President Donald Trump distancing himself from
a conservative group’s plans to radically reshape the federal government should… pic.twitter.com/g2T2ffNfbn
If you’re not familiar with Project 2025, it is deeply sinister and proposes replacing US civil servants with Trump loyalists, eliminating the Education Department, placing the Justice Department at the president’s whim and banning the abortion pill.
Here’s Alex Woodward’s introduction.
Whitmer rules out running for president – even if Biden does step aside
13:30
Joe Sommerlad
Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer has ruled out running for the Democratic nomination for president this year, even if Biden does cave into pressure and step aside.
“It’s a distraction more than anything,” Whitmer told the AP in an interview to promote her excellently-titled new memoir, True Gretch, which just so happens to be out next week.
“I don’t like seeing my name in articles like that because I’m totally focused on governing and campaigning for the [Biden-Kamala Harris] ticket,” she said flatly.
Republicans drop federal abortion limits from GOP platform
13:00
Joe Sommerlad
The Republican National Committee (RNC) will drop abortion limits from its current platform as the party conforms to the whims of Donald Trump.
While Trump has been concerned about the political impact that the issue may have on Republicans, the platform change is a move that anti-abortion activists have been arguing against.
An RNC committee adopted a draft platform on Monday that states “Republicans will protect and defend a vote of the people, from within the states, on the issue of life.”
The platform will be finalized next week following a vote of the full convention.
Gustaf Kilander has more.
Sanders complains media has turned politics into a ‘beauty contest’
12:30
Joe Sommerlad
The popular Vermont senator, himself no spring chicken, sat down with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins last night to discuss the Biden furore and offered some sharp critiques of the media and the “donor class” over their outsized influence.
Sanders: I find it interesting that there have been five or six articles from The New York Times talking about what the donor class, right this is what the donors are thinking. Really? The last I heard, American democracy was supposed to be about what ordinary people think pic.twitter.com/iNpZ9bids6
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 9, 2024
Sanders: What the media does to a large degree, is make politics into a beauty contest.. You are voting for somebody on policy. Who is going to improve your life? pic.twitter.com/pCiBFzHFiq
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 9, 2024
Sanders: Right now, President Biden is the Democratic nominee. Until I hear it differently, I will support him. pic.twitter.com/CC7EUxBCvy
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 9, 2024
His more youthful ally Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has also belatedly come out in support of Biden.
AOC: Joe Biden is our nominee. He is not leaving this race. He’s in this race and I support him. pic.twitter.com/gsflFRW16a
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 8, 2024
Democrats plot ‘blitz primary’ to replace Biden with help from Taylor Swift
12:00
Joe Sommerlad
As Biden struggles to convince his fellow Democrats that he remains the right man to take on Trump in November following his disastrous debate performance in Atlanta last month, two party insiders have proposed a novel “blitz primary” process for choosing his successor.
Rosa Brooks and Ted Dintersmith, a Georgetown University law professor and venture capitalist respectively, began circulating a memo to wealthy party donors and members of the Biden administration and campaign on July 2 in which they outline their plan for replacing the 81-year-old president as the Democratic nominee.
Here’s a look at what precisely they are proposing.
Schumer and Jeffries walk a tightrope as Democrats agonize over Biden’s future
11:30
Joe Sommerlad
More than 15 years ago, the late Senate majority leader Harry Reid defiantly declared: “I don’t work for Barack Obama. I work with him.”
Blunt as that may be, Reid explained something few people understand about politics: Even if members of Congress share a party with the president, they are not his employees.
They are his partners and, sometimes, their interests may diverge.
Now, Reid’s successor in that role Chuck Schumer and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries are living the lesson, as President Joe Biden faces mounting calls from congressional Democrats to step aside in favor of a potentially more viable candidate in the 2024 election.
Here’s Eric Garcia’s report.
Sixth House Democrat calls publicly for president to drop out
11:00
Joe Sommerlad
Washington representative Adam Smith yesterday became the sixth congressional Democrat to call publicly for Biden to step aside and let a younger candidate challenge Trump for the presidency.
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) calls on President Biden to “step aside.”
— The Recount (@therecount) July 8, 2024
“I think it’s become clear that he’s not the best person to carry the Democratic message. … It hasn’t gotten better since the debate.” pic.twitter.com/7yfZ1EAzSu
Here’s James Liddell with a look at the sextet – and the five more who have made the same appeal behind the scenes.
Truth Social: Trump enlists liberal commentators in latest Biden attacks ahead of Florida rally
10:30
Joe Sommerlad
Over on his social media hellscape (arguably the real “poison” afflicting the nation), Trump has begun quoting the likes of MSNBC’s Joy Reid and CNN’s Van Jones in his latest attacks on the president.
Joy Reid on MSNBC, perhaps the most pro-Biden, anti-Trump person on cable news, said this: “My phone never really stopped buzzing throughout. The universal reaction was … approaching panic!”
— Donald J. Trump Posts From His Truth Social (@TrumpDailyPosts) July 8, 2024
Donald Trump Truth Social 04:22 PM EST 07/08/24
He has also been busy promoting his Hannity interview and his latest campaign rally later today in Doral, Florida.
Here’s Gustaf Kilander on the blustering businessman’s disappearing act since the debate as he allows Biden to struggle to escape a net of his own making.
Trump says ‘Hunter is calling the shots’ and Biden’s ‘ego’ won’t let him quit 2024 race
10:00
Joe Sommerlad
Away from all that, Biden’s Republican rival Donald Trump (remember him?) told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday evening that he does not believe the president will drop out of the 2024 race despite the intense pressure to do so from his own side, saying his “ego” will not let him.
He also claimed that the president’s son Hunter Biden was “calling the shots” behind the scenes, was uncharacteristically gracious about CNN’s debate moderators Jake Tapper and Dana Bash and then launched into his familiar anti-immigrant hysteria.
Trump: I do have to say, CNN, Jake and Dana were very, they were pretty good. pic.twitter.com/yF71al1uBw
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 9, 2024
"This is poisoning our country ... we're gonna have the largest deportation in our history" -- Trump on migrants pic.twitter.com/nqlkaobl9Y
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 9, 2024
Mike Bedigan was watching.
Biden spokesman promises ‘big boy press conference’
10:11
Joe Sommerlad
Speaking of Kirby, he also made the following promise on the president’s behalf...
John Kirby on President Biden's scheduled NATO news conference on Thursday: "The president will hold a press conference, I guess a 'BIG BOY' press conference what we're calling it."@PressSec Karine Jean-Pierre: "Yes." pic.twitter.com/faq5uN6QU0
— Jeremy Art (@cspanJeremy) July 8, 2024
Kirby was actually responding to Bloomberg journalist Justin Sink using that phrase earlier in a question to Karine Jean-Pierre that brought much mirth in the press room but his doing so has inevitably invited plenty of ridicule from the right, with Sky News host Gabriella Power, for one, huffing that such talk is “not making it any easier” for voters to take the administration seriously.
Bid3n to hold a "Big Boy" press conference this week...
— Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) July 9, 2024
pic.twitter.com/nKB8neAnMK
Nato allies ‘not concerned' by questions over Biden’s mental fitness ahead of major summit
09:30
Joe Sommerlad
The eyes of the world will be on the president again on Tuesday as he hosts a Nato summit in Washington DC with his fellow heads of state, an event that also marks new British prime minister Sir Keir Starmer’s debut on the international stage.
Asked about whether the American’s present difficulties will be a distraction, national security communications adviser John Kirby assured the press Biden’s fellow leaders were not worried.
Here’s more from Andrew Feinberg.
White House shoots down Biden Parkinson’s speculation with explanation of specialist doctor’s visits
09:00
Joe Sommerlad
Good morning!
Joe Biden’s physician Dr Kevin O’Connor has moved to dispel media speculation that the president is suffering from Parkinson’s disease with a letter explaining why movement disorder specialist Dr Kevin Cannard repeatedly visited the White House earlier this year.
In a memorandum to Biden’s press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre released late on Monday, Dr O’Connor wrote that Dr Cannard’s visits were part of his duties as the neurological expert responsible for the “extremely detailed neurological examination” that the president underwent during his annual physical exam at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Maryland in February.
Earlier, Jean-Pierre had endured a tense press briefing, sparring with CBS reporter Ed O’Keefe after he suggested she was not being entirely forthcoming about the president’s health.
Things are very heated at The White House Briefing pic.twitter.com/lbz0nJCs67
— Acyn (@Acyn) July 8, 2024
Here’s the very latest from Andrew Feinberg and Gustaf Kilander.
Kamala Harris avoids all mention of Biden campaign crisis
06:30
Oliver O'Connell
Vice President Kamala Harris barely mentioned her own running mate on Saturday as she spoke to Black voters and talked about the 2024 race at the annual Essence Festival in New Orleans.
The nation’s first Black vice president has been seen by many Democrats as the obvious choice to pick up the mantle of the party’s 2024 nomination should Joe Biden step aside in the coming days — a proposition the president has firmly denied will take place.
But, on Saturday, she clearly appeared ready to take on that role regardless as she hammered former president Donald Trump and sought to lay out the stakes of the election.
John Bowden reports.
Trump predicts Kamala Harris would take over from Biden if he stood aside
02:44
Graeme Massie
“Well, I think that it will be her. I think they are very concerned about the vote. If it’s not her, they are very, very, I mean, they’re gun shy. They don’t want to do it any other way.
“She didn’t do a good job, and she hasn’t done a job on a lot of things so but it would seem to me that from a political standpoint, that’s who they’re going with. They’re not even talking about alternatives. And it seems that if, if he gets out for whatever reason, and I don’t think he wants to get out, but if he gets out, it will be her.
“Interestingly, he’s got a lot of power, because he’s got the delegates. You know, when you have the delegates, unless he says, I’m getting out, they can’t do anything to get him out, other than the 25th amendment.
“Would be the 25th amendment, but let’s assume, with not very much time left, you know, there’s not much time left, and then we can straighten out our country...But there’s not a lot of time left. But I think unless they use the 25th Amendment, which they’d use in a different sense, he has all the power. He has the delegates. He doesn’t have to get out. There’s nothing they can do to get him out. So he’ll get the nomination.”
Trump says he is ‘prepared' to face Biden
02:39
Graeme Massie
“Well, we prepared for him, but I don’t think it’s going to matter,” said Trump before listing off his supposed successes during his time in office.
Trump describes ‘strange' debate with Biden
02:38
Graeme Massie
“It was a strange evening. I will tell you it was a strange debate, because within a couple of minutes, the answers given by him were they didn’t they, they didn’t make a lot of sense,” Trump told Sean Hannity on Fox News.
“And I don’t know, maybe it was a good makeup job, or maybe it wasn’t, but he was a very pale looking man, and when he started to speak, I don’t know, I thought his voice was weak
Trump told Hannity that he could not really understand what Biden was saying.
“They weren’t even answers. They were just words put together that had no meaning, or sense. But for the most part, I didn’t really look over.”
Trump claims there will ‘100%’ be a terrorist attack in US
02:34
Graeme Massie
Trump praised CNN debate hosts
02:33
Graeme Massie
Biden says ‘voters have spoken’ and refuses to consider standing down
02:30
Oliver O'Connell
President Joe Biden is attempting to head off calls for him to step aside with a defiant letter to congressional Democrats, in which he says exiting the race would be an affront to democracy.
Biden’s missive, which he released publicly on his X account on Monday ahead of Congress’s return to Washington, opens with a declaration that he is “firmly committed” to remaining a candidate in this year’s presidential election and to “running this race to the end, and to beating Donald Trump”.
Andrew Feinberg reports from the White House.
Trump claims Hunter Biden is ‘calling the shots'
02:27
Mike Bedigan
Speaking to Fox News, Donald Trump claimed Hunter Biden was “calling the shots,” and those around the president were “covering for him”.
In an interview on Monday, the former president was asked about how he would feel about the possibility of Biden dropping out of the presidential race.
“Well, we prepared for him, but I don’t think it’s going to matter,” he told Fox News’ Hannity.
“They cover for him, and they still are sort of covering, but now it’s getting very difficult to do that. And you know, it looks to me like he may very well, and he doesn’t want to quit. He doesn’t want to do that.
“I think Jill [Biden] would like to see him stay she’s having a good time. I noticed she seems to be having a good time, and I I’m hearing that Hunter is calling the shots.
“So this isn’t necessarily a very positive thing for our country, but I think he might very well stay in... you really have to speak to his doctors. But obviously he’s been sheltered by the fake news media.”
Biden doctor’s letter published
02:23
Mike Bedigan
On Monday night the White House published a note from Joe Biden’s physician, doctor Kevin O’Connor.
The note shared details from a long-time neurological consultant to the White House, Dr Kevin Cannard.
It reiterated the White House’s previous statements that following the president’s most recent physical exam, there were “no findings which would be consistent with any cerebellar or other central neurological.”
This included conditions including stroke, multiple sclerosis or Parkinson’s, the letter added.
Watch: 'Challenge me at the convention’
02:00
Oliver O'Connell
“Challenge me at the convention.”
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 8, 2024
MSNBC Exclusive: President Biden says he is frustrated by the “elites in the party” who claim he should step aside. “Run against me. Go ahead.” pic.twitter.com/VGnsfxEY4Q
ICYMI: Several top House Democrats call for Biden to step aside
01:30
Oliver O'Connell
Several influential House Democrats joined a growing list of party members calling on Joe Biden to step aside and let someone else run in 2024 in a weekend crisis call, according to reports.
The House Democratic caucus convened for crisis talks with Hakeem Jeffries, the chamber’s minority leader, late Sunday afternoon as lawmakers prepare to face the media on Capitol Hill when Congress returns to business the next day.
John Bowden reports from Washington, DC.
Watch: ‘I beat him last time. I will beat him this time'
01:00
Oliver O'Connell
“I beat him last time. I will beat him this time.”
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) July 8, 2024
MSNBC EXCLUSIVE: President Joe Biden on #MorningJoe slams former President Trump's record. pic.twitter.com/YI6FlmC7Qt
Schiff says Kamala would be ‘phenomenal’ president
Tuesday 9 July 2024 00:30
Oliver O'Connell
Democratic Representative Adam Schiff has said that Vice President Kamala Harris would be a “phenomenal” president and could “overwhelmingly” beat Donald Trump in the 2024 race – as he revealed which of Joe Biden’s comments he was most “concerned” by in the president’s make-or-break ABC News interview.
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Republicans drop abortion limits from platform — after seeing it being used against GOP candidates
Tuesday 9 July 2024 00:00
Oliver O'Connell
The Republican National Committee will drop abortion limits from its current platform as the party conforms to the whims of former President Donald Trump.
While Trump has been concerned about the political impact that the issue may have on Republicans, the platform change is a move that anti-abortion activists have been arguing against.
Gustaf Kilander has the details.
Monday 8 July 2024 23:30
Oliver O'Connell
Biden’s stumbles have Schumer and Jeffries walking a tight rope
Monday 8 July 2024 23:00
Oliver O'Connell
Eric Garcia writes:
More than 15 years ago, the late Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid defiantly said, “I don’t work for Barack Obama. I work with him.” Blunt as that may be, Reid explained something few people understand about politics: Even if members of Congress share a party with the president, they are not his employees. They are his partners, and sometimes, their interests may diverge.
Now, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries are living that lesson, as President Joe Biden faces mounting calls from congressional Democrats to step aside in favor of a potentially more viable candidate in the 2024 election.
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New poll: Biden narrows Trump’s lead in key swing states despite debate fallout
Monday 8 July 2024 22:30
Oliver O'Connell