There Are ‘No Conversations’ About Replacing Biden, Campaign Official Says
The official also said President Biden was committed to attending the next presidential debate in September.
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The official also said President Biden was committed to attending the next presidential debate in September.
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A day after a shaky debate performance that led to talk of a new Democratic candidate, President Biden was forceful and confident while speaking to supporters.
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While it is possible, it would most likely lead to political upheaval in the party unless the president decides to step aside on his own terms.
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A range of despairing Democrats began to reconsider their nominee after his rough debate showing, but there was no agreement on how, or whether, to urge him to step off the ticket.
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Biden’s ‘Hard Night’ at Debate Surprises Voters Who Had High Expectations
Poll respondents who had thought the president would perform well expressed disappointment. ‘His communication fell down,’ one voter said.
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A Fumbling Performance, and a Panicking Party
President Biden’s shaky, halting debate performance has Democrats talking about replacing him on the ticket.
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Who Won the Debate? Biden Stumbles Left Trump on Top
A halting debate performance by President Biden left Democratic strategists reeling, raising questions about his fitness to stay in the race.
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A Raspy Biden Struggles in Prime Time
President Biden needed to calm concerns about his age and mental acuity. Instead, he inflamed them, raising questions about whether he could carry on as the Democratic nominee.
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Asked About Their Ages, Biden Deflects and Trump Brags About His Golf Skills
Age has loomed over the 2024 campaign, and neither candidate’s answer might have been enough to push aside voters’ qualms.
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This Is the First Presidential Debate Without an In-Person Audience Since 1960
John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon were the last presidential candidates to debate with no live audience during a general election.
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Biden’s Stimulus Juiced the Economy, but Its Political Effects Are Muddled
Some voters blame the American Rescue Plan for fueling price increases. But the growth it unleashed may be helping the president stay more popular than counterparts in Europe.
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The One Thing Voters Remember About Trump
We asked voters for the one thing they remembered most about the Trump era. Few of them cited major events like the pandemic and Jan. 6.
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‘Don’t Inject Bleach’: Biden Mocks Trump on Anniversary of Covid Comments
President Biden has homed in on the infamous moment, which crystallized the chaos of the Trump presidency, as he trolls his political opponent.
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How a Pandemic Malaise Is Shaping American Politics
Four years later, the shadow of the pandemic continues to play a profound role in voters’ pessimism and distrust amid a presidential rematch.
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Kamala Harris Courts Union Members, an Up-for-Grabs Group of Voters
Speaking in Philadelphia to supportive members of a major labor union, the vice president sought to draw a sharp contrast with Donald Trump and build support with a bloc of crucial voters.
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Harris Warns of Supreme Court’s Future Rulings: ‘I Worry About Fundamental Freedoms’
In an interview with The Times, Vice President Kamala Harris deepened her criticism of the conservative justices who overturned Roe and singled out Clarence Thomas’s views on other settled cases.
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Kamala Harris Leads Push to Shore Up Democratic Support From Black Voters
Speaking in Atlanta, the vice president began a national tour to highlight how the Biden administration is trying to help Black Americans economically.
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As College Students Protest, Harris Keeps Her Focus on Abortion
“When we think about what is at stake, it is absolutely about freedom,” Vice President Kamala Harris said during a visit to Wisconsin.
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Harris Blasts Trump on Abortion at Arizona Campaign Stop
At a rally in Tucson, Ariz., days after the state’s top court upheld a near-total ban on abortion, Vice President Kamala Harris placed the blame directly on former President Donald J. Trump.
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Biden Nears Pick for Next F.D.I.C. Chair
The front-runner for the bank regulatory job is Christy Goldsmith Romero, a member of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
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Biden Will Choose a New Leader for Bank Regulator With ‘Toxic’ Culture
Martin Gruenberg, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, said he would step down once the Senate confirmed a successor.
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How Biden Adopted Trump’s Trade War With China
The president has proposed new barriers to electric vehicles, steel and other goods.
By Sabrina Tavernise, Nina Feldman, Carlos Prieto, Sydney Harper, Luke Vander Ploeg, M.J. Davis Lin, Brendan Klinkenberg, Lisa Chow, Diane Wong, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell and
Leader of Federal Student Aid Office Steps Down After College Admissions Crisis
During Richard Cordray’s tenure at the agency, the botched rollout of the new FAFSA upended the college admissions process.
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Opposition to Muslim Judicial Nominee Leaves Biden With a Tough Choice
Adeel Mangi would be the first Muslim American to be a federal appeals court judge, but has faced vitriolic attacks from the G.O.P. The president could run out of time to fill the seat.
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Readers offer a range of views after an editorial that called on the president to leave the race after his poor debate performance.
What is the Democratic Party for if not for dealing with a situation like this?
By Ezra Klein
With countless calls and a rush of campaign events, the president’s team began a damage-control effort to pressure and plead with anxious Democratic lawmakers, surrogates, activists and donors.
By Lisa Lerer, Shane Goldmacher and Katie Rogers
In Virginia, Donald Trump and his supporters reveled in the moment, and mused about a shadowy Democratic plan to shift candidates.
By Shawn McCreesh
The U.S. presidential debate and Sunday’s snap election in France have emboldened nationalist forces that could challenge NATO and undo the defense of Ukraine.
By Roger Cohen
The president had a bad night, but the fundamentals of this race have not changed.
By Stuart Stevens
A second Biden term would be unusually dangerous for the country in a very significant way.
By Ross Douthat
Readers share their biggest takeaways from the presidential debate.
By Lisa Tarchak and Hibaq Farah
Do the Democrats really want to stop Trump? What are they prepared to do?
By Maureen Dowd
What Kamala Harris, Jaime Harrison, Ron Klain and other party leaders have said about the liabilities of their candidate’s age.
By Astead W. Herndon, Caitlin O’Keefe and Sophia Lanman
Some floated interventions and wondered about how to reach Jill Biden. Others hoped the president would bow out of the race on his own. Many came to terms with the low chances that he will do so.
By Theodore Schleifer, Kenneth P. Vogel and Shane Goldmacher
With one big caveat, our columnist says most people are likely to be better off if they forget about politics when it comes to investing for the long haul.
By Jeff Sommer
President Biden’s stumbling performance at the debate has spurred interest in replacements. Here’s a roster of some possible backup candidates.
By Chris Cameron and Adam Nagourney
If President Biden seriously considered departing the race, the first lady would be the most important figure other than Mr. Biden himself in reaching that decision.
By Katie Rogers
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A day after his falsehoods largely went unchecked amid an unsteady debate performance by President Biden, former President Donald J. Trump argued that the president was unfit for office.
By Michael Gold
La actuación insuficiente del presidente en el debate dejó claro que no es el hombre que era hace cuatro años.
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President Biden’s allies can no longer wave away concerns about his capacity after his unsteady performance at Thursday’s debate as worries among Democrats grow.
By Peter Baker
Vice President Kamala Harris tried to calm Democratic fears as her allies wondered what could be next for her.
By Erica L. Green, Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Maya King
The most loyal, longstanding Democratic voters were perhaps the most shaken by President Biden’s performance. Some blamed the national party.
By Julie Bosman
It was the biggest stage yet for his effort to rewrite the story of Jan. 6, 2021.
By Jess Bidgood
The former president faced a similar crisis of confidence in his re-election campaign after a bad debate performance in 2012, and he defended his former running mate in a social media post.
By Chris Cameron
Bickering about their golf handicaps in Thursday’s presidential debate was panned as a petty exercise between two aging men trying vainly to outdo one another.
By Alan Blinder
At a rally in North Carolina, the first lady’s frock said it all.
By Vanessa Friedman
The president’s inadequate performance in the debate made it clear he is not the man he was four years ago.
By The Editorial Board
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The Education Department said it would put the borrowers in forbearance while it recalculated their payments to comply with recent court rulings.
By Tara Siegel Bernard
En un enfrentamiento tenso y personal, el presidente Joe Biden no logró mitigar las preocupaciones sobre su edad, Donald Trump expuso con contundencia sus argumentos (con afirmaciones descabelladas y exageraciones) y los moderadores se mantuvieron al margen.
By Shane Goldmacher and Jonathan Swan
None of the options ensure victory against Trump — and some of them could badly split the party.
By Jamelle Bouie, Michelle Goldberg, Patrick Healy and Bret Stephens
The debates between contenders to be U.K. prime minister showed that Britain’s political culture, and the leaders who have emerged from it, are far removed from those across the ocean.
By Mark Landler
Successive successes reinvigorated Donald Trump’s campaign a month after he became the first major party nominee convicted of a felony.
By Shane Goldmacher
During a rally in North Carolina, President Biden tried to minimize concerns about his fitness for office by reassuring the crowd that he is up for the job.
By The Associated Press
Former President Donald J. Trump continued to spread fear of immigrants, while the president did not define any broader strategy on the issue.
By Jazmine Ulloa
President Biden tried to minimize concerns about his fitness for office, saying he would not be running if he didn’t think he was up to the job.
By Michael D. Shear and Maya King
The president’s surrogates acknowledged his struggles in the debate but said that one night did not reflect his successes, or the dangers of a second Trump term.
By Annie Karni and Maya C. Miller
Readers are disturbed by “problematic performances” by both candidates, and some urge the president to bow out.
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The MSNBC host Joe Scarborough urged him to consider dropping out. So did other pundits the president had long viewed as his strongest allies in the news media.
By Michael M. Grynbaum
The vice president is the obvious path out of the mess Joe Biden has created.
By Lydia Polgreen
The decision is expected to prompt a rush of litigation challenging regulations across the entire federal government, from food safety to the environment.
By Coral Davenport, Christina Jewett, Alan Rappeport, Margot Sanger-Katz, Noam Scheiber and Noah Weiland
The CNN presidential debate kept the volume down, for a change. That didn’t make it more intelligible.
By James Poniewozik
An unsteady debate performance by President Biden has scrambled the thinking among some donors about whether the party needs to find an alternative.
By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Ravi Mattu, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
Both candidates affirmed voter fears — about President Biden’s age and Donald Trump’s character.
By German Lopez
The president’s shaky performance in his first 2024 debate against Donald Trump has deepened concerns about his age.
By Michael Barbaro, Clare Toeniskoetter, Nina Feldman, Shannon M. Lin, Marc Georges, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Elisheba Ittoop, Diane Wong, Chris Wood and Alyssa Moxley
The two Americans who most want this presidential rematch were the ones standing onstage.
By Jess Bidgood
The court’s strategy of avoidance and delay cannot last and may have been shaped by a desire to avoid controversy in an election year.
By Adam Liptak
I joined my Times Opinion colleagues Ross Douthat and Michelle Cottle to discuss the debate — and what Democrats might do next.
By ‘The Ezra Klein Show’
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Three Opinion writers weigh in on the first presidential debate of 2024.
By Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat and Ezra Klein
Across Asia and Europe, the event stoked concerns about American stability, both domestically and on crucial foreign policy issues like Washington’s commitment to alliances.
By Steven Erlanger and Motoko Rich
President Biden struggled through his first debate of the 2024 campaign against Donald J. Trump, meandering and mumbling through answers as the former president pressed his case for a second term with limited resistance from his rival.
By Michael D. Shear, Claire Hogan, Farah Otero-Amad and Gabriel Blanco
Supporters of both candidates were at the debate to sell their version of reality. One group seemed to have an easier time with it.
By Katie Rogers
Supporters who gathered at an Atlanta hotel cheered President Biden’s performance even as Democratic leaders elsewhere were voicing concern and distress.
By Alan Blinder
Donald Trump is too grave a threat to America. Democrats need a nominee who can unite the country and articulate a compelling vision for it.
By Thomas L. Friedman
Democrats must grapple with his disastrous debate.
By Frank Bruni
Una actuación poco contundente del presidente Biden en el debate dejó tambaleándose a los estrategas demócratas, planteando dudas sobre su aptitud para seguir en la contienda.
By Alan Rappeport
During brief remarks to reporters after his showdown with former President Donald J. Trump, Mr. Biden said he felt he “did well” but noted that he had a sore throat.
By Peter Baker
Hosting a live “Daily Show” after the Biden-Trump spectacle, Stewart said he needed “to call a real estate agent in New Zealand.”
By Trish Bendix
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The anchors mostly receded into the background on Thursday night. That was exactly what CNN leadership had in mind.
By Michael M. Grynbaum
Columnists and contributors assess who won and lost the debate and distill what stood out to them.
By New York Times Opinion
In a tense interview, Vice President Kamala Harris defended President Biden’s record in office and downplayed the moments during the debate where he faltered.
By Simon J. Levien
Democrats found President Biden’s performance disconcerting, while Republicans were in a jubilant mood. Swing voters were flummoxed.
By Shawn Hubler, J. David Goodman, Eduardo Medina and Campbell Robertson
In a testy, personal clash, President Biden failed to ease worries about his age, Donald Trump forcefully made his case (with wild claims and exaggerations) and the moderators held their fact-checking fire.
By Shane Goldmacher and Jonathan Swan
The former president’s remarks onstage, repeated often on the campaign trail, were striking with his opponent standing a few feet away.
By Michael Gold
El desempeño del presidente Biden en el debate hace que demócratas destacados hablen de sustituirle en la candidatura.
By Peter Baker
He must withdraw from the race.
By Nicholas Kristof
Times Opinion wants to hear your takeaways. We may publish your thoughts in a future article.
By New York Times Opinion
President Biden, visibly angered by the former president’s suggestion, highlighted Mr. Trump’s civil and criminal cases in explicit detail.
By Chris Cameron
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At least he told voters what really matters.
By David Firestone
El caso, uno de varios que se centran en cómo se aplica la Primera Enmienda a las plataformas tecnológicas, fue desestimado porque los demandantes carecían de pruebas para legitimar sus reclamos.
By Adam Liptak
Al aire, puede ser por momentos catedrático y aguerrido. No duda en cortar el paso a los candidatos presidenciales que intentan apropiarse del escenario.
By Michael M. Grynbaum
See how much time Biden and Trump spent attacking each other in the first presidential debate.
By The New York Times
Bash es una veterana de CNN y su conducción puede ser crucial para la buena recepción del debate.
By Michael M. Grynbaum
El plan basado en los ingresos conocido como SAVE tiene más de ocho millones de beneficiarios inscritos. El Departamento de Educación está evaluando los fallos judiciales.
By Tara Siegel Bernard
Homicides, which surged during 2020, have been plunging.
By Paul Krugman
We’ll help navigate every twist and turn when Biden and Trump take the stage in Atlanta tonight.
By Jess Bidgood
Mary Trump, Donald J. Trump’s estranged niece, is among the half-dozen representatives that the Biden campaign is deploying to the spin room on Thursday.
By Shane Goldmacher, Katie Rogers and Michael Gold
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The pivotal first face-off between the two candidates is taking place in Atlanta, highlighting Georgia as a key presidential battleground.
By Maya King
A few suggestions from our staff.
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What you need to know about CNN’s chief Washington correspondent.
By Michael M. Grynbaum
What you need to know about CNN’s chief political correspondent.
By Michael M. Grynbaum
En casi todos los debates televisados, desde el primero en 1960, ha habido alguna ocurrencia, una metedura de pata o un intercambio que ha quedado grabado en la memoria del público.
By Simon J. Levien
We scrutinized the presidential candidates’ recent claims on abortion, health care, crime and climate change ahead of the debate.
By Linda Qiu
Ambos candidatos se han mostrado ansiosos por esta revancha: el presidente Joe Biden ha intentado centrarse en sus planes marcadamente diferentes para Estados Unidos, y Donald Trump sigue atacando el historial de su rival.
By Shane Goldmacher
The plan to dramatically reshape the federal government differs from Trump’s official platform, and has drawn attention on social media.
By Simon J. Levien
Ahead of the first presidential debate, we examined the climate stakes in this year’s election.
By Manuela Andreoni
Three states challenged the administration’s “good neighbor” plan, meant to protect downwind states from harmful emissions.
By Adam Liptak
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Here is an overview of the rules that the two campaigns have agreed to with CNN, the evening’s host.
By Maggie Astor
A New York Times/Siena College poll shows Republicans with greater enthusiasm for their candidate.
By Lisa Lerer
Plus, is the future “made in India”?
By Tracy Mumford, Michael M. Grynbaum, Peter S. Goodman, Ian Stewart and Jessica Metzger
Partisan media outlets this week are already fixating on Thursday night’s first presidential debate — and how their preferred candidate could prevail.
By Santul Nerkar
A debate before the debate.
By Gail Collins and Bret Stephens
The former president’s past tariffs raised prices for consumers and businesses, economists say. His next plan could tax 10 times as many imports.
By Ana Swanson and Alan Rappeport
No matter what happens on the CNN stage, here’s where the candidates stand on the issues that voters say matter most.
By Astead W. Herndon, Caitlin O’Keefe, Anna Foley and Elisa Gutierrez
When the two candidates square off, we can expect disorientation, dizziness and much else.
By Frank Bruni, Matthew Continetti and Olivia Nuzzi
Donald J. Trump is an offensive powerhouse. President Biden is going to talk directly to viewers. We watched past debates for insight into Thursday night’s matchup.
By Adam Nagourney
What you need to know about the economy before Thursday’s showdown between President Biden and Donald J. Trump.
By Jeanna Smialek
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To win on Thursday, Biden will have to override his instincts and defy the constraints and conventions of presidential debates.
By Jeff Shesol
The stakes in Thursday’s debate are high, and so is the risk of failure.
By Adam Westbrook and Emily Holzknecht
The left’s narcissism of small differences hands mainstream positions to Republicans.
By Pamela Paul
The stakes in Thursday’s debate are high, and so is the risk of failure.
By Adam Westbrook and Emily Holzknecht
Both candidates have been eager for this rematch, with President Biden aiming to focus on their starkly different visions for America, and Donald Trump keen to attack his rival’s record.
By Shane Goldmacher
Debatir con el expresidente es como hacer malabarismo con disparates, divagaciones y fanfarronerías
By Hillary Clinton
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