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Biden spent the weekend rallying Democrats and retreating with family after poor debate performance

Jul. 01, 2024 12:47 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden had the kind of weekend on which history pivots — trying to stabilize his campaign after a disastrous and demoralizing debate against former President Donald Trump, then gathering with family as previously planned at a secluded mountain retreat where they...

Gathered at Camp David, Biden's family tells him to stay in the presidential race and keep fighting

Jul. 01, 2024 09:29 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's family used a gathering at Camp David to urge him to stay in the race and keep fighting despite his dreadful debate performance, and some members criticized how his staff prepared him for the faceoff, according to four people familiar with the discussions. ...

Biden makes appeals to donors as concerns persist over his presidential debate performance

Jun. 29, 2024 21:49 PM EDT

RED BANK, N.J. (AP) — President Joe Biden looked to recapture his mojo and reassured donors at a Saturday fundraiser that he is fully up to the challenge of beating Donald Trump. “I didn’t have a great night, but I’m going to be fighting harder,” Biden told attendees at the...

After president's debate debacle, Jill Biden delivering the message that they're still all in

Jun. 29, 2024 19:33 PM EDT

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — Jill Biden was right at her husband's side Saturday as they exited Air Force One to head for a pair of campaign stops at luxurious vacation homes on Long Island. And she got straight to the point when it was her turn to introduce the president at a tony fundraiser. ...

Biden concedes debate fumbles but declares he will defend democracy. Dems stick by him — for now

Jun. 29, 2024 00:01 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden worked forcefully Friday to quell Democratic anxieties over his unsteady showing in his debate with former President Donald Trump, as elected members of his party closed ranks around him in an effort to shut down talk of replacing him atop the ticket. ...

On the anniversary of the fall of Roe, Democrats lay the blame for worsening health care on Trump

Jun. 24, 2024 15:52 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is using the second anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade to argue that Donald Trump is “guilty” of rolling back women's freedoms and setting off a nationwide health care crisis. Harris said Monday...

Now an abortion rights advocate, woman raped by stepfather as a child will campaign with first lady

Jun. 22, 2024 08:22 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A 22-year-old woman who became an abortion rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child will campaign with first lady Jill Biden in Pennsylvania this weekend as part of a 2024 election push around the anniversary of the fall of Roe v. Wade. ...

Biden again calls Trump a 'convicted felon' at a fundraiser pushing his 5-day total to around $40M

Jun. 18, 2024 21:17 PM EDT

McLEAN, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden again taunted Donald Trump as a “convicted felon” during a high-dollar fundraiser Tuesday, saying his likely opponent in November’s election is waging an “all-out assault” on the U.S. legal system. Tuesday's event with former...

Biden campaign and Jill Biden launch outreach to older voters with bingo nights and pickleball games

Jun. 13, 2024 16:06 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden is kicking off her husband's outreach to older voters, an effort that will blend rallies and phone banks with social events like bingo nights and pickleball games. While President Joe Biden is in Italy attending the Group of Seven summit, the...

President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial

Jun. 11, 2024 18:20 PM EDT

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Hunter Biden was convicted Tuesday of all three felony charges related to the purchase of a revolver in 2018 when, prosecutors argued, the president’s son lied on a mandatory gun-purchase form by saying he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. ...