Kamala Harris allies prepare her defense
Allies of Kamala Harris are engaged in a fragile, behind-the-scenes effort to ensure the vp strikes to the highest of the ticket if President Joe Biden steps apart, in keeping with 5 individuals concerned within the challenge or with information of the discussions. The endeavor, which has not been sanctioned by Harris or her group, has turn out to be extra pressing as Joe Biden’s presidential marketing campaign seemed to…
Biden tests positive for Covid
President Joe Biden has examined constructive for Covid-19 and is experiencing gentle signs, the White Home mentioned on Wednesday. The president was in Nevada and is returning to Delaware to isolate, White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned in an announcement. He has already acquired a dose of Paxlovid. As he boarded a flight out of Nevada, Biden gave reporters a thumbs-up and mentioned he was feeling “good.” “I really…
House GOP ramps up investigations into Trump assassination attempt
Home Republicans are rapidly ramping up their sprawling investigation into the assassination try in opposition to former President Donald Trump — with a GOP chair scheduling a public listening to with a trio of high officers subsequent week. Home Homeland Safety Chair Mark Inexperienced (R-Tenn.) on Tuesday invited Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray to testify about Saturday’s taking pictures earlier…
Zelenskyy brushes off Biden mistakenly calling him ‘President Putin’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy downplayed President Joe Biden’s NATO identify gaffe this week, calling it “a mistake.” Forward of a information convention on the NATO summit in Washington on Thursday, Biden mistakenly launched Zelenskyy as “President Putin” earlier than shortly correcting himself. The slip-up amplified a crescendo of concern over the president’s psychological acuity following a disastrous debate efficiency final month, and a rising variety of Democrats are calling for…
Biden faces his lowest point since the debate
President Joe Biden’s travails grew considerably extra dire Thursday, as a presentation by his political staff to Senate Democrats about his capability to defeat former President Donald Trump left many within the viewers unmoved, and lots of occasion leaders have been doing little to disguise their perception that he's too previous and diminished to credibly function Democratic nominee. Quite a lot of White Home and marketing campaign aides are plotting…
How Biden froze Capitol Hill — for now
After enduring days of blowback from Hill Democrats privately panicked about his debate flop, President Joe Biden determined to present his doubters an ultimatum: Converse up or shut up. At the very least for now, the overwhelming majority of Democratic lawmakers are shutting up. Biden's emphatic insistence that he is staying within the race — a newly aggressive posture within the final two days and grounded in an underdog mentality…
NATO is losing patience with one of its own members — and it’s not who you think
Canada has been dodging its dedication to NATO for a decade. It could not have the ability to maintain out for for much longer. Over the previous a number of years, Ottawa has develop into an outlier among the many 32-member alliance. It has didn't hit home army spending targets, has fallen brief on benchmarks to fund new gear and has no plans to get there. It’s a stance that…
White House explains neurologist's numerous visits
President Joe Biden’s physician launched a letter late Monday clarifying the explanations for a Parkinson’s illness specialist’s quite a few visits to the White Home, simply hours after reporters in search of a proof clashed with the president’s press secretary within the briefing room. Kevin O’Connor, the president’s physician, mentioned Kevin Cannard — who visited the White Home a number of instances over the past yr — has been a…
House Republicans request interview with White House physician
Home Republicans are opening an investigation into President Joe Biden’s physician within the wake of his debate efficiency — the newest signal that Democrats’ political complications are solely rising. Home Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) despatched a letter to White Home doctor Kevin O’Connor on Sunday requesting that he seem behind closed doorways for a transcribed interview with committee counsel. Comer is giving O’Connor till July 14 to contact employees…
First Biden hosts donors at the White House. Then they give massive checks.
Shortly earlier than Christmas, 4 billionaires with a protracted historical past of writing checks to Democrats have been escorted into the White Home, previous the candy-themed vacation decorations and down the steps to the ground-floor Map Room. There, the group heard immediately from President Joe Biden about his second-term agenda and have been capable of ask him questions on his marketing campaign and coverage, in keeping with two individuals acquainted…