Trump aborted assassination: Biden says ‘everybody must condemn’ attack on ex-president and Republican candidate
President Joe Biden delivered remarks from the White House’s emergency briefing room in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, which is set up whenever the president travels to allow him to deliver remarks to the country in a matter of minutes. He was spending the weekend at his beach home and was at a nearby church for mass when the shooting occurred.
FBI terms Trump rally shooting ‘assassination’ attempt as security reports kiling gunman
Donald Trump, who served as president from 2017-2021, easily bested his rivals for the Republican nomination early in the campaign and has largely unified around him the party that had briefly wavered in support after his supporters attacked the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, attempting to overturn his 2020 election defeat.
News conference shows Biden’s strengths overshadowed by questions about his capabilities
President Joe Biden kicked off the press conference by talking at length about NATO and its value to the United States — one of his strongest political issues against Trump, who has been openly sceptical of the alliance and once suggested he’d encourage Russia to attack NATO members whom he considered delinquent.
Biden team says no Democrat would do better in keeping Republican Trump off White House
The memo came as Biden headed into a crucial ay in his re-election campaign, facing questions at a highly anticipated press conference and sending his team to meet privately with sceptical senators on Capitol Hill as numbers of lawmakers call for him to exit the race.
Personal physician says Biden is fit to lead US White House spokeswoman fields questions president’s health
There has been confusion as to whether President Joe Biden saw his doctor about his cold after the presidential debate on June 27. The White House initially said there was no medical exam, but it later said there was a “short verbal check-in” and it was determined that no exam was needed.
Boeing pleads guilty to criminal fraud conspiracy to resolve investigations into 737 MAX fatal crashes
Pentagon spokesperson Air Force Major General Patrick Ryder told reporters the agency would make an assessment to decide the impact of the guilty plea on Boeing’s contracts. He did not address whether the agency was in talks with the planemaker.
Trump distances himself from extremist Project 2025, calls it abysmal despite ties to Repubicans
In a statement provided by a Project 2025 spokesperson on Friday, Roberts repeated his claim that Americans were carrying out a revolution “to take power back from the elites and despotic bureaucrats” and said it was the political left that had a history of political violence.
Biden defies calls to pull from presidential race saying 2024 poll is up to voters not Democrats on Capitol Hill
On Saturday, a fifth Democratic lawmaker said openly that Biden should not run again. Representative Angie Craig of Minnesota said that after what she saw and heard in the debate with Republican rival Donald Trump, and Biden’s “lack of a forceful response” afterward, he should step aside “and allow for a new generation of leaders to step forward.”
As Democrats intensify efforts to toss Biden out of presidential race he tells them: ‘I’m going nowhere’
Senator Mark Warner, a well-respected moderate Democrat, is inviting Democratic senators to a meeting on Monday to discuss Biden’s campaign, a source said. The Washington Post reported Warner was seeking to ask the group to press Biden to exit the race.
Democrats scratch heads for options as Biden heads into make-or-break period for his imperilled re-election bid
At the July Fourth barbecue, Biden welcomed military families formally from a lectern. He then went over to personally greet the crowd for a few moments. He suddenly grabbed a microphone and stood in the centre of the grass, explaining that there were thousands of people waiting to come into the party and he needed to duck back inside because the grounds were locked down as long as he was out there.
