White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said President Joe Biden‘s poor performance at the first 2024 presidential debate was a result of a cold and jet lag from his world travels. Biden spent Wednesday doing damage control with Democratic power brokers, including calls with senior lawmakers, an all-staff briefing to his 2024 campaign and Democratic […]
The White House reiterated President Joe Biden‘s promise to be a “bridge” to a younger generation of Democratic Party leaders, including Vice President Kamala Harris. “One of the reasons why he picked the vice president, Kamala Harris, is because she is indeed the future of the party,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters […]
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) is affirming her support for President Joe Biden in posts on X while pushing her own Hybrid PAC, Fight Like Hell. Several social media posts, made on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, all implied support for the president while linking the governor’s fundraising PAC, not the Democratic National Committee or the Biden […]
President Joe Biden is not bowing to pressure from his own Democratic Party to step down as its 2024 nominee, according to the White House. “Absolutely not,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Wednesday when she was asked whether Biden is considering standing aside after last week’s debate. “What I can say is the president […]
The Department of Health and Human Services announced that adult and youth inmates on their way out of prison in Illinois, Kentucky, Oregon, Utah, and Vermont will be granted Medicaid and children’s health insurance programs, or CHIP, before being released. The decision by HHS made through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services took into […]
A member of the Council of the District of Columbia slammed the district’s 911 call center for not answering calls and putting residents on hold in emergencies in a Tuesday letter. Ward 1 Councilwoman Brianne Nadeau accused the Office of Unified Communications, Washington’s 911 call and dispatch center, of “persistent mismanagement of emergencies and lack […]
A joint fundraising committee affiliated with Donald Trump‘s presidential campaign is teasing the first events featuring his eventual running mate during the Republican National Convention later this month. The Trump 47 committee is holding at least two fundraisers with the yet-to-be-unveiled Republican vice presidential candidate, according to copies of the invitations obtained by the Washington Examiner. […]
Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) will be an in-person attendee at President Joe Biden‘s White House meeting with Democratic governors Wednesday evening. An aide to Moore confirmed his attendance to the Washington Examiner Wednesday afternoon. He will join Govs. Andy Beshear (D-KY), Maura Healey (D-MA), Daniel McKee (D-RI), Gavin Newsom (D-CA), J.B. Pritzker (D-IL), and Gretchen […]
Former President Donald Trump‘s lead over Joe Biden has ballooned since the president’s disastrous debate performance last week, according to a new poll. A New York Times-Siena College poll released Wednesday shows Trump leading Biden 49%-43% nationally among likely voters in the survey conducted from June 28 through Tuesday. It is a 3-point improvement for […]
President Joe Biden is doing damage control with Democratic power players following the first 2024 presidential debate, but he is quickly running out of time to tamp down the momentum to replace him atop the Democratic ticket. Biden returned to Washington, D.C., on Monday night following campaign stops in North Carolina and New York and […]
