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A reporter’s view: Inside the Oval Office at a ‘pass the torch’ moment
President Biden’s address to the nation sealed his historic exit from the presidential race, while framing the coming election in almost existential terms.
President Biden’s address to the nation sealed his historic exit from the presidential race, while framing the coming election in almost existential terms.
Party leaders are lining up to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris, and campaign cash is pouring in. But Democrats still face an uphill battle.
Following an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, calls have risen for less incendiary political rhetoric. Yet a core Democratic message is that Mr. Trump is a threat to democracy.
The first shooting of a current or former president in 40-plus years raises urgent questions about how to tamp down political violence.
President Biden performed just well enough at a NATO press conference Thursday evening for supporters to defend him, but not well enough to end debate over whether he should drop out.
The spotlight is shining brighter on Vice President Harris, who has a chance to reintroduce herself amid questions about the Democratic ticket.
At a Monitor Breakfast, Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark Warner weighed in on AI, China, and border security. Then I asked the Virginia Democrat if he’d run for reelection.
At a Monitor Breakfast, Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia talked about threats to U.S. elections and to national security, from the border to TikTok.
The guilty verdict against Hunter Biden is the first-ever criminal conviction of a sitting president’s son. It came on a firearms-purchasing charge that’s unusual for someone not accused of related criminal activity.
For President Biden, whose life has been marked by tragedy, son Hunter’s gun trial adds family drama – and a supercharged legal dimension – to an already unusual presidential election.