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Biden’s election betting odds plummet after debate with Trump
President Joe Biden’s odds to win the 2024 election took a major hit in betting markets after Thursday night’s debate with former President Donald Trump.
Poll: Young voters not happy with their presidential choices
More than a dozen people younger than 30 who were interviewed Tuesday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution said they’re not enthusiastic about the prospect of either the Democratic candidate, President Joe Biden, or the Republican candidate, former President Donald Trump, as our nation’s next president.
Whoever wins the Biden-Trump debate, CNN hopes to claim victory
CNN is hoping Thursday’s highly anticipated Biden-Trump debate will become a stature-building moment at a time when the cable news stalwart needs a win.
Biden, in France for D-Day anniversary, to stress contrast with Trump
President Biden arrived in France on Wednesday to join world leaders in commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day, a visit in which he plans to evoke the memory of allies united against tyranny to highlight the stakes of his election campaign and draw a pointed comparison with Donald Trump.
Wall Street tests market fallout of a Trump-Biden rematch
This much is clear for the financial markets: The US presidential election is likely to usher in a bumpy end to 2024.
Trump convicted on 34 counts to become America’s first felon ex-president
Donald Trump was convicted Thursday of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened to derail his 2016 presidential campaign, capping an extraordinary trial that tested the resilience of the U.S. justice system and transformed the former commander in chief into a felon.
Jury finds former President Donald Trump guilty on all 34 charges
A New York jury deliberated for 10 hours before returning a guilty verdict in the hush money trial against former President Donald Trump.
Skyrocketing rents and home prices may be pivotal in the 2024 election
D. Carter paid $1,525 for rent, cable and WiFi for her one-bedroom apartment until her monthly rent jumped to $2,100 last year. Unwilling and unable to pay the new rate, Carter, who spoke on the condition that her first name not be used, considered buying but quickly realized that with interest rates hovering around 7 percent, she was priced out.
Trump says Haley will be on his team; he calls her a “capable person”
After months of silence post election suspension, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said she’d vote for former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. Now, he’s saying there is a place for her on his team.
Trump’s unprecedented trial is unremarkable for some swing voters
Judy Loachridge, a rare undecided voter, keeps up with Donald Trump’s criminal trial by reading the news and hearing about it from her daughter. She said she thinks Trump was dishonest about his finances and was caught in lies.
Biden and Trump agree to CNN debate in June, ABC faceoff in September
President Biden and former president Donald Trump agreed Wednesday to a June 27 debate on CNN and a Sept. 10 debate broadcast by ABC News, hours after Biden announced he would bypass the decades-old tradition of three fall meetings organized by the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates.
Most of Trump’s kids, including Barron, named presidential convention delegates
It’s a family affair: Almost all of Donald Trump’s children, including 18-year-old Barron, will be Florida Republican Party delegates at the GOP presidential convention this year.
President Biden to visit Seattle for campaign events
President Joe Biden is headed to Seattle this week to raise money for his reelection campaign. Biden will participate in fundraising events in the area on Friday and Saturday, the White House announced Wednesday.
States move to label deepfake political ads
After 20,000 or more New Hampshire voters received a call with the artificial-intelligence-doctored voice of President Joe Biden asking them to skip the state’s primary in January, state officials were in a quandary.
Kennedy family members endorse Biden in rebuke of RFK Jr.
More than a dozen Kennedy family members endorsed President Biden for reelection at a campaign event on Thursday, saying he reflects the values and “moral leadership” of their clan’s most celebrated members, a move intended in part to counter the independent campaign of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Trump rages against Graham on abortion, in a rare break between allies
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has reversed his support for a national abortion ban and said that if he is elected, the GOP would also support access to in vitro fertilization.
At glitzy Biden fundraiser, three presidents unite to blast Trump
In a rarity in presidential history, three Democratic presidents gathered here Thursday to publicly pillory and mock another former occupant of the Oval Office, blasting Donald Trump on the economy, immigration, abortion, his character and even his golf game.
Biden, at risk with young voters, is racing to shift marijuana policy
Vice President Kamala Harris looked up from prepared remarks in the White House’s ornate Roosevelt Room this month to make sure the reporters in the room could hear her clearly: “Nobody should have to go to jail for smoking weed.”
Biden gains ground against Trump in six key states, poll shows
President Joe Biden has gained ground against Republican Donald Trump in six of seven key swing states, and significantly so in at least two of them. The results make for the Democrat’s strongest position yet in a monthly Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll.
Spin Control: Some takeaways and warning signs from final primary results
Although the winners for the Washington presidential primary were known minutes after the 8 p.m. deadline – if there was any doubt before then – that doesn’t mean there is nothing to learn from the final results, which are just finalized on Friday.