Post Biden-Trump debate poll finds 4 in 10 Democrats think party should replace president as 2024 nominee: Live

Joe Biden should be removed as the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee following his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump, according to 41 percent of Democratic voters surveyed in a new poll by USA Today/Suffolk University, the latest blow to his ailing campaign.

The president, 81, met with his family at Camp David in Maryland on Sunday to discuss his political future in the wake of his frail, confused appearance in Atlanta last week, which only heightened doubts about his cognitive ability and sparked calls for him to drop out of the race for the White House.

Biden’s family reportedly encouraged him to stay the course as he spent Sunday with First Lady Jill Biden, his children, and grandchildren, with the possibility of firing campaign advisers said to have been discussed.

Top Democrats are believed to have been in crisis talks over the last three days amid speculation the party could move to replace Biden with another candidate.

US Vice President Kamala Harris, Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Governors Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, Wes Moore, and JB Pritzker have all been named as possible emergency successors.

Key Points

• Post-debate poll finds four in 10 Democrats think party should replace Biden as 2024 nominee

• President meets family at Camp David as calls mount for him to quit US presidential race

• Biden clan tries to blame campaign staff for disastrous debate performance

• Top Democrat admits party is having ‘serious’ talks about dropping Biden

• US Supreme Court awards Trump some immunity from prosecution

Biden slams Trump for setting ‘new record for the most lies told in a single debate’

22:05 , Gustaf Kilander

‘Biden was bad’: Jen Psaki calls debate prep criticism ‘absurd’

21:50 , Gustaf Kilander

Giuliani spokesperson calls bankruptcy proceedings ‘partisan and politically motivated’

21:35 , Kelly Rissman and Gustaf Kilander

Last month, the judge in former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani’s bankruptcy case slammed his failure to comply with deadlines and inability to keep bookkeepers to manage his “mess” of financial records.

Giuliani’s bookkeeping was heavily criticized during a three-hour-long hearing in his high-profile Chapter 11 bankruptcy case. Judge Sean Lane also heard heated arguments from Giuliani’s creditors, who want a trustee to seize control of his finances and force the disgraced mayor to file monthly operating reports on time.

“There are reasons to be concerned here,” the bankruptcy court judge declared, conceding that the former mayor’s records appear to be a “mess.”

“At a certain point, a failure to comply with [court] orders means my voice will take on a decided edge,” the judge warned at the time. “If people don’t obey court orders, it’s a profound problem.”

On Monday, a spokesperson for Giuliani said: “Mayor Giuliani is simply following available options to combat an entirely partisan and politically motivated proceeding. Make no mistake, this is directly connected to the Biden regime’s ongoing efforts to take down President Trump and anyone willing to stand up against them.

“I can promise you this. No matter what they do, they can’t take away Mayor Giuliani’s most important assets— integrity, courage and love for America. And just like Steve Bannon and others, they’re trying to silence Mayor Giuliani. Well, good luck with that.”

Supreme Court grants Trump immunity for ‘official’ acts in landmark ruling that will delay trial

21:20 , Ariana Baio, Alex Woodward

Former presidents have some immunity from criminal prosecution for official actions, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday – extending the delay in the criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss, and all but ending prospects he could be tried before the November election.

In a 6-3 decision released on Monday, the court rejected Trump’s suggestion of total immunity but said some of the actions laid out in the federal election interference indictment related to his official acts and are protected.

“The president enjoys no immunity for his unofficial acts, and not everything the president does is official. The president is not above the law. But Congress may not criminalize the president’s conduct in carrying out the responsibilities of the executive branch under the constitution,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority.

The court’s conservative majority granted him “presumptive immunity” for actions that the former president claims were in the “outer perimeter” of his official duties.

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SCOTUS grants Trump immunity for ‘official’ acts in ruling that will delay trial

VIDEO: Biden campaign raises $27M in days since lackluster debate performance

20:50 , Gustaf Kilander

‘Americans should be scared’

20:20 , Oliver O'Connell

President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign has shifted into a full-court press against Donald Trump in response to the incumbent’s disastrous debate performance last week.

On a press call Monday, Biden campaign surrogates including former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett, and deputy campaign manager Quentin Fulks warned that American democracy would disappear in November if Democrats and concerned Americans did not rally behind the president. The call was organized in response to the Supreme Court’s decision granting Trump and all US presidents limited immunity from prosecution for official acts. It also appears to be in response to newfound concerns from his own party that Biden isn’t a strong enough candidate to win the presidential election.

Notably, the Biden campaign team only took questions from four journalists on the call, only one of whom was a White House beat reporter.

John Bowden and Andrew Feinberg report from Washington, DC.

‘Americans should be scared’: Biden allies use forceful rhetoric on media call

Hunter Biden sues Fox News for defamation

19:50 , Oliver O'Connell

Hunter Biden is suing the Fox News network, just a little over a year after the right-wing news channel was forced to reach a historic settlement and admitted its anchors had spread false claims about a voting machine company to please its pro-Trump audience.

John Bowden reports.

Hunter Biden sues Fox News for defamation

Whitmer warns Biden’s team he can’t win Michigan after debate flop

19:20 , Oliver O'Connell

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has warned that PresidentJoe Biden’s chances of winning the state are now over following his dismal debate performance last week.

Biden had hoped to silence critics who have questioned his age and mental sharpness when he took on Donald Trump on stage during the first televised debate of the 2024 election on Thursday evening.

But instead of putting concerns to rest, the 81-year-old reinforced the stereotype with a bumbling, stumbling performance that is said to have left members of his party divided on whether he is the right candidate to run for the White House.

James Liddell reports.

Whitmer warns Biden’s team he can’t win Michigan after debate flop

18:50 , Oliver O'Connell

If Biden stepped down as the Democratic candidate, who could replace him?

18:20 , Joe Sommerlad

US vice president Kamala Harris, transport secretary Pete Buttigieg and state governors Gavin Newsom, Gretchen Whitmer, Wes Moore and JB Pritzker have all been named as possible emergency successors.

John Bowden reports.

If Biden stepped down as Democratic candidate, who could replace him?

‘I’m still processing what happened’: Democrats stew over Biden’s performance

17:50 , Joe Sommerlad

Here’s Eric Garcia with a roundup of the reaction to last week’s debate from Capitol Hill.

‘I’m still processing what happened’: Democrats on Biden’s debate performance

Biden’s debate debacle against Trump watched by 51m viewers

17:20 , Joe Sommerlad

Last week’s presidential debate was watched by 51.27m viewers, according to CNN.

he 90-minute event, which took place in Atlanta, Georgia, was hosted by that network but carried live by 22 of its competitors.

CNN said on Friday that the debate drew the highest audience on its network with 9.53m viewers, followed by 9.276m on right-wing Fox News.

Meanwhile, ABC News drew 9.21m viewers and MSNBC got 4.122m.

However, the number of people watching dropped more than 30 per cent from 2020 when 73m tuned in the first presidential debate between Biden and Trump.

Graeme Massie has more.

51 million viewers tune in for Biden’s debate debacle against Trump

Cheney reacts after Trump reposts account accusing her of ‘treason’ and demanding 'televised military tribunals’

16:50 , Joe Sommerlad

The former chair of the House select committee that investigated January 6 and Wyoming GOP congresswoman says her old party’s presumptive presidential nominee, is not even “a stable adult”, let alone fit to govern.

First lady appears on cover of Vogue

16:30 , Joe Sommerlad

Well, I guess that’s one way for the Biden camp to respond to its present state of crisis.

Steve Bannon must report to prison today after Supreme Court rejects last-ditch appeal

16:10 , Joe Sommerlad

Away from the immunity ruling, the Supreme Court is also responsible for another big Trumpworld story today: the former president’s ex-White House strategist Steve Bannon being ordered to report to prison today after the court rejected his final attempt to stall his four-month sentence on Friday.

The justices denied the far-right podcaster’s emergency request to stay out of jail while he continues his appeal.

Bannon was found in contempt of Congress after defying subpoenas to give evidence to the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol.

As you can imagine, he’s not taking it well.

Meanwhile, things are not going swimmingly for Marjorie Taylor Greene either as she protests Bannon turning himself in outside the jail in Danbury, Connecticut.

Alex Woodward has more on Bannon’s fall from, er, grace, I guess...

Steve Bannon must report to prison after Supreme Court rejects last-ditch appeal

Trump hails Supreme Court ruling as ‘BIG WIN’

15:50 , Joe Sommerlad

Writing on Truth Social just now, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee reacted to the immunity verdict by declaring in trademark all-caps:

“BIG WIN FOR OUR CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY. PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN!”

Follow our dedicated Supreme Court blog for the latest as Trump granted partial immunity

15:45 , Joe Sommerlad

For all the reaction to that monumental decision from the highest court in the United States, you can follow our dedicated liveblog with Oliver O’Connell via the link below.

Right here, we’ll be sticking with all things Biden and the Democratic crisis arising from last week’s debate fiasco.

Supreme Court awards Donald Trump some immunity from prosecution: Live updates

Breaking: US Supreme Court awards Trump some immunity from prosecution

15:40 , Joe Sommerlad

Trump, and any future president, has total immunity from criminal prosecution for official actions, the US Supreme Court has just ruled in one of the most consequential cases for the American presidency in the history of the office.

In a 6-3 decision released on Monday, the court said that the Constitution gives presidents total immunity covering official acts – but not private.

“Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of presidential power entitles a former president to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote.

The ruling, issued at the tail end of the Supreme Court’s term, will delay the state and federal trials the former president faces as prosecutors and defense attorneys determine which crimes Trump is immune from.

But the justices’ long-awaited decision already benefits Trump because it has caused delays in proceedings – likely pushing those trials until after November’s election, which he could well win.

Here’s the very latest from Ariana Baio and Alex Wooward.

Supreme Court awards Donald Trump immunity from crimes under an official act

Post-debate poll finds four in 10 Democrats think party should replace Biden as 2024 nominee

15:33 , Joe Sommerlad

Joe Biden should be removed as the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee following his disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump, according to 41 per cent of Democratic voters surveyed in a new poll by USA Today/Suffolk University, the latest blow to his ailing campaign.

Do debates matter? History hints at whether Biden could still recover

15:00 , Joe Sommerlad

Nearly everyone agrees — including Biden himself — that he botched the first debate of the 2024 presidential election, but the question remains as to how much a debate performance matters when it comes to reclaiming the White House.

History shows the 81-year-old Democrat could still recover, writes Kelly Rissman.

Do debates matter? History hints at whether voters will forgive Biden’s rough night

Biden sees presidential odds fall while Harris rises after debate

14:40 , Oliver O'Connell

The president’s odds of remaining the 2024 Democratic nominee have fallen in the wake of last week’s debate debacle, according to one sports-betting website.

While Biden is still the favored candidate and US vice president Kamala Harris remains far behind, her odds jumped after the debate, according to Oddschecker.

Biden’s odds dropped by roughly 40 per cent between last week and Friday morning.

Meanwhile, Harris saw her odds nearly double over the same period.

Here’s more from Katie Hawkinson.

Biden sees presidential odds fall while Kamala Harris rises hours after debate

Trump asks if Biden is ‘choker’ or ‘cognitive mess'

14:28 , Oliver O'Connell

Donald Trump has lashed out at Joe Biden in his latest Truth Social post about Thursday’s presidential debate.

The former president wrote:

Only three things could have been the reason that Crooked Joe Biden, the worst President in the history of the United States, failed so badly at the debate on Thursday night. THEY WERE: 1) “TRUMP WAS REALLY GREAT!” In all fairness, and I say in complete and total modesty, many, on both sides of the political spectrum, have said it was the greatest single debate performance in the long and storied history of Presidential Debates. Thank you! 2) CROOKED JOE “CHOKED” LIKE A DOG. 3) JOE IS A COGNITIVE MESS! It could be combinations of all three, but ask yourself this question, as a proud citizen of the United States of America (which no longer means a thing, to many, as millions of people flow into our Country, totally unchecked and unvetted!), would you rather have a President who is a CHOKER, or a President who is a COGNITIVE MESS??? Also, did my Debate Performance play a role in Joe’s total “disembowelment” before the World? Our Fake Historians over at CNN & MSDNC would like to know???

Philadelphia Inquirer calls on Trump to drop out, not Biden

14:00 , Joe Sommerlad

Here’s a contrary opinion from the newspaper of record in the key swing state of Pennsylvania.

Trump veep candidate claims Republican’s departure from the White House was ‘smooth transition'

13:30 , Joe Sommerlad

North Dakota governor Doug Burgum and senators JD Vance, Marco Rubio and Tim Scott all joined the Sunday shows to try to shift the blame from the Republican candiate after he was accused of spreading lies about abortion, his record in office and the economy during Thursday’s debate.

Burgum, in particular, absolutely outdid himself.

Trump tells Biden to ‘get the hell out of here’ at lie-filled rally

13:00 , Joe Sommerlad

For balance, here’s Alex Woodward on Trump’s “victory lap” in Virginia following the debate.

The former president used his latest rally to argue that the upcoming election isn’t about whether the clearly-struggling Biden can “survive a 90-minute debate” but whether America can survive another four years under his leadership, suggesting that the country might not “survive another five months.”

Trump tells Biden to ‘get the hell out of here’ at lie-filled rally

Biden comes out swinging for Trump after debate disaster

12:30 , Joe Sommerlad

Hours after the first presidential debate, where he struggled to keep up with Trump’s avalanche of lies and couldn’t string together coherent sentences,a visibly energized Joe Biden acknowledged the previous night’s failures in fired-up remarks to a raucous rally crowd in North Carolina on Friday.

“I know I’m not a young man, to state the obvious,” he said at the end of his remarks in Raleigh.

“Folks, I don’t walk as easy as I used to. I don’t speak as well as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to. But I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to to this job.

“I know what millions of Americans do: When you get knocked down you get back up.”

Andrew Feinberg and Alex Woodward have this report.

Biden targets Trump’s lies after debate disaster: ‘I know how to tell the truth’

Pelosi attacks Trump and says he might have ‘dementia’ after Biden’s rocky debate

12:00 , Joe Sommerlad

Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi went on the attack on Sunday, coming to the defense of Joe Biden following his disastrous debate performance last week.

Pelosi, responding to calls from some Democrats and newspaper editorial boards for Biden to step aside and polling showing that a clear majority of Americans believe that he does not have the mental faculties to be president, pivoted to attacking the Republican candidate instead.

“There are healthcare professionals who think that Trump has dementia,” she told CNN.

“If we’re just talking about mental acuity, let’s be fair about it. Not even that he lies, that he doesn’t know the truth.”

Here’s what Trump thought of her remarks, by the way.

John Bowden has more.

Pelosi attacks Trump and says he might have ‘dementia’ after Biden’s rocky debate

Biden clan tries to blame campaign staff for disastrous debate performance

11:30 , Joe Sommerlad

The president’s family has blamed his campaign team for his disastrous debate performance on Thursday, questioning whether top advisers should be fired while insisting he should remain in the White House race.

James Liddell has more.

Biden clan tries to blames campaign staff for disastrous debate performance

Raskin admits Democrats are having ‘serious’ talks about dropping Biden

11:00 , Joe Sommerlad

One of the president’s most influential allies in the House of Representatives, Jamie Raskin, became the first elected Democrat to admit to a news program on the record this weekend that his party is having “serious conversations” about whether Joe Biden should continue as the Democrats’ presidential nominee.

Raskin appeared for an interview with Ali Velshi on MSNBC and explained that the party would be unified in the fall — whether it was behind Biden, or another nominee he indicated the party could possibly choose before then.

“Obviously, there was a big problem with Joe Biden’s debate performance,” Raskins said.

“And there’s also just a tremendous reservoir of affection and love for Joe Biden in our party. So this makes it a difficult situation for everybody, but there are very honest and serious, rigorous, conversations taking place at every level of our party.

“One thing I can tell you is that regardless of what President Biden decides, our party is going to be unified... And so whether he’s the candidate or someone else is the candidate, he is going to be the keynote speaker at our convention, he will be the figure that we rally around to move forward and beat the forces of authoritarianism and reaction in the country.”

John Bowden reports.

Raskin says Democrats are having ‘serious’ talks about nominee being ‘someone else’

Biden meets family at Camp David as calls mount for him to quit US presidential race

10:30 , Joe Sommerlad

Joe Biden met with his family at Camp David in Maryland on Sunday to discuss his political future after Thursday’s disastrous debate performance against Donald Trump, which only heightened doubts about his cognitive ability and sparked calls for him to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.

The president’s family reportedly encouraged him to stay the course as he spent the day with first lady Jill Biden, his children and grandchildren, with the possibility of firing campaign advisers said to have been discussed.

Here’s more from Shweta Sharma.

Biden meets family at Camp David as calls mount to quit 2024 US presidential race

Fetterman defends Biden debate flub

10:00 , John Bowden

Joe Biden’s defenders rallied to his side on Sunday across the cable news circuit and rejected calls for the president to drop out of the 2024 race.

Chief among them was John Fetterman, whose own rocky debate performance in 2022 following a stroke was thought by some to have been a death knell of the now-senator’s campaign.

The Pennsylvania senator appeared on Fox News Sunday, where host Shannon Bream asked him about calls from Democratic supporters as well as media outlets such as The New York Times and Atlanta Journal-Constitution arguing that the president should immediately step aside and allow Democrats to pick a successor.

“There’s no value in any of those things,” Fetterman told Bream, after mockingly clutching his cheeks and quipping, “oh no!”.

“There was the same kind of a freakout after my debate, and in fact I might even say that I had a more difficult evening than the president did. And here I am right now, having this conversation.”

Lincoln project releases ad calling Trump a ‘liar'

08:00 , Ariana Baio

Voices: Biden and Trump show it’s time we had upper age limits for the elderly

Monday 1 July 2024 00:00 , Ariana Baio

“You might think these three are exceptions to the rule. Most people in their dotage are delightful, quietly getting on with their retirement by making jam and sucking on endless Werther’s Originals, or volunteering with local charities, where they like to teach the paid employees a thing or two…

We also cannot ignore that these three examples are all men. And it does seem to be a particularly (though not uniquely) male tendency to become an ever more braggadocious know-it-all as time goes on.”

Will Gore writes:

Biden and Trump show it’s time to consider upper age limits for the elderly

Biden campaign raised $33 million since debate

Sunday 30 June 2024 23:00 , Ariana Baio

The Biden campaign announced they have raised more than $33 million since the first presidential debate on Thursday, including $26 million from grassroots donations – amid concerns from Democrats about his ability to win the 2024 presidential election.

The campaign said that Thursday was their best grassroots fundraising day and Friday was the second best.

Catch up before the Supreme Court’s decision tomorrow

Sunday 30 June 2024 22:00 , Ariana Baio

The Supreme Court will decide if Donald Trump, or any future president, is immune from criminal prosecution tomorrow.

Here’s what to know before the decision drops.

Alex Woodward reports:

Is Trump immune from prosecution? Supreme Court will soon decide major question

Fetterman defends Biden debate flub amid calls for president to drop out of the race

Sunday 30 June 2024 21:00 , Ariana Baio

Joe Biden’s defenders rallied to his side on Sunday across the cable news circuit and rejected calls for the president to drop out of the 2024 race.

Chief among them was John Fetterman, whose own rocky debate performance in 2022 following a stroke was thought by some to have been a death knell of the now-senator’s campaign.

John Bowden reports:

Fetterman defends Biden debate flub amid calls for president to drop out of the race

JD Vance blames media while defending Trump’s lies

Sunday 30 June 2024 20:00 , Ariana Baio

Ohio Senator JD Vance, who is on the list of potential running mate picks for Donald Trump, deflected criticisms about the former president lying during the presidential debate, and suggested it was partially the media’s fault.

While speaking with Margaret Brennan on Face The Nation, Vance was asked why Trump lies about things like abortion, his record as president and January 6.

“I think the media is running interference on a lot of this stuff,” Vance said in response.

The senator began to list things that the media flagged as false statements that he believed were true including misrepresented claims about late-term abortions.

“And most importantly, we know that the media seems totally uninterested, in fact-checking Joe Biden from any of the number of false claims that he made,” Vance said before Brennan interrupted him.

Marco Rubio defends Trump ‘Black jobs’ comment

Sunday 30 June 2024 19:00 , Ariana Baio

Florida Senator Marco Rubio, a potential vice presidential pick for Donald Trump, defended the former president’s comments about “Black jobs” during the debate – insinuating that the moderators directed the question.

While speaking with CBS News directly after the debate, Rubio was asked to clarify what Trump meant by “Black jobs” when he made the unsubstantiated claim that migrants would take “Black jobs.”

“You know what he meant by that, he meant jobs that are filled by African Americans in America, and others, Americans in general,” Rubio told CBS News.

“But the question in specific was about Black voters – he didn’t ask that question, the moderators did and so he segued into the impact that it’s had on Black voters,” he added.

72 percent of voters think Biden should not run, poll says

Sunday 30 June 2024 18:00 , Ariana Baio

After the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, 72 percent of voters think the president should not be running, according to polling from CBS and YouGov.

Out of 1,130 registered voters polled, less than 30 percent believe Biden should be in the 2024 presidential race when asked, “Regardless of whether or not you would vote for him, do you think Joe Biden should or should not be running or re-election as president in 2024?”

On Thursday, the president performed poorly in a debate against Trump, often stumbling over words and sharing his policies with a hoarse voice. The aftermath has left voters, and members of his own party, concerned about his ability to win over the former president.

When asked what reason Biden should not be running for re-election, 86 percent of respondents said his age while 59 percent said they had concerns about his ability to campaign.

More than half of respondents also said Trump should not be running for president with 91 percent referring to his felony conviction as a reason. In addition, 89 percent said Trump should not run because of decisions he might make while in office.

Potential Trump VP stops short of commiting to accepting election results

Sunday 30 June 2024 17:30 , Ariana Baio

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, a potential pick for Donald Trump’s vice president, refused to commit to accepting the 2024 election results, insinuating that something may very well go wrong.

“These hypothetical questions that keep coming up imply that somehow that every one of our 3,100 counties in America that everything is going to go perfectly,” Burgum told Meet The Press’s Kristen Welker.

“I’ve never commented on a bill before it reached my desk I’m not going to comment on an election before it happens,” he added.

Burgum said so long as the election is “free and fair” he would accept the results before criticizing the media for not asking Democrats the same question.

Lindsey Graham says he’s ‘not worried’ about Trump accepting election results

Sunday 30 June 2024 17:00 , Ariana Baio

South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham expressed faith that Donald Trump will accept the 2024 presidential election results after the former president refused to state he would not conduct a repeat of the 2020 election.

On CNN Sunday morning, Graham responded to a question about Trump accepting presidential results by diverting the question.

“Yeah,” he told Dana Bash. “I mean what are you supposed to say: ‘Yeah I’ll accept it no matter if I thought it was cheating’”.

“I’m not worried about him accepting the results of the election. I’m worried about between now and November does Iran get a nuclear weapon because they think Joe Biden is so comprised he’s not going to do anything about it.”

I was at the Trump-Biden presidential debate and it became very clear what had gone wrong

Sunday 30 June 2024 16:00 , Andrew Feinberg

Voices: Behind the scenes at the first debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, the buzzy atmosphere of the spin room descended into horror-struck silence within the first few minutes of the president opening his mouth. While Trump told bombastic lies in front of us, Biden struggled to recall what were obviously canned responses.

At one point, a former prominent TV commentator got up from their seat and start pacing back and forth, worriedly. Biden aides and surrogates, who had been in constant communication with each of us throughout the day, fell silent, one by one.

Read more from Andrew Feinberg here

Philadelphia inquirer calls on Trump to drop out of presidential race

Sunday 30 June 2024 15:00 , Ariana Baio

The editorial board of The Philadelphia Inquirer has called on Donald Trump to drop out of the 2024 presidential race – one day after The New York Times called on President Joe Biden to drop out.

“President Joe Biden’s debate performance was a disaster. His disjointed responses and dazed look sparked calls for him to drop out of the presidential race,” the editorial board wrote.

“But lost in the hand wringing was Donald Trump’s usual bombastic litany of lies, hyperbole, bigotry, ignorance, and fear mongering. His performance demonstrated once again that he is a danger to democracy and unfit for office.”

The op-ed warned that four more years of Trump would be “more lies, grievance, narcissism, and hate.”

Watch: Trump claims ‘big victory’ over Biden one day after presidential debate

Sunday 30 June 2024 14:00 , Ariana Baio

Biden tries to reassure donors after poor debate performance

Sunday 30 June 2024 13:00 , Ariana Baio

President Joe Biden sought to reassure donors that he is capable of winning the 2024 presidential election and holding office over the weekend after his poor performance in the first debate sent fears through the Democratic Party.

“I didn’t have a great night but neither did Trump,” Biden said on Saturday while meeting with supporters in New York.

“Donald Trump is a genuine threat,” Biden said. “[He] will destroy democracy. I will defend it.”

“I promise you we’re gonna win this election,” Biden said.

Kremlin refuses to comment after Trump claims he would settle war

Sunday 30 June 2024 11:00 , Alexander Butler, Joe Middleton

The Kremlin has refused to comment on Donald Trump’s claim he would “settle the war” in Ukraine if he was re-elected in November.

Trump made the claim during Thursday’s US presidential debate, where he and President Joe Biden competed to appear tougher on foreign policy.

“As far as Russia and Ukraine, if we had a real president, a president that knew – that was respected by Putin, he would have never – he would have never invaded Ukraine,” he said.

Biden called Putin a “war criminal” and warned that if Russia is allowed to succeed, the Russian president would not stop at Kyiv.

“He wants all of Ukraine. That’s what he wants,” Biden said. “He’s killed thousands and thousands of people,” the president added.

Putin was repeatedly referenced by both US presidential candidates during Thursday’s election debate as they vied to show who was tougher on foreign policy. “Go ahead, let Putin go in and control Ukraine, and then move on to Poland and other places. See what happens then. He has no idea what the hell he’s talking about,” Biden said of Trump.

Watch: Kamala Harris says Donald Trump ‘lied over and over and over again’ in first debate

Sunday 30 June 2024 10:00 , Ariana Baio

Black Americans share workplace photos after Trump’s ‘Black jobs’ line

Sunday 30 June 2024 08:00 , Ariana Baio

Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that migrants threaten the availability of “Black jobs” during the first presidential debate has Black people, including members of Congress, asking: what is a Black job?

“They’re taking Black jobs and they’re taking Hispanic jobs. And you haven’t seen it yet, but you’re going to see something that’s going to be the worst in our history,” Trump said on Thursday night.

Ariana Baio reports:

Americas | The Independent

Who could replace Joe Biden?

Sunday 30 June 2024 04:00 , John Bowden

Thursday’s debate in Atlanta, Georgia, was the president’s shot to bat away concerns about whether he can effectively serve a second term, one that would end well into his 80s.

Instead, battling a cold, Biden appeared raspy and hoarse onstage while appearing to forget words at times and at other points seemingly losing track of his point altogether.

Democratic sources who spoke to The Independent and a wide range of other media outlets after the debate were in panic mode.

Read more here

Will the Supreme Court’s Jan 6 decision affect Trump?

Sunday 30 June 2024 02:00 , Ariana Baio

The Supreme Court’s decision to narrow how Jan. 6 defendants may be charged with “obstruction of an official proceeding” will likely only not impact Donald Trump’s federal election interference case.

On Friday, the majority of the Supreme Court justices agreed the government needs to establish that a defendant attempted to or “impaired the availability or integrity” of a record, document, object or thing used in an official proceeding to charge someone with obstruction of an official proceeding.

They argued that the criminal charge was intended to be used in white-collar crime cases and, without specificities, could be used broadly just to give prosecutions the ability to seek 20-year maximum sentences.

Trump is unlikely to see significant change in the charges brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith. He previously indicated the former president’s interference with fake electoral vote certificates would still fall under the new interpretation.

Democratic lawmakers are openly urging Biden to skip out on next debate

Sunday 30 June 2024 00:00 , Ariana Baio

Biden officials have said the president has no plans to drop out and that he plans on taking part in the debate set to be hosted by ABC News in the fall.

Gustaf Kilander reports:

Dems lawmakers are openly urging Biden to skip out on next debate

Republican congressman trying to remove Biden using the 25th amendment

Saturday 29 June 2024 23:00 , Eric Garcia

A Republican congressman from Texas is proposing legislation that would call on Vice President Kamala Harris to convene President Joe Biden’s cabinet and invoke the 25th amendment of the US Constitution.

Representative Chip Roy of Texas proposed the legislation after Biden’s lackluster debate performance against former president Donald Trump in Atlanta on Thursday.

Under the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution, the vice president and the majority of cabinet officers can declare “that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office” and that the vice president may assume the duties of the presidency.

The legislation put forward by Roy specifically claims that Biden has “repeatedly and publicly demonstrated his inability to discharge the powers and duties of the presidency.”

“We’ll be filing it today or early next week, depending on the language being drafted,” Roy told The Independent.

Read more here

New Jersey threatens to revoke Trump’s golf clubs liquor license after conviction

Saturday 29 June 2024 22:00 , Ariana Baio

New Jersey law prohibits a person convicted of a crime “involving moral turpitude” from having a liquor license. Liquor licenses are required to be renewed every year by July.

Moral turpitude is a legal concept that broadly means deviant, immoral behavior that would be unacceptable by social standards or shock a community.

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New Jersey threatens to revoke Trump’s golf clubs liquor license after conviction

Watch: Key moments from Biden and Trump’s first debate

Saturday 29 June 2024 21:30 , Ariana Baio

ICYMI: Trump tells Biden to ‘get the hell out of here’ at lie-filled rally

Saturday 29 June 2024 21:00 , Ariana Baio

Yesterday, Donald Trump spent his remarks at a campaign rally in Virginia repeating his nonsensical and false statements about abortion, immigration, the climate crisis and the 2020 election – told Biden that the country “doesn’t want” him and to “get the hell out of here.”

Alex Woodward reports:

Trump tells Biden to ‘get the hell out of here’ at lie-filled rally

Trump’s New Jersey properties are at risk of losing liquor license

Saturday 29 June 2024 20:05 , Ariana Baio

Alcohol regulators in New Jersey are asking Donald Trump’s golf club properties in the state to prove they deserve a renewed liquor license after the former president was found guilty on felony charges of falsifying business records.

The hearing, which is set for July 19 approximately a week after his sentencing, is being requested by the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control after they found that Trump has a “direct beneficial interest” in at least two liquor licenses, the New Jersey Attorney General’s office said.

New Jersey law prohibits a person convicted of a crime “involving moral turpitude” from having a liquor license. Liquor licenses are required to be renewed every year by July.

Trump National Golf Club Bedminster as well as Trump National Golf Club Colts Neck are owned and operated by the Trump Organization which is currently run by Trump’s adult sons Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump.

But the alcohol regulators say their review found that the former president is “the sole beneficiary of the Donald J Trump Revocable Trust” - the financial entity that allows him to retain assets and own his businesses.

Now the golf clubs must prove to the state, by a preponderance of evidence, that they’re qualified to maintain the licensures.

Black Democrats share workplace photos after Trump’s bizarre debate line

Saturday 29 June 2024 19:30 , Ariana Baio

Donald Trump’s unsubstantiated claim that migrants threaten the availability of “Black jobs” during the first presidential debate has Black people, including members of Congress, asking: what is a Black job?

“They’re taking Black jobs and they’re taking Hispanic jobs. And you haven’t seen it yet, but you’re going to see something that’s going to be the worst in our history,” Trump said on Thursday night.

The former president’s comment was seemingly an attempt to expand his political reach to more communities of color through his commonly used anti-immigration rhetoric. Enacting strict immigration policies is one of the cornerstones of the former president’s campaign.

But his vague classification of jobs as exclusive to Black or Hispanic people did not land well.

“I’m still trying to figure out what a Black job is,” MSNBC host Symone Sanders-Townsend said on All In With Chris Hayes on Friday.

“Am I at my Black job right now? I don’t know.”