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Democrats in the House and Senate are each set for catered meetings on Tuesday in what is likely to be a make-or-break moment in President Joe Biden's battle to remain at the top of his party's ticket.
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Joe Biden should quickly consider whether to stay in the presidential race and top officials from his reelection campaign were set to meet anxious Senate Democrats,
President Joe Biden, facing pressure from within his own party to abandon his reelection campaign, is set to meet with top labor leaders as he tries to make the case that his record matters more than
House Democrats met privately at DNC headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday morning to discuss whether Biden should remain the party’s nominee.
A growing number of Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives are calling on Democratic President Joe Biden to end his reelection bid after the 81-year-old incumbent's halting debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump.
Facing pressure from within his own party to abandon his reelection campaign, President Joe Biden is relying on labor unions to help make the case that his record in office matters more than his age
President Joe Biden, facing pressure from within his own party to abandon his reelection campaign, is set to meet Wednesday with the executive council of the AFL-CIO, America’s largest federation of trade unions as he tries to make the case that his record in office matters more than his age.
Democrats in Congress at an all-caucus meeting Tuesday expressed concern about whether President Biden can defeat Donald Trump but publicly resisted calls to drop out.
Democrats on Capitol Hill are meeting privately behind closed doors at an extraordinary moment for President Joe Biden’s candidacy
President Joe Biden's imperiled re-election campaign hit new trouble Wednesday as House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi said merely “it's up to the president to decide” if he should stay in the race, celebrity donor George Clooney said he should not run and Democratic senators and lawmakers expressed fresh fear about his ability to beat Republican Donald Trump.
Nearly two weeks after President Joe Biden’s stunningly halting debate performance, many of his fellow Democrats are still fretting about it – and anxiously wondering whether Biden is really the party’s best bet to defeat Donald Trump in November.
By Makini Brice, Allende Miglietta, Richard Cowan and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) -A growing number of Democrats in the U.S. Congress said they worried that President Joe Biden could not beat Donald Trump in the Nov.
President Joe Biden may be starting to turn the tide against the efforts of some Democrats to force his withdrawal from this year's presidential election. Biden has been under increasing pressure to step aside as the Democratic nominee following a lackluster and at times confusing performance during his June 27 presidential debate with former President Donald Trump,
His terrible two weeks threaten to further narrow an already tenuous path to reelection against an invigorated former President Donald Trump, who burst back onto the campaign trail Tuesday night with a blistering rally in Florida,
N.J., on Tuesday called on President Joe Biden to withdraw his candidacy for the presidency despite having a vast majority of primary voters supporting his re-election bid.
By Makini Brice, Allende Miglietta, Richard Cowan and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Democrats in the U.S. Congress remained deeply divided on Tuesday over whether to fall in line behind President Joe Biden's wounded reelection campaign or urge him to step aside because of persistent questions about his health and acuity.
The New Jersey Democrat said in a statement Tuesday that Biden should redirect his efforts toward identifying a new Democratic nominee for president.
A consensus appeared to emerge in pivotal House and Senate meetings Tuesday that Biden is likely to remain at the top of the ticket despite lingering concerns and internal divisions, according to several Democrats who attended the sessions.
Even as congressional Democrats argued Tuesday over whether to stand behind Joe Biden’s candidacy, the White House and lawmakers grasped for a unified strategy: trying to change the subject from the president’s mental acuity to Donald Trump’s policy goals.
Democrats on Capitol Hill appeared resigned to Joe Biden as the party's presidential nominee, despite concerns over his ability to defeat Donald Trump.
After Joe Biden's disastrous debate, Democrats worried about the president's chances in November are mired in a debate of their own: shut up or shout louder.
The mood on Capitol Hill turned grimly uncertain Tuesday as Democrats wrestled over President Joe Biden’s reelection and the extraordinary question before them — whether to stand behind his candidacy or push the president to bow out amid concerns over his ability to lead them to victory.
By Makini Brice, Allende Miglietta and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. lawmakers huddled for nearly two hours on Tuesday, only to emerge without a consensus on whether to fall in line behind President Joe Biden's resolve to pursue his reelection bid.
In a private Tuesday meeting, multiple House Democrats made the case for replacing the president at the top of the ticket, while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries advised members to stay unified.
So far, Biden’s supporters have been the most vocal emerging from the more than hour-long chat. But discontent remains behind the scenes.
Democrats will meet for a consequential day of closed-door meetings where the focus is expected to be largely on Biden's viability and path going forward.
By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic U.S. lawmakers huddled behind closed doors on Tuesday amid mounting fears about their prospects in the Nov. 5 election,
Democrats in Congress are meeting Tuesday after returning to Washington this week for the first time since President Biden's disastrous debate.
President Joe Biden has vowed to remain in the race amid calls to step aside. What does that mean for investors?
However, Biden on Monday said in a letter to House Democrats that he plans on staying in the race, rejecting calls for him to pass the torch to another candidate. Biden urged Democrats to unite, warning that any divisions would only benefit Trump ahead of the November presidential elections.
House Democrats on Tuesday failed to reach a consensus about whether President Joe Biden should continue his bid for a second term, as he showed no signs of stepping aside. The caucus met for a much-anticipated and high-stakes meeting behind closed doors amid Democratic lawmakers’ and donors’ concerns about Biden’s sluggish debate performance on June
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President Joe Biden vowed to push on with his re-election bid on Monday, dismissing the concerns of some fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill and donors that his persistence could cost their party the White House and Congress in the Nov.
The party’s panic over the president's electability has spiraled behind the scenes — and is likely to spill more into public view in the coming days.
Biden in a letter to congressional Democrats insisted he's not stepping down ahead of Election Day despite concerns about his mental fitness and capacity to do the job for the remainder of his first term,
The president's call to unify around his candidacy following his debate with Donald Trump failed to reassure some Democrats on Capitol Hill.
A growing number of Democrats in the U.S. Congress are calling on Democratic President Joe Biden to end his re-election bid after the 81-year-old incumbent's halting debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump.
Joe Biden told top donors he is still the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump as his campaign seeks to move beyond a crisis threatening to consume Democrats.
President signals irritation in TV appearance; Biden sends letter to congressional Democrats saying he has no plans to end campaign
President Joe Biden vowed to push on with his reelection bid on Monday, dismissing the concerns of some fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill and donors that his persistence could cost their party the White House and Congress in the Nov.
President Biden scrambled to prevent further defections among Democratic lawmakers as they returned to Capitol Hill on Monday, making his case to a key bloc of House members and declaring in a letter to fellow Democrats that he is “firmly committed to staying in this race.
Facing pressure from within his own party to abandon his reelection campaign, President Biden is relying on labor unions to help make the case that his record in office matters more than his age.
U.S. President Joe Biden must decide quickly whether to stay in the 2024 White House race, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a longtime Biden ally, said on Wednesday while declining to say definitively that she wanted him to run.