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Trump doesn’t plan to mention Biden by name in RNC acceptance speech: report
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Trump doesn’t plan to mention Biden by name in RNC acceptance speech: report

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump walks onstage before the start of the third day of the Republican National Convention in the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Donald Trump reportedly does not plan to mention President Joe Biden by name during his speech accepting […]

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Democratic megadonors increase pressure on Biden to drop out, as Kamala Harris events fill up
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Democratic megadonors increase pressure on Biden to drop out, as Kamala Harris events fill up

U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris stand on stage together after delivering remarks at the DNC 2023 Winter Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., February 3, 2023. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters On a Tuesday in early July, 75 wealthy Democratic political donors gathered on a Zoom call to discuss the path forward for President […]

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Biden under intense pressure from Democrats to drop out of election against Trump
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Biden under intense pressure from Democrats to drop out of election against Trump

U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on April 15, 2024. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters As President Joe Biden isolated at his beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware, on Thursday after testing positive for Covid, he faced renewed pressure from leading Democrats to drop out of the 2024 election […]

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RNC Day 3 live updates: JD Vance’s big night and Trump foreign policy in the spotlight
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RNC Day 3 live updates: JD Vance’s big night and Trump foreign policy in the spotlight

Biden says he might drop out if a ‘medical condition’ emerged U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., July 15, 2024.  Tom Brenner | Reuters President Joe Biden said he might reconsider whether to stay in the race against GOP nominee Donald Trump if his doctors told […]

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DNC says Biden nomination won’t be fast-tracked, buys time for skeptics
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DNC says Biden nomination won’t be fast-tracked, buys time for skeptics

US President Joe Biden departs from the White House for Las Vegas on July 15, 2024, in Washington, DC. United States. Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty Images The Democratic National Committee said that any virtual roll call to officially nominate President Joe Biden as the party’s presidential nominee will not begin before Aug. 1, […]

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Rep. Adam Schiff calls on Biden to drop out of election contest, warns of losing Congress
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Rep. Adam Schiff calls on Biden to drop out of election contest, warns of losing Congress

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) appears on “Meet the Press” in Washington D.C., Sunday July 7, 2024.  William Plowman | Nbcuniversal | Getty Images California Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff on Wednesday urged President Joe Biden to exit the 2024 presidential election contest. Schiff in a statement said that he had “serious concerns about whether the President […]

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House Democrats circulate letter urging DNC not to rush Biden nomination
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House Democrats circulate letter urging DNC not to rush Biden nomination

US President Joe Biden walks out of the Oval Office towards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, on July 15, 2024.  Samuel Corum | Afp | Getty Images House Democrats are circulating a letter for signatures that urges the Democratic National Committee to slow down its nomination process […]

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Live updates: Trump officially becomes the Republican nominee as delegates vote
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Live updates: Trump officially becomes the Republican nominee as delegates vote

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated throughout the day. Former President Donald Trump on Monday officially received the 1,215 delegates required to become the official GOP presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. The designation came moments after Trump on Truth Social announced Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, to […]

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Below are the Trump megadonors, VP hopefuls and stars headlining the Republican Countrywide Convention
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Below are the Trump megadonors, VP hopefuls and stars headlining the Republican Countrywide Convention

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks in the course of a rally in Doral, Florida, on July 9, 2024. Giorgio Viera | Afp | Getty Photographs The Trump campaign and the Republican Countrywide Conference on Saturday jointly declared the speaker lineup for the nominating convention that kicks off Monday, which include […]

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Bernie Sanders urges Dems to ‘stop the bickering’ and back again Biden
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Bernie Sanders urges Dems to ‘stop the bickering’ and back again Biden

Sen. Bernie Sanders urged Democrats to “cease the bickering” and assistance President Joe Biden, admonishing people who have been spurred by fears about the incumbent’s overall health to contact for a new nominee to compete against former President Donald Trump. “More than enough!” Sanders, an independent from Vermont who caucuses with Democrats, wrote in a […]

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