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The Hill reports: Democrats emerging from a closed-door meeting Tuesday to discuss President Biden’s political future offered support for their party leader a day after the White House’s full-court press to beat back critics within his party, even as some detractors pushed for a reset. In a meeting that ran for roughly two hours, the debate was lopsided in favor …

From the editorial board of the New York Times: The president, elected in 2020 as an antidote to Mr. Trump’s malfeasance and mendacity, is now trying to defy reality. For more than a year, voters have made it unquestionably clear in surveys and interviews that they harbor significant doubts about Mr. Biden’s physical and mental fitness for office. Mr. Biden …

Axios reports: President Biden said in a letter to congressional Democrats on Monday, just ahead of Congress’ return from a week-long recess, that he is “firmly committed to staying in this race” despite calls for him to drop out. Lawmakers have told Axios they expect calls for Biden’s withdrawal to grow once the House and Senate return. Biden’s letter is …

Politico reports: Several more senior House Democrats called on President Joe Biden to abandon his reelection bid during a private call convened by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday afternoon, according to several people participating. Among those forcefully calling for Biden to stand down during the nearly two-hour call were Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), Mark Takano …

The Hill reports: Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) became the latest House Democrat to call on President Biden to exit the 2024 presidential race Friday, following his poor debate performance last week. Quigley, in an interview Friday evening on MSNBC’s “All in with Chris Hayes,” joined a growing list of Democrats who are skeptical about Biden’s ability to beat former President …

ABC News reports: President Joe Biden, in his first television interview since his CNN debate with Donald Trump, brushed off the poor performance as a “bad episode” and said he alone was to blame for what transpired.  “Let’s start with the debate. You and your team have said you had a bad night,” Georgie Stephanopoulos began. “Sure did,” Biden responded. …

Reuters reports: Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer will oversee a parliament more ethnically diverse and more female than ever after securing a landslide victory in the election on Thursday that ended 14 years of Conservative rule. Black, Asian and ethnic minority lawmakers will represent around 13% of the House of Commons, up from 10% in 2019, when Britain last …

Yahoo News reports: President Biden has a string of critical appearances today that will be closely watched, as he struggles to fend off mounting pressure from within his own party to end his reelection bid following a disastrous debate performance last week. Biden is heading to the battleground state of Wisconsin for a rally that’s scheduled to start at 2:15 …

The Hill reports: President Biden’s campaign will launch a $50 million battleground state ad blitz, it announced Friday, a move that comes as he seeks to assure voters he’s up for the job following last week’s dismal debate performance. The campaign also said it would invest $17 million to ramp up voter outreach over the next two months and that …

The Associated Press reports: People throughout the United Kingdom will elect all 650 members of the House of Commons, one for each local constituency. There are no primaries or run-offs, just a single round of voting today, July 4. Britain uses a “first past the post” system of voting, which means that the candidate that finishes top in each constituency …

The Associated Press reports: President Joe Biden defiantly vowed on Wednesday to keep running for reelection, rejecting growing pressure from within his Democratic Party to withdraw after a disastrous debate performance raised questions about his readiness. He said he would not be forced from the race. “I am running. I am the leader of the Democratic Party. No one is …

NBC News reports: A proposed amendment to enshrine access to abortion in Arizona’s constitution is one step closer to appearing on the November 2024 ballot after organizers submitted far more than the required number of valid signatures to state officials on Wednesday. Arizona for Abortion Access, the group leading the effort, announced it had collected the signatures of more than …

“Joe Biden is a good man and has been a good president. But last week’s debate disturbingly demonstrated that he is unable to effectively prosecute the case against Donald Trump—much less inspire and mobilize voters to the polls. “President Biden passed transformative legislation. He helped bring us out of the pandemic—and led one of the greatest economic recoveries in the …

Reuters reports: U.S. President Joe Biden pulled even with his Republican challenger Donald Trump this week in the race to win the November election, a sign the contest remains close even after a widely panned debate performance by the Democrat, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. Biden and Trump each had 40% support among registered voters in the two-day poll …

ABC News reports: President Joe Biden will sit down with ABC News on Friday for his first television interview since last week’s presidential debate. The president’s poor performance in the debate has garnered calls for him to drop out of the race by politicians on both sides of the aisle. Biden will speak to “Good Morning America” and “This Week” …

Axios reports: President Biden’s campaign raised $127 million in June, including $38 million in the four days after his debate with former President Trump, the campaign announced Tuesday. The Biden-Harris campaign entered July with $240 million in cash on hand, and said that nearly two-thirds of June’s harvest came from grassroots donors. The campaign reserved $50 million in ad buys …

Bloomberg News reports: The Democratic National Committee is considering formally nominating Joe Biden as early as mid-July to ensure that the president is on November ballots, while helping to stamp out intra-party chatter of replacing him after last week’s poor debate performance. A potential date for Biden’s nomination is July 21, when the Democratic convention’s credentials committee meets virtually, according …

From the editorial board of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: In an impassioned campaign rally on Friday, President Joe Biden tried to convince American voters that his alarming performance on a debate stage here in Atlanta the night before was an aberration. But the unfortunate truth is that Biden should withdraw from the race, for the good of the nation he has …

NBC News reports: President Joe Biden is expected to discuss the future of his re-election campaign with family at Camp David on Sunday, following a nationally televised debate Thursday that left many fellow Democrats worried about his ability to beat former President Donald Trump in November, according to five people familiar with the matter. Biden’s trip was planned before Thursday’s …

CNBC reports: The Biden campaign has raised $27 million starting from the day of the first presidential debate through Friday evening, a campaign spokesperson announced on Saturday. The number comes in the middle of President Joe Biden’s post-debate fundraising swing, during which the campaign is looking to keep pace with former President Donald Trump’s recent donation momentum. The Biden campaign, …