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President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 14, 2024, about the assassination attempt of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

In prime-time address, Biden asks Americans to reject political violence and ‘cool it down’

President Joe Biden is urging Americans to reject political violence and recommit themselves to resolving their differences peacefully.

President Joe Biden speaks, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Rehoboth Beach, Del., addressing news that gunshots rang out at Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump's Pennsylvania campaign rally. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden says ‘everybody must condemn’ attack on Trump and later speaks with ex-president

President Joe Biden says “everybody must condemn” the suspected assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. annual convention during the 71st biennial Boule at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Wednesday, July 10, 2024. Vice President Harris has been a member of the sorority since she joined while a student at Howard University. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Harris focuses on her personal story, not Biden questions, as she speaks to Black and Asian voters

Vice President Kamala Harris held events on successive days this week highlighting her racial identity and personal background.

FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris embraces President Joe Biden after a speech on healthcare in Raleigh, N.C., March. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley, File)

Biden says he won’t step aside. But if he does, here’s why Harris is the favorite to replace him

President Joe Biden insists that only “the Lord Almighty” can convince him to quit the presidential race.

President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Sunday, July 7, 2024, after returning from a trip to Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden’s focus shifts to this week’s NATO summit. But questions about his campaign may only intensify

President Joe Biden will shift this week from focusing on campaigning for reelection to hosting a NATO summit. But that won’t quiet the increasingly urgent questions about his precarious political situation now threatening to consume his own party.

President Joe Biden attends a church service at Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ, Sunday, July 7, 2024, in Philadelphia (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

While Biden campaigns in Pennsylvania, some Democratic leaders in the House say he should step aside

President Joe Biden has urged his supporters to stay unified during a series of Sunday stops in critical Pennsylvania.

President Joe Biden speaks during a Medal of Honor Ceremony at the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, posthumously honoring two U.S. Army privates who were part of a daring Union Army contingent that stole a Confederate train during the Civil War. U.S. Army Pvts. Philip G. Shadrach and George D. Wilson were captured by Confederates and executed by hanging. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden vows to keep running as signs point to rapidly eroding support for him on Capitol Hill

President Joe Biden is vowing to keep running for reelection as he rejects pressure from within his Democratic Party to withdraw after a disastrous debate performance raised questions about his readiness.

President Joe Biden listens during a visit to the D.C. Emergency Operations Center, Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Pressure is building on Biden to step aside. But many Democrats feel powerless to replace him

Sen. Bernie Sanders says he’s not confident President Joe Biden can win the election this fall in the wake of last week’s debate. But like most of the rest of the Democrats in Congress, he says he does not want Biden to step aside.

President Joe Biden speaks in the Cross Hall of the White House Monday, July 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Biden’s campaign announces a $264 million fundraising haul in 2nd quarter during post-debate anxiety

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign and the Democratic National Committee have reported raising $264 million in the year’s second quarter.

President Joe Biden speaks in the Cross Hall of the White House Monday, July 1, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

After Supreme Court immunity ruling, Biden draws sharp contrast with Trump on obeying rule of law

President Joe Biden warns that a Supreme Court ruling granting presidents broad immunity from prosecution would make an unchecked Republican Donald Trump “more emboldened to do whatever he wants” if he regains the White House in November’s election.

President Joe Biden speaks at a presidential debate watch party, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Here’s why it would be tough for Democrats to replace Joe Biden on the presidential ticket

It would be nearly impossible for Democrats to replace President Joe Biden as their 2024 presidential nominee unless he chooses to step aside following his halting debate performance against ex-President Donald Trump.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden, right, speak simultaneously during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

A halting Biden tries to confront Trump at debate but sparks Democratic anxiety about his candidacy

A raspy and sometimes halting President Joe Biden repeatedly sought to confront Donald Trump in their first debate ahead of the November election.

FILE - The Planned Parenthood Health Center located in Chapel Hill, N.C., is seen, May 3, 2024. Planned Parenthood will spend $40 million ahead of November's elections to bolster President Joe Biden and leading congressional Democrats. It will initially target eight states: Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Montana, New Hampshire and New York. (AP Photo/Makiya Seminera, File)

Planned Parenthood says it will spend $40 million on abortion rights ahead of November’s election

Planned Parenthood’s political and advocacy arms will spend $40 million ahead of November’s elections to bolster the campaigns of President Joe Biden and leading congressional Democrats.

FILE - President Joe Biden talks with the U.S. Border Patrol and local officials, as he looks over the southern border, Feb. 29, 2024, in Brownsville, Texas, along the Rio Grande. Over the course of two weeks, President Joe Biden has imposed significant restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. and then offered potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of people without legal status already living in the country. The two actions in tandem gives the president a chance to address one of the biggest vulnerabilities for his reelection campaign. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden’s 2 steps on immigration could reframe how US voters see a major political problem for him

Over the course of two weeks, President Joe Biden has imposed significant restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. while also offering potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of people without legal status already living in the country.

National Security Council spokesman John Kirby speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

US will redirect air defense interceptor missiles to Ukraine that other allies had on order

The White House says it will rush delivery of air defense interceptor missiles to Ukraine by redirecting shipments that had been planned for other allied nations.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about conflict sexual violence before a screening of "Screams Before Silence," in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington, Monday, June 17, 2024. The presenter-led documentary film with Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Meta, is about the rape and mutilation of Israeli women on Oct. 7. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Harris meets with former Israeli hostage who described being sexually assaulted in Gaza

Vice President Kamala Harris has met with an Israeli lawyer who has publicly described being sexually assaulted while held hostage in Gaza.

President Joe Biden is seated during a campaign event with former President Barack Obama moderated by Jimmy Kimmel at the Peacock Theater, Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden’s campaign announces a $50 million advertising blitz highlighting Trump’s conviction

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign says it’s using a $50 million advertising blitz targeting voters in battleground states to highlight the “stark contrast” between Biden and former President Donald Trump following Trump’s New York felony conviction.

Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Trump challenges Biden to a cognitive test but confuses the name of the doctor who tested him

Donald Trump has suggested President Joe Biden “should have to take a cognitive test,” only to confuse who administered the test to him in the next sentence.

President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event with former President Barack Obama at the Peacock Theater, Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Clooney and Roberts help Biden raise $30 million-plus at a star-studded Hollywood gala

Some of Hollywood’s brightest stars headlined a fundraiser for President Joe Biden in Los Angeles that took in a record $30 million-plus for a Democratic candidate, according to his campaign.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump gestures after speaking at his birthday celebration, hosted by Club 47, in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, June 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Trump marks his 78th birthday with a towering ‘MAGA’ cake and attacks on his 81-year-old rival’s age

Donald Trump has marked his 78th birthday by addressing a fawning crowd in Florida, promising to crack down hard on the U.S.

This combination of photos shows celebrities lending their star power to President Joe Biden, hoping to energize fans to vote for him in November 2024 or entice donors to open their checkbooks for his reelection campaign. (AP Photo)

Hollywood’s A-listers are lining up behind Joe Biden. Will their support matter in November?

Celebrities are increasingly lending their star power to President Joe Biden, hoping to energize their fans to vote for him in November and entice donors to pony up for his campaign.

The "Latino Americans for Trump" office opens in Reading, Pa., Wednesday, June 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)

The Trump campaign opens a new outreach office in a heavily Latino part of Pennsylvania

President Donald Trump’s campaign has teamed up with the Republican National Committee and the Pennsylvania GOP to open a “Latino Americans for Trump” office in Reading. It’s a town with a fast-growing Hispanic population.

President Joe Biden talks with Air Force Col. Angela Ochoa, Commander, 89th Airlift Wing, as he arrives at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., on Marine One Monday, June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden plans to head to Camp David to prepare for June 27 debate with Trump

After back-to-back trips to Europe, President Joe Biden plans to head to the presidential retreat at Camp David next week to prepare for his first 2024 debate with Republican Donald Trump.

Executive chef John Bordieri is photographed with a dish of calamari outside Iggy's Boardwalk restaurant Friday, June 7, 2024, in Warwick, R.I. This year, the "calamari comeback" chef might not be coming back. Bordieri became known as the "calamari ninja" for standing wordlessly, clad head-to-toe in black, and holding a platter of sauteed squid during a video roll call of states that nominated Joe Biden during the 2020 Democratic National Convention. But he now says he hasn't heard from state or national leaders about a repeat performance at this summer's party's convention in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

No ‘calamari comeback’? The squid chef from Democrats’ 2020 convention says he’s a Trump backer

This year, the “calamari comeback” chef might not be coming back. John Bordieri became known as the “calamari ninja” for standing wordlessly, clad head-to-toe in black, and holding a platter of sautéed squid during a video roll call of states that nominated Joe Biden during the 2020 Democratic Natio

FILE - Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Wildwood, N.J., May 11, 2024. The American Civil Liberties Union is making plans to fight the immigrant raids and mass deportations that former President Donald Trump has promised if he were to win a second term. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

The ACLU is making plans to fight Trump’s promises of immigrant raids and mass deportations

The American Civil Liberties Union has prepared a blueprint for using lawsuits, advice to state and local officials and lobbying in Congress to try and thwart the large-scale raids, huge detention camps and mass deportations that former President Donald Trump has promised should he win a second term

President Joe Biden waves as he arrives on Air Force One at Westchester County Airport in White Plains, N.Y., Monday, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden lays into Trump over convictions and says he now poses a greater threat than in 2016

President Joe Biden has laid into his likely opponent in November’s election, Donald Trump, for being convicted by a Manhattan jury on 34 felony counts related to hush money payments. Biden says “this campaign has entered uncharted territory.”

Former President Donald Trump gestures while attending the UFC 302 mixed martial arts event Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Trump joins TikTok and calls it ‘an honor.’ As president he once tried to ban the video-sharing app

Donald Trump has joined TikTok, the video-sharing app he once tried to ban as president. He posted his first video from a UFC fight in New Jersey on Saturday night.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the verdict in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial and on the Middle East, from the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, May 31, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden calls Trump’s claims on hush money conviction ‘reckless’ as campaign grapples with verdict

President Joe Biden says Donald Trump was found guilty by a unanimous jury and “it’s reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this is rigged just because they don’t like the verdict.”

Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at the Libertarian National Convention at the Washington Hilton in Washington, Saturday, May 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump, accustomed to friendly crowds, confronts repeated booing during Libertarian convention speech

Donald Trump was booed repeatedly while addressing the Libertarian Party National Convention in Washington, with many in the crowd shouting insults during his speech and decrying him for running up towering federal deficits and enriching pharmaceutical companies with the COVID-19 vaccine development

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcome Kenya's President William Ruto and first lady Rachel Ruto to the White House in Washington for a State Dinner, Thursday, May 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

White House fetes Kenya with state dinner featuring sunset views, celebrity star power

Thursday’s White House state dinner honoring Kenyan President William Ruto offered hundreds of guests some stunning D.C. views, a knockout menu and a healthy dose of celebrity star power.