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Blow to Biden's campaign as donors withhold previously pledged $90 million

In a major jolt to the re-election campaign of President Joe Biden days after his debate debacle, a group of his fundraisers have decided to put on hold some USD 90 million in contributions pledged earlier if he remains on top of the Democratic presidential ticket. The cash freeze deals a blow to Biden's campaign, The New York Times reported about the development on Friday and said, the Democratic donors have told this to Future Forward, the largest pro-Biden Super PAC. The frozen contributions include multiple eight-figure commitments, according to two people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the situation, the daily reported. The decision to withhold such enormous sums of money is one of the most concrete examples of the fallout from Mr. Biden's poor debate performance at the end of June, it said. Following his disastrous debate performance against his Republican rival Donald Trump in Atlanta on June 27, Biden, 81, has been gradually losing his ...

Biden's Hollywood break-up: Celebrities say it's time for a change

Despite lacking Barack Obama's star power, US President Joe Biden has consistently enjoyed support from A-list celebrities, particularly from the older generation

US Elections: Who might replace Biden on the ticket?

Several Democratic members of Congress have reportedly called on President Biden to end his re-election campaign. So, who might replace Biden on the ticket?

Doug Burgum on shortlist to be veep, gains support from Trump, donors

Burgum's allies paint him as a savvy business executive whose attention to detail and deep understanding of energy, agriculture and tech could help the former president's ambitious second-term agenda

WATCH: Joe Biden sits 'in a trance' after pastor asks everyone to stand up

During a campaign stop in Pennsylvania, US President Joe Biden sat in a trance for about 25 seconds after the pastor asked everyone to stand up for church service

From plane to fundraisers, everything in place for Republican VP candidate

The future Republican vice presidential candidate's plane is currently parked in an undisclosed hangar, an empty spot on its fuselage for where a decal featuring his or her name will soon be placed. Fundraisers have been planned. All that's left: an announcement from former President Donald Trump on who's his pick. Senior advisers and longtime allies insist they still don't know who the presumptive GOP nominee will choose to join him on the ticket with many believing the choice is still in flux. The decision will come at an unprecedented time of upheaval in the presidential race. President Joe Biden and the Democratic Party continue to grapple with his dismal debate performance and the intensifying calls for the 81-year-old president to step aside in favor of a younger candidate. The Democrats' crisis has given Trump little incentive to change the subject with a VP announcement that would be sure to draw a flurry of attention and focus to his pick. But Trump will have plenty of

US elections: Black Democrats rally behind Biden and talk up Kamala Harris

As President Joe Biden tries to revive his embattled reelection bid, Vice President Kamala Harris led a parade of Black Democrats who warned Saturday that the threat of another Donald Trump presidency remains the most important calculation ahead of November. Yet in more than 20 minutes on stage at the Essence Festival of Culture, Harris did not acknowledge Biden's dismal debate performance or calls for the 81-year-old president to end his reelection bid. In fact, she barely mentioned Biden at all a stark contrast to the Congressional Black Caucus members who forcefully and repeatedly defended the president by name. This is probably the most significant election of our lifetime, Harris said, before riffing on Trump musing about being a dictator, pushing the Supreme Court rightward and promising retribution on political enemies. In 122 days, we each have the power to decide what kind of country we want to live in. Harris's appearance at the nation's largest annual celebration of Blac

President Biden pushes on to Pennsylvania as pressure from Democrats rises

The president won't give a speech at a National Education Association meeting, as originally planned, after the union's staff announced a strike

I had a severe cold: Biden on his poor debate performance against Trump

In an interview with ABC News, US President Joe Biden said he had a severe cold which led to his poor debate performance against Donald Trump

Joe Biden says he is 'first black woman to serve with a black president'

This blunder comes just a week after Biden's debate with Donald Trump, which left many questioning his political viability

Biden vows to keep running even as signs point to eroding support

A defiant President Joe Biden vowed on Wednesday to keep running for reelection, rejecting growing pressure from Democrats to withdraw after a disastrous debate performance raised questions about his readiness. But in an ominous sign for the president, a leading ally publicly suggested a way that the party might choose someone else. I am running. I am the leader of the Democratic Party. No one is pushing me out," Biden said in a call with staffers on his reelection campaign, according to a top aide who posted his comment on the X social media platform. Biden was pulling every possible lever to try to salvage his reelection campaign talking to top legislators, pumping up his campaign staff and meeting later in the day with Democratic governors before a planned weekend blitz of travel and a network TV interview. But there were signs that support for Biden was rapidly eroding among Democrats on Capitol Hill. Rep. Jim Clyburn, a longtime Biden ally, said he would back a mini-primary i

Nikki Haley jabs top American journalist over Joe Biden's term prediction

Indian American politician Nikki Haley on Wednesday took a jibe at top American journalist George Stephanopoulos who had questioned her claim that President Joe Biden would not complete his first term and that voting for him would be a vote for Vice President Kamala Harris. Haley had said this to Stephanopoulos in an interview of the ABC News last year when she was a primary presidential candidate of the Republican Party. Haley has now suspended her campaign. "Believe me now, George?" Haley wrote on X, formerly Twitter, as she shared an edited clip from her interview with Stephanopoulos last year. The Republican leader's post comes amid media reports and internal murmurs in Democratic party that Biden should leave the election race amid his dismal performance in the presidential debate against his Republican rival Donald Trump. The post that Haley shared was captioned, "Biden is set to do his first post-debate interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos. Here's George shouting over

Here's why Joe Biden almost 'fell asleep on stage' during debate with Trump

White House officials had earlier attributed Joe Biden's disjointed debate performance to a cold. However, Biden himself has provided a different explanation

US Elections: Trump proposes green cards for foreign students graduating from US colleges

In a surprising departure from his typical anti-immigrant stance, former President Donald Trump made a startling statement in a podcast regarding green cards. If enacted, this policy could significant

New $50 mn Joe Biden's ad campaign targets Trump's felony convictions

The move marks a notable shift in Biden's approach to Trump's conviction after the president's initial reluctance to weigh in on the issue, to avoid engaging with Trump's legal woes

Donald Trump will try to turn his guilty verdict into campaign fuel

Being convicted of a felony - let alone 34 of them - is the kind of blow that would normally tank any politician's ambitions. Donald Trump will instead try to turn what might otherwise be a career-ending judgment into campaign fuel. Trump will return to the campaign trail Friday with a news conference at his namesake tower in Manhattan a day after he was convicted of trying to illegally influence the 2016 election through a hush money payment to a porn actor who claimed they had sex. His lawyers and allies described him as defiant and ready to fight a verdict they argue is illegitimate and driven by politics. No former president or presumptive party nominee has ever faced a felony conviction or the prospect of prison time, and Trump is expected to keep his legal troubles central to his campaign. He has long argued without evidence that the four indictments against him were orchestrated by Democratic President Joe Biden to try to keep him out of the White House. There is nobody who

Trump engaged in conspiracy to hoodwink voters in 2016, says prosecutor

Donald Trump engaged in a conspiracy to hoodwink voters in 2016, a prosecutor told jurors on Tuesday during closing arguments in the former president's hush money trial, while a defence lawyer branded the star witness as the greatest liar of all time and pressed the panel for an across-the-board acquittal. The lawyers' duelling accounts, wildly divergent in their assessments of witness credibility, Trump's culpability and the strength of evidence, offered both sides one final chance to score points with the jury before it starts deliberating the first felony case against a former American president. The landmark case, the only one of four criminal prosecutions against Trump to reach trial, centred on allegations that Trump and his allies conspired to stifle potentially embarrassing stories during the 2016 presidential campaign through hush money payments including to a porn actor who alleged that she and Trump had sex a decade earlier. This case, at its core, is about a conspiracy

Democrats raise concerns about Republicans meddling in Oregon primary

A new political action committee has begun pouring money into a key Oregon swing district just days before the Democratic primary there, raising questions about whether Republicans are trying to tilt the scales in the contest. The primary features Janelle Bynum and Jamie McLeod-Skinner and will take place Tuesday. The Democrats are vying to compete against Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a first-term Republican lawmaker who narrowly won the 2022 election over McLeod-Skinner by about 7,300 votes and just 2 percentage points. The contest is viewed as one of the most competitive in the nation and will draw a huge amount of resources in the fall as the two major political parties vie for control of the House. The district is one of 16 won by President Joe Biden now represented by a Republican in the House. The new super PAC called Health Equity Now has reserved about USD 352,000 in advertising with spots supporting McLeod-Skinner, according to the media tracking firm AdImpact. The ads began

Adversaries could use AI to spread disinformation about US elections: FBI

The FBI is concerned that foreign adversaries could deploy artificial intelligence as a means to interfere in American elections and spread disinformation, a senior official said Thursday, describing the technology as an area that's probably going to see growth over the coming years. The threat is more than theoretical given the prevalence of AI deepfakes and robocalls and the way such technology has already surfaced in politics. The official noted an episode in Slovakia early this year in which audio clips resembling the voice of the liberal party chief purportedly capturing him talking about hiking beer prices and rigging the vote were shared widely on social media just days before parliamentary elections. The clips were deepfakes. An incident in the U.S. involved robocalls impersonating President Joe Biden that urged voters in New Hampshire to abstain from voting in January's primary election. The robocalls were later traced to a political consultant who said he was trying to .

Macquarie eyes rise of protectionist policies in upcoming US, EU elections

Over two dozen countries - home to more than half the world's population - are voting this year. India is part way through its mammoth multi-month vote