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ABC News President Joe Biden took jabs at former President Donald Trump during Saturday’s Gridiron Club Dinner, an annual roast in Washington where politicians and journalists dress in white tie to continue a longstanding, bipartisan tradition. “The big news this week is two candidates clinched their parties’ nomination for president,” Biden said in remarks. “One […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — President Joe Biden is continuing his campaign ramp-up with a visit to battleground Wisconsin on Wednesday, a day after he clinched the Democratic nomination. Biden’s first stop will be an official event to talk infrastructure at a Boys & Girls Club. He’s going to tout millions in funding for a […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have clinched the Democratic and Republican presidential nominations, respectively, after another round of voting on Tuesday, ABC News projects based on the ABC News delegate estimate. That officially begins a nearly eight-month-long general election battle that has, in some ways, already been […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and his reelection campaign have seized on former President Donald Trump, in an interview Monday on CNBC, appearing to float “cutting” entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare in a potential second term in order to curb the tens of trillions of dollars in national debt. Responding to his […]
Sophie Park/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden “absolutely did not apologize” for his use of the term “an illegal” during last week’s State of the Union address, principal deputy press secretary Olivia Dalton told reporters Monday. “I want to be really clear about something: the president absolutely did not apologize. There was no apology […]
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In an interview with ABC News Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris reacted for the first time to President Joe Biden’s hot mic comment in which he’s heard saying he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon have a “come to Jesus” conversation about the war in Gaza. “He meant […]
Thomas Northcut/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden declared triumph on bread-and-butter issues in his State of the Union address, describing the U.S. economy as “the strongest in the world.” Still, he said, conditions must improve for middle-class Americans, pointing for instance to high costs in the housing market that remains resistant to a cooldown […]
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — President Joe Biden is heading to battleground Pennsylvania on Friday afternoon to build off his momentum from the State of the Union, kicking off a major ramp-up in his reelection campaign. Biden is being joined by the first lady as he delivers remarks in the outskirts of Philadelphia — the […]
Adam Gault/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Enthusiasm about the U.S. economy has soared in recent months but polls indicate most consumers still bemoan inflation. More than 60% of adults say recent price increases have caused financial hardship for their family, a Gallup poll in January found. Prices, in turn, have taken on outsized importance on the […]
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign will host more than 200 State of the Union watch parties on Thursday in all 50 states in an effort to gin up enthusiasm as he prepares for a November rematch with former President Donald Trump. With Republican Nikki Haley’s exit from the […]