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Obama confides in allies that Biden’s debate performance hurt his re-election chances

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The 44th president reached out to Biden, 81, after last week’s debate and offered to serve as a sounding board and provide counsel as the 2024 race heats up, according to the Washington Post.

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Twenty-five House Democrats reportedly preparing to call for Biden to end re-election effort: ‘The dam has broken’

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At least 25 House Democrats are preparing to call for the 81-year-president to end his re-election bid in the wake of his disastrous debate showing.

Biden’s ugly debate performance sparks full-fledged Dem civil war — get your popcorn

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CNN’s Jake Tapper, usually a full-time Trump basher, accused the White House and Biden campaign of using Orwellian tactics to silence dissent.

Mexican cartel violence could drive up prices of avocados in the US

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Get ready to shell out some avoca-dough. Cartel violence could drive up the price of avocados for Americans after the US Department of Agriculture suspended its inspections of the so-called “green gold” in a Mexican state over security…

Trump supporters give takes on ex-prez’s debate performance: ‘He totally won’

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Despite a debate performance that Jim found unimpressive, he still expressed confidence in what the former president could do for the economy.

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Shari Redstone reaches preliminary deal to sell controlling stake in Paramount to Skydance Media for $1.75B

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The media heiress reached a preliminary agreement to sell her controlling stake in Paramount Global to Skydance Media – just weeks after she walked away from a deal between the two sides, according to multiple reports Tuesday.

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North Carolina election board faces GOP-led federal investigation over parties’ ballot access

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Actions of the state Board of Elections in North Carolina are being investigated by the Committee on the Judiciary of the U.S. House of Representatives, led by Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.

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WH staffers reportedly ‘scared s–tless’ of erratic Biden, tiptoe around ‘isolated’ president during briefings: ‘Not a pleasant person to be around’

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Some White House staffers have been forced to tiptoe around an erratic President Biden when briefing him on certain topics because they want to avoid eliciting his wrath and are "scared s--tless'' of him, a new report says.

MTA in dark over Gov. Hochul’s talks to revive congestion pricing with lower tolls: ‘I don’t know anything’

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The MTA's top honcho on Tuesday said he's in the dark about talks between Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers to potentially revive congestion pricing with a toll lower than $15.

Biden falls behind Trump in key swing states, ‘safe’ areas in play after disastrous debate: leaked Dem poll

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If the election were held today, Biden would not only lose all seven of the swing states thought to hold the key to the White House in 2024, but also states he won convincingly four years ago.

Wisconsin congressional race shines light on immigration concerns, Biden’s handling of border

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President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings on handling the southern border may affect Democratic candidates who supported his policies, such as Peter Barca.

Whoppers special: The left twists and turns after Joe Biden’s debate debacle

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President Biden’s catastrophic debate performance revealed to the world the sorry state of his cognitive decline, putting Democrats and their media sock puppets in a jam.

Biden’s Supreme Court outburst revealed the falsehoods at the heart of his presidency

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While Biden piously invoked the “rule of law” after the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity, he consistently behaves as if his good intentions entitle him to dictatorial power.

Supreme Court’s Trump immunity decision divides lawmakers in key battleground state

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After the Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the president has “absolute immunity,” congressmen across Georgia were quick to share their reactions.

Ivanka Trump will attend the Republican National Convention, calls Donald’s conviction ‘painful’

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"There's a lot of darkness, a lot of negativity, and it's just really at odds with what feels good for me as a human being," Ivanka Trump said of politics while on the "Lex Fridman Podcast."

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US headed for a deep recession in near future as stocks could fall 30%, analyst warns

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Stocks notched a new record in mid-May, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average topping 40,000 for the first time ever, but they have since fallen from those highs.

Paramount mulls $1.7B offer to sell BET to its CEO and NYC private equity firm: report

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Scott Mills is teaming up with Chinh Chu, the head of CC Capital, in a bid for BET, according to Bloomberg News.

How the Supreme Court rescued my NJ fishing firm that bureaucrats almost sank

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SCOTUS has protected Americans from regulators run amok, and from a Congress that won’t do its job. I was one of the small business owners who sued the feds in this case.

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House Freedom Caucus chair Bob Good beaten by Trump-backed primary rival, Virginia election officials say

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The Virginia State Board of Elections called the race with Good, 58, trailing state Sen. John McGuire by 374 votes out of more than 62,000 cast, a margin of 0.6%.

Supreme Court rules in favor of Trump immunity: Letters to the Editor — July 3, 2024

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NY Post readers discuss criticism of the Supreme Court ruling in Trump v. US to uphold presidential immunity.

Manhattan is now a ‘buyer’s market’ as home prices fall with more than 8,000 apartments still available

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Dips in apartment list prices and high rents are pushing Manhattanites to buy.

NYC asks judge to immediately snuff out illegal vape wholesalers

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The city’s lawyers say they need a preliminary injunction to force the illegal, flavored vape peddlers to quit their noxious practices immediately.

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Second Democratic Congress member declares no confidence in Biden’s 2024 candidacy, says Trump ‘is going to win’

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Maine Rep. Jared Golden on Tuesday became the second member of Congress to declare he had no confidence in his party’s frontrunner, President Biden, revealing that it “has been clear to me for months … Donald Trump is going to win. Golden…

US to send $2.3 billion in crucial military aid to Ukraine ahead of next week’s NATO summit

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The Pentagon will send Ukraine a $2.3 billion military aid package ahead of next week's US-hosted NATO summit, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday – after increasing security measures for American troops in Europe.

Democrats’ anxiety grows as Biden keeps his distance after debate debacle

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A growing chorus of prominent Democrats has decided to stop sugarcoating things when it comes to President Biden's fitness for office in the wake of last week's debate.

You can already shop the best early Prime Day 2024 deals: Kindle to Nespresso

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Biden again deploys teleprompter, takes no questions as Rep. Lloyd Doggett calls for him to drop out

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Although he largely avoided stumbles, Biden at one point misread his script to declare "the first ever White House summer [sic] on extreme heat" when he meant to say summit.

The states with the highest energy bills might shock you into moving

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Energy bills vary greatly by state, according to a new survey from WalletHub.

Donald Trump’s ‘hush-money’ sentencing delayed until September 18 after SCOTUS immunity ruling

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Donald Trump’s sentencing in his Manhattan hush money trial was postponed after prosecutors agreed Tuesday that the historic event should be delayed.

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In wake of Supreme Court ruling, Biden administration tells doctors to provide emergency abortions

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The Biden administration told emergency room doctors they must perform emergency abortions when necessary to save a pregnant woman’s health, following last week's Supreme Court ruling that failed to settle a legal dispute over whether…