Defiant Biden refuses cognitive test, denies polls slide
The President fended off questions about his mental fitness and ability to get re-elected during a much-anticipated interview that aired Friday night US time.
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Biden forcefully rejects efforts to push him out of race
‘I am running and going to win again,’ the US President told supporters in Wisconsin.
Biden’s quest for survival reaches a tipping point
This is the most dangerous moment of Joe Biden’s presidency. For now, the Democratic Party machine is publicly backing him, as are most of the party’s major donors – but for how long?
Powerful populist wave is unleashing new fractures
As Donald Trump, Nigel Farage and Marine Le Pen surge in popularity, the scourge of division politics is threatening Australia as well.
Putin not moved by US debate firestorm
Russian President said he did not take lightly Donald Trump’s claim he could quickly bring the war in Ukraine to a close.
Revolt against Biden by trapped Democrats takes shape
Some want the President to anoint Kamala Harris but the party will need a stronger candidate than her to topple Donald Trump.
‘She’s so bad’: Harris overtakes Biden as favourite
Kamala Harris’s prospects of becoming the Democrat candidate for president have surged, as ‘leaked’ Trump golf video emerges.
Biden concedes he ‘screwed up’ at the debate
President Joe Biden admits he ‘had a bad debate’ but says ‘90 minutes on stage does not erase what I’ve done for 3 1/2 years’.
Biden’s childhood hometown ‘embarrassed’ by his debate
Scranton has long been the heart of the political mythology around the President, recalling his hardscrabble upbringing.
Trump expands lead as voters’ age worries grow
The former president is now ahead by 6 percentage points, with 80 per cent saying the incumbent is too old to run.
‘No one’s pushing me out’: Biden digs in as pressure grows
Joe Biden is meeting governors in an attempt to calm nerves after telling an ally his campaign may be unsalvageable and a new poll shows Donald Trump has opened up a six-point lead.
Harris more of a match for Trump than Biden: polls
The vice president has become a more competitive opponent to face Donald Trump after President Joe Biden’s debate disaster.
Trump’s hush money sentencing delayed
Donald Trump won’t be sentenced until Sept 18 due to the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity verdict as Nancy Pelosi asks if Biden’s debate performance was ‘an episode or a condition’.
Fate of US democracy and institutions hangs in the balance
Greg Sheridan has made a big call in saying the Democrats are worse than Donald Trump in trashing norms and institutions.
Lawfare not the way to campaign
The President should recognise that the Supreme Court’s ruling will apply equally to him if Donald Trump wins in November and seeks to prosecute him on criminal charges.
‘Dangerous precedent’: Biden blasts ruling on Trump immunity
Joe Biden warns ‘there are no limits to what a president can do’ after the ruling on presidential immunity, and says Donald Trump will exploit the decision if elected in November.
‘We’ll fight on’ Jill Biden insists after disaster debate
The First Lady has prompted criticism for appearing on the cover of Vogue magazine for the third time, amid calls for her husband to stand aside following his frail debate performance.
What the Supreme Court’s decision means for Trump
In its decision in Trump v. US the court said a president can be prosecuted for unofficial acts: the trial judge must now sort out what constitutes official and private conduct.
’Proud to be jailed’: Bannon reports to prison
Donald Trump’s former chief strategist vows he will be ‘bigger and more powerful’ in prison as he reports for a four month sentence for contempt of Congress.
Desperate Dems will hope courts throw Trump behind bars
The Biden campaign doesn’t control the courts. But the prosecutions of Trump, carried out by Democrat prosecutors, are a shocking and politically motivated abuse of process. This
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