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Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
GOP boycotts health care advisory board House and Senate Republican leaders told President Barack Obama Thursday that they will refuse to nominate candidates to serve on an advisory board that is to play a role in holding down Medicare costs under the new health care act. More
Biden disputes diminishing poll numbers, low approval rating after debate ABC News' George Stephanopoulos pressed President Joe Biden about his lower approval rating and how that could affect his reelection. 07/5/2024 - 1:57 pm | View Link
Exclusive: Battle for Iran's Closest-Ever Election Revealed in New Poll "This is the tightest presidential election the Islamic Republic has ever experienced," VoxNations' Amir Farmanesh told Newsweek. 07/5/2024 - 8:00 am | View Link
The Debate Hurt Biden, but the Real Shift Has Been Happening for Years A 3-point move toward Trump in a new Times/Siena poll is not a fundamental change in the race, but it adds to longstanding concerns. 07/3/2024 - 9:01 am | View Link
What the polls say after the first presidential debate It's still early, but Trump looks to have gained at least some ground in the polls as we begin to examine the immediate fallout from the debate. In 538's national polling average, Trump now leads by 1 ... 07/2/2024 - 8:07 am | View Link
How Did the Debate Affect the Race? Quality Polls Are Not Yet Available Some surveys indicate a slight dip for President Biden, but too few have been released to provide a sharp picture of the post-debate national mood. 07/1/2024 - 11:56 am | View Link
Washington Post: “It was a comeback tale, based on the notion of a single bad night. ‘When you get knocked down, you get back up!’ Biden declared, nailing the lines off a teleprompter, at full volume, to cheers. His next campaign ad was set.”
“But the crisis that may yet topple his candidacy would only get worse.”
“The speech showcased the promised candidate, but also reinforced the inconsistency.
Washington Post: “Trump has not communicated his choice, the people familiar with the situation said, but discussions inside the campaign have narrowed in on Sens. J. D. Vance (R-OH) and Marco Rubio (R-FL).”
“North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is also in the mix, and Trump, who has a habit of changing his mind, was privately discussing other names as recently as the last week.”
New York Times: “It is all a new role for a man best known as a happy-go-lucky political operator, a consummate team player and a prodigious fund-raiser, whose paid speeches since leaving Congress include one titled ‘The Happy Warrior Leadership Mindset.’”
“Now, bent on settling his own political scores, Mr. McCarthy has been inserting himself into a high-stakes election cycle in which Republicans are pressing to win control of the White House and both chambers of Congress.”
“Donald Trump has never shown much interest in grooming successors,” the New York Times reports.
“When he left as host of “The Apprentice,” he mocked the ratings of his replacement. No alumni network exists for former Trump White House staff members in the way there does for the two presidents who preceded him.
Politico: “More than six months before the next American president takes office, there is already an extraordinarily advanced effort across the NATO alliance, and far beyond, to manage a potential transfer of power in America.”
“With President Joe Biden listing badly in his bid for reelection, many allies anticipate that at this time next year they will be dealing with a new Trump administration — one defined by skepticism toward Europe, a strident strain of right-wing isolationism and a hard resolve to put confronting China above other global priorities.”
“French voters head to the polls Sunday for the final round of parliamentary elections that hinge on whether France is prepared to hand control of the National Assembly to Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigrant forces and usher them into the halls of government,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Le Pen’s party, National Rally, is facing longer odds after a coalition of leftist parties and the ranks of President Emmanuel Macron agreed to try to pool their voters, withdrawing hundreds of third-place candidates in order to set up head-to-head matchups with Le Pen candidates in the final round of voting.”