Manchin threatened to break with Biden before senior Democrats intervened
As panic and confusion over President Biden’s faltering debate performance swept the ranks of Democratic lawmakers late last week, Sen. Joe Manchin III informed a few key allies that he would soon break with Biden in an interview on a
Amid escalating pressure, Biden steps up efforts to reassure Democrats
A growing number of Democrats on Tuesday began publicly questioning President Biden’s performance in last week’s debate, calling on him to withdraw from the race, and contemplating possible successors, as the fallout spread from what increasingly appears to be a
Obama shares concerns after shaky debate, offers Biden his advice
Former president Barack Obama has privately told allies who have reached out to him that President Biden’s already-tough path to reelection grew more challenging after his shaky debate performance on Thursday — a harsher assessment of the presidential race than
Justice Dept. plans to pursue Trump cases past Election Day, even if he wins
Justice Department officials plan to pursue the criminal cases against Donald Trump past Election Day even if he wins, under the belief that department rules against charging or prosecuting a sitting president would not kick in until Inauguration Day in
In private, Democrats panic. For the Biden campaign, everything is fine.
Democrats were panicking. Donors were despondent. And some elected officials were privately wondering whether their leader should step aside. But in President Biden’s cosseted bubble over the past five days, his 90-minute debate stage meltdown Thursday night against former president
The perfectly valid presidential-immunity murder hypothetical
On Jan. 3, 2021, a group of Justice Department officials met in the Oval Office to resolve a critical dispute within President Donald Trump’s administration. William P. Barr had stepped down as attorney general two weeks before and Trump wasn’t happy
‘NEETS’ and ‘new unemployables’: Why some young adults aren’t working
Although the unemployment rate has spent 30 months at or below below 4% — a near record — not everyone who wants a job has one. And not everyone even wants a job at all. Some, referred to as “NEETs,” which stands for “not in employment, education,
GM reports best U.S. quarterly sales since 2020
DETROIT — General Motors reported its best quarterly sales in more than three years, including notable increases in full-size pickup trucks and all-electric vehicles. The Detroit automaker on Tuesday reported sales of 696,086 for the second quarter, up 0.6% from a year earlier
EURUSD and GBPUSD: EURUSD faces resistance at 1.07600
EURUSD and GBPUSD: EURUSD faces resistance at 1.07600 Yesterday, the EURUSD retreated to the 1.07100 level. The GBPUSD pair was forced to drop to the 1.26150 level under yesterday’s pressure. EURUSD chart analysis Yesterday, the EURUSD retreated to the 1.07100 level. Thus, we closed
How thousands of Americans got caught in fintech’s false promise
When Natasha Craft first got a Yotta banking account in 2021, she loved using it so much she told her friends to sign up. The app made saving money fun and easy, and Craft, a now 25-year-old FedEx driver from Mishawaka, Indiana, was busy getting