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Pressure mounts as calls grow for Biden to end reelection bid – CBS News Watch CBS News CBS News has learned President Biden is deeply frustrated amid a push from within the Democratic Party to end his presidential bid. Some Democrats are supporting the president while pitching an alternative should he leave the race. Willie
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Former President Donald Trump held his first campaign rally since he survived an attempted assassination, returning to the battleground state of Michigan alongside his new running mate. “It was exactly one week ago, even to the hour, even to the minute,” Trump said before the crowd in Grand Rapids, Michigan, reflecting on the July 13
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Sheila Jackson Lee, longtime Texas congresswoman, dies at 74 – CBS News Watch CBS News Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, who served in Congress for nearly three decades, has died at the age of 74. A champion for progressive causes, Jackson Lee led efforts to make Juneteenth a national holiday. View CBS News
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Trump, Vance hold first joint campaign rally – CBS News Watch CBS News President Donald Trump and his new running mate, Sen. JD Vance, were holding a campaign rally in the battleground state of Michigan Saturday. With Saturday’s event, the Trump campaign is signaling their path to victory runs through the Midwest. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.
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Pressure for Biden to exit the race rises – CBS News Watch CBS News President Joe Biden remains in his Delaware home recovering from COVID-19 as a growing number of congressional Democrats call for him to exit the presidential race. Pressure is also coming from top donors as polls show a growing number of voters
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Trump, Vance prepare to hit campaign trail – CBS News Watch CBS News Following the conclusion of the Republican National Convention, former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, are preparing to campaign in key battleground states. Robert Costa has the latest. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get
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Biden remains defiant as calls grow for him to step aside – CBS News Watch CBS News A growing number of Democratic lawmakers called for President Biden to step aside Friday, even as his campaign insists he isn’t going anywhere. Ed O’Keefe has the latest. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get
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Washington — Former President Donald Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday in a call that comes nearly five years after another phone conversation between the leaders triggered Trump’s first impeachment. Both Trump and Zelenskyy shared details of the call on social media, saying the Ukrainian president congratulated Trump on becoming the GOP
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A Marine who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and apparently used a Nazi salute in front of the building was sentenced Friday to almost five years in prison. Tyler Bradley Dykes, of South Carolina, was an active-duty Marine when he grabbed a police riot shield from two police officers and used it
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The Biden campaign is denying reports that President Biden could leave the 2024 presidential race, even as several more House Democrats called on him to step aside. Mr. Biden’s campaign was defiant on Friday, releasing a memo, giving several interviews and holding an all-staff call reaffirming he’s still running and aiming to put the focus
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