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Pritzker ‘all in’ for Biden following visit to White House last week

Governor says he will speak as surrogate in Indiana, Ohio later this week.

Donald Trump and Joe Biden debate on a CNN stage

A halting Biden tries to confront Trump at debate but stirs Democratic panic about his candidacy

Biden’s uneven performance crystallized the concerns of many Americans that at, age 81, he is too old to serve as president. Meanwhile, the 78-year-old Trump’s rhetoric offered Americans an unwelcome reminder of the bombast he launched daily during his tumultuous four years in office, as he struggles to win over skeptical voters.

Biden and Trump will debate tonight. Follow NPR for live coverage

President Biden and former President Donald Trump are set to take the stage at 9 p.m. ET Thursday for the first presidential debate of the 2024 general election.

Former congressman Adam Kinzinger on Capitol Hill.

Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger endorses Biden, whose campaign wants to flip anti-Trump Republicans

The former Illinois congressman calls Trump “a direct threat to every fundamental American value.” Trump has dismissed Kinzinger’s efforts to rally fellow Republicans against him.

Senate overwhelmingly passes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with big bipartisan vote

The legislation would also send $26 billion in wartime assistance to Israel and humanitarian relief to citizens of Gaza, and $8 billion to counter Chinese threats in Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific.

Biden and Trump clinch nominations, setting the stage for a grueling general election rematch

Neither Biden, a Democrat, nor Trump, a Republican, faced major opposition. But the magnitude of their wins gave each man the delegate majority he needed to claim his party’s nomination at the summertime national conventions.

President Joe Biden has won enough delegates to clinch the 2024 Democratic nomination

Biden, who mounted his first bid for president 37 years ago, did not face any serious Democratic challengers to his run for reelection at age 81.

Biden’s budget proposal for a second term offers tax breaks for families and lower health care costs

Parents could get an increased child tax credit. Corporate taxes would jump upward. Billionaires would be charged a minimum tax of 25%. It also has a $2,000 cap on drug costs.

Biden uses feisty State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term

The scrappy tone from Biden was a sharp break from his often humdrum daily appearances and was designed to banish doubts about whether the 81-year-old is still up to the job. For 68 minutes, Biden goaded Republicans over their policies, invited call-and-response banter with fellow Democrats on economic issues, taxes and healthcare and seemed to relish the fight.

Supreme Court restores Trump to ballot, rejecting state attempts to ban him over Capitol attack

The court’s move ends efforts in Colorado, Illinois, Maine and elsewhere to kick Trump off the ballot because of his attempts to undo his loss in the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden.

US hits hard at militias in Iraq and Syria, retaliating for fatal drone attack

President Joe Biden says the strikes demonstrate to “all those who might seek to do us harm” that “if you harm an American, we will respond.”

Biden says workers need ‘a fair shot’ as he celebrates the labor deal saving an Illinois auto plant

Biden learned in June that the Stellantis plant was set to close and he made keeping it open a priority. The plant will expand as part of the tentative contract with the UAW. Biden met with UAW President Shawn Fain and Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker, and plans to hold a fundraiser later in Chicago.

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