Joe Biden’s Pardons Investigated by Justice Department: Report
By Kate Plummer is a Newsweek reporter based in London, U.K. Her focus is on U.S. politics and national affairs, and she is particularly interested in the impact of social policy decisions on people as well as the finances of political campaigns, corruption, foreign policy, democratic processes and more. Prior to joining Newsweek, she covered […]
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Democrats Face a 2028 Litmus Test: What Did You Know About Biden’s Decline and When?
The Democrats’ painful postmortem of 2024 deepened this week with the news of Joe Biden‘s “aggressive” prostate cancer—an announcement that reinforced just how politically costly his late-stage presidency has become for a party trying to find its way after last November’s crushing electoral losses. Biden’s cognitive decline — widely debated in public but also dismissed […]
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Joe Biden’s Hur Tape Could Backfire on Kamala Harris
Former President Joe Biden’s newly revealed audiotape of his interview with ex-special counsel Robert Hur calls into question then-Vice President Kamala Harris’ defense of her boss’s cognitive abilities. Newsweek reached out to Biden and Harris’ offices via online form Friday for comment. Why It Matters The interview was conducted in 2023, amid the special counsel’s […]
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What Top Democrats Said Then, And Now, About Joe Biden’s Decline
The release of a new book by CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson, detailing President Joe Biden‘s mental and physical decline during his term in office, has landed like a bomb inside an already disoriented Democratic Party — sending shockwaves through its ranks. Obtained by Newsweek ahead of its publication on May […]
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Biden’s Decline ‘Cover-Up’ Called Out at White House Correspondents’ Dinner
Axios reporter Alex Thompson called out media outlets’ “cover-up” of former President Joe Biden‘s cognitive decline during an acceptance speech at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night. In his speech, Thompson stressed the importance of reporting, saying the failure to properly address the issue has led some people to lose faith in the […]
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Joe Biden’s First Public Address Since Leaving White House: What to Know
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Donald Trump Revokes Hunter Biden’s Secret Service: ‘Effective Immediately’
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Joe Biden’s Latest Remarks About Trump and Republicans Take Off Online
President Joe Biden‘s latest colorful remarks about former President Donald Trump and his Republican loyalists at a rally in his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, spotlight an increasingly evident trend in American political discourse: the normalization of informal and occasionally coarse language on the campaign trail. During Saturday’s speech to the local carpenters’ union in support […]
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White House Aides Changed Official Transcript of Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Remark
The transcript of President Joe Biden‘s video call earlier this week, during which he referred to former President Donald Trump‘s supporters as “garbage,” was altered by White House press officials, according to a report from the Associated Press (AP). Biden faced backlash after a clip of his call Tuesday with Voto Latino was circulated online, […]
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Donald Trump’s Chances of Winning Election Rise After Joe Biden’s ‘Garbage’ Remarks
A number of leading bookmakers have cut their odds on Donald Trump winning the 2024 presidential election over the past 24 hours. This comes after President Joe Biden sparked controversy by appearing to call supporters of the former president “garbage” during a Zoom call with the organization Voto Latino, though the White House insists his […]
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