Kamala Harris attacks former president over conservative plan to upend how US government works as Biden advisers try to quell calls for new candidate
Project 2025: inside Trump’s ties to the rightwing policy playbook
Good morning, US politics blog readers. Joe Biden’s battle to prove to voters and to Democratic lawmakers that he can serve another four years in the White House continues today. The president will be spending most of Thursday at the Nato summit he is hosting in Washington DC, meeting with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy at 1.30pm, and then holding a closely watched press conference at 5.30pm. Meanwhile, a team of his top advisors is heading to the Capitol to meet with Democratic senators and quell the nascent rebellion against his candidacy. Vermont’s Peter Welch late yesterday became the first senator to say Biden should end his run, after his stumbling performance in his debate against Donald Trump heightened concerns about whether he is too old for the job.
Through all this, the Biden campaign has been busy trying to undercut Trump’s insistence that he knows nothing about Project 2025, a blueprint for remaking America’s government written by conservative groups, and which sounds quite a lot like the former president’s own platform. Kamala Harris decried the plan as “an outright attack on our children, our families and our future” yesterday, while Biden is inviting everyone to read the document.
A majority of Democrats believe Biden should end his campaign, a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found. It also reported the president was tied with Trump in popular support.
The GOP-led House of Representatives will vote on whether to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in “inherent contempt” for not turning over recordings of Biden’s interviews with the special counsel investigating his possession of classified documents.
Inflation came in lower than expected in June, according to just-released government data, a positive sign for the economic trend that has bedeviled Biden’s presidency, and potentially for the Federal Reserve’s intention to eventually lower interest rates.
Kamala Harris attacks former president over conservative plan to upend how US government works as Biden advisers try to quell calls for new candidateProject 2025: inside Trump’s ties to the rightwing policy playbookGood morning, US politics blog readers. Joe Biden’s battle to prove to voters and to Democratic lawmakers that he can serve another four years in the White House continues today. The president will be spending most of Thursday at the Nato summit he is hosting in Washington DC, meeting with Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy at 1.30pm, and then holding a closely watched press conference at 5.30pm. Meanwhile, a team of his top advisors is heading to the Capitol to meet with Democratic senators and quell the nascent rebellion against his candidacy. Vermont’s Peter Welch late yesterday became the first senator to say Biden should end his run, after his stumbling performance in his debate against Donald Trump heightened concerns about whether he is too old for the job.Through all this, the Biden campaign has been busy trying to undercut Trump’s insistence that he knows nothing about Project 2025, a blueprint for remaking America’s government written by conservative groups, and which sounds quite a lot like the former president’s own platform. Kamala Harris decried the plan as “an outright attack on our children, our families and our future” yesterday, while Biden is inviting everyone to read the document.A majority of Democrats believe Biden should end his campaign, a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll found. It also reported the president was tied with Trump in popular support.The GOP-led House of Representatives will vote on whether to hold attorney general Merrick Garland in “inherent contempt” for not turning over recordings of Biden’s interviews with the special counsel investigating his possession of classified documents.Inflation came in lower than expected in June, according to just-released government data, a positive sign for the economic trend that has bedeviled Biden’s presidency, and potentially for the Federal Reserve’s intention to eventually lower interest rates. Continue reading… US news | The Guardian