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In a sneak peek of the highly anticipated ABC News interview with President Joe Biden airing Friday, the president doubled down on what has become his go-to explanation regarding his stumbling debate performance last week: it was a "bad night.
"Did you ever watch the debate afterwards?" George Stephanopoulos asked Biden. "I don't think I did, no," Biden replied.
In Biden's first sit-down interview since last week's debate against former President Donald Trump, the president acknowledged the debate was a "bad episode," but pushed back strongly against broader questions about his age and mental fitness.
Former President Donald Trump’s lead against President Joe Biden has widened after Biden’s shaky debate performance last week.
Just over a week after Biden’s disastrous debate performance, Democratic voters seem down on the president’s chances, and ready for an alternative candidate.
A recalibration of how the U.S. presidential election plays out is causing bond investors to bet yields stay higher for longer as November approaches. Yields have risen sharply after President Joe Biden's stumbling performance against Republican rival Donald Trump in the first presidential debate last month,
To a crowd of invited supporters, Biden displayed more vigor and clarity than in his recent debate performance.
The president defiantly and repeatedly rejected calls to withdraw following last week’s debate, telling supporters in Wisconsin and a prime-time television audience that he is determined to win re-election against Donald Trump.
By Andrea Shalal, Steve Holland and Jeff Mason MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday battled to put down an uprising among some Democrats pushing him to abandon his reelection campaign after a poor debate performance,
President Joe Biden said in a highly anticipated Friday interview that he doesn’t believe he has fallen behind in the 2024 campaign, calling the race a “toss-up” despite a series of recent polls that have shown him trailing Donald Trump by 2 to 6 percentage points nationally.
Biden suggested he would be OK losing to Trump in November as long as he gave it his all — undercutting the heart of his 2024 presidential platform.
In an short preview clip released earlier today, Biden brushed off concerns about his debate performance, saying he was feeling sick and exhausted, but that there was no reason to
The president's session with ABC was his first nationally televised interview since his disastrous debate with Donald Trump.
President Joe Biden denied that his debate against Trump hurt him in the polls and is causing growing calls for him to step aside.
Below is a full transcript of the exchange between Biden and Stephanopoulos. GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Mr. President, thank you for doing this. PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: Thank you for having me. GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Let's start with the debate.
Biden sat down for his first one-on-one interview Friday to discuss the future of his campaign. The president is adamant on remaining in the race.
By Andrea Shalal, Stephanie Kelly and Kanishka Singh MADISON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden again called his debate against Republican opponent Donald Trump "a bad episode," but remained resolute in an interview with ABC News on Friday that he was the candidate to beat Trump in November's election.
President Joe Biden is facing calls to drop out of the presidential race following his disastrous debate performance last week. The first Democratic member of Congress to do so was Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas,
President Joe Biden presented further excuses and took ownership for his poor debate performance, saying he was “sick” and “feeling terrible.”
By Andrea Shalal, Steve Holland and Jeff Mason MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden scrambled to defuse a political crisis over his shaky debate performance on Friday, using an ABC News interview to argue again that he had a bad night,
President Joe Biden on Friday held a campaign rally in the battleground state of Wisconsin ahead of his interview with ABC News and amid increased pressure for him to withdraw from the race.
ABC News' George Stephanopolous pressed the president about why he wasn't prepared enough to debate Donald Trump.
President Joe Biden acknowledged a weak performance at last week’s presidential debate, but tried to assure Americans during an ABC News interview that he was fit to run again in the 2024 race for the White House against Donald Trump Speaking with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos Friday,
In a clip of his first interview appearance since his disastrous debate appearance, President Joe Biden blamed his performance on being "exhausted."
Many donors may be looking at Biden's public appearances and interviews to help make a determination about how they will move forward. Biden will have a critical opportunity when
The president is seeking to defuse a political crisis over his candidacy that has snowballed since last week's debate.
President Biden defiantly says he's 'staying in the race' during a campaign rally in battleground Wisconsin. In part of an ABC interview, he calls his debate performance last week a 'bad episode.'
As President Joe Biden attempts to rebound from his lackluster debate performance, he has tried to steer the conversation back to former President Donald Trump's record.
President Joe Biden said he's staying in the 2024 presidential race and will beat former President Donald Trump, despite concerns about a disastrous debate.
By Andrea Shalal, Steve Holland and Jeff Mason MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, scrambling to defuse a political crisis over his shaky debate performance, mocked and criticized Donald Trump at a rally on Friday in a spirited speech meant to mute calls for him to quit the race because of his age.
At the high-stakes event intended to reassure the state's Democratic voters he's up to the job after a rough debate performance last week, Biden energetically spoke about the policies his administration has implemented and the risks that another Trump presidency would bring.
The Biden campaign’s theory of the presidential race before the June 27 debate may not have been bulletproof, but it was plausible. Now it’s not clear what the theory is at all. President Joe Biden had been trailing former President Donald Trump for months,
By Andrea Shalal, Steve Holland and Jeff Mason MADISON, Wisconsin (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden, scrambling to defuse a political crisis over his shaky debate performance, traveled to the state of Wisconsin on Friday to rally voters and sit for a television interview that will be closely watched.
President Donald Trump is uncharacteristically staying out of the public eye while questions swirl about President Joe Biden's future as a candidate.
President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort, used a highly anticipated TV interview Friday to repeatedly reject taking an independent medical evaluation that would show voters he is up for serving another term in office while blaming his disastrous debate performance on a “bad episode” and saying there were “no indications of any serious condition.
Joe Biden's allies are urging him to get out in public, but Friday's high-stakes interview poses a serious risk for his campaign.
He gave Trump an 87 percent chance of victory in 2016 but also predicted he would win in 2020. Trump narrowly lost in several key swing states needed to win the Electoral College
Ingram asked four questions in his 18-minute interview. He asked if Biden could “speak to to some accomplishments that we may or may not be familiar with about your record, espe
It comes just days after Biden's debate with former President Donald Trump, which was marked by verbal gaffes and confusing statements.
Biden will sit down for an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on Friday evening following his first presidential debate performance.
On the big question that now threatens his campaign, the president offered little reassurance beyond a proud recitation of his accomplishments, writes.
US President Joe Biden appeared to be in a corner. More than a week of constant media scrutiny of the 81-year-old Democrat’s scattershot debate performance opposite a 78-year-old Donald Trump, whose stream of false statements went largely unchallenged by moderators,
U.S. President Joe Biden has defiantly rejected calls that he step aside from the presidential race against Republican opponent Donald Trump, presenting a challenge to fellow Democrats who are concerned his age will dissuade voters.
President Joe Biden, in a primetime ABC interview, said he won't drop out of the 2024 election, downplaying his disastrous debate as a "bad night."