Economic Growth in Q1 Was Milder Than Reported (2024)

Al Hunt: “Joe Biden lost a presidential debate, rather than assuaging voters’ fears about his age and capabilities only reaffirmed them.” “Biden was halting, encumbered by a raspy voice, and…

Here is how “one of the most seasoned political pros” in Democratic politics framed the more likely way forward to Politico: “First, it was a pretty shocking performance by Biden,…

Playbook: “The mass panic among Democrats began last night about 12 minutes into the debate.” “President Joe Biden was answering a question about the national debt. He confused trillionaires and…

Walter Shapiro: “More than a half century after he was elected to the Senate and in the midst of his fourth presidential race, Joe Biden should spend the weekend facing…

Joe Klein: “It was worse than disastrous. It was sad, it was humiliating. Biden looked like a hospice patient who got lost on his way to the bathroom. That was…

New Republic: “Thursday’s debate should have been a tap-in. All Biden had to do was appear mildly competent. All he had to do was let Donald Trump be Donald Trump….

As I wrote last night, the only good thing about last night’s debate for Democrats is that there’s still more than four months before the presidential election. That means they…

David Frum: “The debate was a travesty—because its whole premise was to treat a failed coup leader as a legitimate candidate for the presidency again.” Save to Favorites

New York Times: “When they walked onstage, Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump never came close to shaking hands. Their mutual dislike shot through a night filled with invective and name-calling.”…

A CNN flash poll found that Donald Trump easily won the presidential debate, 67% to 33%. Save to Favorites

“Joe Biden’s shaky debate performance on Thursday left Democrats scrambling to defend the president, with his strongest backers defiant amid concerns it could sink his campaign,” USA Today reports. “Swarmed…

“President Biden hoped to build fresh momentum for his re-election bid by agreeing to debate nearly two months before he is to be formally nominated. Instead, his halting and disjointed…

Debates are rarely decisive in presidential elections. One exception was in 1980 when Jimmy Carter faced off against Ronald Reagan just a week before the election. Carter clearly lost that…

Joe Biden and Donald Trump will meet in a CNN studio tonight for the first presidential debate of the 2024 election. Axios: “The debate gives the two major party candidates…

“Former Donald Trump chief of staff-turned-co-defendant Mark Meadows has gone to court to gain access to records from his time in the White House, an effort to help contest the…

“Earlier this month Shelby Busch — chair of Arizona’s delegation to the Republican convention — was in court trying to learn the identities of local elections workers and said under…

“Oklahoma’s state superintendent on Thursday directed all public schools to teach the Bible, including the Ten Commandments, in the latest conservative push testing the boundaries between religious instruction and public…

“The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case said on Thursday that she intended to look anew at a hugely consequential legal victory that prosecutors won last…

“The Biden campaign is using Thursday’s debate to launch a new offensive against Trump allies’ radical plans to transform the U.S. government, known as ‘Project 2025,’” Axios reports. “The Biden…

Politico: “This year’s contest features the highest share of adults in at least three decades expressing negative views of both candidates, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey —…