Perspectives Blog

Following a weak debate performance in late June and subsequent deliberations about his cognitive abilities, the president’s withdrawal clears the way for a new Democratic nominee to take on former President Donald J. Trump.

See perspectives from different sides of the argument.

While Joe Biden and Donald Trump have dominated the headlines, over 1,400 individuals have filed to run for president with the FEC.

Now that the president has bowed to the wishes of those urging him to the exit door, the next decisions are much more complicated and much more difficult. The choices ahead begin with his replacement as the party nominee.

Trump was holding a rally when he was shot in the ear. Two people, including the gunman, were killed and two were critically injured.

On Saturday afternoon, this was going to be a column about Donald Trump’s running mate. But then the world turned upside down – again – and the failed assassination attempt against Trump upended the most unpredictable presidential campaign in history – again.

Media outlets were scrutinized for their initial coverage of the Trump shooting at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, as outlets rated Lean Left by AllSides did not initially use words such as “gunfire,” “shots,” or “shooting,” and media outlets rated Right or Lean Right were quicker to report that there was possible gunfire/shots, or to use the term “assassination attempt.”

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For the first time in 1,336 days, President Joe Biden and Former President Donald Trump faaced off in the inaugural debate of the 2024 presidential election cycle.