Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), a vocal advocate of President Biden, said he strongly disagrees with Sen. Peter Welch after the Vermont Democrat called for the president to step aside. “Senator Welch, I mean, he’s a good friend and he’s the nicest dude in D.C. I’ve said that on the record,” Fetterman told CNN’s Erin Burnett...

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Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) on Wednesday became the first Senate Democrat to publicly call on President Biden to withdraw from the presidential race. Welch wrote in a Washington Post op-ed that while he has “great respect” for the president, whom he calls one of the best of his lifetime, it is time for Biden to step...

Jack Schlossberg, the grandson of former President Kennedy, has joined Vogue as a political correspondent ahead of the 2024 election, the magazine announced Wednesday. Schlossberg, the 31-year-old son of U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy, told the magazine he believes the stakes of the 2024 election are "very high" and that he is worried about the...

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said Wednesday he does not think President Biden would finish out a second term, just days after he publicly called on the president to withdraw from the 2024 race. “I think right now, as I said, he's more than capable of doing the job,” Smith said on NewsNation’s “The Hill.”...

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) on Wednesday became the ninth House Democrat to publicly call for President Biden to withdraw from the race, adding to a growing chorus of lawmakers who have expressed concerns about the president’s — and the party’s — chances in November.  "No president has had more accomplishments under more difficult circumstances than...

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The GOP-led House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed three senior White House aides, demanding that they sit for depositions on President Biden’s mental state.

The House of Representatives voted 221-198 to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, to ensure only American citizens vote in federal elections.