Biden pitches himself to top donors as Democrats’ best bet against Trump
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Joe Biden told top donors he is still the best candidate to defeat Donald Trump as his campaign seeks to move beyond a crisis threatening to consume Democrats.
President Joe Biden told top donors on a video call Monday that he is still the best candidate to defeat former President Donald Trump as the Biden campaign and the White House sought to move beyond a crisis threatening to consume the Democratic Party. “I’m telling you, I’m not going anywhere, folks,” Biden said, according to a recording of the call obtained by CNN from a participant not authorized to release it. “I am in this to the end, and I’m going to beat Trump, I promise you.” The president told participants that Democrats “can’t waste any more time being distracted” by the intraparty turmoil. “We’re done talking about the debate. It’s time to put Trump in the bull’s-eye,” he said. “We can’t go another day, another day, without explaining what he’s doing, and we have to go after him.” Biden’s message echoed a defiant Monday morning letter he addressed to House Democrats and an unscheduled appearance on MSNBC in which he discounted the conclusions of polls and pundits suggesting he could not deliver a victory in November. It’s an open question whether the intense circling-of-the-wagons from the president and his campaign will ultimately ease the concerns of Democratic donors and other party elders, who fear Biden’s candidacy could inflict significant damage to the Democratic ticket in the fall.
FBI says it has disrupted major Chinese hacking operation that threatened US critical infrastructure
The FBI has used a court order to seize control of a network of hundreds of thousands of hacked internet routers and other devices that Chinese government-linked hackers were using to threaten critical infrastructure in the US and overseas, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday.
The Federal Reserve is preparing to cut interest rates for the first time in the Biden era after the White House spent the last three years grappling with Americans’ dissatisfaction with the cost of living, raising new questions about the health of the economy and the impact on voters at the ballot box.
Israeli officials notified the US that the country was going to carry out an operation in Lebanon on Tuesday but did not give any details about what they were planning, according to three sources familiar with the matter, including in a call between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant early Tuesday morning.