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President Joe Biden bristled when asked if he could meet the challenges of a second term during a rare print interview that attracted attention for his notably weaker defense of Israel’s war in Gaza. Biden, the oldest man to serve as president, has faced scrutiny over his age. He would be 86 at the end of his presidency if he beats presumptive Republican nominee former President Donald Trump in November. “I can do it better than anybody you know,” Biden told Time in a profile published Tuesday. “You’re looking at me. I can take you, too.” At the same time,...

Former Vice President Mike Pence condemned "apologists" for Russian President Vladimir Putin within the Republican Party, an indirect dig at former President Donald Trump, during a foreign policy address delivered on the first anniversary of Russia invading Ukraine. "While some in my party have taken a somewhat different view, let me be clear," he told the University of Texas at Austin's Clements Center for National Security Friday. "There can be no room in the leadership of the Republican Party for apologists for Putin. There can only be room for champions of freedom." Pence described Russia's war in Ukraine as "unprovoked"...

When Barack Obama first ran for president, he faced what his advisers would refer to as the "black enough" question. Pundits repeatedly asked whether the facts that his father was Kenyan and from a Muslim background, his mother was white, and he'd been raised partly in Indonesia would hamper his appeal to African American voters. Defending him was Harris, then San Francisco's district attorney and an early Obama supporter.

Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan predicted Tuesday President Trump may struggle to win re-election in 2020. "The issue I'm concerned about is he has a very low re-elect number, I think in the 30s, high 30s, low 40s. So the chance of him losing a general election are pretty goodRepublican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan predicted Tuesday President Trump may struggle to win re-election in 2020.