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Posted: 2024-06-27T16:00:37Z | Updated: 2024-07-03T20:23:03Z

President Joe Biden is still dealing with the political fallout of his weak performance at the 2024 presidential debate, while former President Donald Trump is celebrating a big win after the Supreme Courts ruling in his immunity case.

The two presumptive presidential nominees met face-to-face for the first time in the 2024 election cycle at a debate hosted by CNN last Thursday. Bidens unsteady performance there has dominated the headlines since, leading some Democrats to privately question if he should step aside as the Democratic nominee.

On Monday, the Supreme Court handed Trump a victory when it released its opinion on Trump v. U.S., which declares that Trump has complete legal immunity for actions during his presidency that were official in nature, although not for those that were unofficial.

The ruling makes it highly unlikely that Trumps trial on charges related to inciting the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, will take place before the November election. It also complicates his other ongoing legal proceedings, including his recent hush money conviction .

Follow along below for live updates on the presidential race:


Thats the question, Welch told CNN when asked about Biden's fitness. Hes wrestling with that. Hes reading the polls Im confident that at the end of the day the president will make his decision based on whats best for the country.

The Vermont senator, who has been critical of the Biden campaign for criticizing those raising questions about Biden's health, said that a weak presidential nominee could harm Democratic Senate candidates, pointing to Sen. Jon Tester's (D-Mont.) race in Montana, a state Republicans are targeting in hopes of winning control of the Senate.

Somebody like Tester can overcome a gap but he cant overcome a castle,\" Welch said. \"If we do really poorly at the presidential level that creates a fierce undertow.","source":"","title":"Democratic Senator Says Biden 'Wrestling' With His Political Future","type":"image","summary":"","badge":"","cta":[],"meta":null,"credit":"","creditUrl":"","authorship":{"author":{"id":"557703b4e4b09499c4202d19","userId":"557703b4e4b09499c4202d18","fullName":"Igor Bobic","bio":{"text":"Igor Bobic is a senior HuffPost reporter who covers Congress, the White House, and political campaigns. He can be reached at igor.bobic@huffpost.com and is on Twitter @igorbobic.","microText":"Senior Politics Reporter, HuffPost"},"urls":{"twitter":"igorbobic","facebook":"igor.bobic"},"urlName":{"text":"igor-bobic","transliterated":"igor-bobic"},"profileUrl":{"name":"5db351812000006f26506d19","ops":"","ext":"jpeg"},"carmotMetadata":{"editionCode":"us","uuid":"a2c27df1-0e12-38ae-ac3d-e55c0d1442e1","alias":"hp-us-igor-bobic","linkedAuthorUuidMap":{"au":"7cf7be6d-bcde-3f7a-9f11-79fe9f74fac1","br":"0475a088-e606-3038-825f-f057c680bcd3","ca":"0bbe9fa9-804e-3ac4-8224-7dacd80e931c","es":"e7d27c67-55ce-3657-b1e0-c4627b4fa552","gr":"b5546935-59c9-3bf9-a01f-657e14ef7d20","in":"aca8b586-2566-315f-b12c-9a38b69db7d1","jp":"55730c81-232c-3f75-9864-01a49a2882e5","kr":"4e4bcd3c-98b9-3d92-ac3f-5678e0ef2d6f","qc":"69fdc46d-c3e9-3af6-a857-9fdd03e6a560","uk":"9367b271-aeaf-3cf0-828a-867c9899070b"}}},"firstPublishedAt":"2024-07-03T17:45:37.843Z","lastPublishedAt":"2024-07-03T20:23:39.711Z","formattedFirstPublishedAt":"Jul 3, 2024, 1:45 PM EDT"},"social":{"image":{"name":"66858dd12300005700aea9fe","ops":"","ext":"jpg"}},"orientation":"horizontal","thumbnail":{"url":{"fileName":"66858dd12300005700aea9fe.jpeg?cache=DRQRN309GJ","type":"hectorUrl"},"caption":"It's an open question whether Biden is fit to serve, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) said Wednesday, adding his voice to the chorus of Democrats expressing alarms about the president after his shaky debate against Donald Trump.

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The Vermont senator, who has been critical of the Biden campaign for criticizing those raising questions about Biden's health, said that a weak presidential nominee could harm Democratic Senate candidates, pointing to Sen. Jon Tester's (D-Mont.) race in Montana, a state Republicans are targeting in hopes of winning control of the Senate.

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Democratic Senator Says Biden 'Wrestling' With His Political Future

It's an open question whether Biden is fit to serve, Sen. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) said Wednesday, adding his voice to the chorus of Democrats expressing alarms about the president after his shaky debate against Donald Trump.

Thats the question, Welch told CNN when asked about Biden's fitness. Hes wrestling with that. Hes reading the polls Im confident that at the end of the day the president will make his decision based on whats best for the country.

The Vermont senator, who has been critical of the Biden campaign for criticizing those raising questions about Biden's health, said that a weak presidential nominee could harm Democratic Senate candidates, pointing to Sen. Jon Tester's (D-Mont.) race in Montana, a state Republicans are targeting in hopes of winning control of the Senate.

Somebody like Tester can overcome a gap but he cant overcome a castle," Welch said. "If we do really poorly at the presidential level that creates a fierce undertow.
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