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By Andrea Shalal, Stephanie Kelly and Kanishka Singh MADISON (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden again called his debate against Republican opponent Donald Trump "a bad episode," but remained resolute in an interview with ABC News on Friday that he was the candidate to beat Trump in November's election.
In a clip of his first interview appearance since his disastrous debate appearance, President Joe Biden blamed his performance on being "exhausted."
As President Joe Biden attempts to rebound from his lackluster debate performance, he has tried to steer the conversation back to former President Donald Trump's record.
President Biden defiantly says he's 'staying in the race' during a campaign rally in battleground Wisconsin. In part of an ABC interview, he calls his debate performance last week a 'bad episode.'
Is Biden stepping down? That's the question George Stephanopoulos and ABC News will try to answer in the primetime special interview tonight at 8pm EST.
President Joe Biden was examined by his physician in the days following last week’s CNN presidential debate, the White House tells CNN — despite the White House press secretary having said Wednesday that the president has had no medical exams since his February physical.
President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort Friday, said his disastrous debate performance last week was a “bad episode” and there were “no indications of any serious condition” in a highly anticipated ABC interview that was seen as a significant test of his fitness to run for office.
The New York Times said that the comments were made during a closed-door meeting with Democratic governors on Wednesday.
President Biden told a gathering of Democratic governors that he needs to get more sleep and work fewer hours, including curtailing events after 8 p.m., according to two people who participated in the meeting and several others briefed on his comments.
President Joe Biden told Democratic governors that he may stop evening events so he can get more sleep, suggesting he would limit events after 8 p.m.
President Joe Biden told Democratic governors during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday that he needs to get more rest, and in order to get more sleep, he wants to stop scheduling events after 8 p.
Biden admitted that he "didn't have a good debate," but said he is staying in the race and is "going to win this election."
US President Joe Biden appeared to be in a corner. More than a week of constant media scrutiny of the 81-year-old Democrat’s scattershot debate performance opposite a 78-year-old Donald Trump, whose stream of false statements went largely unchallenged by moderators,
Look, I have a cognitive test every single day," Biden told ABC's George Stephanopoulos, referring to the tasks he faces daily in a rigorous job. “Every day, I’ve had tests. Everything I do.” He insisted that he was not more frail and that he is “still in good shape.
But in Wisconsin, Biden was focused on proving his capacity to remain as president. When asked whether he would halt his campaign, he said he was “completely ruling that out” and said he is “positive” he could serve for another four years.
President Biden revealed he underwent medical tests for viruses after his poor debate performance, again shifting the White House's message.
US President Joe Biden spoke at a rally in Wisconsin affirming his candidacy and dismissing comments about his age. Biden addressed his debate performance saying it "wasn't his best performance". He added that he can "hardly wait" to beat Donald Trump in this year's presidential election.
Biden says he's 'staying in the race' as he scrambles to save candidacy and braces for ABC interview
In front of roughly 300 supporters at a Wisconsin middle school, Biden again acknowledged his subpar debate last week, saying he “can't say it was my best performance” but that amid speculation over what he would do,
Biden reportedly told a group of Democrat governors on Wednesday that he saw a medical doctor after last week’s debate, contradicting a statement made by the White House.
President Joe Biden told Democratic governors during a meeting at the White House on Wednesday that part of his plan going forward is to stop scheduling events after 8 p.m. so that he could get more sleep,
President Joe Biden has used a highly anticipated TV interview to repeatedly reject taking an independent medical evaluation that would show voters he is up for serving another term in office
In a sit down interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos that aired Friday, Biden was asked about his rocky first debate performance, during which the president said he was dealing with "a really bad cold" and was exhausted after coming off a few weeks of international travel.
President Joe Biden downplayed his debate performance as the result of an off-night not an indication of a more serious medical condition in an interview with ABC News as he worked to quell mounting calls to drop out of the race.
Former president Donald Trump is challenging President Joe Biden to a debate rematch, which he says can serve as “the answer to the Crooked Joe Biden Incompetence Puzzle” after the 81-year-old incumbent’s troubling performance at the first debate.
President Joe Biden told a group of governors that he should get more sleep and work fewer hours to avoid fatigue while carrying out his official duties and running for reelection, according to reports.
Biden saw a doctor after the debate, a White House spokesperson said Thursday, contradicting White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre’s statement a day earlier that Biden hadn’t seen a doctor since February.
President Joe Biden’s make-or-break interview with ABC News appears to have done little to win over skeptics in his party, with Democratic insiders believing he has failed to undo the damage caused by his dismal debate performance.
A new Bloomberg News/Morning Consult swing-state poll shows Trump with a slim 47% to 45% lead over Biden. But the president remains in a tough spot.
President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort, used a highly anticipated TV interview Friday to repeatedly reject taking an independent medical evaluation that would show voters he is up for serving another term in office while blaming his disastrous debate performance on a “bad episode” and saying there were “no indications of any serious condition.
Joe Biden has attributed his recent blunders to “exhaustion” and claims he won't be dropping out of the presidential race. The US president went up against Donald Trump in a debate earlier in the week,
"Did you ever watch the debate afterwards?" George Stephanopoulos asked Biden. "I don't think I did, no," Biden replied.
Democrats and donors are watching to see how President Biden handles questions from ABC's George Stephanopoulos. If he struggles, it may fuel party anxiety about whether he should stay on the ticket.
President Joe Biden will sit down with ABC News on Friday for his first television interview since last week's presidential debate.
At a campaign rally in Madison, Biden gave supporters the pledge many were waiting to hear — and others, perhaps, were dreading.
With his reelection bid on the line, US President Joe Biden sits down Friday for a crucial TV interview to persuade doubters of his physical and mental fitness for a
Joe Biden vowed Friday to stay in the White House race and blamed his dismal debate performance on "feeling terrible" due to a cold, as he sought to save his reelection campaign with a make-or-break TV interview.
President Joe Biden sat for a 30-minute interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, during which he took responsibility for his failure to land at the debate in Atlanta the previous week, insisted that he had the health and stamina to carry on the campaign and defeat former President Donald Trump a second time,
Since June 27 debate, the US president has confronted widespread concerns about his abilities, with some Democrats reportedly suggesting in private that he drop out US President Joe Biden appeared determined to stay in the 2024 presidential election on Friday despite calls from some Democrats for him to drop out following a debate performance last
US President Joe Biden insisted on Friday that he would not drop his bid for a second term, even as calls for him to bow out grow following his damaging debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump.
President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort Friday, defiantly declared that “I’m staying in the race” during a campaign rally in a critical battleground state as he prepares to sit down for a network television interview where his every answer is sure to be scrutinized for evidence of his competency and fitness to run for office.
Biden is fighting to save his endangered reelection effort Friday with a rally and a network television interview, his every answer sure to be scrutinized for evidence of his competency and fitness to run for office.
In the newest attempt to win back support heading into November, President Joe Biden met with more than twenty Democratic governors at the White House this week. There, he said he needs to get more sleep and work fewer hours.
President Joe Biden will be campaigning in Madison, Wisconsin on Friday, as tensions mount surrounding his ability to run for re-election.
While President Biden is insisting he won't back out of the 2024 race, what would happen to his campaign funds if he did decide to drop out? President Biden will be campaigning in Wisconsin Friday afternoon.