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Joe Biden's Controversies and Defiance: A Deep Dive into Recent Events

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Get the inside scoop on Joe Biden's recent mix-ups and the backlash he faced

Joe Biden recently stirred controversy when he confused Mexico with Egypt during a press conference, leading to backlash and doubts about his cognitive abilities. Despite criticisms, Biden fiercely defended himself, dismissing claims of memory lapses and mishandling classified information. The special counsel's report highlighted concerns about his age and mental acuity, painting him as an elderly man with diminished capacities. Biden's allies rallied to his defense, but questions continue to linger about his fitness for office. As the political storm rages on, the spotlight remains firmly on Biden and the challenges he faces ahead.

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Biden mixes up Mexico and Egypt at dramatic surprise presser to ... (The Independent)

'My memory is fine': Biden hits back at special counsel.

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Joe Biden should not only stand down as candidate – but as President (Telegraph.co.uk)

Hur determined that Biden “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency when he was a private citizen,” yet ultimately ...

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Ex-Trump Aide Warns Joe Biden Exactly What To Expect Now From ... (HuffPost)

Alyssa Farah Griffin explained how Donald Trump will "play dirty" and imagined the campaign ads that will follow.

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Joe Biden's Gaffe Moments After Defending Mental Fitness Mocked (Newsweek)

In a speech, the president referred to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as the "president of Mexico."

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'My memory is fine' - Biden hits back at special counsel (BBC News)

US President Joe Biden has hit back angrily at an investigation that found he mishandled top secret files and struggled to recall key life events.

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Exonerated but not unscathed: Biden faces political nightmare with ... (USA TODAY)

The report portrayed Biden as an elderly man with "diminished capacities" including memory loss, handing his critics fresh ammunition over his age.

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Joe Biden's memory: what did the report say and how has the ... (Evening Standard)

Republican Hur, who held high-level positions in Donald Trump administration's justice department, was chosen in January 2023 to lead the inquiry into Biden's ...

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FirstFT: Joe Biden defends his mental fitness after scathing DoJ report (Financial Times)

Joe Biden lashed out at a US Department of Justice special counsel report — which cast the US president as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory” — in ...

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What Joe Biden can learn from Andrew Cuomo on climate politics (E&E News)

In the short term at least, the administration's LNG pause has been a political success. Climate activists called off a massive sit-in protest planned at the ...

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Takeaways from special counsel's report into Biden's handling of ... (WPVI-TV)

The special counsel report found that Biden willfully retained classified information and knew he had some documents as far back as 2017.

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Biden fire back at special counsel Robert Hur investigation wey find ... (BBC News)

US President Joe Biden vex criticise one investigation wey find out say im mishandle top secret files and say im dey struggle to remember key life events.

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Why Joe Biden Walking Free May Not Help Trump's Classified ... (Newsweek)

The Department of Justice has decided not to prosecute Biden for keeping classified documents, and Trump's case is up.

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Joe Biden's isn't working (Spectator.co.uk)

Joe Biden has called Macron 'Mitterrand', Merkel 'Helmut Kohl', and confused Egypt with Mexico in the past week.

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Biden's attempt to defend his memory backfires as he confuses the ... (Fortune)

Toward the end of his remarks, Biden mistakenly referred to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as the leader of Mexico.

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21 Shocking Findings About Joe Biden in the Classified Documents ... (Wisconsin Right Now)

Special counsel Robert Hur, appointed to investigate President Joe Biden's retention of classified documents, declined to prosecute Biden in part because ...

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Biden tries to lay to rest age concerns, but may have exacerbated them (CNN)

A probe that spared President Joe Biden from criminal charges paradoxically dealt him a threatening political blow.

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Will Joe Biden Suffer Politically From the Justice Department Special ... (Slate Magazine)

Will Joe Biden Suffer Politically From the Justice Department Special Counsel Saying His Brain Doesn't Work? There are arguments either way. By Ben Mathis- ...

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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough trashes special counsel's report (Politico)

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough attacked Special Counsel Robert Hur on “Morning Joe” Friday for saying in his report released Thursday that President Joe Biden has ...

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Biden special counsel report fallout and celebrating Lunar New Year ... (NBC News)

Joe Biden hits back at special counsel's assertion he has a poor memory. Trump easily wins Nevada GOP caucus. Ukraine's top general is fired.

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Joe Biden, a powder keg about to explode (Washington Times)

“Biden angrily denies memory loss after damning classified documents report,” The Independent reported for its United Kingdom audience. When the president of ...

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Joe Biden: 'Master of the toast' (Washington Examiner)

It is no big surprise that at the four State Dinners he has hosted so far that President Joe Biden hasn't served Delaware wine. While it has been the ...

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Democrats work on damage control after Biden's fiery surprise speech (The Guardian)

Politicians rally behind president as pundits ask why a mental assessment was even in report about classified document inquiry.

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Joe Biden's allies defend president as Democrats reel from DoJ report (Financial Times)

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Joe Biden's Democratic allies rallied around him on Friday after they ...

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Biden's impromtu press conference provided clues about expected ... (Roll Call)

President Joe Biden's emotional and defiant Thursday evening appearance at the White House offered clues aplenty about the 2024 campaign.

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Jibes about Joe Biden's age shine light on issues facing older ... (The Guardian)

Description of US president as an 'elderly man with a poor memory' in an official report provoked outraged defence from the White House.

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Let Joe Biden defend his memory. Hiding the president only hurts ... (Salon)

Let President Biden defend his memory. It will remind Americans that Donald Trump is incompetent. By Brian Karem. Columnist. Published February 9, 2024 ...

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GOP lawmaker asks Merrick Garland to invoke 25th Amendment to ... (NBC News)

Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-NY, is calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Biden from office after Robert Hur's report ...

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Democrats blast special counsel Robert Hur's Biden report as ... (NBC News)

Democrats on Friday defended President Joe Biden and rebuked the special counsel who investigated Biden's handling of classified documents as a Republican ...

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Republican Lawmaker Demands Joe Biden Be Removed From ... (Vanity Fair)

A Republican congresswoman has demanded Attorney General Merrick Garland use the 25th Amendment to remove Joe Biden from office after Justice Department ...

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Special counsel report on Biden memory is wrong, White House says (Reuters Africa)

The White House on Friday blasted a report from a Department of Justice special counsel that suggested President Joe Biden was suffering memory lapses, ...

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Battenfeld: After damning DOJ report, time for excuses for Joe Biden ... (Boston Herald)

Democrats now have a serious problem – a candidate who's too old and mentally incompetent to be tried, asking voters to decide he's competent enough to ...

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White House frustration with Garland grows (Politico)

Joe Biden has told aides and outside advisers that Attorney General Merrick Garland did not do enough to rein in a special counsel report stating that the ...

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Mitt Romney Defends Joe Biden: 'Sometimes You Say The Wrong ... (Yahoo News)

The Utah Republican said that age is going to be a "huge issue" in the 2024 election for both 81-year-old Joe Biden and 77-year-old Donald Trump.

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Can Joe Biden Squash Concerns About His Age? (The New Yorker)

On the Political Scene podcast, with Evan Osnos, Susan B. Glasser and Jane Mayer: This week, a special counsel's report renews worries about the President's ...

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Democrats need to face the unavoidable truth about Biden (Financial Times)

Most voters, including supporters of his own party, see the president as too old to run again.

Readout of President Joe Biden's Meeting with Chancellor Olaf ... (The White House)

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. welcomed Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany to the White House today to continue their close coordination on shared priorities ...

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Biden calls GOP holdup of Ukraine aid 'close to criminal neglect' as ... (The Associated Press)

President Joe Biden says the Republican holdup on sending new U.S. aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia was “close to criminal neglect."

Yes, Joe Biden is an 'On Eagle's Wings' Catholic | Northwest ... (Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

With its lilting pop melody and sweet God talk, "On Eagle's Wings" is the hymn that conservative Catholics love to hate and Catholic progressives often wave ...

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'Cheap shot': Biden allies go on the attack against the special ... (NBC News)

The Biden campaign and White House have landed on a strategy for responding to the special counsel Robert Hur's report: Attack.

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Joe Biden is looking for ways to get his message to break through ... (CNN)

Janet Yellen isn't a political operator, but she's one of President Joe Biden's strongest and most credible economic messengers.

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Robert Hur, the special counsel who blindsided Joe Biden (Financial Times)

The lawyer has become the target of furious Democrats over his depiction of the president's mental fitness.

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Joe Biden's Reelection Odds Plunge After Bruising Special Counsel ... (Newsweek)

Joe Biden's odds on being reelected declined sharply after the release of Special Counsel Robert Hur's report.

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Trump claims 'selective prosecution' while talking gun rights and ... (USA TODAY)

Coming off an expected win in Nevada, former President Donald Trump began his South Carolina campaign Friday at a gun rights event in Pennsylvania.

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Opinion | The Question Is Not If Biden Should Step Aside. It's How. (The New York Times)

Condense the nomination into the format that was originally designed for handling intraparty competition: the Democratic convention.

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Could the Democrats replace Joe Biden? (Financial Times)

A bad week for the 81-year-old US president has sparked alarm about his fitness for another White House run.

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Could Democrats replace Biden as their nominee? (NBC News)

Washington is abuzz with fresh concerns about President Joe Biden's fitness after a special counsel report released Thursday raised questions about his ...

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Special Counsel Stuck 'Shiv' Into Joe Biden: Ex-Obama Official (Newsweek)

Robert Hur released a bombshell report on the president's classified documents case on Thursday.

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President Joe Biden addresses county officials (National Association of Counties)

NACo is pleased to announce a special appearance by President Joe Biden at the 2024 Legislative Conference. President Biden will address conference ...

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