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Press President Joe Biden on his age, acuity, and the future of his re-election campaign. It was one of the most anticipated interviews of his career.

Respectfully but firmly, the ABC anchor pressed President Biden on the basic questions that Americans had asked themselves over the past week.

The president, though, believes that he can can impress wavering voters and party figures with a show of mental fitness in high-visibility appearances, and to that end he sat Friday afternoon for an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, which the network aired a few hours later, uncut.

President Joe Biden needed his big interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos to calm the roiling sea of Democratic insiders clamoring for the president to step aside. Beyond that, Team Biden likely hoped his primetime appearance would serve as a much-needed reset for a campaign that seems,

This high-stakes chat with George Stephanopoulos could help ease, but not stop, the calls for the president to step down. Or it could make everything worse.

The conversation between the president and George Stephanopoulos lasted about 20 minutes and aired Friday night.

With his poll numbers dropping and Democrats writing off his candidacy, Joseph R. Biden Jr. sat down with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News in the hope that a major TV interview could help revive a presidential campaign that appeared all but finished.

President Joe Biden sat down with ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos for a high-stakes interview on Friday, the week after a poor debate performance prompted questions about his fitness for the presidency and calls for his withdrawal from the 2024 race.

But Mr. Biden, with more than a hint of hoarseness in his voice, spent much of the 22 minutes resisting a range of questions that George Stephanopoulos of ABC News had posed — about his competence, about taking a cognitive test, about his standing in the ...

In his first sit-down interview since the June 27 debate, Biden told ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos that he didn’t believe the polling on his standing in the campaign tells the whole story, and he denied that his allies in the Democratic Party would ...

Exclusive: President Joe Biden and U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle will be on 'This Week' airing Sunday, July 7, 2024.

Stephanopoulos will interview Joe Biden at a pivotal moment Friday. The ABC newsman played a different role when he advised candidate Bill Clinton in 1992.

When President Joe Biden sits down Friday with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, it will likely be the most important interview that he’s ever done. It also may be one of the trickiest interviews that Stephanopoulos has ever conducted.

President Biden sat down with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos in Wisconsin Friday for the first interview since his disastrous presidential debate last week.

The move reflects the urgency of the situation Biden faces following backlash from some Democrats over his debate performance.

(AP Photo/Susan Walsh) President Joe Biden will give an interview to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos later this week, his first since the president’s much-criticized performance during last week’s debate. Portions of the interview will air on ABC’s “ ...

President Joe Biden, in his first television interview since his CNN debate with former President Donald Trump, sat down with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos in Madison, Wisconsin, on Friday. Below is a full transcript of the exchange between Biden and Stephanopoulos.

Joe Biden sat down with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Friday for one of the most important interviews of the Democratic president’s decades-long political career

ABC News says George Stephanopoulos will conduct the first extended interview with President Biden since his alarming debate performance against Donald Trump last week

Well, here’s my answer: I am running, and I’m going to win again!” Later, in an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that aired in prime time Friday night, he was pressed repeatedly about what he would do if leaders of his party came to him ...

President Biden gave the most important TV interview of his career Friday. Biden spoke to George Stephanopoulos of ABC News for 22 minutes during a campaign trip to Wisconsin. The conversation

In this handout photo provided by ABC, U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with 'This Week' anchor George Stephanopoulos on July 05, 2024 in Madison, Wisconsin. The president sat down with Stephanopoulos while on the campaign trail in Wisconsin, a few days ...

President Joe Biden's recent ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos has done little to quell growing concerns about his age and fitness for office, according to a scathing critique from David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to President Barack Obama.

President Biden sat with ABC News for an interview Friday in response to a poor debate performance that has left Democrats reeling and looking for a new party leader. The interview, conducted by

In the clip, Stephanopoulos asks Biden, "Did you watch the debate afterwards?" The president responds, "I don't think I did, no."

Margaret Chadbourn chats with The Hill’s congressional reporter Mychael Schnell about former President Donald Trump challenging President Biden to another debate. Plus, they breakdown the latest fallout from Biden’s debate performance,

"I don't know if he can reverse the course." Biden told Stephanopoulos he had been feeling ill during the TV debate and reiterated excuses about being "exhausted" by previous travel. He vowed to remain in the presidential race and said that the "vast ...

Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley on Tuesday took a swipe at ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, who dismissed her suggestion last year that President Biden will not finish his White

President Joe Biden told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos he would refuse to take a neurological and ... [+] cognitive test, claiming last week’s debate was simply a “bad episode.” Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Ill.: The Democrat, who previously called on Biden ...

President Biden will participate in a high-stakes interview Friday with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos that the television network is calling a “primetime special” and airing at 8 p.m.

George Stephanopoulos, the longtime Democrat Party hatchet man and former bushy-headed wunderkind of Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign, had only one job Friday night: Either save Joe Biden’s campaign, or sink it.

The White House underscored President Joe Biden's first post-debate interview as an opportunity to make his case directly to the public.

"I Had a Bad Night," Biden repeatedly said in an ABC News interview about his debate debacle. President Joe Biden defiantly insisted in an interview tonight with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos that he was the best and most-qualified qualified to run the country and beat Donald Trump.

They want you gone, sir, and the question is when you admit it and oblige. President Biden’s interview on Friday with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos was a portrait in defiance that won’t stem the establishment campaign unfolding against him. The media ...

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 on his fitness to run for office.

Crockett, who represents parts of Dallas, appeared on MSNBC’s The Katie Phang Show to discuss the president’s one-on-one interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that aired Friday. Host Katie Phang prefaced her conversation with the congresswoman ...

In Biden’s interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos, released on Friday, he declined to commit to taking an independent cognitive test. Biden claimed his “bad” debate performance was “no indication of any serious condition.” The president ...

Herb Kohl, Friday, Jan. 12, 2024, at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash) During an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos on Friday, Biden glazed over concerns that his mental state is compromised and rebuffed demands that he take a ...

During an exclusive interview with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, President Biden said his disastrous performance at the first presidential debate with Donald Trump was “a bad episode.”

But the Lord Almighty’s not coming down,” Biden said. George Stephanopoulos conducted the interview for ABC News like it was an intervention. The former Clinton White House communications director almost pleaded with Biden to consider whether he was ...

ABC News' highly-anticipated sitdown with President Biden is putting a spotlight on George Stephanopoulos, the hyperpartisan anchor who was handpicked to conduct the interview.

In an exclusive Friday interview with George Stephanopoulos of ABC News, President Joe Biden Biden fell back to the claim that his poor debate performance was due to a cold, and claimed that he was ill enough that he required a Covid test prior to the debate.

First Lady Jill Biden’s ex-husband said he is getting “even more worried” about the state of the country after watching President Joe Biden’s interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. “I wish he would have the cognitive test,” Bill ...

On Friday, Biden sat down with ABC News’s George Stephanopoulos for an interview that many believed was necessary to save his presidential campaign. Biden’s interview with Stephanopoulos failed to reassure viewers that he is capable of the presidency ...

Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley dunked on ABC's George Stephanopoulos after their tense exchange last year about President Biden's mental acuity resurfaced on Tuesday. During an interview last August on "Good Morning America," Haley ...

“When George Stephanopoulos asked him if he’d be willing to take a cognitive test, he said, ‘I take a cognitive test every day.’ Well, the fact is, that may be true, but 75% of the American people think he fails,” Axelrod said in post-interview ...

Jackson, Wyo., Approves ‘Rights of Nature’ Resolution Three Thoughts on Biden’s Interview with George Stephanopoulos NR Daily is delivered right to you every afternoon. No charge. The Democrats can’t fix this problem by swapping Biden for Harris ...

President Biden's highly anticipated interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos did little to reassure Democrats who fear he is too old and too incapable to carry the party through the November election and defeat former President Trump.

President Biden tried to explain away his shocking performance during last week’s first presidential debate against Donald Trump, telling ABC anchor George Stephanopoulos Friday evening that

George Stephanopoulos Interview Can’t Save Joe Biden Founding-era historian Gordon Wood identifies some important sources of the Founders’ genius. NR Daily is delivered right to you every afternoon. No charge. When it comes to the American founding ...