‘I’m going to be fighting harder,’ Biden tells donors after disastrous debate President Biden spent the weekend after the debate doing damage control, trying to convince supporters he’s still up to the job. Barbara Sprunt
Trump team plans to pare down Republican Party platform ahead of convention A memo obtained by NPR says the campaign wants a streamlined platform to keep a focused message. In an attempt to tamp down controversy, they also plan to sort the language behind closed doors. Tamara Keith
Republicans are turning Biden’s voter registration order into a partisan flash point Three years after President Biden issued an executive order for boosting voter registration, GOP officials are ramping up efforts to turn it into a partisan flash point before this fall’s election. Hansi Lo Wang
Can Biden come back from a bad debate the way Reagan did in 1984? After President Biden’s surprisingly weak debate performance this week, some defenders have pointed to other incumbents who stumbled in their first debate but recovered to win reelection. Ron Elving
Biden failed to wow in the first presidential debate. WA Dems want voters to focus on November Democratic party leaders in Washington state focused not on President Joe Biden's lackluster performance but rather on the stark ideological contrast between him and former President Donald Trump. Katie Campbell
Biden’s less than stellar debate performance has the Democratic party concerned With the presidential election just four months away, Democrats are still grappling with the question of whether Biden should even stay in the race after his fumbles at the presidential debate. Tamara Keith
Biden bounces back from bad debate with energetic Raleigh rally President Biden's feeble Thursday night debate performance in Atlanta highlighted concerns about his age that were not on display at a Friday rally in North Carolina. Stephen Fowler
4 takeaways from the first presidential debate President Biden's stumbles right from the beginning played into his biggest vulnerability, but how much will the first 2024 general election debate make an impact? Domenico Montanaro
Fact check: What did Biden and Trump claim about immigration in the debate? Immigration is playing a big role in the 2024 election and was featured in Thursday night's presidential debate on CNN. NPR looks at the facts behind the candidates' claims. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
How tonight's debate differs from the last time Trump and Biden faced off Thursday night's presidential debate is not merely a replay of 2020. Here's a look at the dynamics, what's changed or not since 2020, and what to expect tonight. Mara Liasson
