Bush Thought About Taking Cheney Off 2004 Ticket

David Ignatius: “The United States might be stumbling toward a decline from which few great powers have ever recovered. It has many of the tools of national recovery but doesn’t yet have a shared recognition of the problem and how to fix it.” “That’s not a quote from a MAGA or progressive leaflet.

“President Biden joked about his age and took jabs at former President Trump during Saturday’s White House Correspondents Association Dinner,” Axios reports. Said Biden: “The 2024 election is in full swing and yes, age is an issue. I’m a grown man, running against a six-year-old.” He added: “Age is the only thing we have in common, my vice president actually endorses me.” Washington Post: “But the president soon dispensed with the yuks and pivoted to what felt like a stump speech about the clear and present danger posed by Trump and his movement.”

New York Times: “The question of what is true — or at least what can be proven — is at the heart of any trial. But this particular defendant, accused by the Manhattan district attorney’s office of falsifying business records to conceal a sex scandal, has spent five decades spewing thousands and thousands of words, sometimes contradicting himself within minutes, sometimes within the same breath, with little concern for the consequences of what he said.” “Mr.

Montana U. S. Senate candidate Tim Sheehy (R) hired a campaign staffer who shared and liked racists posts on social media, the Daily Beast reports.

“Both Democrats and Republicans are piling on after South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem revealed in her upcoming memoir that she shot and killed her 14-month-old puppy named Cricket because of the dog’s alleged misbehavior,” Politico reports. “The mother of three and former congress member has seen her political caché skyrocket in recent years and was reportedly a top contender to become Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate.