Election 2024 live: Biden dares Democrat ‘elites’ to challenge him at convention

DNC national press secretary Emilia Rowland released the following statement:

“Trump is so desperate to distance himself from Project 2025 as the American people are grappling with the terrifying truth about his second term agenda that he and his team overhauled the Republican platform process to keep the public and the press in the dark, all caps-ed 20 bullet points behind closed doors, and blasted it out to divert attention from his real plans: a national abortion ban, handouts for his billionaire donors on the backs of middle-class Americans, cuts to Medicare and Social Security, and to be a dictator on “day one.” The reality is that Trump literally put architects of Project 2025 in charge of the Republican platform, and the result is not only the most extreme platform in GOP history but one containing lie after lie after lie. The American people know that Trump wants a nationwide abortion ban and they know the only thing standing in the way of Trump’s terrifying second term agenda is reelecting President Biden and Vice President Harris in November.”

Here’s what you need to know about Project 2025, from Alex Woodward:

Keir Starmer will face his first international test just days after becoming prime minister as he meets President Joe Biden and other world leaders at the Nato summit in Washington.

The Labour leader will try to reassure the nuclear alliance of his party’s “unshakeable” support under his leadership.

Kate Devlin reports from London.

With world leaders converging on Washington for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s annual summit, the White House’s top national security spokesperson isn’t aware of any concerns among NATO members regarding President Biden’s capacity to serve amid questions over his performance at last month’s presidential debate.

National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby denied that Biden’s condition is even a topic of conversation among NATO members when pressed on the matter on the eve of the alliance’s yearly gathering — one that will mark three-quarters of a century since the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty — during a briefing with White House reporters on Monday.

Democratic Washington congressman Adam Smith calls on President Biden to “step aside” during an interview on CNN on Monday afternoon.

“I think it’s become clear that he’s not the best person to carry the Democratic message. … It hasn’t gotten better since the debate.”

Smith had shared his reservations about Biden privately over the weekend, before going public today.

Democrat Mississippi Rep Bennie Thompson, who chaired the January 6 select committee, has made it clear that he is backing Joe Biden.

Rosa Brooks and Ted Dintersmith, a Georgetown University law professor and venture capitalist respectively, began circulating a memo to wealthy party donors and members of the Biden administration and campaign on July 2 in which they outline their plan for replacing the 81-year-old president as the Democratic nominee.

Joe Sommerlad reports on their scheme.

“Has the president been treated for Parkinson’s? No. Is he being treated for Parkinson’s? No, he’s not. Is he taking medication for Parkinson’s? No,” she said after a heated back-and-forth with reporters over why Dr Kevin Cannard, a former military officer who is a medical doctor with expertise in neurological and movement disorders, visited the White House Medical Unit’s clinic once a month from last July through this past March.

Andrew Feinberg reports from the White House.

Trump adviser Jason Miller tells Fox News that Donald Trump will have his running mate picked out by this time next week.