The election in the United States

The election in the United States|Resignation demands against Biden
Sources: Biden understands that the leaks are coordinated campaign against him

Joe Biden has been in politics long enough to understand that the recent leaks to the media have been orchestrated by Democrats to increase pressure on him to throw in the towel on the presidential race. Sources close to the president told the New York Times.

The whistleblowers describe an increasingly "embittered" Biden who, among other things, is said to be annoyed with ex-president Barack Obama - Biden sees him as the one pulling the strings behind the scenes.

The friction between a sitting president and representatives of his party so close to an election has not been seen in the United States in several generations, notes the NYT.

Recently, the president's condition and cognitive abilities have been widely discussed, not least within Biden's own ranks. The background is, among other things, his unsuccessful performance in the debate against Donald Trump and a series of misstatements, including when Biden called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj "President Putin".

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Biden refuses to give in - vows to continue campaigning

Next week, campaigning to be re-elected as president continues, Joe Biden said in a written statement. This despite the fact that Friday brought with it a long line of new public resignation demands from party colleagues in Congress.

"I look forward to returning to the campaign trail next week to continue to expose the threat posed by Donald Trump," Biden wrote, adding that he looks forward to sharing his own vision for the United States.

"Together we will win," reads the statement.

Since Wednesday, Biden has been self-isolating in his home after contracting covid-19. The president is on the mend, his doctor announced during the day.

The Hill describes it as Biden having had a "brutal week" and that he is "really bruised" as he now takes the weekend. But despite the resignation demands, he continues to fight, states the politics site.
The election in the United States|The shots against Trump

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Sources: Crooks wanted to kill - Trump was easily accessible

The FBI has accessed Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crook's phone and conducted more than 200 interviews in the 20-year-old's vicinity, but no clear motive behind the shooting has emerged. This is stated by sources for NBC and CNN News.

Before the assassination attempt, he Googled school shooter Ethan Crumbley, who murdered four classmates in 2021. He also reportedly Googled several high-profile people, including Donald Trump, and then realized the Republican would be speaking in Butler about an hour from Crook's home.

CNN's sources say it is theorized that Crooks wanted to carry out a high-profile assassination and that Trump's campaign meeting was the most accessible.

Just a few hours before Trump's campaign meeting began, Crooks is said to have been at the site and flown a drone. It is seen as part of Crook's planning, which is said to have been extensive.

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Right now: Trump's first campaign rally since the shootings

Right now, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is holding his first campaign rally after last weekend's assassination attempt on him.

- I am here thanks to God's grace. I shouldn't be here. Something very amazing happened, says Trump and thanks for the support he has received during the past week.

The campaign rally, held in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is also the first since Trump nominated JD Vance as his vice presidential running mate. It was Vance who welcomed Trump onto the stage.

The Secret Service said earlier Saturday that security around the event has been stepped up following last week's shooting.
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Trump continues campaigning - security work is being tightened

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump continues his election campaign on Saturday. It will be his first campaign meeting since the assassination attempt, and the first together with his newly appointed vice presidential candidate, JD Vance.

The Secret Service will increase security before and during the campaign rally, according to CNN's sources. Among other things, more police officers will be present than at previous meetings, according to the informants.

With Vance at his side, Trump will speak in the city of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a historically Republican close. Michigan is considered an important wave master state, writes AFP. In the 2016 presidential election, the former president won by just over 10,000 votes, while President Joe Biden won the state in 2020.