Also in this newsletter: is Brussels improperly spending billions in cohesion funding?
If democracy is at stake in the Trump-Biden election, shouldn’t voters be trusted to make their own decision?
President meets top donors after issuing defiant message on national TV and in letter to Democrats in Congress
The president entered a make-or-break week for his candidacy with a broadside at his critics
President scales up campaigning to convince voters and his own party he can defeat Trump in November
US president still believes he is the man to defeat Trump but a growing number in his party disagree
The president’s public appearances have failed to quell critics’ concerns about his fitness
The president brought together a party riven on class, age and racial issues. What happens if he goes?
The indictments against King George in the Declaration of Independence could just as easily be applied to Trump
Michigan and Californian governors gain favour as US president enters make-or-break period to save candidacy
President launches effort to reset campaign including trips to swing states and TV interview
A week is a long time in politics. In the world of monthly publications, it can be an eternity
An open Democratic convention to choose a new nominee risks being messy but could save the republic from Trump
Discussions come as polls show sharp drop in support for US president
Donors are sceptical of US vice-president, but she has a base of party support if the Democrats replace Joe Biden
Film mogul is central to president’s fundraising efforts but has been accused of concealing Biden’s condition
Lawmaker from party calls on US president to drop out as poll shows voters prefer different candidate
Republican candidate says he raised $331mn versus Democratic rival’s $264mn
Also in today’s newsletter, Democratic insiders attack Joe Biden’s inner circle and the FT’s new ad tracker
The left ignores problems on its own side, and recent history has turned on that failure
Investing after the Biden meltdown
Democratic insiders alarmed by advisers’ reluctance to consider president’s exit from White House race
Republicans and Democrats in one of America’s most narrowly divided counties found comfort watching together
Stepping down would be the patriotic thing for Biden to do
Calls for president to pull out of US election race shine light on event that could be display of unity or open warfare
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