Wednesday Briefing: A Turbulent Moment in U.S. Politics

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Wednesday Briefing: A Turbulent Moment in U.S. Politics

Democrats are pushing to nominate Biden, despite doubts

Leaders of the Democratic National Committee are moving to confirm President Biden as the party’s nominee before the end of July, according to four people briefed on the matter. The move would quiet disagreement among Democrats about Biden’s viability as a candidate against Donald Trump in the November election.

Doubts about Biden have persisted since his poor debate performance last month. Adam Schiff, a Democrat running for the Senate, told a private meeting of donors on Saturday that “I think if he is our nominee, I think we lose.” He warned that the party could lose the Senate and miss a chance to take the House if the president did not drop out.

A group of Democratic representatives is trying to rally support for delaying the official nomination to allow potential challenges to it at the party convention in Chicago next month. But under party rules, it is virtually impossible to replace Biden unless he steps aside. He said in a televised interview on Monday that he had no plans to do so. The president’s inner circle has tightened since the debate, and he is now consulting mainly with a group of true believers.

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Roughly 17 people were ******* in an ******** strike in Mawasi, a coastal area that ******* has designated a safer zone, the Gaza Health Ministry said. At least five people were ******* and eight wounded at the school, in Nuseirat in central Gaza, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. The ******** military said it had been targeting militants who operated inside the school.

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CONVERSATION STARTERS Pete Wells leaves the table

After 12 years as the restaurant critic at The Times, Pete Wells realized that he was no longer hungry.

Pete wrote about 500 reviews, each of which often required three three-course meals at restaurants, and he often ate “reference meals,” trying several iterations of a dish, like smash burgers, to stay on top of the food scene. A recent physical showed that he had developed health problems, like pre-diabetes and obesity, that often come with the job.

Restaurant critics “avoid mentioning weight the way actors avoid saying ‘Macbeth,’” he writes. It was time for something new.

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