Joe Biden is holding a press conference this evening.
The US president’s performance tonight will be closely watched by his aides and advisers, who have reportedly been discussing how to persuade him to leave the presidential race, as well as the Trump campaign who reportedly want him to stay.
You can follow live coverage of the press conference below:
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Closing summary
Signs are emerging that people close to Joe Biden may be gearing up to convince him to exit the presidential race. The New York Times dropped two significant reports, one saying that his re-election campaign is looking into how Kamala Harris might fare against Donald Trump, and the other, which was similar to a report by NBC News, saying that aides were discussing ways to get Biden to step aside. However, the leaders of his re-election campaign argue in a new memo that Biden still has a path to victory, and that his standing with voters has not changed as much as commonly believed since his troubling debate against Trump. Later this evening, Biden will take questions at the conclusion of the Nato summit, and you can follow our live blog for the latest on that.
Here’s what else happened today:
Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic House minority leader, wants to talk to every single one of his lawmakers about Biden before deciding on the “next step”, Punchbowl News reports.
Add Cori Bush to the list of House Democrats not saying if they think Biden can win.
A meeting between top advisors to Biden and Senate Democrats was reported to have not gone particularly well.
Most voters think Biden and Trump are “embarrassing”, but the former president has the edge in a new Pew Research Center poll.
George Clooney gave Barack Obama a heads-up before publicly announcing that he thought Biden should step aside – and Obama did not offer any objections, Politico reported.
