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10 notable books of 2025: A posthumous memoir about Epstein, 'Hunger Games' and reliving 2024

The publishing world's notable releases this year included a new “Hunger Games” novel and a book by Thomas Pynchon

The Independent UK

Newsom, Harris hint at 2028 White House runs

Newsom said he'd be "lying" if he said he wasn't considering running for president.

Axios

WATCH: Bernie Sanders interview on The Axios Show

Sanders critiqued the Democratic Party, blasted the pro-Israel lobby and warned about dangers of the AI revolution.

Axios

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SNL’s Dana Carvey says he was ‘delicate’ with Joe Biden impression as he knew he was ‘compromised mentally’

Carvey portrayed the former president often during the hit NBC show’s 2024-2025 season

The Independent UK

"The Crisis of the Media Environment"

My essay on the subject, initially presented in late March at a conference at Yale Law School, is now up… The post "The Crisis of the Media Environment" appeared first on Reason.com.

Reason

Jake Tapper gets scolded by C-SPAN caller over Biden book: ‘I really don’t like you’

‘I think you’re doing a disservice to Joe and also to the American people,’ the caller told CNN anchor Jake Tapper

The Independent UK

Have Presidents Grown Too Powerful To Be Removed From Office?

Joe Biden showed that the 25th Amendment doesn't work. Donald Trump showed that impeachment is broken too.

Reason

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‘He’d only have to show proof of life once in a while’: Joe Biden’s advisors hid his decline – and the media didn’t dig hard enough

Last week, President Donald Trump ordered an investigation into “who ran the United States while President Biden was in office”, alleging top aides masked the “cognitive decline” of his predecessor. The announcement referenced revelations in a new book by journalists Jake Tapper (CNN) and Alex Thompson (Axios).

The Conversation

Joe Biden Mental Probe Heats Up: White House Staff Carried Out a Strategy To Cover Up Real Situation For Years

House Oversight Chair James Comer is digging into claims that Biden's team hid his mental decline for years

International Business Times UK

Original Sin, the Biden Cover-Up Book, Is Better Late Than Never

Even readers who are profoundly distrustful of Jake Tapper should pick up a copy.

Reason

Jake Tapper claims ‘cover-up’ of Biden decline may have been ‘worse than Watergate’

CNN anchor compares alleged efforts by West Wing aides to conceal former president’s declining health to notorious scandal that brought down Richard Nixon

The Independent UK

Original Sin: how Team Biden wished away his decline until it was too late

Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson issue a stinging verdict on a cover-up that may have cost Democrats the 2024 election

The Guardian - US

Democrats find unlikely defender over Biden decline revelations – Trump’s former press secretary

Kayleigh McEnany served as Donald Trump’s press secretary during the final months of his first term

The Independent UK

Original Sin book review: How we were fools to be fooled by Joe Biden’s people

Since this book was written we have learned Joe Biden has prostate cancer. The sad news was greeted with sympathy from all sides of the political divide, including Donald Trump. That would have been the response if, as president, Biden had declared in 2023 that he wasn’t going to run…

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The Independent UK

The week the Democrats’ gerontocracy problem came home to roost

ANALYSIS: Between Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis and multiple congressional deaths, Democrats can’t ignore their age problem anymore, Eric Garcia writes

Reason

"Listen, the Media Deserves Some Blame, Too": "You Guys Should Not Have Believed Us So Easily"

From Mediaite (Zachary Leeman) yesterday: "Original Sin" co-author Alex Thompson revealed a Democratic insider told him they were "amazed" at… The post "Listen, the Media Deserves Some Blame, Too": "You Guys Should Not Have Believed Us So Easily" appeared first on Reason.com.

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‘Unoriginal, uninspired lies’: Biden granddaughter needs only three words to demolish Tapper’s sad presidential tell-all

We think it might be the juiciest political beach read of the year.

International Business Times

Jill Biden and Top Advisers Were 'In Charge' of the Country as Biden's 'Decline' Impacted His 'Ability to Do the Job,' Journalists Claim

Two well-known journalists who recently wrote a book chronicling President Joe Biden's mental and physical decline during his presidency have revealed which members of Biden's inner circle they believe were actually managing presidential duties.

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The Independent UK

Rob Reiner shouted at Doug Emhoff during debate party that Biden would ‘lose our f***ing democracy,’ book claims

Hollywood fundraiser with Democratic governors turned into ‘debate watch horror show’

The Independent UK

Joe Biden wanted to testify at Hunter’s trial – despite packed election schedule, book claims

Former president wanted to testify on behalf of his son despite being a sitting president in the middle of a presidential campaign, a new book says

The Guardian - US

Jon Stewart on CNN’s Biden book: ‘Selling you a book about news they should have told you’

Late-night hosts discuss CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s book on Biden’s mental decline, and Trump attacks Taylor Swift on Truth Social

The Independent UK

‘You promised you’d take a nap’: Inside Hunter Biden’s confrontation with Joe after watching dad flail during Ireland trip

Congressmen believed Biden had symptoms similar to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s a year before re-election bid

The Independent UK

Biden’s White House chief of staff made all the ‘big decisions,’ was nicknamed ‘Prime Minister’: book

Ron Klain served as Biden’s chief of staff from the start of his term until February 2023

The Independent UK

‘Like watching Grandpa who shouldn’t be driving’: Biden’s health worried aides back in 2020 campaign, book says

Watching former President Joe Biden film campaign videos in 2020 was like watching “a different person,” one Democrat said, according to a new book.

The Independent UK

Forgetting George Clooney to mulling a wheelchair: Five key takeaways from upcoming Biden book

Excerpts of the book, out May 20, that have leaked before its official release, do not portray the 46th president or his closest advisers in a flattering light

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