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'Political fairy smut': Joe Biden's granddaughter unloads on Jake Tapper's tell-all book

Joe Biden's granddaughter, Naomi Biden, savaged CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios's Alex Thompson on X on Monday as "irresponsible, self-promoting journalists" for their widely-promoted new book detailing the "cover-up" behind the former president's cognitive decline.

Her post came just hours after revelations that her grandfather was battling stage-4 prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.

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MAGA goes berserk as Ketanji Brown Jackson takes solo stance against Trump

MAGA acolytes have gone to war with Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson over her sole dissent in Monday's decision to rescind legal protections to Venezuelan immigrants.

Jackson was the sole dissenter in Monday's court decision to rescind protections that stopped hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants being sent back to the country — although neither she nor the majority detailed their decisions.

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'Everyone called me crazy': Trump pal lobs conspiracy theories over Biden cancer

A MAGA influencer who has the president's ear is spreading conspiracy theories following former President Joe Biden's recent cancer announcement.

Laura Loomer, who has been credited for getting certain White House officials fired because of her influential position in Trump's orbit, reacted to the news that Biden was diagnosed with cancer in an unusual way. She demanded apologies.

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'This is odd': Yale doctor flags 'inconceivable' part of Joe Biden's cancer news

A medical scholar and physician known for mocking Republicans is asking questions about former President Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis.

It was announced on Sunday that Biden had been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer. Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene wished him well, but their MAGA base wasn't so kind.

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Trump breaks silence on Joe Biden's cancer diagnosis

Just a couple of hours after it was reported that former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with cancer, Donald Trump weighed in.

Biden was reported to have been diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer, and his family is reportedly considering the treatment options.

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Biden hit with 'aggressive' cancer diagnosis: reports

Former President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with cancer, according to reports.

The New York Times is among those reporting that Biden has an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer.

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Leaked Biden audio sends internet into frenzy as critics say that’s not the real scandal

Outrage erupted across social media Friday after Axios published newly obtained audio of former President Joe Biden appearing to struggle with memory lapses during a special counsel interview, which quickly triggered criticism of the outlet itself.

The audio, obtained by Axios, captures Biden occasionally slurring his words and losing his train of thought during questioning by special counsel Robert Hur, who infuriated the Biden White House when he concluded that the Democrat was “a well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

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'Nice try': Jake Tapper claps back as Biden circle downplays audio of him 'losing himself'

CNN’s Jake Tapper delivered a fierce pushback Friday after Joe Biden's team attempted to downplay newly released audio of the former president appearing to struggle with memory lapses during a special counsel interview.

The audio, obtained by Axios, captures Biden occasionally slurring his words and losing his train of thought during questioning by Special Counsel Robert Hur, who infuriated the Biden White House when he concluded that the Democrat was “a well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.”

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CNN's Jake Tapper catches flak for Biden 'obsession': 'Trump is literally falling asleep!'

The rollout of Jake Tapper's new book with co-author Alex Thompson has been going so well that they've hired a crisis management expert.

The CNN anchor and Axios reporter co-authored "Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," which provoked intensely negative backlash from Democrats and Republicans alike, leading the pair to hire crisis communications expert Risa Heller and her firm Heller Co. to help them through the book's May 20 release, reported Breaker Media.

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Explosive new allegations claim Biden aides barred Cabinet members from him

The new book on President Joe Biden by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson reveals that some Cabinet secretaries in the final two years of the administration lost access to the president, only being able to brief Biden's senior aides, who would then brief him.

The book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” is set to detail how certain people in the White House kept the former president on a tight leash.

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'It makes no sense!' Clash on CNN as panelists argue over Biden election mess

Things got heated on CNN's Inside Politics Wednesday over the question of who knew what and when about President Joe Biden's cognitive decline — and whether it would hurt Democrats in the 2028 presidential election.

Biden ultimately dropped out of the race, but critics said it was too late for then-Vice President Kamala Harris to get a real foothold against Donald Trump.

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George Clooney 'shaken to his core' as 'catatonic' Biden forgot who he was: new book

Famed Hollywood star George Clooney was deeply disturbed when he saw former President Joe Biden at a major fundraising event last year, because although the two had known each other for decades, Biden seemed to struggle so badly he had to be repeatedly reminded who Clooney was, Axios reported Tuesday.

It's one of many new behind-the-scenes revelations in Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson's new book about how Democratic officials came to conclude the former president had to leave the race.

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'He didn't understand': New book claims Biden shocked as wife announced 2024 run

At a state dinner in December 2022, Jill Biden surprised French President Emmanuel Macron, former U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi — and her own husband Joe Biden — when she firmly indicated the then 80-year-old U.S. President would run for another four-year term, a new book says.

Joe Biden looked “like he didn't understand,” another guest is quoted as saying, adding that they rescued the awkward moment by hastily proposing a toast to “four more years” which the president and first lady joined.

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