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UPDATED: Nielsen said that an estimated 24.2 million watched President Joe Biden’s press conference on Thursday, a figure that is roughly half the audience for CNN’s presidential debate last month. Just over 19 million of those viewers were 55 and over; 3.58 million were 35-54; and 1 million were…

ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos was captured on video in the streets of New York telling a person that he doesn’t believe that President Joe Biden can serve another four years. The video posted earlier today on TMZ, and showed him responding to a question from a person with a camera, asking him…

Rick Klein has been named vice president and Washington, D.C. bureau chief for ABC News. Klein will succeed Jonathan Greenberger, who departed in April for a new role at Politico. Klein will oversee bureau operations and manage news teams in D.C., including for breaking news and special events…

UPDATE, 11:58 AM PT: Nielsen fast national numbers show that George Stephanopoulos’ interview with President Joe Biden easily won its timeslot on Friday, drawing 8.5 million viewers. The 22-minute interview, presented as a special edition of This Week, was the best performing ABC News program since…

"Every day I have that test," insisted Joe Biden tonight on ABC of the calls for the president taking a cognitive test . "Not only am I campaigning, but I’m running the world, and that's not hyperbole." The president was speaking to George Stephanopoulos in a damage control interview that aired in…

"It was a bad episode," President Joe Biden told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos of his rambling June 27 debate appearance in an interview airing tonight that could be pivotal in whether the 81-year-old incumbent stays in the race against Donald Trump or not. "No indication of a serious condition," Biden…

It probably won't be Lincoln vs Douglas, but another debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump could be in the cards. As the 81-year-old Biden gives a much anticipated and delayed campaign speech right now in an effort to contain the spreading blast radius from his debate debacle of last week, the…

The White House's calibrated plan to convince Americans that Joe Biden is up to another bid for the presidency just hit the hard wall of reality. Originally scheduled to emerge in dribs and drabs through the week and weekend, Biden's sit-down with George Stephanopoulos will now air in its entirety in…

Joe Biden says he’s not going anywhere despite his self-admitted bad performance at the debate with Donald Trump last week. “Let me say this as clearly as I possibly can as simply and straightforward as I can: I am running,” the increasingly besieged POTUS told his staff on a conference call…

UPDATE: TheGrio will simulcast CNN’s presidential debate on Thursday while providing pre- and post- event coverage. TheGrio will start live coverage at 8:30 p.m. ET with a preview show hosted by April Ryan, Washington, D.C. bureau chief and senior White House correspondent, and senior correspondent…

UPDATED, Friday: Stacia Deshishku, who has been executive editor and senior vice president of ABC News, is planning to depart the network, according to a source familiar with plans. Her exit was announced in a morning staff call on Friday. Deshishku is one of the high-profile exits since the…

ABC News plans to make its coverage of the second presidential debate in September available to other networks for simulcast. The network announced today that it will host a debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Sept. 10. That followed an earlier announcement by CNN…