Peter Nicholas

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden clinched the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday, NBC News projects, winning a majority of the necessary

President Joe Biden’s directive to his campaign team is simple enough: Don’t talk about Donald Trump’s four criminal cases, people familiar with his campaign strategy said.

Many woke this morning to the frightening news that the Francis Scott Key Bridge had been struck by an immense cargo ship and collapsed.

Passing legislation to codify federal abortion rights would require overcoming significant challenges: winning full control of Congress, piercing the filibuster and beating legal obstacles.

Biden is flush with cash and opening campaign offices across the country but has struggled to overcome Trump and his more meager campaign in the polls.

Abortion is at the center of President Joe Biden's re-election campaign — an improbability for a politician who long expressed his personal discomfort with the practice.

The tumult spreading through college campuses is especially tricky for the president as he works to rebuild the voting coalition from his 2020 win.

Biden aides have said they think the protests will blow over.

GOP senators told NBC News that this approach appealed to Trump on an aid package to Ukraine, and there could be “more of this, not less” if he wins in November.

The judge threatened Trump with jail for violating the gag order. After leaving court for the day, Trump struck a combative tone saying, "Our constitution is far more important than jail."