Trump’s claim to ‘know nothing’ about radical rightwing plan recognizes it could sink his campaign, ex-Pence adviser says

Donald Trump’s “preposterous” efforts to disavow Project 2025, a rightwing blueprint for a radical takeover of the US government if the former president is re-elected in November, have been derided by former Republican figures.

The Project 2025 plan includes calls for replacing civil servants with Trump loyalists, eliminating the education department, putting the justice department under the president’s thumb and banning the abortion pill.

Polls show Kamala Harris would be only a point behind Trump if she were to replace Biden in presidential contest

More cracks in confidence in Joe Biden’s re-election chances were opening on Wednesday as he prepared to meet with Democratic governors in the evening, amid increasingly poor polls, growing calls to withdraw – and Barack Obama reportedly privately sharing that his former vice-president’s path to re-election is even tougher post-debate.

Biden will be talking with state governors and Capitol Hill leaders all week, officials indicated on Tuesday, in attempts to reassure them of his competence and address escalating discontent among party leaders after last week’s calamitous debate performance against Donald Trump.