Shumita Basu

Eight days after that conversation, Biden announced he would step down. In response to the reporting in this book and elsewhere about his health, the former president has said that claims about his cognitive health declining during his presidency are wrong and that there is nothing to sustain them. To hear the rest of my conversation with Tapper and Thompson, stick around after today's show.

Eight days after that conversation, Biden announced he would step down. In response to the reporting in this book and elsewhere about his health, the former president has said that claims about his cognitive health declining during his presidency are wrong and that there is nothing to sustain them. To hear the rest of my conversation with Tapper and Thompson, stick around after today's show.

That episode will play for you next. Before we let you go, a few other stories we're following. The House has voted to approve legislation to fund President Trump's tax and immigration agenda, sending the bill to the Senate.

That episode will play for you next. Before we let you go, a few other stories we're following. The House has voted to approve legislation to fund President Trump's tax and immigration agenda, sending the bill to the Senate.

That episode will play for you next. Before we let you go, a few other stories we're following. The House has voted to approve legislation to fund President Trump's tax and immigration agenda, sending the bill to the Senate.

The bill would extend trillions of dollars in tax cuts from Trump's first term, along with hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending, while slashing spending on social safety net programs by more than $1 trillion over the next decade. The final vote came in the early hours of this morning, wrapping up a marathon 24-plus hour session.

The bill would extend trillions of dollars in tax cuts from Trump's first term, along with hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending, while slashing spending on social safety net programs by more than $1 trillion over the next decade. The final vote came in the early hours of this morning, wrapping up a marathon 24-plus hour session.

The bill would extend trillions of dollars in tax cuts from Trump's first term, along with hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending, while slashing spending on social safety net programs by more than $1 trillion over the next decade. The final vote came in the early hours of this morning, wrapping up a marathon 24-plus hour session.

The bill is expected to undergo major revisions in the Senate. Meanwhile, yesterday in the Oval Office, President Trump hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, but their meeting descended into serious diplomatic discomfort as Trump raised false claims of a white genocide taking place in South Africa.

The bill is expected to undergo major revisions in the Senate. Meanwhile, yesterday in the Oval Office, President Trump hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, but their meeting descended into serious diplomatic discomfort as Trump raised false claims of a white genocide taking place in South Africa.

The bill is expected to undergo major revisions in the Senate. Meanwhile, yesterday in the Oval Office, President Trump hosted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, but their meeting descended into serious diplomatic discomfort as Trump raised false claims of a white genocide taking place in South Africa.

As Ramaphosa suggested that Trump listen to the voices of his country, Trump ordered the lights dimmed and played a video mashup that included grave crossings along a road, which Trump claimed were farmers' graves. A fact check from multiple news outlets points out that the mounds were, in fact, part of a protest against the violence against farmers, not actual graves.

As Ramaphosa suggested that Trump listen to the voices of his country, Trump ordered the lights dimmed and played a video mashup that included grave crossings along a road, which Trump claimed were farmers' graves. A fact check from multiple news outlets points out that the mounds were, in fact, part of a protest against the violence against farmers, not actual graves.

As Ramaphosa suggested that Trump listen to the voices of his country, Trump ordered the lights dimmed and played a video mashup that included grave crossings along a road, which Trump claimed were farmers' graves. A fact check from multiple news outlets points out that the mounds were, in fact, part of a protest against the violence against farmers, not actual graves.

Police statistics in the country show that white South Africans are not killed at a higher rate than other South Africans. Trump's false claims largely focused on land seizures. The South African government has passed a law that allows the government to take land without compensation, which is aimed at addressing historical inequalities for land ownership that resulted from apartheid.

Police statistics in the country show that white South Africans are not killed at a higher rate than other South Africans. Trump's false claims largely focused on land seizures. The South African government has passed a law that allows the government to take land without compensation, which is aimed at addressing historical inequalities for land ownership that resulted from apartheid.

Police statistics in the country show that white South Africans are not killed at a higher rate than other South Africans. Trump's false claims largely focused on land seizures. The South African government has passed a law that allows the government to take land without compensation, which is aimed at addressing historical inequalities for land ownership that resulted from apartheid.

Before the meeting concluded, Ramaphosa alluded to the controversial Qatari jet.

Before the meeting concluded, Ramaphosa alluded to the controversial Qatari jet.

Before the meeting concluded, Ramaphosa alluded to the controversial Qatari jet.