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Biden’s chief of staff scolded Obama campaign architect for calling Biden’s age an issue, book reveals

Former President Joe Biden’s decision to run for re-election divided longtime Democratic advisors, a new book about Biden’s cognitive decline and his administration’s alleged cover-up revealed.
Biden’s former Chief of Staff, Ron Klain, shut down former President Barack Obama advisor David Axelrod for repeatedly calling Biden’s age an issue.
«The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the end of a second term, and that would be a major issue,» Axelrod told The New York Times.
Soon after the Times’ story was published in June 2022, Klain called Axelrod fuming, CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios political correspondent Alex Thompson revealed in their book, «Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.»
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Advisors to President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama disagreed on whether Biden should run for re-election in 2024. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
«Who’s going to beat Trump? President Biden is the only one who has done it. You better have a lot of certainty about a different candidate before you say the president should step aside. The future of the country depends on it!» Klain told Axelrod on the phone, according to Thompson and Tapper.
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Klain believed it was «sloppy thinking» that anyone other than Biden could beat Trump, the journalists said in the book.
But Axelrod, like most Americans, worried about the first octogenarian president’s age and his ability to serve four more years.
The chief strategist for Obama’s back-to-back winning campaigns, Axelrod was one of the last advisers to meet with Biden before Obama chose him as his running mate in 2008. Axelrod told Tapper and Thompson that they didn’t expect Biden to run for president at 73 and eventually discouraged Biden from running for president in 2015.
They certainly didn’t expect Biden to run for president at 77.

President Barack Obama presents Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
After Axelrod made some friendly comments about Biden to a reporter in 2018, Biden invited him to his rental home in Virginia, according to the book.
«He was stunned by how much Biden had aged,» Tapper and Thompson wrote.
Axelrod told Biden that age would be an issue for his campaign but encouraged him to lean on his experience and wisdom, the journalists said.
Axelrod’s apprehension about Biden’s age only grew, and when it came time for Biden to make a decision about his re-election, he knew Biden shouldn’t run in 2024. The longtime political advisor told Tapper and Thompson he wished someone in the White House had «come to their senses and [convinced] Biden and his family that this just wasn’t tenable.»

Joe Biden speaks during an Inflation Reduction Act event on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022. (Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Pointing to unfavorable battleground polls from 2023, Axelrod encouraged Biden to drop out of the race in a series of social media posts. He said the «stakes of miscalculation here are too dramatic to ignore.»
«Only @JoeBiden can make this decision. If he continues to run, he will be the nominee of the Democratic Party. What he needs to decide is whether that is wise; whether it’s in HIS best interest or the country’s?» Axelrod questioned on social media.
Klain fired back, this time for the public to see: «Man who called Biden ‘Mr Magoo’ in Aug 2019 is still at it,» in reference to Axelrod’s comments following the 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate.

Ron Klain, former White House chief of staff, speaks during a chief of staff transition event in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
An excerpt from the book reads: «In response to Axelrod’s 2023 post, Biden called Axelrod a ‘prick’ – a private insult until someone leaked it to Jonathan Martin of Politico. Axelrod received confidential messages of agreement from prominent Democrats who remained silent, they explained, because they were resigned to Biden’s candidacy and did not want to weaken him as a looming rematch with Trump approached.»
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Fox News Digital has written extensively, dating back to the 2020 presidential campaign, about Biden’s cognitive decline and his inner circle’s role in covering it up.
«There is nothing in this book that shows Joe Biden failed to do his job, as the authors have alleged, nor did they prove their allegation that there was a cover-up or conspiracy,» a Biden spokesperson told Fox News Digital. «Nowhere do they show that our national security was threatened or where the president wasn’t otherwise engaged in the important matters of the presidency. In fact, Joe Biden was an effective president who led our country with empathy and skill.»
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Más de 100 tiburones bacota en las costas de Río Negro: por qué aparecieron

Un cardumen de sombras se desplazó bajo la superficie del Atlántico sur, rompiendo la rutina de la costa rionegrina. Más de cien tiburones bacota fueron avistados en las aguas del Golfo San Matías, en un fenómeno pocas veces documentado que sorprendió tanto a científicos como a residentes de la zona. El registro, realizado por el piloto de drone Maximiliano Facundo Cartes Salas, no solo aportó imágenes inéditas, sino que reavivó preguntas sobre la presencia y el comportamiento de esta especie en la región.
La especie protagonista de este avistamiento es el tiburón bacota (Carcharhinus brachyurus), también conocido como tiburón cobrizo. Se trata de un escualo costero de gran tamaño, que puede alcanzar hasta tres metros de longitud y superar los 100 kilos. En aguas argentinas, el bacota es el representante más común de su género y resulta fácilmente reconocible por su color dorsal bronceado y su potente silueta.

Alejo Irigoyen, investigador de CONICET en el Centro Nacional Patagónico (CENPAT), explicó a Infobae: “Es inusual y espectacular que hayan logrado filmarlos porque el Mar Argentino es de aguas turbias. Y es una especie que suele estar en zonas profundas, debajo de los cinco o seis metros por lo que no se ven. Con una marea muy baja y condiciones muy buenas lograron ver y filmar ese cardumen. Es como la primera vez que se ve algo así”.
Según datos de Proyecto Arrecife, iniciativa científica del CESIMAR-CONICET en Argentina enfocada en la conservación y uso sustentable de peces y hábitats marinos, especialmente tiburones patagónicos, la distribución del bacota es global pero fragmentada: habita zonas templado-cálidas de los océanos Atlántico, Pacífico e Índico, y en el Mar Argentino despliega un patrón migratorio que lo lleva de norte a sur durante la temporada cálida.

La concentración de más de cien ejemplares fue documentada en la Bahía de San Antonio, en la zona de Las Grutas y San Antonio Oeste. Las imágenes aéreas muestran una “constelación de siluetas” bajo el agua, que se desplazaban en conjunto y correspondían a animales de entre 2,5 y 3 metros y hasta 100 kilos.

La biología marina Florencia Fernández, integrante del Grupo CONDROS y el Centro de Investigación Aplicada y Transferencia Tecnológica en Recursos Marinos (CIMAS), remarcó a Río Negro que el registro “es impresionante”. Sostuvo que este tipo de hallazgos abren nuevos interrogantes: “¿Estas especies utilizan nuestras aguas en alguna etapa clave de su ciclo de vida? ¿Es un evento que ocurre todos los años o cada cuánto tiempo sucede?”.
Los especialistas coinciden en que el bacota suele aparecer en la región durante los meses más cálidos y que su presencia puede estar asociada a la reproducción o a desplazamientos migratorios. La región del Golfo San Matías reúne condiciones de temperatura y alimentación que favorecen estos agrupamientos, aunque la magnitud captada por el drone supera los registros previos en la zona.

El tiburón bacota está catalogado como especie vulnerable según la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza (IUCN), con poblaciones en descenso. Presenta características biológicas que lo hacen especialmente sensible a la presión pesquera: crece lentamente, alcanza la madurez sexual a los 20 o 21 años y tiene largos ciclos reproductivos, con pocas crías por camada. “Una hembra de Bacota tarda casi 20 años en tener su primera cría. Su crecimiento es tan lento que cualquier pérdida hoy tiene un impacto que la naturaleza tardará un cuarto de siglo en recuperar”, publicó Cartes Salas en sus redes sociales.
La especie es buscada por pescadores deportivos y, en ocasiones, capturada por flotas comerciales. Según los datos de Proyecto Arrecife, análisis recientes muestran una disminución anual de entre 13 y 29% en la abundancia de bacotas en aguas argentinas. Los científicos insisten en que la conservación de la especie requiere la cooperación entre Argentina, Brasil y Uruguay, ya que el bacota atraviesa fronteras en su migración.
El acceso a nuevas tecnologías, como los drones, permitió obtener imágenes inéditas de este fenómeno y facilitar el análisis de los especialistas. El material, obtenido por Cartes Salas, fue remitido de inmediato al Grupo CONDROS y al CIMAS para su estudio. La decisión de no revelar la ubicación exacta del avistamiento responde a la necesidad de proteger el enclave natural y evitar la pesca furtiva.

“Proteger este santuario natural es nuestra prioridad absoluta”, enfatizó Cartes Salas. La comunidad científica apoya la medida y solicita que toda interacción con la fauna marina se ajuste a prácticas responsables. Además, los especialistas destacan que el bacota no representa peligro para las personas. “En toda la historia del territorio argentino, jamás se registró una mordedura de esta especie a una persona”, aseguró Fernández.
El Golfo San Matías alberga una notable diversidad de especies: se han documentado doce tipos de tiburones y diecinueve de rayas, lo que confirma la riqueza de peces cartilaginosos en la región. El bacota cumple un rol regulador en el ecosistema marino, ayudando a mantener el equilibrio de las poblaciones de otras especies.
La difusión responsable y el trabajo coordinado entre investigadores y divulgadores resultan fundamentales para fortalecer la protección de especies clave y poner en valor la riqueza natural de las costas argentinas.
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Trump-backed affordable housing overhaul clears Senate, while House GOP raises red flags

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A massive bipartisan swell advanced a Trump-backed affordable housing package out of the Senate on Thursday, but its fate in the House is up in the air.
The bill, renamed the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act to incorporate a previous Senate housing bill that stalled last year, easily sailed through the upper chamber, given that many lawmakers support the wide-ranging slate of measures designed to increase the supply of affordable housing.
In its original form, the legislation was primarily intended to help first-time homebuyers and lower-income Americans enter the housing market or gain access to more affordable housing options.
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President Donald Trump speaks during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 2, 2026, in Washington, D.C. (Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
The Senate tweaked the legislation, adding a ban on institutional investors sought by President Donald Trump, who earlier this year signed an executive order barring the practice. During his State of the Union address last month, Trump urged Congress to codify the ban and said, «We want homes for people, not for corporations.»
That provision gave some heartburn, notably to Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, and several industry groups, who warned that the way it was designed — forcing owners of 350 or more units to sell after seven years — would kneecap the build-to-rent market and harm the supply of rentals throughout the country.
That was not enough to slow the bill down in the Senate, but Trump’s declaration that he wouldn’t sign any bills unless the Senate passed voter ID legislation, along with House Republicans grumbling over changes to the bill, could spell trouble ahead.
Rep. Mike Flood, R-Neb., co-lead of the House’s version of the bill, told Fox News Digital, «It seems to me that there are outstanding concerns with the Senate’s housing bill as currently drafted.»
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Rep. Mike Flood speaks at a press conference with other House Republicans on the 15th day of the government shutdown in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15, 2025. (Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)
He echoed Schatz’s concern about the build-to-rent supply consequences and added that the bill was «intended to cut costs, but the Senate removed important bipartisan House provisions that would have slashed barriers to building more homes.»
«Their process is still ongoing, and I am holding out hope for some fixes, but time runs short,» Flood said. «Given the bill’s current state, I think a conference may be the most viable path forward.»
Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., said he believes that once the bill makes it through the Senate, «the White House will be wanting to work with our House counterparts to try and get it passed over there and get it on the President’s desk.»
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions former executives of failed banks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on May 16, 2023, in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
«We know we’ve added some things to the bill here in the Senate that were designed to make it more palatable to the House. I know there are other issues they would like to address in it, some of the banking issues too, but I think this is, by and large, a housing bill.»
«So, we think we have really put together a strong bill,» Thune continued. «It’s something that hasn’t been done in over a decade.»
It’s a product of negotiations between Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., the chair of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., its top Democrat.
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The pair argued that the changes made should make the legislation more palatable to their House counterparts.
«The package includes the vast majority of the Senate’s unanimously supported ROAD to Housing Act, incorporates bipartisan ideas from the House, and takes a good first step to rein in corporate landlords that are squeezing families out of homeownership,» Warren said earlier this month. «Congress should pass this package and continue working on further legislation to combat our nation’s housing crisis.»
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