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Former first lady Jill Biden feared her husband was having a stroke as she watched him stumble through his disastrous June 2024 debate performance. Then-President Joe Biden's shaky debate against Donald Trump fueled fears among voters that he was too old for a second term and led to the end of his 2024 reelection campaign. Jill Biden tells CBS 69���� in an interview airing Sunday that she was "frightened” while watching her husband because she “had never ever seen Joe act like that before or since.” The former first lady is promoting a book due out next week, “View from the East Wing: A Memoir.”

The Democratic National Committee has released a controversial autopsy report on the 2024 election. The report comes with a disclaimer stating it reflects the author's views, not the DNC's. It also lacks comprehensive analysis, omitting key issues like President Biden's decision to run for a second term and internal disagreements over the war in Gaza. The report criticizes the lack of negative advertising against Trump, stating Democrats falsely assumed voters were aware of his weaknesses. It also highlights that the Biden administration did not adequately prepare Kamala Harris for a successful campaign, leaving her vulnerable to effective attacks from Trump.

Democratic National Committee Chair Ken Martin has released a critical study of the party’s performance in the 2024 campaign. His decision on Thursday followed intense internal pressure from frustrated Democratic operatives who had publicly demanded the release of the post-election autopsy. The 192-page report, which was concluded last December and authored by Democratic consultant Paul Rivera, calls for “a renewed focus on the voters of Middle America and the South, who have come to believe they are not included in the Democratic vision of a stronger and more dynamic America for everyone.” The autopsy also points to a reduction in support and training for Democratic state parties, voter registration shifts, and “a persistent inability or unwillingness to listen to all voters.”

It was a hurdle too high for Bill Cassidy to clear. The Republican senator from Louisiana had tried to satisfy Donald Trump and his supporters, but they couldn't forgive him after he voted to convict at the president's impeachment trial over the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. That was more than five years ago and the ill will lingered. Trump backed one of Cassidy's challengers in Saturday's Senate primary, and the incumbent finished third. He didn't even make the June runoff. Cassidy is the latest name on an increasingly long list of Republicans who crossed Trump and were punished by voters.