A growing faction of House Democrats, convinced that President Joe Biden is too politically damaged to defeat Donald Trump in November, is calling on the Democratic National Committee to ditch plans ...

Democrats critical of the move to proceed with the virtual nomination say that Biden, who is under intense pressure to drop out of the race by virtually every rank of the party, would be confirmed ...

Wednesday’s letter, which makes clear that the DNC is doubling down on its virtual nomination plan, now sets up a key deadline for Democrats by which to resolve questions around Biden’s candidacy.

With President Biden now out of the running, the Democratic Party is looking ahead to what's next. From Aug. 1-5, the party will hold a virtual roll call to select their new nominee.

The Democratic National Committee affirmed Friday that it would hold a virtual roll call to formalize Mr. Biden's nomination between Aug. 1-7, but the DNC has not yet updated its plans.

But Biden's immediate backing of Harris ignited a surge of endorsements for the vice president by Democratic governors, ... With the presidential nomination virtual roll call now concluded, ...

The virtual nomination was originally planned to beat an Ohio state deadline for placing candidates on the ballot for the Nov. 5 election that fell before the Democrats' August convention.

Some House Democrats are calling for the DNC to delay its "virtual roll call" to formally nominate Joe Biden, saying it would stifle an important debate about his ability to run as top of the ticket.

The Biden campaign and the D.N.C. aimed to have Mr. Biden’s nomination locked up before Aug. 7 to avoid the possibility of a legal challenge by Ohio Republicans.

But the committee said no virtual voting on Biden's nomination will begin until Aug. 1. The two co-chairs of the committee, Bishop Leah Daughtry and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, ...

Growing faction of Democrats revolt against Biden’s upcoming virtual nomination By Jeff Zeleny , MJ Lee , Manu Raju , Annie Grayer and Kayla Tausche , CNN 8 minute read ...