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That's Balance to Nature dot com promo code wire. I'm Georgia Howe. It's Thursday, July 18th and this is

your morning wire afternoon update. The White House announced last night that President Biden has tested positive for COVID-19.

He will self-isolate at his Beach House in Delaware and continue to carry out his presidential

responsibilities.

Though Biden only has mild symptoms,

the diagnosis is a tough blow to his effort

to hold on to the nomination as the Democratic candidate for president.

Though the Biden campaign is adamant that he will be the nominee,

Biden has said he will step aside if diagnosed with, quote, some medical condition.

According to Axios, many top Democrats believe Biden will step aside.

Gold Star families took to the stage at the RNC last night to say the names of their

loved ones who were killed in the Afghanistan withdrawal.

Bailey Wire reporter Tim Pierce has more.

Joe Biden came under fire last month for saying this in his debate against Donald

Trump.

The truth is, I'm the only president this century that doesn't have any this decade, any troops dying anywhere in the world.

13 U.S. service members died in Afghanistan during Biden's disastrous withdrawal three years ago.

Last night, families of two of those fallen service members voiced their frustrations at the

Republican National Convention.

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