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Joe Biden acknowledged his poor performance in America's first presidential debate at his first rally since.

He told supporters in North Carolina that he no longer

debates like he quote used to but insisted he had the experience and moral bearings

to take on Donald Trump his Republican rival.

Democrats appeared divided on whether the president should give way to an alternative candidate.

Some conceded that the party had, quote, some decisions to make, as one

congressman put it, while prominent lawmakers such as Nancy Pelosi, the former

leader of the House of Representatives, doubled down on his support.

Mr Biden's aides said he will still debate Mr Trump in a second planned debate in September.

America's Supreme Court overturned a legal precedent that has long

guided the court's relationship with federal agencies under the quote Chevron rule named for a decision

from 1984 that lower courts have since cited thousands of times the court would

defer to an agency's interpretation of its governing laws

when they are ambiguous.

Friday's decision in efforts curbs regulators' power.

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