Now Biden really is Sleepy Joe as he tells Democrat governors of workday tweak that sounds like child's play

President Joe Biden told Democratic governors that he plans to stop holding events past 8 p.m. - so he can get more sleep.

The New York Times reported on the tidbit coming out of the high-stakes meeting with some of the Democratic Party's rising stars at the White House Wednesday night - in which Biden told the group he was staying in the race.

And it comes after Axios cited staffers saying he already clocked a succinct 10 am to 4 pm workday, with an afternoon nap.

Biden told the governors 'that he told his staff he needed to get more sleep,' the Times reported citing multiple sources familiar with the meeting, and 'said he needed to work fewer hours and avoid events after 8 p.m.'

During the same meeting, Gov. Josh Green of Hawaii asked Biden about his health.

The president replied that his health is fine.

'It’s just my brain,' he then said - a comment that some of the governors took as a joke, while at least one found strange.

The governors said they provided 'feedback' and expressed 'concerns,' but the 81-year-old president's heels were dug in.

Biden and his White House team blamed jetlag and a cold for his disastrous performance in the debate against former President Donald Trump one week ago.

Jen O'Malley Dillon, Biden's campaign chair, played clean-up on the comment: 'He was clearly making a joke,' she said.

President Joe Biden's appearance recently startled a reporter who had not seen him in months.

After getting an up-close audience with the president, New York magazine's Intelligencer reporter Olivia Nuzzi found Biden having unnaturally dilated pupils and an awkward stare.

'Under artificial light and in the sunshine, he took on an unnatural gleam,' she wrote.

'He looked, well, inflated. His eyes were half-shut or open very wide. They appeared darker than they once had, his pupils dilated. He did not blink at regular intervals.'

She also wrote: 'My heart stopped as I extended my hand to greet the president. I tried to make eye contact, but it was like his eyes, though open, were not on.'

She wrote how Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Mitch McConnell of Kentucky - both 82 - are old.

Still, she concedes that Biden is 'something not of this earth.'

Some of Joe Biden's friends and top supporters are shocked at his elderly behavior and controlling inner circle.

According to anonymous sources close to the president who spoke to the Intelligencer, the president is forgetting the names of old friends and is easily manipulated by close confidants like his wife and top aides.

Some 'were shocked to find that the president did not remember their names,' the report states.

Others who interacted with him socially were left 'disturbed,' according to the sources.

Some of the elite supporters came away from their interactions wondering if Biden was actually in control of the presidency at all, the sources said.

A crowd of protestors lined up on Sen. Lindsey Graham's street Thursday loudly cheering in support of Palestinians.

'Lindsey Graham we're not done, the intifadah has just begun,' they chanted while a member played a makeshift drum to keep the group on beat.

'I want to make it crystal clear: I am with Israel wholly and completely,' the South Carolina Republican posted on X following the event.

'While I respect the right to peacefully protest, I apologize to my neighbors and their families for the disruption on the Fourth of July caused by this pro-Palestinian group,' he said.

Former President Donald Trump wished a happy Fourth of July to his political rivals - 'highly incapable' President Joe Biden and 'Laffin'' Vice President Kamala Harris.

It appears that 'Laffin' Kamala Harris' is a new nickname for the ex-president.

In the Truth Social post shared Thursday afternoon, Trump mocked Biden's debate performance, saying he 'choked like a dog' and then tried to 'pretend it was "International Travel."'

Trump continued, 'and, when that gig was up, he blamed it on a "cold."'

'Therefore, why would anyone say he's cognitively challenged?' the 78-year-old presumptive Republican nominee mused.

In the week following the debate, a handful of Democrats have publicly called on Biden to bow out of the race.

Others are whispering it might be the right thing to do, if Democrats want a chance to retain the White House in the fall.

'Also, respects to our potentially new Democrat Challenger, Laffin' Kamala Harris,' Trump then said.

Trump noted how Harris dropped out of the 2020 race before the Iowa caucuses but then added that it doesn't mean she's not 'highly talented,' referencing her ex-boyfriend, San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.

The former president's Truth Social post comes after he was caught mouthing off about Harris from his golf cart.

'She's so bad. She's so pathetic. She's just so f**king bad,' Trump said.

A Democrat congressman from San Diego called Biden's campaign 'arrogant' and stated he is unsure Joe can win at this point.

'The question just now is, is this a candidate who can win the election because, as much as I love Joe Biden, in those swing states, he’s having a hard time,' Rep. Scott Peters, D-Calif., said Wednesday evening in a local interview.

'We needed a boost from Thursday. We didn’t get it, and the campaign has been very, I think, arrogant in their response. We want to know what their plan is to win this election and turn these numbers around. If they don’t have a plan, then I think we have to move in a different direction.'

So far, two Democratic House lawmakers have called on Joe Biden to Withdraw.

And two other Democrats in the chamber have openly claimed they believe Trump will win.

The White House is frantically moving to get President Joe Biden in front of cameras and crowds on an expedited schedule this July 4th weekend after growing calls from within his party to step down after his debate disaster.

Biden's handlers had already put in place a taped, sit-down interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos to try to fend off calls from lawmakers and donors to demonstrate that he is still up to the task of campaigning.

But after a Wednesday meeting with the nation's governors that failed to quell mounting calls for his ouster from the Democratic ticket, ABC announced hours later that the entire interview will air in one shot, days earlier.

The full interview will now air in prime time on Friday night – giving Americans their first extensive look at the president in a Q&A format since Biden trailed off, rattled off odd phrases, and appeared to lose his train of thought repeatedly during Thursday's debate with Donald Trump.

'Friday is still a tardy response, given that this controversy will have been spiraling for over a week, but waiting until Sunday would have been too late,' a former adviser to Moitt Romney told DailyMail.com

By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent for DailyMail.com

Lunden Roberts claims in her forthcoming book - Out of the Shadows: My Life Inside the Wild World of Hunter Biden - that Hunter Biden's lawyer offered her cash to keep the parentage of Navy Joan secret.

After Hunter's paternity was established, his lawyer asked Roberts if she would 'single-parent adopt' the little girl and sign an NDA in exchange for $250,000, she writes in her book, out August 20.

Her response, she writes, was filled with expletives.

'Oh, hell no. They can shove that NDA up the a** and their f***ing offer,' Roberts said she told her lawyer.

Roberts did not accept the offer and over the past year Hunter has started establishing a relationship with the now 5-year-old over Zoom.

By Jon Michael Raasch, U.S. Political Reporter

President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopped on a call Thursday to discuss a ceasefire in the Jewish country's ongoing war against Hamas.

Egyptian and Qatari leaders have been helping the US and Israel negotiate a deal with Hamas, but their attempts to exchange hostages have still largely fallen flat.

A White House official told CNN about the VP joining the discussion. Her joining the call comes as questions over Biden's age and ability mount.

Harris's involvement on the call shows her involvement in top foreign affairs, which could be a reassuring sign for Democrats who look to her as a backup to Biden.

She is also headlining a 4th of July event with the president later this evening at the White House - giving her a prominent placement as people wonder about who will secure the Democratic nomination.

President Joe Biden needs to undergo a mental and physical health check because his condition has obviously deteriorated over the past year, a majority of likely voters revealed in an exclusive DailyMail.com poll.

A stunning seven out of 10 respondents said that the president should take a cognitive test after the 81-year-old overwhelmingly concerned voters, politicians and pundits with his disastrous Atlanta presidential debate against Donald Trump.

The survey of 1,000 likely voters, conducted days after the debate, also found that 70 percent think Biden should also get another overall physical examination.

Biden blamed his poor performance last week, in part, on being sick with a cold, one the White House has said he got during his international trip - 19 days ago.

Major questions loom over the commander-in-chief's bill of health, prompting a frenzy of meetings among Democrats worried about their prospects in November - including whether Biden should be replaced atop the party's ticket.

Jill and Hunter Biden are taking command behind the scenes at the White House, urging President Joe Biden to fire staff they believed were of disservice to him and to fight on as the Democratic nominee.

Meanwhile, the president's sister, Valerie Biden Owens, who has served as Biden's 'gut check' and closest adviser, is on her way to the White House for the July 4th celebrations, where she will have face-to-face meetings regarding her brother's re-election campaign.

Jill, Hunter and Valerie are the three most important people in any decision Joe Biden makes about his future.

He listens to them the most. They would need to give their blessing from him to exit the presidential race. But a new report from NBC News reveals how the trio is circling the wagons in support of Biden staying in the race.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

The future of President Joe Biden's reelection campaign could hang on his first post-debate interview.

Party members, donors and Democratic governors are giving Biden the weekend to prove he is still fit for a second term after his car crash debate.

And now, ABC News moved-up by two days release of its sit-down interview with the president.

Biden will record with anchor George Stephanopoulos on Friday morning for an interview that was originally set to air in full on Sunday.

The consequentiual chat will now air as a primetime special on Friday evening at 8:00 p.m. and parts will air during the 6:00 p.m. hour of ABC's World News Tonight with David Muir.

As Democrats panic over what to do about Joe Biden, Donald Trump was captured on video giving his honest, unsparing thoughts suggesting his presidential rival has already quit in secret.

In a video recorded while Trump was on the golf course, he offered a blunt assessment of his rival and his potential replacement on the ticket while talking to his fellow golfers as his son Barron, 18, sat next to him.

He referred to Biden, 81, as an 'old, broken down pile of crap' who is about to be 'quitting the race' in a brutal, occasionally expletive-laden rant in response to onlookers who praised his debate performance.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

Democrat delegates are pleading for more time to decide if Joe Biden should be the party's nominee in November.

Party officials say virtual rolle calls for the presidential nomination will be done before August 7 – but rank-and-file wants to put it off following Biden's car crash debate and says a month isn't enough time to decide on him leading November's ticket.

A Northeast Democratic party delegate told Axios:

We need as much time as possible. There's no way we can make a decision in two or three weeks.

The Democratic National Convention is in Chicago, Illinois August 19-22. At the end of that week, the party will officially put forward its nominee for president in 2024.

Texas Democratic Party Chairman Gilberto Hinojosa said:

We are still waiting to hear what Biden is going to do. We have to feel that we can win this election. Our national Democratic leadership has to make a decision on what is ultimately the best for America — and this world.

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor

The White House confirmed Thursday that President Biden saw a physician after his stumbling debate performance – but claimed it was just to check on a cold that advisors have said was the cause of his hoarse voice.

‘Several days later, the President was seen to check on his cold and was recovering well,’ White House spokesman Andrew Bates told DailyMail.com. There are no indications he underwent a more substantial battery of examinations.

That comes despite elected Democrats fuming about Biden's performance and demanding answers about what went wrong. Even House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said it's a 'legitimate question' to ask if it was an 'episode, or is this a condition?'

The late confirmation that BIden did see a doctor comes after White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre dodged questions Wednesday when asked directly if Biden was seen by a doctor after the debate or had a neurological scan.

‘A neurological scan? … Just to take a step back, it was a bad night,’ she said of the debate. Asked again when was the last time Biden was seen by a doctor, she responded, ‘I just don’t have anything beyond that.’ The White House refused to make the White House physician available for questions following Biden's physical earlier this year or release additional medical records, although Jean-Pierre said officials were being 'transparent.'

Politico reported that Biden told Democratic governors in private that that he was seen by a doctor and was in good health, knocking on wood for emphasis.

Emily Goodin Senior U.S. Political Reporter

President Joe Biden admitted to a Philadelphia radio host that he had a 'bad debate' last week but argued it didn't out weigh what he's done in office.

'I had a bad debate. But 90 minutes on stage doesn’t erase what I’ve done for three and a half years,' he told WURD Radio's Andrea Lawful-Sanders.

Biden repeated the argument he's made since his terrible debate performance - that one bad night doesn't erase his record as president.

His interview with WURD lasted slightly less than 15 minutes. After the one question on the debate, Lawful-Sanders asked questions on Biden's record with black Americans.

The president sat down with black radio hosts in Milwaukee and Philadelphia for his first post-debate interviews.

Biden is scheduled to sit down with ABC News on Friday in Wisconsin.

Joe Biden has told aides he may step down as the presumptive 2024 presidential nominee - and what could prompt that decision as early as next week.

Allies whJhas told aides he may step down as the presumptive 2024 presidential nominee - and what could prompt that decision as early as next week. break his re-election bid.

These include a ABC interview on Friday night and campaign stops in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin not to mention a campaign call on Wednesday in which he reportedly told campaign staff: 'No one is pushing me out.'

One ally told the New York Times: 'He knows if he has two more events like that [the debate], we’re in a different place.'

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

President Joe Biden admitted he ‘screwed up’ his debate performance against Donald Trump last week.

He urged listeners in an interview set to air Thursday morning to look at his record over the last three-and-a-half-years in office.

Biden told Milwaukee radio host Earl Ingram:

I had a bad night. And the fact of the matter is that I screwed up. I made a mistake. That’s 90 minutes onstage, look at what I’ve done in 3.5 years.

Biden's Milwaukee interview, the first since his car crash debate, comes as Republicans prepare to hold their nomination Convention in the Wisconsin city later this month.