1) Carl Hulse, Michael S. Schmidt, Reid J. Epstein, Peter Baker and Luke Broadwater, “Biden Called ‘More Receptive’ to Hearing Pleas to Step Aside; The president has given no indication that he is changing his mind about staying in the race but is said to be more willing to listen to the case for bowing out,” New York Times, July 17, 2024(updated 11:19 pm ET);