President Joe Biden has vowed to “stay in the race” and insisted he can “beat Trump”, said The Wall Street Journal, but even at the “high-stakes” news conference he “made some flubs”. The New York Post joins the chorus, describing his latest slips as the “Blunder of the World”. Record heat is persisting, which is “stunning even forecasters”, says The New York Times, as Las Vegas “hits 118”. But a year after the Vermont floods, there has been a “painful deja vu” for locals, says The Boston Globe as tributaries of the Winooski River “burst their banks again” amid “heavy storms”. As inflation eases, rates cuts “may not be far behind”, says The Washington Post, giving “long-awaited relief” to households and businesses.
A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages
