BIDEN’S LOSING BATTLE WITH THE AGE ISSUE. President Joe Biden looked frail and sometimes confused at ceremonies in France to mark the 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion. In other words, no change — Biden looked pretty much the same as he always does these days. 

Back at home, Democrats pushed back furiously this week when the Wall Street Journal published a story headlined, “Behind closed doors, Biden shows signs of slipping.” The article, “based on interviews with more than 45 people over several months,” reported that Biden “appears slower” than in recent years, “has good moments and bad ones,” and in negotiations with lawmakers cannot summon the “detailed knowledge of issues and insights into the other side’s motivations and needs” that he could in years past.