Live Election Updates: Biden Faces More Calls to Drop Out as Allies Remain Uneasy

George Clooney, a Biden fund-raiser, and Representative Pat Ryan, a vulnerable New York Democrat, said President Biden should step aside. Representative Nancy Pelosi, the former House speaker and a longtime ally, appeared to ignore Mr. Biden’s insistence he’s running and said he must decide soon.

the race. “The president is great, and there are some misrepresentations of what I have said,” she said in a statement to The New York Times. “I never said he should reconsider his decision. The decision is the president’s. I don’t know what’s happened to The New York Times that they make up news. It isn’t true.” Later in the day, she told ABC News that she thought Mr. Biden could win in November.

Fears of a G.O.P. landslide: Senator Michael Bennet, Democrat of Colorado, said in an interview with CNN on Tuesday night that he did not think Mr. Biden could beat Mr. Trump — although he stopped short of publicly urging Mr. Biden to end his campaign. “I think we could lose the whole thing,” Mr. Bennet said, warning of a “landslide” in the presidential race and referring to both chambers of Congress. He added, “The White House has done nothing since the debate to demonstrate they have a plan to win this election.”

Today on the trail: Mr. Biden is juggling meetings with union leaders and foreign dignitaries in Washington — including Keir Starmer, the newly elected British prime minister — a day after delivering a forceful speech to NATO allies. Vice President Kamala Harris continues her campaign tour with an appearance in Dallas. Mr. Trump has no campaign stops scheduled.

ABC anchor apologizes: The ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos was surreptitiously recorded on Tuesday saying that he did not believe that Mr. Biden could handle another term in office. Mr. Stephanopoulos publicly apologized later, saying he shouldn’t have “responded to a question from a passerby.”

Biden campaign’s strategy: Mr. Biden’s strategy to save his candidacy appears to be aimed at running out the clock. Every day that he defies pressure to step aside makes the logistics of replacing him more difficult. And in the coming days, the Republican National Convention may turn attention toward the Republicans and Mr. Trump, and reduce scrutiny of Mr. Biden’s viability.

Biden met with mayors: Mr. Biden hosted a video call with nearly 200 Democratic mayors Tuesday evening in an effort to rally support for his campaign. The mayors described the call as a pep rally and somewhat scripted, with Mr. Biden speaking for about 20 minutes and then taking questions from mayors selected by the moderator.

Trump rallied in Florida: Mr. Trump briefly returned to the spotlight with a campaign rally in Doral, Fla. The former president reveled in the Democratic Party’s chaos, mocking Mr. Biden for the crisis of confidence in his campaign and repeatedly attacking Ms. Harris — who Mr. Trump has indicated he expects could replace Mr. Biden.

A projection edges Republican: The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election forecaster, moved Electoral College projections in six states in Mr. Trump’s direction. Arizona, Georgia and Nevada went from “toss-up” to “lean Republican.” Minnesota, New Hampshire and Nebraska’s Second Congressional District went from “likely Democrat” to “lean Democrat.”