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News Articles: Age

President Trump takes questions from reporters on Air Force One on April 11, 2025.

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  • Politics

Trump says he took a cognitive test as part of his latest physical

President Trump had his first physical of his second term on Friday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

April 11, 2025
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
President Trump meets with a group of his ambassadors in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 25.

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  • Politics

Trump is getting a physical. What will be included in the report?

President Trump's past medical reports have been glowing. But at 78, his age puts his health in the spotlight — as it was for his predecessor, President Joe Biden.

April 09, 2025
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
President Biden speaks to supporters at Renaissance High School on Friday in Detroit.

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  • Elections

Biden punches at Trump and the press as he tries to revive his campaign

In Detroit, President Biden laid out a plan for the first 100 days of his second term, aggressively slammed his opponent — and blamed the media for covering his stumbles.

July 13, 2024
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By:
  • Lexie Schapitl
Vice President Harris walks onstage at the 2024 Essence Festival in New Orleans on July 6.

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  • Elections

Biden’s in trouble. That puts more scrutiny on Harris too

Vice President Harris, 59, would be a leading contender if President Biden steps aside from the 2024 race. Even if he stays in, Republicans are making her an issue.

July 08, 2024
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By:
  • Asma Khalid,
  • Deepa Shivaram,
  • and 1 more
In this handout photo provided by ABC, President Biden speaks with George Stephanopoulos on July 5 in Madison, Wis.

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  • Elections

Defiant Biden says 'only the Lord Almighty' could convince him to leave the 2024 race

Democrats and donors wanted to see how President Biden handled unscripted questions after a disastrous debate fueled party anxiety about whether he should stay on the ticket.

July 05, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith and
  • Elena Moore
Sung Ihm Son fell into a depression when her husband died. Making new friends and taking classes like dance and art at GenSpace in Los Angeles helped her feel happy again.

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  • Health

More Americans are living longer. Here’s a place that helps people thrive

A center started by Wallis Annenberg in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles is creating a sense of community for older people who aim to keep learning and growing as they age.

June 24, 2024
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey

Tagged as: 

  • Your Health

Scientists can tell how fast you're aging. Now, the trick is to slow it down

Longevity research is booming. Scientists are looking for ways to target the basic biology of aging. And here's the exciting part: Our biological age appears to be malleable.

February 01, 2024
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By:
  • Allison Aubrey
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., center, is helped by, from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, after the 81-year-old GOP leader froze at the microphones as he arrived for a news conference, at the Capitol in Washington on July 26.

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  • Politics

Age ain't nothing but a number but for aging lawmakers, it's raising questions

Elected officials are (almost) the oldest they have ever been in Washington which is causing discussions over what it means to be fit for office.

September 03, 2023
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By:
  • Kelsey Snell
South Koreans are becoming a year younger following a set of bills passed by parliament to unify the country's age system.

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  • World

South Koreans are getting a year younger, parliament rules

In a country that uses different age-counting systems, South Koreans will change to an internationally recognized style. They could lose one or two years when the change goes into effect in June.

December 08, 2022
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By:
  • Mary Yang
President Biden, campaigning with gubernatorial candidate Wes Moore in Bowie, Maryland, on the eve of the U.S. midterm election.

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  • Politics

Biden, turning 80, faces an age-old question: How old is too old to be president?

President Biden is celebrating his 80th birthday on Sunday. The oldest president to serve, he's contemplating whether to make good on his intention to run for a second term.

November 21, 2022
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By:
  • Ron Elving
Trinity Health RN Kayla Bennett gives Hartford, Conn., resident James Watts his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a neighborhood vaccine clinic at the at the Parker Memorial Community Center.

Tagged as: 

  • National

Some States Drop CDC Guidelines And Vaccinate People By Age Group

The shift in priorities is drawing criticism from essential workers and people with underlying conditions who are getting bumped back in line.

March 03, 2021
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By:
  • Brenda Leon

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