President Joe Biden continues to defy calls to end his candidacy, doubling down at his first news conference since the presidential debate in late June. Our Nightcap roundtable discusses the state of his campaign and former President Donald Trump's attempts to distance himself from Project 2025 while meeting with a foreign authoritarian leader at Mar-A-Lago. Plus, the potential impact of a recent attack on teachers orchestrated entirely via TikTok - and of course, everyone gives their MVPs of the week. Hayes Brown, Joyce Vance, Claire McCaskill, and Jemele Hill join.

Republicans formally nominated Donald Trump and JD Vance at the RNC this week. But for all the talk of "unity," the speeches echoed many of the dark themes of Trump's first term. Meanwhile, Biden faced growing calls to drop out as he spent the week recovering from COVID. Charlie Sykes, Heidi Heitkamp, Peter Baker, and Mychael Schnell join to discuss.