The White House has rejected a New York Times report that President Joe Biden is considering dropping out of the election following a disastrous debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump last week. “That claim is absolutely false. If the New York Times had provided us with more than seven minutes to comment we would have told them so,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said on Wednesday. The newspaper said that Biden has spoken to a “key ally” about this. The unnamed ally told the New York Times that the 81-year-old president knew he might not be able to save his candidacy if h…