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MAGA world is really mad that Trump is no longer running against Biden
Trump and his supporters are slamming Biden for quitting the race and endorsing VP Kamala Harris instead, calling it a "coup" and demanding refunds.
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On Biden, the Kremlin says the Ukraine war is more important
After U.S. President Joe Biden abandoned his reelection bid, the Kremlin said that for Russia the most important thing was achieving its goals in the Ukraine war not U.S. politics where Moscow said much could change over coming months. Biden abandoned his reelection bid on Sunday under growing pressure from his fellow Democrats and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's candidate to face Republican Donald Trump in the November election. "The elections are still four months away,
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Netanyahu heads to Washington, says Israel will remain key US ally whoever replaces Biden
JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israel will be the United States' strongest ally in the Middle East regardless of who is elected president in November, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday before flying to Washington, where he was due to address the U.S. Congress. The visit, Netanyahu's first to his most important international ally since returning for a record sixth term as prime minister at the end of 2022, has been overshadowed by President Joe Biden's decision not to seek reelection. Neta
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Inside Biden's historic decision to drop out of the 2024 race
The inside story of how Biden made the decision to drop his presidential bid.
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China finally agrees with Trump on something — they both think Kamala Harris can't win
Despite polling on par so far with Biden, Harris is relatively unknown in China, where people see Trump winning as a foregone conclusion.
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JD Vance makes solo debut as GOP vice presidential candidate with Monday rallies in Virginia, Ohio
Republican JD Vance will make his first solo appearances on the campaign trail Monday, a day after the 2024 presidential race was thrown into upheaval as President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, making the Democratic candidate an open question. Vance, an Ohio senator, is scheduled to hold a rally in his hometown of Middletown on Monday afternoon, followed by a second rally Monday evening in Radford, Virginia, fresh off his rally debut with Donald Trump over the weekend. Vance was expected
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Takeaways from a day that fundamentally changed the presidential race
President Joe Biden’s abrupt decision to bow out of the presidential race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic candidate against former President Donald Trump caused a political earthquake on Sunday. It also changes the contours of a presidential race — which most voters said they did not want to see — that has seemed rigidly set for more than a year. Since Biden's disastrous debate in June, the Democratic party has been in disarray.
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Harris looks to lock up Democratic nomination after Biden steps aside, reordering 2024 race
Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly to lock up Democratic delegates behind her campaign for the White House after President Joe Biden stepped aside amid concerns from within their own party that he would be unable to defeat Donald Trump. Biden's exit Sunday, prompted by Democratic worries over his fitness for office, was a seismic shift to the presidential contest that upended both parties' carefully honed plans for the race. Aiming to put weeks of intraparty drama over Biden's candidac
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Harris gets chance to press reset on 2024 race against Trump
For the past year, the presidential campaign seemed destined to be a monotonous slog featuring two candidates, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, that voters didn’t really want. Biden’s decision to drop out of the race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor resets the campaign with a swiftness that is unparalleled in modern American politics. Once a contest between two elderly white men, the election will likely force Trump to contend with the much younge
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Elon Musk asked OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla to support Trump. Khosla said he doesn't 'accept depravity'.
Vinod Khosla on Sunday urged Democrats to select a moderate candidate against Trump after Biden exits, leading to a heated exchange with Elon Musk.
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Kamala Harris starts in driver's seat as Biden's 2024 replacement — but it's no guarantee
Joe Biden can't just sign over his delegates to Kamala Harris after dropping out and endorsing her. Still, she has a big head start on the process.
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The Democrats who could be Kamala Harris' running mate — or challenge her for the nomination
After President Joe Biden announced that he’d end his re-election campaign, attention immediately turned to who will replace him on the ticket.
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'The floodgates will open': Democratic donors energized by Kamala Harris' run
Hours after Joe Biden stepped aside in the 2024 presidential campaign and backed Kamala Harris, large and small donors began digging back into their pockets.
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Fundraising following Biden's dropout announcement just scorched Trump's after the former president's conviction
Democrats raised $53 million in less than half a day, surpassing the $52.8 million Donald Trump's campaign raised 24 hours after his conviction.
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Trump world has been preparing to run against Kamala Harris for weeks
Donald Trump’s political team has been preparing to run against Vice President Kamala Harris for weeks, something it got one step closer to Sunday after President Joe Biden said he is dropping out of the race.
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Biden passes the torch: From the Politics Desk
Joe Biden decision to drop out of the presidential race and endorse Kamala Harris has upended the 2024 election against Donald Trump.
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Kamala Harris won't save Democrats unless the party unites behind her, says historian who correctly predicted 9 of the last 10 elections
Professor Allan Lichtman said President Joe Biden was Democrats' best shot for the White House but Kamala Harris still has a chance at the presidency.
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President Joe Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he will end his presidential re-election campaign, bringing an abrupt and humbling conclusion to his half-century-long political career and scrambling the race for the White House less than four months before Election Day.
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Homeland Security secretary names independent panel to review Trump assassination attempt
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has appointed a bipartisan, independent panel to review this month's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, officials said Sunday. The panel members will have “extensive law enforcement and security experience to conduct a 45-day independent review of the planning for and actions taken by the U.S. Secret Service and state and local authorities before, during, and after the rally, and the U.S. Secret Service governing policies
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Biden's withdrawal injects uncertainty into wars, trade disputes and other foreign policy challenges
Joe Biden's withdrawal from the U.S. presidential race injects greater uncertainty into the world at a time when Western leaders are grappling with wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a more assertive China in Asia and the rise of the far-right in Europe. During a five-decade career in politics, Biden developed extensive personal relationships with multiple foreign leaders that none of the potential replacements on the Democratic ticket can match. With Vice President Kamala Harris being eyed as a potent
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Biden drops out and the money comes rolling in
President Joe Biden's withdrawal and endorsement of VP Kamala Harris drew in more than $27.5 million in donations to ActBlue in 5 hours.
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No, Biden doesn’t need to ‘release’ his delegates as he withdraws from the race
Now that Biden is no longer seeking the Democratic Party's nomination, one thing hasn't changed: delegates remain free to vote for whoever they want to be their nominee.
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Kamala Harris is officially running for president. Will any Democrats challenge her?
Potential Democratic challengers to Vice President Kamala Harris were quiet about their plans after President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 election.
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Biden drops out and endorses Harris: 5 things to look for this week
President Biden's announcement Sunday that he was dropping his bid for reelection and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris answered the big question that had been swirling around his candidacy. But it triggered a slew of new ones.
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All the Democrats who have endorsed Kamala Harris to replace Joe Biden after he dropped out
After Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Kamala Harris, several Democrats also threw their support behind the VP to replace him.
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Kamala Harris is now in a bright spotlight as she fights to secure the Democratic presidential nod
Vice President Kamala Harris is being thrust into the most scrutinizing of spotlights, suddenly the leading candidate to succeed President Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and her party's main hope of defeating Republican Donald Trump. About two hours after the surprise Sunday announcement from Biden, Harris released her own statement, making it clear she knew the nomination would not just be handed to her. “I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my in
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With Biden Out, Democrats Lose Advantage Of Incumbency
Running for president while being president normally is usually a big plus, but it wasn’t enough for Biden, and Democrats now lose that.
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Biden's decision to drop out leaves Democrats across the country relieved and looking toward future
After weeks of uncertainty about who would be at the top of the Democratic Party’s ticket in November, many voters expressed relief over the news that President Joe Biden would drop his reelection bid and began to think about who might replace him in a dramatically altered election landscape. Jerod Keene, a 40-year-old athletic trainer from swing-state Arizona, had planned to vote for Biden in November but was thankful for the president’s decision, calling it “inevitable.” Keene said he’s exci
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Shocked, disappointed, energized: Voters face a new political landscape as Biden drops out
Voters across the U.S. said they were stunned, disappointed, energized and determined after President Joe Biden announced Sunday he will drop his re-election campaign.
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Trump's campaign quickly pivots to Harris after Biden announces decision to leave the race
Donald Trump's campaign has spent the last year-and-a-half viciously attacking Joe Biden, ridiculing his policies, mocking his fumbles and relishing a rematch they felt they were winning. Biden soon after endorsed Harris, who was quickly winning support from Democrats to be the party’s nominee. “Rest assured, we are 100% ready," Trump pollster and senior adviser Tony Fabrizio said at last week’s Republican National Convention.
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Gov. Newsom endorses Kamala Harris for president, in show of California unity after Biden drops out
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, hours after President Biden announced he would not seek reelection.
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How business leaders and billionaires are responding to Biden dropping out of the presidential race
Figures including Elon Musk, Mark Cuban, and Reed Hastings gave their verdicts on Joe Biden's decision not to seek a second term in the White House.
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Donald Trump is now the oldest party nominee for president in US history
Joe Biden's age was his biggest liability — now Democrats can flip the script on arguments that Biden was too old to lead and apply them to Trump.
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Democrats promise 'orderly process' to replace Biden, where Harris is favored but questions remain
Shortly after President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he would drop his reelection campaign, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison had a message: There would be no automatic coronation for his replacement. “In the coming days, the party will undertake a transparent and orderly process to move forward,” Harrison said in a statement. The comment reflected the reality that while Vice President Kamala Harris is emerging as the prohibitive favorite to become the party's nominee — bac
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Joe Manchin Weighing Re-Registering As A Democrat To Run For 2024 Nomination
The independent West Virginia senator, who left the Democratic Party earlier this year, is considering throwing his hat into the 2024 race following Joe Biden's exit.
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How Kamala Harris fares against Trump in the 2024 polls
Kamala Harris has been polling the same as Biden — or just slightly better — against Donald Trump, per polls taken before Biden withdrew from the 2024 contest.
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All state Democratic party chairs endorse Harris
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -State Democratic party chairs on Sunday threw their weight behind Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party's new presidential nominee to run against Republican nominee and former president, Donald Trump. The chairs held a conference call after President Joe Biden announced he was stepping aside as the party's candidate. “Following President Biden’s announcement, our members immediately assembled to unite behind the candidate who has a track record of winning tough ele
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Biden's decision to drop out crystallized Sunday. His staff knew one minute before the public did
At 1:45 p.m. Sunday, President Joe Biden’s senior staff was notified that he was stepping away from the 2024 race. In the end, it was the president’s decision alone, and he made it quietly, from his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, sick with COVID-19, the first lady with him as he talked it through with a small circle of people who have been with him for decades. “This has got to be one of the hardest decisions he’s ever made,” said Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., the president’s closest a
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Elizabeth Warren Has 1 Question For Kamala Harris Skeptics
The Massachusetts Democrat said she will "help the VP do whatever is necessary to get her elected" after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
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With Biden's backing, Kamala Harris leads the pack in bid to replace him on the ticket
Vice President Kamala Harris received President Joe Biden’s backing Sunday to take his place as the Democratic presidential nominee, an endorsement he made after announcing he is abandoning his re-election bid.
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Democrats rally behind Kamala Harris in bid to avert divisive party convention
In the moments after President Biden announced Sunday that he had decided it was “in the best interest” of his party and country to exit the 2024 campaign, Democratic support quickly coalesced behind Vice President Kamala Harris, a move that could potentially spare Democrats a divisive nominating convention next month.
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Democrats praise Biden's achievements as president, with some endorsing Harris as his successor
Leading Democrats applauded Biden after he announced he was dropping out of the 2024 race, while Republicans said he shouldn't complete his term.
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Donald Trump's Campaign Bashes Kamala Harris After Joe Biden Drops Out Of Race
“Kamala Harris is just as much of [a] joke as Biden is," Trump's campaign said.
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Democrats are rallying around Harris as she vows to 'earn and win' party nomination for president
Democrats quickly rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their likely presidential nominee Sunday after President Joe Biden 's ground-shaking decision to bow out of the 2024 race, a volatile fast-moving political situation just months before the November election. Shortly after Biden stepped aside he firmly endorsed Harris, who would make history as the nation's first Black and South Asian woman to become a major party's presidential nominee.
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Harris, with Biden endorsement, says she intends to 'earn and win this nomination'
President Biden's decision to bow out of the November election leaves a path for Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him that would have seemed unlikely for most of the last three years.
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Biden's 2024 reelection bid meets its ultimate match: Time
In the days ahead, talk will turn from what Biden just did to what Democrats do next. But before moving on, it’s worth lingering over how the president got here.
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Democrats hail Biden as a hero for stepping aside; Republicans want him to resign
Top Democrats including Nancy Pelosi praise President Biden for stepping out of 2024 race while Republicans criticize the decision and demand he resign immediately.
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California Democrats line up behind Harris — with big exceptions
There were key Golden State powerbrokers and candidates who stayed silent, opting not to follow Biden in coronating their fellow Californian.
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Some Republicans call on Biden to resign the presidency, too, after he ended his campaign
Some Republicans said Joe Biden must resign as president immediately after he ended his 2024 re-election campaign.
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Trump reacts to Biden dropping out, calling him the 'worst president'
Trump reacted to Biden dropping out of the presidential race by telling NBC News that Biden "is the worst president in the history of the United States by far."
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