Page 23 - Latest Updates on Joe Biden
US President Biden returns to White House after testing Covid negative
He did not respond to shouted questions about why he dropped out of the race and whether his deputy Vice President Kamala Harris could beat the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
 "US President Biden returns to White House after testing Covid negative")
US election: Harris energises party base, wins support from top leaders
Harris, 59, has come a long way since the 2020 presidential cycle, when she was forced to drop out of the Democratic party's presidential race even before the primaries
 "US election: Harris energises party base, wins support from top leaders")
Trump assassination attempt: Secret Service director Cheatle steps down
Kimberly Cheatle, who had served as Secret Service director since August 2022, had been facing growing calls to resign and several investigations into how the shooter was able to get so close to Trump
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Kamala Harris wins enough support to clinch Presidential nomination
Harris, who is of Indian and African heritage, has received the backing from more than the 1,976 pledged delegates needed to win the Democratic Party's nomination on the first ballot, as per reports
 "Kamala Harris wins enough support to clinch Presidential nomination")
Biden passed the torch slowly, hanging on until the wheels finally came off
Joe Biden had heard from nearly every Democratic senator, pinging him over the last three weeks on his old-school flip phone
 "Biden passed the torch slowly, hanging on until the wheels finally came off")
US election: Can Harris win the presidency after Joe Biden's withdrawal?
It's not certain, but very likely Harris will now be the Democratic candidate to face former Republican president Donald Trump in November
 "US election: Can Harris win the presidency after Joe Biden's withdrawal?")
We're not fighting a candidate but unelected managerial machine: Ramaswamy
Ramaswamy alleged that this is a party and a movement on the Democrat side that has made it its core reason for existence to keep former president Trump out of office
 "We're not fighting a candidate but unelected managerial machine: Ramaswamy")
News updates: UK foreign secy Lammy to begin 2-day visit to India on Wednesday
Latest news updates: Catch all the latest news developments from around the world here
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Biden to campaign for VP Harris, justifies decision to opt out of prez race
The 82-year-old US president, who is in self-isolation after testing positive for COVID-19, called the campaign headquarters on Monday moments before Harris made the maiden address to the team
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Trump wants to take US backwards, says Kamala Harris in campaign address
The vice president told the campaign staffers on Monday that she was retaining the same team from the Biden-Harris campaign
 "Trump wants to take US backwards, says Kamala Harris in campaign address")
US election: DNC Chair says party will select a president nominee by Aug 7
Earlier on Monday, Vice President Kamala Harris swiftly consolidated support for her presidential bid and secured commitments from hundreds of convention delegates
 "US election: DNC Chair says party will select a president nominee by Aug 7")
Black voters express a mix of hope and worry as Harris takes centre stage
Biden's support of Harris and the immediate coalescing of other party leaders around her makes her the prohibitive favourite to replace him at the top of the presidential ticket
In taking on Trump, Kamala Harris vows to draw on her prosecutorial skills
Harris, 59, outlined a series of policies she promised to pursue including signing laws to protect abortion rights and ban assault rifles
 "In taking on Trump, Kamala Harris vows to draw on her prosecutorial skills")
Amid US political chaos, Blinken heads to Asia to bolster Indo-Pacific ties
The trip had been scheduled well before Biden's announcement on Sunday that he was withdrawing from the presidential race
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JD Vance calls Democrats threat to democracy after Biden exits 2024 race
Vance joked that he was upset he doesn't get to debate Harris now because she will face Trump on the debate stage in September
 "JD Vance calls Democrats threat to democracy after Biden exits 2024 race")
Kamala Harris' presidential campaign raises $81 million in first 24 hours
Over 8,88,000 grassroots donors made donations in the past 24 hours, 60 per cent of whom made their first contribution of the 2024 cycle
Democrats to choose nominee through virtual roll call, VP Harris favoured
The convention rules committee will meet Wednesday to approve how the virtual roll call will work
Biden's withdrawal from presidential race spells uncertainty for Ukraine
Trump has boasted that he could end the conflict within 24 hours, and Ukrainians think any such settlement would be on Russia's terms
 "Biden's withdrawal from presidential race spells uncertainty for Ukraine")
Trump allies looking to sue democrats for choosing anyone other than Biden
Talk of possible Republican legal challenges has been swirling since Democrats began discussing privately and publicly whether Biden should drop out of the race
 "Trump allies looking to sue democrats for choosing anyone other than Biden")
VP Harris has a daunting to-do list as she starts up presidential campaign
Even if the campaign is something of a start-up, Harris does have a leg up. That's thanks to the existing Biden campaign infrastructure that she will inherit
 "VP Harris has a daunting to-do list as she starts up presidential campaign")
