Election 2024

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Manchin Considers Re-Registering as Democrat


Joe Manchin
Shoots Down
Rumors
of a Run
UPDATED
Jul 22, 2024 8:51 AM CDT

Joe Manchin Shoots Down Rumors of a Run

Independent senator denies speculation that he might seek the Democratic nomination

(Newser) - Joe Manchin has quickly sought to squelch speculation that he would challenge Kamala Harris in becoming the Democratic nominee. "I'm not running for office," the senator from West Virginia told CBS Mornings on Monday. And in case that left any bit of wiggle room, he added: "Let me make it...

Trump Has a New Favorite Biden Joke
Trump
Has a New
Favorite
Biden Joke
Jul 22, 2024 6:31 AM CDT

Trump Has a New Favorite Biden Joke

He says, twice, that the president won't remember withdrawing as Republicans call on Biden to resign

(Newser) - Kamala Harris may be the frontrunner to be Donald Trump's rival in the general election, but the former president is still aiming most of his fire at her boss. Among other things, Trump has mocked President Biden with two similar jokes on Truth Social: "It's a new...

Broadway Cast Pauses for Chants of 'Kamala!'

The show is Suffs , about the women's suffrage movement

(Newser) - When news broke that President Biden was endorsing Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee, the vice president received a show of support that her supporters will likely find fitting. Just before the Sunday afternoon start of Suffs—a Broadway musical about the women's suffrage movement—the crowd began...

Senior Staff Learned of Biden Decision 1 Minute Before Public

While other staffers found out when they were told to check X

(Newser) - President Biden, ill with COVID-19, had taken to his Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, vacation home. Up until Sunday, he was determined to stay in the 2024 presidential race, reports the AP in its extensive look at the timeline of his decision to step aside. But on Sunday, at his beach house...

RFK Jr. Has a Lot to Say After Biden's Exit

Independent presidential candidate doesn't focus much on Harris in his remarks

(Newser) - Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says that with President Biden out, the 2024 presidential election is now a two-man contest between himself and Donald Trump. A rundown on RFK Jr.'s reaction to Biden's announcement that he's exiting the race:
  • Kennedy posted a lengthy statement on X . "
...

How Hollywood Is Reacting to Biden&#39;s Exit
Hollywood
Reacts to
Biden's Exit
Jul 22, 2024 12:30 AM CDT

Hollywood Reacts to Biden's Exit

Many celebs are expressing admiration for Biden, support for Harris

(Newser) - Hollywood was quick to react to the news that President Biden was ending his bid for reelection and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, the AP reports. Barbra Streisand, a Democratic supporter, wrote Sunday on X that "we should be grateful for his upholding of our democracy." While many...

Kamala Harris Is Racking Up a Lot of Support

Democrats rally around vice president after Biden exits race

(Newser) - Democrats quickly rallied around Vice President Kamala Harris as their likely presidential nominee Sunday after President Biden's ground-shaking decision to bow out of the 2024 race, the AP reports. Shortly after Biden stepped aside he firmly endorsed Harris , who would make history as the nation's first Black and...

Biden Is Out. Now What?
Biden Is Out. Now What?
the rundown
Jul 21, 2024 5:00 PM CDT

Biden Is Out. Now What?

Convention delegates have the responsibility of deciding the nominee

(Newser) - President Biden's withdrawal leaves Democrats with decisions to make. He's endorsed his vice president as his successor, but there are many moving parts involved; it's not as simple as Biden transferring his pending nomination to Kamala Harris. The decision on the party's next standard-bearer is now...

Trump Reacts to Biden&#39;s Exit
Trump Reacts to Biden's Exit
Jul 21, 2024 2:31 PM CDT

Trump Reacts to Biden's Exit

'Crooked Joe was not fit to run,' he writes, adding that Kamala Harris will be easier to beat

(Newser) - Donald Trump isn't cutting President Biden any slack in the wake of Biden's exit from the 2024 race , even though the two are no longer one-on-one rivals:
  • The 'worst:' Trump spoke by phone with CNN minutes after the Biden announcement, and he told Kaitlan Collins that
...

Trump Team Was Already Planning for Harris

VP is the new frontrunner to be nominee

(Newser) - Even before President Biden's stunning decision to exit the 2024 race , Donald Trump's campaign was preparing a battle plan against Kamala Harris, reports the New York Times . Biden endorsed his vice president on Sunday, making her the clear frontrunner to be the Democratic nominee, though it was not...

Increasingly Abandoned by His Allies, Biden 'Fuming'

As the drumbeat from his own party sounds to get him to step aside, president is isolated in Delaware

(Newser) - On a weekend in which he was rumored to be taking his name off the top of the ticket, the New York Times reports that President Biden is recovering from COVID at his beach house in Rehoboth, Delaware, and there's likely some fist-shaking going on in the general direction...

Three Weeks Is Enough, Mr. President


Three Weeks
Is Enough,
Mr. President
OPINION
Jul 19, 2024 2:02 PM CDT

Three Weeks Is Enough, Mr. President

Slate columnist argues Biden has been given enough time to exit the race with dignity

(Newser) - The departure of President Biden from the 2024 is starting to look inevitable , writes Ben Mathis-Lilley in Slate . In his view, Biden should not delay much longer in exiting the race. Some wanted to force him out of the race immediately after his faltering debate performance, which his family feared...

Report: Biden's Family Considers Exit Plan

President vows to be back on campaign trail even as more Democrats ask him to bow out

(Newser) - President Biden on Friday promised he'd be back on the campaign trail next week, apparently dashing predictions he might bow out of the race as early as this weekend. In a statement, Biden said he wanted to make the case against Donald Trump and speak about "my own...

Another Senator Urges Biden to Drop Out

Jon Tester is facing a tough reelection battle in Montana

(Newser) - And then there were two. On Thursday, Sen. Jon Tester became the second Democratic senator to openly call for President Biden to drop out of the presidential race. The senator from Montana is among the Democratic incumbents seen as most vulnerable this fall, Politico reports. "I have worked with...

Report Suggests a Crack in Biden&#39;s I-Won&#39;t-Quit Stance
Report Suggests a Crack
in Biden's I-Won't-Quit Stance
The rundown
Jul 18, 2024 10:23 AM CDT

Report Suggests a Crack in Biden's I-Won't-Quit Stance

Meanwhile, Nancy Pelosi also warned president about November

(Newser) - The pressure continues to build on President Biden from Democrats worried he will hurt the party in November, but at least one report suggests the president is growing "more receptive" to the pleas. New developments:
  • A shift? The New York Times has the "more receptive" angle after talking
...

Biden Appears to Lose Support of 2 Heavyweights

Schumer, Jeffries privately urge president to withdraw, reports say

(Newser) - Things are moving fast on the question of whether President Biden will remain the Democratic nominee: In a major development, the Washington Post reports that both Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told the president he would hurt the party's chances in Congress should...

JD Vance's Hillbilly Elegy Once Again a Best-Seller

2016 memoir tops the charts after Trump names Vance as his running mate

(Newser) - Before he was Donald Trump's 2024 running mate or a Republican senator, JD Vance was the author of Hillbilly Elegy. His 2016 memoir, and its 2020 film adaptation, are now climbing the charts again thanks to interest in Vance after Trump named him as his VP pick, NBC News...

First Trump Family Member Speaks at RNC

Lara Trump closes Tuesday night's events

(Newser) - The first Trump family member took the stage on day 2 of the Republican National Convention Tuesday. Lara Trump, wife of Donald Trump's son Eric and one of two new co-chairs of the Republican National Committee, delivered the night's closing remarks, the New York Times reports. The theme...

Haley, DeSantis Make Their Cases for Trump

'You don't have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him,' says Haley

(Newser) - Some big names defeated by Donald Trump as he rolled to the GOP nomination took the stage at the GOP convention Tuesday night to back him.
  • Nikki Haley: "You don't have to agree with Trump 100% of the time to vote for him," the former UN ambassador
...

Opinion: Hey, Democrats, the Race Isn&#39;t Over
Op-Ed: Hey, Democrats,
It's Not Over Yet
OPINION
Jul 16, 2024 3:06 PM CDT

Op-Ed: Hey, Democrats, It's Not Over Yet

Bill Scher at Washington Monthly isn't buying the narrative that Trump is a shoo-in

(Newser) - First came the debate . Then came the " dramatic photos of a bloodied yet unbowed" Donald Trump after he'd been shot, writes Bill Scher at Washington Monthly . Add them up, and the conventional wisdom in both parties now seems to be that Trump is a shoo-in to win re-election...

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