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7:40 PM ET, July 21, 2024

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Associated Press:
Live updates: President Joe Biden ends his 2024 bid  —  President Joe Biden says he's ready to return to the campaign trail, even as a growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers called for him to step aside.  —  Meanwhile, Donald Trump on Saturday held his first public campaign rally since …
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Barack Obama:
My Statement on President Biden's Announcement  —  Joe Biden has been one of America's most consequential presidents, as well as a dear friend and partner to me.  Today, we've also been reminded — again — that he's a patriot of the highest order.  —  Sixteen years ago …
David Cohen / Politico:
Republicans could file challenges if Biden replaced, Speaker Johnson says  —  “Every state has its own system,” he said of election laws.  —  House Speaker Mike Johnson reiterated Sunday that any attempt by Democrats to sub in a new candidate in place of President Joe Biden is likely to be met by legal challenges.
The Daily Beast:
Raging Trump Reacts to Biden Bow-Out: ‘Crooked Biden Was Not Fit to Run’  —  TRUMP TAKE  —  Biden is “the Worst President, by far, in the History of our Nation,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.  —  Journalist  —  Former President and current Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump …
Washington Post:
With Biden stepping aside, Democrats must now embrace an open process  —  Vice President Harris may be the most likely replacement, but a contested convention is good for everyone.  —  By the Editorial Board  —  President Biden took one of the most consequential steps imaginable: He ended his bid for a second term.
April Rubin / Axios:
Biden's exit makes Trump the oldest nominee in U.S. history … - Biden and Trump were the only presidents older than 70 at the start of their terms. … - The 118th Congress, one of the oldest in U.S. history, drove debates last year about term limits and fitness for office.
Discussion: Raw Story and al.com
Business Insider:
Donald Trump donated to Kamala Harris' campaigns twice while he was a private citizen, records show  — Donald Trump contributed $6,000 to Kamala Harris when she ran for California attorney general.  — Trump donated $5,000 to her 2011 campaign and $1,000 in 2013 as a private citizen.
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Biden says he will end his re-election bid  —  President Joe Biden said he is stepping aside from the presidential race in a letter posted to X.  “It has been the greatest honor of my lift to serve as your president,” he wrote.  “And while it has been my intention …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Harris works the phones, trying to lock down nomination … - She's doing so while acknowledging that despite endorsements from Biden, former President Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Democratic delegates are the ones who'll pick the nominee.
NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Biden says he is exiting the race, endorses Harris  —  Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., whose endorsement in 2020 was widely viewed as helping save Biden's flailing candidacy, is also backing Vice President Kamala Harris. … Trump had a nickname for the vice president at the ready
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
How Biden landed at the decision to drop out
Discussion: Washington Post
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Must Be the Candidate. This Is How She Beats Trump
Jeremy Yurow / USA Today:
Bill, Hillary Clinton endorse Kamala Harris for Democratic nomination
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
After a Shaky Start, Harris Is Suddenly on Brink of Leading Democratic Ticket
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Politico
Jasmine Wright / NOTUS:
With Biden's Endorsement, Is It Kamala Harris' Time?
NBC News:
With Biden's backing, Kamala Harris leads the pack in bid to replace him on the ticket
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Biden, a Decision to Step Aside Would Raise Another Question
Aaron Sorkin / New York Times:
How I Would Script This Moment for Biden and the Democrats
ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript 7-21-24: House Speaker Mike Johnson & Sen. Joe Manchin
Discussion: The Guardian
Michael Sheils McNamee / BBC:
US President Joe Biden says it has been ‘greatest honour’ to serve as he ends campaign
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Biden drops out of presidential race after Democratic revolt following disastrous debate: ‘Best interest of the country’
Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
Trump favorability rises following shooting, majority of Americans want Biden to end campaign: POLL  —  More Americans also blame Trump for rise in political violence.  —  Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump gives his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention …
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
The all staff comms call 📞  —  Multiple White House aides tell me that Anita Dunn, President Joe Biden's senior adviser, held an all staff comms call soon after he announced that he was no longer running for reelection.  One aide said she “reassured everyone who had been out front saying …
Discussion: New York Times and RedState
emptywheel:
Since Leaving Butler, Trump Has Foregone the Best Medical Care and Is Withholding CT Scan Results  —  Fresh off his stunt calls for Joe Biden to be drug tested during the debate, Ronny Jackson — the lapsed doctor who turned the White House into a pill mill and covered up Trump's near-lethal COVID …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Expect some GOP legal challenges to taking Biden off the ballot.  But they're longshots.  —  Don't believe the hype: Republicans are unlikely to gain traction in legal efforts to prevent Democrats from taking President Joe Biden off the ballot.  No state will have printed ballots prior …
Reuters:
Exclusive: All 50 Democratic party US state chairs back Harris -sources  —  All 50 Democratic party state chairs have thrown their weight behind Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party's new presidential nominee, according to sources familiar with the matter.
 
 
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