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8:15 PM ET, July 21, 2024

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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 …
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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 …
Adam Cancryn / Politico:
How Biden landed at the decision to drop out  —  Holed up in his Delaware shore home and still recovering from Covid, President Joe Biden on Saturday night began to come to terms with the end of his reelection bid.  Biden had spent the last few days consulting with his senior aides as they tried …
Discussion: Washington Post
David Rothkopf / The Daily Beast:
Kamala Harris Must Be the Candidate.  This Is How She Beats Trump  —  WINNING TICKET  —  Beginning right now, the Democratic Party must unite behind Harris.  The debates of the past few weeks following the presidential debate, and all recriminations, must be set aside.
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 …
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.
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: The Daily Beast and al.com
Politico:
Kamala Harris takes over war chest as Biden campaign becomes Harris for President  —  Because the money was raised for both Biden and Harris, she can use it for what is now her campaign for the presidency.  —  Kamala Harris is inheriting the tens of millions of dollars that filled Joe Biden's campaign coffers.
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 …
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: Reuters and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Biden drops out of 2024 race after disastrous debate inflamed age concerns. VP Harris gets his nod
Jared Mitovich / Politico:   Most Senate Dems back Harris
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Scoop: Harris works the phones, trying to lock down nomination
Jeremy Yurow / USA Today:
Bill, Hillary Clinton endorse Kamala Harris for Democratic nomination
Franklin Foer / The Atlantic:   Biden's Greatest Strengths Proved His Undoing
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
Washington Post:
How Democrats would pick a new candidate if Biden drops out, step by step
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Biden, a Decision to Step Aside Would Raise Another Question
NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Biden says he is exiting the race, endorses Harris
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Clintons endorse Kamala Harris after Biden drops out
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 …
 
 
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