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How Biden's withdrawal affects foreign policy challenges as the world watches the U.S. election
The scope of foreign policy challenges facing the next U.S. president makes clear how consequential what happens in Washington is for the rest of the planet. Here's a look at some of them.
Biden and Netanyahu will still meet during Israeli prime minister's U.S. visit, source says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Washington on Monday, leaving behind a brutal war to make a politically precarious speech before Congress at a time of great uncertainty following Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race.
As Democrats laud Biden's decision to end reelection bid, Republicans call on him to resign
Democratic lawmakers hailed President Joe Biden's historic decision on Sunday not to seek reelection, praising him as putting his country and his party before himself. Republicans called on him to resign from office, saying that if he could not run for another term, office, then he's unable to serve as president.
White House doesn't expect a serious challenge to Harris for the Democratic nomination
Meanwhile, delegates who are pledged to support Biden at the Democratic National Convention expressed admiration for the president and also showed early signs of uniting around Vice President Kamala Harris.
What to know as Biden drops out of the 2024 presidential race and endorses Harris
With support from Democrats eroding by the day, President Biden announced he's dropping out of the 2024 race and endorsing Vice President Harris to be his party's nominee. Harris later said in a statement, "My intention is to earn and win this nomination." White House correspondent Laura Barrón-López, political correspondent Lisa Desjardins and NPR's Domenico Montanaro join John Yang to discuss.
A look ahead at election laws as the Democratic Party picks a new nominee
Democratic Party officials will now have to negotiate state election laws, just six weeks from when the first mail-in ballots go out to voters in North Carolina. For more, John Yang speaks with Rick Hasen, a professor at UCLA Law School and expert on election law.
Judy Woodruff reflects on the historical context of Biden ending his campaign
President Biden's decision to end his reelection bid is unprecedented in many ways, but the path from one president to another -- and from one nominee to another -- has not always been a straight line. Judy Woodruff joins John Yang to discuss how this moment fits into the context of American history.
News Wrap: Secret Service admits it denied past Trump campaign requests for more security
In our news wrap Sunday, the Secret Service acknowledged it had turned down requests from Trump's detail for extra federal resources over the past two years, Israel's military said it intercepted a missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen, and more than a thousand people are still without power amid stifling heat nearly two weeks after Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas.
Here's what could happen next as Biden drops out and endorses Harris in the 2024 race
With President Joe Biden ending his reelection bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, Democrats now must navigate a shift that is unprecedented this late in an election year. The path ahead is neither easy nor obvious.
Biden ends his 2024 reelection bid and endorses Harris as his replacement to lead the ticket
President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election.
Read Biden's full letter announcing the end of his 2024 reelection bid
"While it has been my intention to seek reelection, I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down and focus solely on fulfilling my duties as President for the remainder of my term," Biden said in a letter released on Sunday.
Many small businesses struggle to resume normal operations days after global tech outage
Major customers of Microsoft and CrowdStrike are getting IT support to resolve the issues stemming from a faulty software update that caused technological havoc worldwide on Friday, but smaller businesses whose computers may have received the problematic update are struggling.
Bangladesh's top court lowers government jobs quota in response to deadly unrest
Students, frustrated by shortages of good jobs, have been demanding an end to a quota that reserved 30 percent of government jobs for relatives of veterans who fought in Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971. Ruling on an appeal, the Supreme Court ordered that the veterans' quota be cut to 5 percent.
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