WASHINGTON (AP) — Biden's doctor, in first statement since debate, knocks down speculation president had repeated visits from neurologist.
Joe Biden has dramatically quit the race for president, bowing to pleas from key political allies. Here is his statement in full.
Former President Donald Trump’s security detail had complained they were not being given enough resources and personnel by the Secret Service over the past two years, and the agency acknowledged Saturday it denied some requests.
The mother of two murdered sisters revealed that she tried to kill herself after police who photographed their corpses and shared them on WhatsApp were released from jail.
President released letter confirming he was dropping his bid for a second term and endorsed his vice president to be his successor
An Illinois woman was fatally shot inside her home this month by a sheriff’s deputy who responded to her 911 call, and the deputy is now charged with murder in the case, a prosecutor Wednesday.
The uproar over President Joe Biden's reelection bid showed no signs of abating Sunday with a fifth senator urging him to withdraw from the race and let Democrats hold an “open process” for a new nominee. The Biden campaign acknowledged “differing opinions” but said the party would unite to defeat Republican Donald Trump. West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, an independent who considered a White House run this year and as a Democrat often bucked his party's leadership, was the latest member of Congress to suggest Biden focus on the remaining months of his presidency, even as the 81-year-old incumbent plans a return to campaigning this week after isolating at his Delaware beach home with COVID-19.
Democratic political commentator Bakari Sellers says that while he loves former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate minority leader Charles Schumer, they are committing ‘political malpractice, at best’ with their efforts to aid some lawmakers who want President Biden to drop out of the 2024 campaign.
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"A courageous and selfless decision," former Barack Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau, who'd called for the president to step aside, writes on social media The post Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Rest of Political World Reacts to Biden’s Shocking Election Exit and Harris Endorsement appeared first on TheWrap.
Joe Biden has announced he is standing down as the Democratic nominee.
West Virginia senator’s own retirement threatens to hand Senate to Republicans
First lady Jill Biden and the president’s granddaughter Naomi Biden spoke out in support of the president’s momentous decision to drop out of the 2024 race
As Democrats churn over whether President Joe Biden should stay in the 2024 race, the party turmoil is deepening over whether his Vice President Kamala Harris is next in line for the job or if a “mini primary” should be quickly launched to choose a new nominee before the party's August convention. Harris hit the campaign fundraising circuit Saturday in breezy Provincetown, Massachusetts, and picked up a nod from the state's prominent Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who said before the visit that if Biden were to step aside, his vice president is “ready to step up.” At the event, which organizers said raised $2 million and was attended by 1,000 guests, Harris did not mention the calls for Biden to leave the race or for her to replace him, instead repeating one of her regular campaign lines: “We're going to win this election,” she said.
President Joe Biden's campaign reiterated on Friday that the president is staying in the race.
President Joe Biden isn't running for reelection after his disastrous June debate performance. These Democrats could potentially step in his place.
President Joe Biden faced a new round of defections Friday from Democratic lawmakers publicly calling on him to leave the presidential race, even as his campaign sought to project a message that he isn’t going anywhere.
Bangladesh’s top court has scaled back a controversial quota system for government job applicants after it led to nationwide unrest and deadly clashes between police and protesters that have killed scores of people. Earlier in the week, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to scatter stone-throwing protesters who filled the streets amid unrest in which over 100 were killed. (AP video by Al Emrun Garjon)
Bangladesh's top court on Sunday pared back contentious civil service hiring rules but failed to mollify university student leaders, whose demonstrations against the scheme sparked nationwide clashes that have killed 151 people.What began as a protest against politicised admission quotas for sought-after government jobs snowballed this week into some of the worst unrest of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's tenure.Soldiers are patrolling cities across Bangladesh after riot police failed to restore order, while a nationwide internet blackout since Thursday has drastically restricted the flow of information to the outside world.The Supreme Court was due to decide next month on the legality of the recently reintroduced scheme that reserves more than half of government jobs for select applicants, but brought forward its verdict as the civil strife intensified.It decided that a lower bench's order last month to reintroduce the scheme was "illegal", Bangladeshi Attorney General A.M. Amin Uddin told AFP.Shah Monjurul Hoque, a lawyer involved in the case, told AFP that the court had also asked protesting students "to return to class" after issuing its verdict. The ruling curtailed the number of reserved jobs, from 56 percent of all positions to seven percent, but fell short of meeting protester demands. It reserved five percent of all government jobs for the children of "freedom fighters" from Bangladesh's 1971 liberation war against Pakistan, down from 30 percent.One percent were reserved for tribal communities, and another one percent for people with disabilities or identifying as third gender under Bangladeshi law.The remaining 93 percent of positions would be decided on merit, the court ruled.The "freedom fighter" category in particular is a point of resentment for young graduates, with critics saying it is used to stack public jobs with loyalists to Hasina's ruling Awami League. Students had called for the complete abolition of that category, along with other quotas for women and specific districts of the country. "We welcome the Supreme Court verdict," a spokesman for Students Against Discrimination, the main group responsible for organising the protests, told AFP on condition of anonymity."But we won't call off our protests until the government issues an order reflecting our demands."- 'Our demand is one point' -Opponents accuse Hasina's government of bending the judiciary to its will, and the premier had already hinted to the public this week that the court would issue a ruling favourable to student demands.Hasina, 76, has ruled the country since 2009 and won her fourth consecutive election in January after a vote without genuine opposition.Her government is accused by rights groups of misusing state institutions to entrench its hold on power and stamp out dissent, including by the extrajudicial killing of opposition activists."It's not about the rights of the students anymore," business owner Hasibul Sheikh, 24, told AFP at the scene of a Saturday street protest, held in the capital Dhaka in defiance of a nationwide curfew."Our demand is one point now, and that's the resignation of the government."- 'Made the situation worse' -With some 18 million young people in Bangladesh out of work, according to government figures, the quota scheme's reintroduction deeply upset graduates facing an acute jobs crisis.Hasina inflamed tensions this month by likening protesters to the Bangladeshis who had collaborated with Pakistan during the country's independence war."Rather than try to address the protesters' grievances, the government's actions have made the situation worse," Crisis Group's Asia director Pierre Prakash told AFP. Since Tuesday, at least 151 people, including several police officers, have been killed in clashes around the country, according to an AFP count of victims reported by police and hospitals.- Curfew extended -Police have arrested several members of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and Students Against Discrimination.Bangladesh home minister Asaduzzaman Khan told AFP that the curfew imposed on Saturday would continue "until the situation improves". He said that in addition to the torching of government buildings and police posts by protesters, arson attacks had left Dhaka's metro rail network inoperable."They are carrying out destructive activities targeting the government," Khan said, blaming the BNP and the Islamist party Jamaat for stoking the violence.The US State Department warned Americans on Saturday not to travel to Bangladesh and said it would begin removing some diplomats and their families from the country due to the civil unrest.bur-gle/mtp
Over 35 Democratic members of Congress have called on President Biden to step aside so another nominee can take on Republican Donald Trump in November.
President Biden is facing increased pressure from some high-profile Democrats who are calling for him to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race or be replaced as the party’s nominee following his poor debate performance against former President Trump. Biden, 81, faced off against Trump, 78, last month in the first debate of the 2024 general…
