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President Biden speaks delivers speech to nation on decision to drop out race

Jul 24, 2024 11:52 PM EDT

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Wednesday night President Joe Biden delivered a rare speech from the Oval office, addressing the nation about his decision to drop out of the presidential race.

U.S. Secret Service Director resigns amid failure to prevent Trump assassination attempt

Jul 23, 2024 11:37 AM EDT

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U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who came under scrutiny for the agency’s failure to prevent the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, has resigned.

V.P. Kamala Harris secures enough votes for presumptive democratic nominee for President

Jul 23, 2024 12:17 AM EDT

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ABC News (WOLO) –After President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris has emerged as the party favorite to replace him at the top of the ticket. Biden endorsed Harris on Sunday — and since then, many others in the Democratic Party are backing her. With just a few months before the…

VP Harris reacts to Bidens endorsement after announcing he is dropping out

Jul 22, 2024 1:52 PM EDT

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Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has debuted a new logo Monday as she released a statement and spoke publicly for the first time since Biden’s announcement

Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race

Jul 21, 2024 2:22 PM EDT

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President Joe Biden is leaving the 2024 race after a halting debate performance against Donald Trump led to questions from Democrats about his age, ability to carry out his campaign and whether he could serve a second term.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dead at 74

Jul 19, 2024 11:45 PM EDT

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House Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas has died, according to a statement issued Friday night from her family.

CrowdStrike outage sparks global chaos with airline, bank and other disruptions

Jul 19, 2024 11:25 AM EDT

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A wave of IT outages swept across the globe Friday morning, causing over 1,000 flight cancelations and stalling internal and external systems across a variety of industries including hospitals, banks, stock exchanges and other institutions, as some Microsoft-based computers ceased to work.