On Sunday, US President Joe Biden's announcement to step down from seeking reelection and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor in the Democratic candidacy presents Harris with an urgent and critical decision: selecting her running mate.
The call for Michelle to become a candidate in the 2024 race began soon after US President Biden withdrew from the race. However, Obama had already clarified about Michelle's intention to fight the elections in 2016.
On Sunday, there was a political earthquake when US President Joe Biden unexpectedly withdrew from the presidential race and threw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate to face former President Donald Trump.
Obama also said Biden, in defeating Trump four years ago, “reminded us of who we are at our best-- a country committed to old-fashioned values like trust and honesty, kindness and hard work; a country that believes in democracy, rule of law, and accountability,
The former Republican president made these remarks to the network shortly after Biden's announcement. Trump later criticised Biden on social media, asserting that Biden was unfit to remain in office as president.
Harris, a former US senator and California attorney general, would be the first woman to assume the presidency of the United States if nominated by her party and victorious in the November 5 election.
The US Secret Service is investigating how the gunman armed with an AR-style rifle was able to get on a nearby roof and shoot and injure the former president at a rally Saturday in Pennsylvania. However, the agency has now acknowledged one of its mistakes.
According to a news release from the Jupiter Police Department, Michael W. Wiseman was arrested on charges related to written threats to kill. He was apprehended without incident and is currently held in Palm Beach County Jail.
Former US President Donald Trump mentioned that Chinese President Xi Jinping sent him a "beautiful" note after the Republican presidential nominee survived a gunshot wound to his ear during an assassination attempt.
The Washington Post reported that top officials at the US Secret Service repeatedly rejected requests from Trump's security detail for more manpower and gear at events before the attempted assassination.
Biden's disastrous June 27 debate performance and the recent assassination bid on Donald Trump have resulted in a significant decrease in his favourability ratings. Influential Democrats like Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi have also shared their concerns about Democrats losing in the November race.
Trump squeezed off several shots at Trump, clipping the former president’s ear, killing an audience member and wounding two others before Secret Service snipers in a nearby building killed him with counterfire.
Video footage captured shows Trump performing a familiar 'head tilt', reminiscent of the moment when he narrowly avoided a potentially lethal shot.
The illness comes at a critical time for Biden, who is battling pressure from fellow Democrats to end his re-election bid amid concerns over his age. His rival Donald Trump is headlining a successful convention and is gaining ground in several battleground states after an assassination attempt.
About 6 in 10 Americans want Trump to withdraw -- but relatively few Republicans are in that camp. As for Biden, younger Democrats are especially likely to want to see him bow out – and to say they’re dissatisfied with him.
Iran has denied allegations of involvement in plots to assassinate former US President Donald Trump, instead pointing to legal actions in response to the 2020 assassination of a respected general by a US drone.
In her initial public address following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle announced on Monday that the agency would actively engage in an independent review mandated by President Joe Biden.
The FBI stated that they have not yet identified any specific ideology, threatening writings, or social media posts from Crooks, who graduated from high school two years ago and had no prior criminal history.
The former fire chief, who was killed at a Pennsylvania rally of Donald Trump, spent his final moments diving down in front of his family and protecting them from the gunfire that rang out on Saturday during an assassination attempt against the ex-President.
Trump was hosting a campaign rally when he narrowly escaped an assassination attempt. However, a spokesperson for ISKCON linked this incident to Trump's involvement in the inaugural Rath Yatra in New York 48 years ago.
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