USA Today – Biden drops out of race
USATODAY’s front page features a large image of Joe Biden saying the president had been under mounting pressure from Democratic leaders to step aside amid fears he would not be able to beat Donald Trump in the November election. The front page notes the president has endorsed his vice president Kamala Karris and will address the nation later in the week. The president is currently recovering from Covid.
Joe Biden endorses Kamala Harris after he drops out of 2024 election: Recap
WASHINGTON − President Joe Biden said Sunday he is ending his bid for reelection amid intense pressure from Democratic leaders sounding the alarm that his path to beat former President Donald Trump in November had vanished.
The president’s historic withdrawal throws the 2024 race − already roiled by a shocking attempt on Trump’s life − into uncertain territory, with Vice President Kamala Harris widely seen as the Democrat most likely to take Biden’s place atop the party’s ticket.
Biden made the announcement from his home in Rehoboth Beach, Del., where he’s self-isolated since testing positive for COVID-19 Thursday night.
As President Joe Biden steps aside, is America ready for President Kamala Harris?
Kamala Harris has been on a yo-yo string with Democratic Party bigwigs since that cataclysmic debate performance catapulted her boss out of a sure 2024 nomination.
Weeks before President Joe Biden stepped aside – and swiftly endorsed Harris to be the 2024 nominee – the vice president had emerged as the most logical replacement to top the ticket after Biden wore his frailty on national TV.
Allies disseminated a logic about why Harris would be the natural successor: She could seamlessly inherit the campaign’s massive warchest; her law enforcement background is best suited to prosecute the political case against Republican Donald Trump; polling shows she can win; and having been the nation’s first multiracial and woman VP could galvanize a new generation of younger progressives.
Biden’s legacy: triumphs, heartbreaks and a turbulent finale
For Joe Biden, it has been a long road from Scranton.
Biden’s reluctant announcement Sunday that he won’t seek a second term in the White House − a decision that throws the Democratic presidential race into uncharted waters − signals the end of one of the longest political careers in American history, one laced with historic achievements and dramatic reversals, heartbreak and drama.
His tenure as the nation’s 46th president, the fulfillment of a lifetime aspiration, is likely to rank as one of the most consequential in modern times. He helped navigate a course from the worst pandemic in a century, presided over an against-the-odds economic recovery, united much of the world against Russian expansionism, and made the biggest investment in climate change in history.
But there was a challenge he couldn’t conquer: age.
Today’s news summary – Paper Talk
If you are someone who reads every perspective of a story, here is a news summary of all of today’s front pages from today’s newspapers; summarised in a 2-minute read
Editorial 22 July 2024.
Monday’s front pages are dominated by one story: Joe Biden’s announcement he will not seek re-election in November, and backing his vice president Kamala Harris to be the Democratic candidate. The president had been under growing pressure to step aside following a disastrous TV debate performance that had many Americans questioning his age and mental fitness. Despite attempting to mount several comebacks, a few other high-profile gaffes only added to the pressure – which saw high-profile Democrats and Democratic figures call on the president to step aside. Biden will remain in office until the end of his term. The US will head to the polls in November to elect their new president – a race that now looks likely to be Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump. The new president will assume office in January 2025.
Away from US politics, a handful of tabloids report on the Strictly Come Dancing bullying scandal, whilst the back pages are dominated by golf and cricket.