US Presidential Elections 2024

Biden Drops Out of Election Race, Endorses Kamala Harris

Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee, in a stunning move that upends the 2024 race for the White House. The 81-year-old Biden stepped aside after weeks of pressure from Democrats following a disastrous debate performance, throwing the ...

Kamala Harris, Trailblazer Eying America's Last Glass Ceiling

For years Kamala Harris faced criticism that she was not up to the job of being a heartbeat away from the presidency. Now, she finds herself feted by Democrats as their best hope to stop Donald Trump's comeback. Despite blazing a trail as the first woman, Black and South Asian vice president in United States history, the 59-year-old Democrat long ...

Kamala Harris Wins Nancy Pelosi's Support for Presidential Race

US Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday won the crucial backing of Democratic heavyweight Nancy Pelosi to lead the party against Donald Trump in November after Joe Biden's stunning exit from the 2024 race. As the endorsements stacked up, the 59-year-old Harris made her first public appearance since Biden's announcement in a ceremony at the ...

2024 US Presidential Election: Zoom In on the Democratic Convention

Following President Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race, the Democratic Party faces multiple challenges. On the eve of the Democratic Convention, which will be held from August 19 to 22 in Chicago, This is Beirut presents an in-depth overview of the American national conventions, which are the focal point of the electoral ...

The US Presidential Race and Its Impact on the Middle East

The recent rise in regional tensions – marked by Houthi attacks on Tel Aviv and Israel’s unprecedented response of targeting the port of Hodeidah – signals a broadening of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This could usher in a new phase of military intervention that extends beyond traditional boundaries, without necessarily escalating into a ...

Joe Biden, 50 Years a Politician

From his beginnings as a senator, to his nomination as Barack Obama’s running mate and his election as President of the United States, Joe Biden has left a mark on America’s political history over the last fifty years. Let us take a deep dive into his long-spanning career in the service of Uncle Sam. In recent weeks, Joe Biden made a plethora ...

Trump Files Complaint Over Harris Using Biden's Election Funds

Republican candidate Donald Trump's campaign has filed a complaint on Tuesday to the Federal Election Commission over Vice President Kamala Harris' use of campaign funds raised by Joe Biden. President Biden ended his reelection campaign on Sunday, following a disastrous debate performance and growing dissent within the Democratic Party over his ...

Biden to Address US and Explain Decision to Drop Out

US President Joe Biden will give what could be his final Oval Office speech on Wednesday to explain why he dropped out of November's election and deny that he will spend six months as a lame duck. With the world's eyes already on a looming clash between Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, Biden will insist in his address to the nation ...

Trump Launches Attack on Harris, Calling Her a "Lunatic"

Donald Trump launched a volley of attacks against US Vice President Kamala Harris Wednesday, calling her a "radical left lunatic" in his first rally since she became the de facto Democratic Party nominee for November's election. Trump's address comes as Harris, 59, hits the campaign trail armed with President Joe Biden's endorsement -- after his ...

Trump Holds Meandering Live ‘Chat’ with Backer Musk

Donald Trump ran through his checklist of conspiracy theories on Monday in a rambling conversation with his uber-wealthy supporter Elon Musk that was initially derailed by what the tech titan said was a technical glitch. In a very one-sided conversation on X, Trump vented about a "zombie apocalypse" of immigration, repeatedly blasted President ...

Trump and Harris Take the Stage in Key Pennsylvania

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are holding dueling campaign stops in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania this weekend, as new polling shows the United States vice president making major gains ahead of her big moment at next week's Democratic National Convention. Trump will hold a rally in the small town of Wilkes-Barre on Saturday, ...

Donald Trump Rules Out New Debate With Kamala Harris

Donald Trump said Thursday he would not take part in another debate with Kamala Harris, as the White House rivals headed back to battleground states that are set to decide a nail-bitingly close US presidential election. The Republican former president lashed out two days after his first televised clash with the Democratic vice president, when ...