Matt Gagnon discusses Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race, criticizing the timing and its impact on Kamala Harris’s campaign. Biden’s late withdrawal gave Harris only a few months to campaign, which Gagnon argues was detrimental. Initially, Harris experienced a surge in enthusiasm and polls, but ultimately, she wouldn’t have won. Gagnon suggests that if Biden had dropped out earlier, a real primary would have occurred, potentially offering better candidates. He also notes that Biden’s internal polling indicated he was never losing, similar to Obama’s 2012 campaign. Gagnon concludes that Biden’s revisionist history about his potential victory is unfounded.
They gathered at the Washington National Cathedral on Thursday — former presidents, vice presidents, sworn political foes and newfound friends — in a show of respect and remembrance for Dick Cheney, the consequential and polarizing vice president who became an acidic scold of President Donald Trump.
Melania Trump and Usha Vance took their first trip together, spending time in North Carolina on Wednesday with service members and their families to show appreciation for their service and sacrifice as the holidays approach.
Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of opioids, in a new deal formally approved by a federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday.
The House voted overwhelmingly in favor of a bill Tuesday to force the Justice Department to publicly release its files on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a remarkable display of approval for an effort that had struggled for months to overcome opposition from President Donald Trump and Republican leadership.
