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2024 Election
![Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks on reproductive rights at Ritchie Coliseum on the campus of the University of Maryland on June 24, 2024, in College Park, Maryland.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0709-kamala-harris-400x300.jpg)
Harris Says She Understands Gaza Protesters, as Biden Question Lingers
Protesters “are showing exactly what the human emotion should be, as a response to Gaza,” Harris said.
![A voter enters a polling place to cast their ballots in the state's primary on March 5, 2024, in Mountain Brook, Alabama.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2054043467-400x300.jpg)
GOP Is Targeting Disabled Alabamians With Voting Restrictions
Under Alabama’s SB 1, people who assist voters with absentee ballot applications could face a 20-year prison sentence.
![U.S. President Joe Biden departs after speaking to the media following the Supreme Court's ruling on charges against former President Donald Trump that he sought to subvert the 2020 election, on July 1, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2159654394-400x300.jpg)
Biden Doubles Down on Candidacy as New Campaign Implores Him to Drop Out
At a Wisconsin rally and in a sit-down interview, Biden refused to heed growing calls for him to “pass the torch.”
![President Joe Biden speaks during a 4th of July event on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0705-biden-400x300.jpg)
Calls for Biden to Step Aside Grow as Major Donors Threaten to Withhold Funds
Donors and Democrats say the stakes are far too high to continue running a candidate who they say will certainly lose.
![President Joe Biden (right) and former President Donald Trump participate in the CNN Presidential Debate at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024, in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0703-trump-biden-400x300.jpg)
Report: Trump Campaign Wants Biden to Stay in Race as an Easy Target
One Trump super PAC leader said clips from the debate “would make for devastating campaign commercials.”
![agricultural workers tend to crops while wearing clothing to protect them from the sun](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0703-climate-workers-heat-400x300.jpg)
Biden’s Proposal Would Protect 36 Million Workers Facing Extreme Heat on the Job
Labor advocates applauded the plan but warned that federal labor standards for extreme heat are long overdue.
![President Joe Biden arrives for a news conference at the White House on July 1, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0703-jb-400x300.jpg)
Biden Reportedly Considers Dropping Out as Polls Show Him Losing Key States
“He knows if he has two more events like [the debate], we’re in a different place,” a close Biden ally said.
![President Joe Biden, seen in reflection, speaks to the media at the White House on July 1, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0702-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
First Congressional Democrat Calls on Biden to Withdraw From Election
Biden “pledged to be transitional” to allow a new cohort of leaders to take his place, Rep. Lloyd Doggett said.
![U.S. President Joe Biden participates in the CNN Presidential Debate against Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump at the CNN Studios on June 27, 2024 in Atlanta, Georgia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0629-Joe-Biden-400x300.jpg)
Biden Offered No Alternative to Trump’s Pro-Policing Authoritarianism in Debate
Biden did not put forth a progressive or convincing counterweight to Trump’s xenophobic and authoritarian tirades.
![Former President Donald Trump (left) and President Joe Biden are pictured at the CNN Presidential Debate at CNN Studios along with an image of a man and his children waking past destroyed buildings in Khan Yunis.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0628-gaza-debate-400x300.jpg)
First Debate Underscored Both Candidates’ Fealty to Israel Amid Genocide
Neither Trump nor Biden seem willing to address the root causes of the Palestinian struggle and regional instability.