College Walk — the stretch of 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue — has been open to pedestrians since at least 1953, when the city sold it to...
Members of President Biden’s family are offering public words of support after his decision to drop out of the presidential race on Sunday. Naomi Biden, the president's grand-daughter, said she was proud of his decision to step aside. “I’m nothing but proud today of my Pop, our President, Joe Biden, who has served our country...
Democratic lawmakers and officials on Sunday rallied to back Vice President Harris to replace President Biden atop the party’s presidential ticket, boosting her in the hours after Biden announced he would not run for another four years in office. Harris was swiftly endorsed by Biden, former President Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Rep....
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sees Vice President Harris as indistinguishable from President Biden. In a press conference on Sunday evening, the independent candidate reinforced that he is able to beat both former President Trump and Biden — despite Biden announcing hours earlier that he is exiting the race. In a nearly 30 minute address, Kennedy...
David Axelrod, a former senior adviser to former President Obama, said Sunday that President Biden's decision to step down from the 2024 race was "sad" but "necessary". In an interview with CNN's Kaitlan Collins, Axelrod said the decision Biden made was difficult, and may not be the final chapter the president "imagined" or "deserved." "But there is a...
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) stopped short of endorsing Vice President Harris as the party’s new nominee on Sunday, after President Biden announced that he would not seek re-election, a notable omission as Democrats head into an uncharted path forward. Pelosi and Jeffries — both of whom were reported...
Robert De Niro, one of President Biden’s most fervent Hollywood backers, is calling his decision to drop out of the 2024 race an “act of shrewd politics and selfless patriotism.” “Joe Biden is stepping aside to clear the path for another Democrat to become president,” De Niro said in a statement to ITK on Sunday,...
The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is backing Vice President Harris as President Biden’s replacement after the president announced his decision to withdraw from the race on Sunday. The CBC political action committee (CBCPAC ) released a statement Sunday on behalf of caucus Chair Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and CBCPAC Chair Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.). “The Congressional Black...
President Biden will no longer seek reelection after weeks of mounting calls from fellow Democrats for him to step aside amid questions over his mental acuity and ability to defeat former President Trump in November. Biden announced his decision to withdraw from the race in a letter shared on social media Sunday afternoon while at...
President Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, caving to pressure from Democrats who agitated for him to step aside after a debate performance that left the political world in shock. Biden announced his decision in a social media post Sunday afternoon. The debate set off weeks of calamity around Biden’s campaign with...
President Biden on Sunday endorsed Vice President Harris to become the Democratic Party's nominee as he announced he would not seek reelection. "My fellow Democrats, I have decided not to accept the nomination and to focus all my energies on my duties as President for the remainder of my term," he posted on the social...
Joelle Smith, a former public school teacher, has created an operation that customizes field trips for students with special needs, and her start-up is growing rapidly due to the expanding availability of Florida's state-supported education savings accounts.
President Biden has dropped out of the 2024 race, a stunning end to a 50-year-long political career that culminated in caving to pressure from fellow Democrats to end his bid for reelection, which never fully recovered from an abysmal debate performance on June 27. Biden, 81, announced Sunday he will no longer seek another four...
