Biden passes the torch: From the Politics Desk
Politics tamfitronics Welcome to a special Sunday edition of From the Politics Desk, bringing you NBC News’ latest reporting and analysis on President Joe Biden’s monumental decision to drop out of the 2024 race.Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.Biden drops out and endorses Harris, upending the 2024 electionPresident Joe Biden delivered a political earthquake Sunday afternoon, announcing that he would end his re-election campaign. The decision brings an abrupt and humbling conclusion to his half-century-long political career and scrambles the race for the White House just four months before Election Day.Peter Nicholas writes that the 81-year-old Biden ultimately could not reverse growing sentiment within his party that he was too frail to serve and was destined to lose to Donald Trump in November. He backed Vice President Kamala Harris...
