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KN. Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to stick largely to President Joe Biden’s foreign policy playbook on key issues such as Ukraine, China, and Iran but could strike a tougher tone with Israel over the Gaza war if she replaces the president at the top of the Democratic ticket and wins the U.S. November election. Harris has signaled, for instance, that she would not deviate from Biden’s staunch support for NATO and would continue backing Ukraine in its fight against Russia. That stands in sharp contrast to a pledge by former President Trump to alter fundamentally the U.S. relationship with the alliance and the doubts he has raised about future weapons supplies to Kyiv.
President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race creates uncertainty. Kamala Harris is now Trump’s main opponent. Shapiro, Director of Foreign Relations Research at the Council of Europe, says U.S. partners prefer Biden over Trump, and his resignation brings both relief and anxiety—due to the unpredictability it introduces. With only 107 days left, Harris must quickly choose a vice-presidential candidate and withstand relentless attacks from Trump and his supporters.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, building Democratic backing for her sudden presidential run, rallied supporters with a debut campaign speech vowing to go after Republican nominee Donald Trump like the courtroom prosecutor she once was. “I took on perpetrators of all kinds. Predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain,” Harris told campaign workers 28 hours after President Joe Biden, 81, abandoned the 2024 White House race and endorsed her.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s weekend decision to drop his reelection bid and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democratic candidate leaves Harris with a major, immediate decision: whom to pick as her running mate. Harris has enlisted the law firm of Eric Holder, the former attorney general, to vet possible running mates, sources told Reuters. These are some of the top people being discussed, provided they do not seek the presidential nomination themselves, according to people familiar with internal policy discussions.
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris will meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week at the White House during his U.S. visit, an aide to Harris said. Harris will be unable to preside over Netanyahu’s planned address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday because she is traveling to Indianapolis that day for a previously scheduled event, her aide added.
If Kamala Harris is elected U.S. President, it is likely that she will continue Joe Biden’s foreign policy, but it is also possible that Harris could take a different stance towards the war in the Gaza Strip, according to an NBC News report. Aaron David Miller of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said that while Harris would likely be more sympathetic to Palestinian issues, substantial policy change was unlikely. However, Miller emphasized that Harris remains a proponent of traditional U.S. support for Israel and is unlikely to deviate dramatically.
Vice President Kamala Harris opened up a marginal two-percentage-point lead over Republican Donald Trump after President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign and passed the torch to her, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. That compares with a marginal two-point deficit Biden faced against Trump in last week’s poll before exit from the race. The new poll, conducted followed both the Republican National Convention where Trump on Thursday formally accepted the nomination and Biden’s announcement he was leaving the race and endorsing Harris.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned under intense pressure from Republicans and Democrats angered by the agency’s failure to prevent an assassination attempt against former president Donald Trump. “In light of recent events, it is with a heavy heart that I have made the difficult decision to step down as your Director,” Cheatle wrote in a letter to staff, saying she took “full responsibility” for the failure.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks before Congress in hopes of bolstering U.S. support for continuing Israel’s fight against Hamas and other adversaries, even as the Biden administration is urging him to focus on closing a deal ending the devastating nine-month war in Gaza. Netanyahu is assured a warm welcome from Republican lawmakers who arranged his speech in the House chamber, an appearance making him the first foreign leader to address a joint meeting of Congress four times, surpassing Winston Churchill. But many Democrats and independents plan to boycott his appearance. The most notable absences will be behind Netanyahu as Vice President Kamala Harris, who serves as president of the Senate and traditionally would sit behind whatever dignitary is speaking, says a long-scheduled trip will keep her away. The next Democrat in line, Sen. Patty Murray of Washington, is declining to attend.
South China Morning Post Editorial Board, US President Joe Biden has dropped out of the race for re-election and endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris to succeed him, the first elected American president to choose not to seek a second term since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968. With one selfless act, the 81-year old Biden has put his party’s interests above his own and given the Democrats a chance to revive a campaign that has been foundering since his disastrous television debate last month. Biden’s exit also adds to the uncertainty that has plagued relations between China and the United States. One can only speculate on how Harris, who must still win the nomination of her party, will approach this vital relationship.
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