Endorsements cascaded in as the vice president took swift control of the Biden campaign in a transformed contest, though Democrats including Barack Obama did not immediately back her.
Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas said the bipartisan group of experts would get to the bottom of decisions that allowed a gunman to wound the former president at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Vice President Kamala Harris got off to a rocky start in office. She is now at the heart of a political drama that could make her the first woman of color to become a major party presidential nominee.
The president cleared the way for a successor. He endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, but there could still be a contest to determine who the nominee will be.
Israel’s counterattack on the Houthis, which set a vital Yemeni port ablaze, will do little to deter the militia, Yemeni and international experts said.
Demonstrations set off by the reinstatement of a quota system for government jobs revealed broader resentment about the uneven distribution of wealth and opportunity.
As President Biden grapples with the possibility of dropping his bid for re-election, a secondary question looms: Should he endorse his own vice president as the nominee?
Voters are deeply skeptical about President Biden’s prospects, posing challenges for Senator Tammy Baldwin in Wisconsin and other Democrats once thought to be relatively safe in their seats.