Former President Joe Biden suspended his re-election bid one year ago Monday, in an unprecedented move that ended his more than 50-year career in politics and rocked the Democratic Party, with those on the left still reeling from the impact.

On July 21, 2024, days after President Donald Trump accepted the GOP nomination, Biden ended his re-election campaign amid mounting pressure from within his own party.

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The unprecedented announcement came as an increasing number of Democrat lawmakers had started to publicly call for Biden to step aside, and the party’s leadership reportedly was engaged in efforts to convince Biden, then 81 years old, he could not win the November 2024 general election against Trump.

Doubts about Biden’s viability at the top of the Democratic Party’s 2024 ticket began seeping out into the mainstream after his halting delivery and awkward answers were placed on full display for a national audience during the June 2024 presidential debate with Trump in Atlanta.

Then-President Joe Biden and then-former President Donald Trump participate in the first Presidential Debate at CNN Studios in Atlanta on June 27, 2024. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The performance sparked widespread panic among Democrats and almost immediately spurred calls from political pundits, editorial writers and some party donors for Biden to step aside as the party’s 2024 standard-bearer.

As Biden struggled to regain his footing, an increasing number of House Democrats publicly urged the president to end his re-election bid.

Biden huddled with worried Democrats, including governors and congressional leaders, in the wake of the debate debacle and was also engaged in «working the phones,» according to campaign officials. 

Biden began the week of his withdrawal in a defiant posture, telling congressional Democrats he was committed to campaigning against and beating Trump. Biden also urged lawmakers to stop focusing on the debate and end the calls for his withdrawal — pleas that he said only helped Trump. 

Biden followed that up with a call with members of the Congressional Black Caucus and also gained the support of members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. 

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However, concerns mounted and intensified. Democratic lawmakers met behind closed doors hoping to come to a consensus and support the president, but some were hesitant. 

The Biden campaign met with Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill and, for days, the White House, the Biden campaign and the president himself said Biden had no intention of dropping out of the race. 

Then-White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre had told reporters that the president was «absolutely not» considering dropping out.

Additionally, Quentin Fulks, the principal deputy Biden campaign manager, emphasized that «the president is in this race to win it. He is the Democratic nominee.»

Then-President Joe Biden and then-Vice President Kamala Harris stand together at the White House ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

On the day after the presidential debate, Biden acknowledged at a rally in Raleigh, North Carolina, «I know I’m not a young man, to state the obvious.»

Upon suspending his campaign, Biden quickly endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take his spot at the top of the ticket. She received the party’s presidential nominee weeks later at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Months later, Trump defeated Harris in a stunning, landslide victory, sweeping all swing states and delivering him a win in not only the Electoral College, but the popular vote as well. 

The Democratic Party is still grappling with Biden’s withdrawal a year later, looking for a new standard-bearer, while the former president and his team fall under investigation by both the executive and legislative branches. 

Then-President Joe Biden and then-Vice President Kamala Harris walk through the Colonnade of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Monday, April 11, 2022. (Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In May, leaked audio from Biden’s interview with former special counsel Robert Hur showed the president struggling with key memories, including when his son Beau died, when he left the vice presidency, why he had classified documents he shouldn’t have had and more. 

The audio was leaked after more than a year of congressional lawmakers demanding its release amid questions about the former president’s memory lapses and mental acuity.

Meanwhile, the White House Counsel’s Office and the Justice Department are probing Biden’s use of the autopen and whether signatures were printed at his direction or at the discretion of his senior staff. 

An autopen is a machine that physically holds a pen and features programming to imitate a person’s signature. Unlike a stamp or a digitized print of a signature, the autopen has the capability to hold various types of pens, from a ballpoint to a permanent marker, according to descriptions of autopen machines available for purchase. 

Then-President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with then-President Joe Biden at Trump’s inauguration in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Kenny Holston-Pool/Getty Images)

Biden used the autopen to sign a slew of documents while in office. He also used the autopen to sign final pardons, including preemptive pardons for members of his family, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley and members and staff of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riots. He only signed one pardon by hand, for his son Hunter, after vowing to the American people for months he would not do so. 

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In his final weeks in office, Biden granted clemency and pardoned more than 1,500 individuals, in what the White House described at the time as the largest single-day act of clemency by a U.S. president.

Over on Capitol Hill, the House Oversight Committee is probing a cover-up of Biden’s declining mental health, subpoenaing a number of former Biden officials for testimony and the Senate Subcomittee on Investigations is requesting NARA records relating to Biden’s declining mental and physical health. 

Fox News’ Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report. 

El nuevo diseño del nuevo pasaporte uruguayo ha generado algunos dolores de cabeza para las autoridades. El cambio en el documento, que se acomodó a las recomendaciones internacionales, no tiene en ninguna de sus hojas el lugar de nacimiento del portador, lo que provocó que Francia y Alemania definan restricciones al ingreso de uruguayos. A estos dos países se les sumó uno más: Japón.

La página de la embajada de Japón en Uruguay tiene una advertencia en color rojo “sobre los nuevos pasaportes uruguayos”.

“A quienes viajen a Japón con pasaporte uruguayo emitido a partir del 16 de abril de 2025 es altamente probable que les sea negado el ingreso al país”, dice la publicación. “Por esta razón deberán sin excepción consultar con la sección consular de la embajada antes de realizar el viaje independientemente de si poseen nacionalidad uruguaya o ciudadanía legal”, agrega el comunicado.

Uruguay ajustó su pasaporte conforme a las sugerencias de la Organización de Aviación Civil. Entre los principales cambios del nuevo pasaporte se encuentra la modificación del título “Nacionalidad” por la denominación “Nacionalidad/Ciudadanía”, consignándole el código “URY” tanto a los ciudadanos naturales como a los legales. Esta medida permite que haya una coincidencia entre el país que emite el documento y la ciudadanía de su titular.

El cambio se comenzó a aplicar a partir de abril y, por eso, la Embajada de Japón hace la distinción entre quienes tienen el pasaporte desde antes de esa fecha y quienes se lo sacaron después.

El primer país en hacer pública la decisión fue Alemania. El embajador en Uruguay, Stefan Duppel, comunicó a través de la red social X que los titulares de estos nuevos pasaportes no pueden ingresar a Alemania “ni siquiera para estancias cortas”, y tampoco se aceptan solicitudes de visa con dicho documento. De acuerdo a Duppel, la medida responde a la exclusión del lugar de nacimiento en los pasaportes uruguayos de reciente emisión.

La medida de esos dos estados europeos tiene matices. En el caso de Alemania, el nuevo pasaporte uruguayo no tiene validez ni siquiera para estancias cortas. En el caso de Francia, la traba es para visas por estadías mayores a 90 días.

El caso generó críticas de la oposición en Uruguay. La semana pasada, el canciller Mario Lubetkin expresó que, hasta ahora, no hubo ningún problema con el pasaporte uruguayo. “No hay detectado caso alguno, salvo que aparezca, de problemas de algún tipo con ningún tipo de versión de pasaportes nuestros. Con ninguno. Y no es que no haya uruguayos que no hayan atravesado Alemania y Francia”, señaló, en una entrevista con El Observador.

“No hay víctimas de ningún tipo, hemos hecho un estudio de pasaportes de otros países del mundo y les puedo asegurar que hay pasaportes asiáticos, africanos, inclusive norteamericanos y del golfo que son exactamente iguales a los nuestros y no tienen ningún tipo de problema, ni tuvieron ningún tipo de problema”, declaró el canciller uruguayo.

Los medios uruguayos sí han dado cuenta de algunos inconvenientes para los uruguayos. El Observador, por ejemplo, narró la historia de Kevin Solano, que había sido elegido para ir a estudiar a La Sorbonne de Francia, pero un mail de la embajada francesa que le llegó trastocaron sus planes. “No estamos en condiciones de tramitar las solicitudes de visado presentadas en los nuevos pasaportes uruguayos”, decía el texto.

Solano, que nació en Perú, había viajado desde París a Uruguay para hacerse del nuevo documento, pagó el trámite urgente e inició la gestión para obtener la visa de estudiante. En eso estaba cuando recibió el mail de la embajada. Fue entonces que empezó a mover cielo y tierra para encontrar una solución y evalúa hacerle un juicio al propio Estado uruguayo, por quien no se siente representado.

President Donald Trump has been back in the Oval Office for a full six months as of Sunday, and is expected to keep a busy pace as he heads into his 27th week as commander-in-chief. 

«Wow, time flies! Today is that Sixth Month Anniversary of my Second Term. Importantly, it’s being hailed as one of the most consequential periods of any President,» Trump wrote on social media on Sunday. «In other words, we got a lot of good and great things done, including ending numerous wars of Countries not related to us other than through Trade and/or, in certain cases, friendship,» he added on TRUTH Social. «Six months is not a long time to have totally revived a major Country.» 

«One year ago our Country was DEAD, with almost no hope of revival. Today the USA is the ‘hottest’ and most respected Country anywhere in the World. Happy Anniversary!!!» 

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Trump travels to Scotland

Ahead of Trump’s highly-anticipated trip to London in September, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that the president will travel to Scotland on Friday to visit Turnberry and Aberdeen, which are homes to Trump golf courses. 

He will also meet again with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to continue ironing out the U.S.-UK trade deal. 

«During the visit, President Trump will meet again with Prime Minister Starmer to refine the great trade deal that was brokered between the United States and the United Kingdom,» Leavitt said during a Thursday press briefing. 

«The president and the first lady will travel to the United Kingdom for an official state visit from September 17 to September 19 later this fall. This will mark a truly unprecedented second state visit for President Trump and he is honored and looking forward to meeting with His Majesty the King at Windsor Castle,» Leavitt added, previewing the president’s highly-anticipated trip to London. 

The UK’s monarch typically does not invite a U.S. president for a second state visit if they are re-elected to office, opting for more intimate meetings such as tea or lunch, making Trump’s second state visit unprecedented. 

Scotland holds a special place in Trump’s life, as his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, was born and raised in Scotland before moving to Queens, New York. 

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The Trump Organization purchased the historic golf resort and hotel at Turnberry in 2014, and the Aberdeen golf club in 2012, which is set to open new course next month. 

Trump traveled to the same golf courses in July 2018 under his first administration. 

Commerce Secretary Lutnick, President Donald Trump, Secretary of the Treasury Bessent are ironing out trade deals.  (Getty Images)

Tariff negotiations continue 

A 90-day pause on tariffs was set to end July 9, after Trump first announced reciprocal tariffs on foreign nations in April. The administration announced earlier this month that foreign nations now face an Aug. 1 deadline or face higher tariffs. 

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told the media on Sunday that the next two weeks will showcase Trump delivering on his vow to roll out trade deals favorable to the U.S. economy. 

«The next two weeks are going to be weeks for the record books. President Trump is going to deliver for the American people,» Lutnick said on CBS’ «Face the Nation.»

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«They’re going to love the deals that President Trump and I are doing. I mean, they’re just going to love them. You know, the president figured out the right answer, and sent letters to these countries, said this is going to fix the trade deficit. This will go a long way to fixing the trade deficit, and that’s gotten these countries to the table and they’re going to open their markets or they’re going to pay the tariff. And if they open their markets, the opportunity for Americans to export, to grow the business, farmers, ranchers, fishermen, this is going to be…» he continued before remarking the next two weeks would be ones «for the record books.»

AG Bondi, Jeffrey Epstein, President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)

Epstein grand jury testimony release

Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi last week to release grand jury transcripts in the case of Jeffrey Epstein after a memo released earlier this month concluded that there is «no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals,» or kept a «client list» of such individuals after years of Trump surrogates vowing to reveal the Epstein’s alleged secrets. 

Longtime conservatives and supporters of Trump subsequently slammed the memo, and sounded off on social media that Epstein won’t «go away.»

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«Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Testimony, subject to Court approval,» Trump wrote on Truth Social late Thursday last week. «This SCAM, perpetuated by the Democrats, should end, right now!» 

It is unclear if Bondi could convince a judge to release the grand jury testimony, but the Department of Justice reported on Friday that it formally moved to unseal long-secret grand jury transcripts. 

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche submitted the motion in Manhattan federal court, urging a judge to release the transcripts from Epstein’s 2019 grand jury proceedings and those from the prosecution of Epstein’s convicted associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, as part of a new transparency push by the department.

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Epstein was a notorious predator who pleaded guilty to procuring underage girls for prostitution in 2008, before he was arrested in 2019 on new federal charges of sex trafficking minors and conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors. He was found dead in his New York City jail cell in 2019 of suicide, according to Trump officials. 

Fox News Digital’s Bradford Betz and Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.