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Biden’s stunning exit, one year later: The dropout heard around the country
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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.
Days after President Donald Trump accepted the GOP nomination, then-President Joe Biden ended his re-election campaign amid mounting pressure from within his own party. (Andrew Harnik, File/The Associated Press)
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.
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US military opens coordination center in Israel for Gaza stabilization and aid efforts amid ceasefire
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Five days after world leaders endorsed a U.S.-brokered plan to end the Israel-Hamas war, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) on Friday opened a Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) in southern Israel to serve as the main hub for Gaza stabilization efforts.
The CMCC is designed to support stabilization efforts, according to a news release.
Sources told Fox News last week that roughly 200 U.S. troops had arrived in Israel, along with a C-17 transport plane packed with command-and-control equipment and supplies.
U.S. military personnel will not deploy into Gaza, focusing on facilitating the flow of humanitarian, logistical and security assistance from international counterparts into Gaza.
VANCE WARNS HAMAS AS GAZA PEACE PLAN’S CIVILIAN MILITARY COOPERATION CENTER OPENS
Vice President JD Vance, center, and CENTCOM Adm. Brad Cooper, left, look on as U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff speaks following a military briefing at the Civilian Military Coordination Center in southern Israel Tuesday. (Nathan Howard/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
«Bringing together stakeholders who share the goal of successful stabilization in Gaza is essential for a peaceful transition,» CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper said in a news release. «Over the next two weeks, U.S. personnel will integrate representatives from partner nations, non-governmental organizations, international institutions and the private sector as they arrive to the coordination center.»
The CMCC will also oversee implementation of the ceasefire agreement with an operations floor designed to track real-time developments in Gaza.
US MILITARY TO OVERSEE NEXT PHASE OF PEACE DEAL FROM COORDINATION BASE IN ISRAEL
A Palestinian man collects food from a humanitarian aid distribution point in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza. (Ahmad Salem/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Its offices and meeting spaces are structured to «foster collaborative planning among leaders, representatives and staff,» according to the release.
Fox News has learned that the CMCC will be located a few miles northeast of Gaza.
About 200 U.S. service members with expertise in transportation, planning, security, logistics and engineering established the CMCC under the leadership of U.S. Army Central commander Lt. Gen. Patrick Frank.
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Destroyed buildings in Gaza, as seen from Israel. (Reuters)
«The team worked tirelessly to build the CMCC from the ground up,» Cooper wrote in a statement. «They can take great pride in knowing that they have built something that is critical to enabling the transition to civilian governance in Gaza.»
Due to the large tunnel network under Gaza City, tunnels will need to be filled to make the ground stable enough for construction.
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Hamas has yet to return all 28 bodies of deceased hostages, delaying the start of the next stage.
Israel, which has reiterated its commitment to recovering every hostage’s remains, received the bodies of seven identified hostages this week, along with one Palestinian mistakenly included among them.
Fox News’ Jennifer Griffin and Fox News Digital’s Rachel Wolf contributed to this report.
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El Reino Unido enviará militares a Israel para sumarse a la fuerza internacional de estabilización en Gaza
Un reducido grupo de oficiales militares del Reino Unido ha sido desplegado en Israel para integrarse en una fuerza de tarea liderada por Estados Unidos. El objetivo es apoyar los esfuerzos de estabilización en Gaza tras la entrada en vigor de una nueva tregua entre Israel y el grupo terrorista Hamas.
Según un portavoz del Ministerio de Defensa del Reino Unido, la decisión responde a una solicitud explícita de las autoridades estadounidenses y busca que el país permanezca integrado en los trabajos internacionales para garantizar la estabilidad posconflicto en la región.
De acuerdo con información difundida por el Ministerio de Defensa de Reino Unido y citada por medios británicos, los enviados corresponden a un cuerpo de “un pequeño número de oficiales de planificación”, entre los que se incluye un comandante de dos estrellas que ocupará el puesto de subcomandante del Centro de Coordinación Civil-Militar (CMCC, por sus siglas en inglés). Esta fuerza, coordinada principalmente por el ejército estadounidense, tiene el objetivo de asegurar la estabilidad y la monitorización del alto el fuego en el enclave palestino, aunque aún no se han definido en detalle cuál será su composición exacta, su papel específico, la cadena de mando ni su estatuto jurídico.
La participación militar británica se limita actualmente a funciones de asesoramiento y planificación en el CMCC, sin un mandato para desplegar tropas directamente en Gaza. Un portavoz del Ministerio de Defensa del Reino Unido afirmó en un comunicado que la iniciativa “busca mantener la integración en los esfuerzos de planificación guiados por Estados Unidos para la estabilidad posconflicto en Gaza”, y aseguró que Londres “sigue trabajando con socios internacionales para respaldar el alto el fuego y evaluar la mejor contribución que puede desempeñar en el proceso de paz”.
En declaraciones recogidas por la prensa británica, el ministro de Defensa británico, John Healey, detalló que el Reino Unido aporta “experiencia y capacidades especializadas” para cooperar en la operación. Healey subrayó que el país no lidera el esfuerzo, pero sí “cumple con su papel”, tras confirmar que la participación responde a una petición formal de Estados Unidos. Desde Londres, el ministro matizó que el Reino Unido desempeña una función “de anclaje” con el envío de personal de alto rango, pero que el liderazgo recae en los socios estadounidenses y mediadores internacionales como Egipto, Qatar y Turquía.
Esta decisión se produce apenas diez días después de que la ministra de Exteriores británica, Yvette Cooper, descartara públicamente planes para enviar tropas a Medio Oriente y un día después de declarar que cualquier despliegue futuro requeriría una inversión significativa.
Por parte de la administración estadounidense, el vicepresidente JD Vance reiteró en una conferencia de prensa en Kiryat Gat, al sur de Israel, que no está prevista la entrada de efectivos estadounidenses en Gaza. “No habrá soldados estadounidenses sobre el terreno en Gaza. El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, lo ha dejado muy claro. Nuestro mando militar lo ha confirmado en repetidas ocasiones”, afirmó Vance, añadiendo que la contribución de Washington se centrará en una “coordinación útil”.
Vance, optimista sobre el mantenimiento de la tregua, explicó que, aunque se han producido episodios violentos recientes —Israel denunció el asesinato de dos soldados y respondió con bombardeos que dejaron decenas de víctimas palestinas, según el Ministerio de Salud de Gaza—, confía en la continuidad del alto el fuego, vigente desde el 10 de octubre. El alto el fuego es el tercero tras dos años de enfrentamiento, iniciado por el ataque de Hamas el 7 de octubre de 2023.
En el marco del acuerdo promovido por Trump, Hamas liberó a 20 rehenes que mantenía cautivos desde el ataque inicial y se comprometió a entregar los cuerpos de los fallecidos, aunque hasta ahora solo ha podido devolver parte de ellos debido a las dificultades para localizarlos en Gaza, devastada por hostilidades continuas. El grupo terrorista ha expresado su intención de entregar más cuerpos en las próximas horas y manifestó su firme voluntad de mantener el pacto.
El plan de alto el fuego contempla una hoja de ruta para el futuro de Gaza que incluye la retirada parcial de tropas israelíes hasta la llamada “Línea Amarilla”, dejando bajo control israelí aproximadamente la mitad del territorio, sobre todo fronteras. En fases posteriores se prevé el desarme completo de Hamas y la exclusión del grupo de cualquier función de gobierno local, aunque de momento no se ha fijado un plazo definitivo para su cumplimiento.
(Con información de AFP, EFE y Reuters)
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FIRST ON FOX: A group of House Republicans is raising concerns about the potential effects of the U.S. importing Argentinian beef after President Donald Trump floated the idea earlier this week.
Rep. Julie Fedorchak, R-N.D., is leading seven other House GOP lawmakers in a letter to the president on Tuesday evening, warning the potential plan has rattled the multibillion-dollar American ranching industry.
«America’s cattle producers are among the most resilient and hardworking in the nation,» the Republicans wrote. «Collectively, the cattle industry supports thousands of jobs across our districts and contributes $112 billion to rural economies nationwide.»
«In recent days, we have heard strong concerns from producers regarding reports that the U.S. may import beef from Argentina.»
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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with President of Argentina Javier Milei in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, Oct. 14, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The House Republicans acknowledged the «importance of strong trade relationships and diverse markets» but added that beef producers in their districts «are seeking clarity on how this decision will be made, what safety and inspection standards will apply, and how this policy aligns with your administration’s commitment to strengthening American agriculture.»
Trump suggested Sunday that buying beef from Argentina could help lower prices for Americans at home, amid a wider promise to lower costs for U.S. citizens.
«One of the things we’re thinking about doing is beef from Argentina,» Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One.
He later elaborated in his conversation with reporters, «We would buy some beef from Argentina. If we do that, that will bring our beef prices down.»
«Our groceries are down, our energy prices are down. I think we’re going to have $2 gasoline pretty soon. We’re getting close and everything’s down. The one thing that’s kept up is beef,» Trump said.
He added that it would not be «that much» but argued it would help Argentina, a U.S. ally, as well.
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Cattle drive to Centennial Ranch, San Juan Mountains, Colorado. (Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
But the House Republicans questioned whether imported beef would be held to the same food safety and animal health requirements as that of the U.S., which they called «the gold standard.»
«Any import policy must hold foreign suppliers to those same rigorous standards. Introducing beef from countries with inconsistent safety or inspection records could undermine the confidence that U.S. ranchers have worked decades to earn,» the lawmakers warned.
«We respectfully request additional information on this matter and urge your administration to ensure that any future decisions are made with full transparency, sound science, and a firm commitment to the U.S. cattle industry. America’s producers can compete with anyone in the world. If given an opportunity, they will continue to respond quickly to the market demand for more quality American beef in our grocery stores.»
In addition to Fedorchak, the letter is also signed by Reps. Michelle Fischbach, R-Minn., Troy Downing, R-Mont., Gabe Evans, R-Colo., Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., Derek Schmidt, R-Kan., Jeff Hurd, R-Colo., and Republican Study Committee Chair August Pfluger, R-Texas.
White House spokesman Kush Desai told Fox News Digital in response, «The Trump administration remains committed to addressing the needs and concerns of American cattle producers and safeguarding their interests at home and abroad. That’s why the administration has secured billions in new export opportunities for American agricultural products in our historic trade deals with the UK, Japan, the EU, and others.»
«It’s also why the administration is focused on reversing a prolonged decrease in the supply of live cattle by growing American cattle herds with robust action to deliver disaster relief to cattle country, support new ranchers, and reduce risk for cattle producers,» Desai said.
Trump’s proposal has stirred some anxiety among some Republicans whose constituencies depend on cattle ranching.
Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., posted on X Tuesday, «If the goal is addressing beef prices at the grocery store, this isn’t the way.»
«The U.S. has safe, reliable beef, and it is the one bright spot in our struggling ag economy. Nebraska’s ranchers cannot afford to have the rug pulled out from under them when they’re just getting ahead or simply breaking even,» Fischer wrote.
Meanwhile, Fox News Digital was told that Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., also raised significant concerns about what importing beef from Argentina could do to the U.S. cattle ranching industry during a call with fellow House Republicans on Tuesday.
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But some Republican responses were more muted. Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., told reporters that Trump «definitely identified a problem» regarding a shortage of cattle in the U.S. He added, «I understand what he’s trying to get done. I think there’s more ways to implement it.»
Fedorchak herself told Fox News Digital, «We’ve all received a number of questions and calls from our constituents over the last few days, so we are asking for clarity on the administration’s long-term plans. Our farmers and ranchers stand ready to deliver on the president’s America-First agenda. North Dakotans take great pride in producing the safest, highest-quality beef in the world — and we should be building on that success.»
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