Ione Wells
Reporting from Delaware

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There are still some big names who have not yet endorsed Kamala Harris.

Now, this doesn’t mean they won’t - they could still - but they haven’t decided to join the wave of endorsements that has given her campaign momentum.

These include the former President Barack Obama and former speaker Nancy Pelosi. Both were reported to have privately been instrumental in raising concerns about Joe Biden’s suitability to run and beat Donald Trump.

Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer and house minority leader Hakeem Jeffries haven’t either yet.

This matters, because the Democrats need to move quickly to get behind a candidate if they want to show unity. Senior Democrats, like these individuals, will be key to that - and to rallying further support.

Some of these figures could still endorse her, though. And if they did, arguably it might add a further boost if done in isolation from the wave of other endorsements.

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More from Joe Manchin now, who has explicitly ruled out running to be the Democrat nominee in the November election.

Speaking to the BBC's US partner CBS News, the veteran Senator says: "I am not going to be a candidate for President. I am candidate for basically speaking to the middle of this country."

Manchin is among the most conservative members of the party, representing the state of West Virginia since 2010 - voting with the Republicans on several key issues in that time.

Fake image of Harris posing with Epstein shared onlinepublished at 12:45 British Summer Time 22 July

12:45 BST 22 July

By Shayan Sardarizadeh

In the wake of Joe Biden's withdrawal from the presidential race and endorsement of Kamala Harris as the new Democratic nominee, misinformation is being shared on online platforms.

One such example is an image that purports to show Harris posing alongside the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

But the photo has been digitally altered.

BBC Verify has found the original image via a reverse image search.

Captured in 2015, the original picture shows Harris posing with her husband Douglas Emhoff, external at a dinner event in Los Angeles.

While Epstein had many high-profile friends and associates, fake and AI-generated pictures of senior politicians and celebrities posing alongside Epstein regularly go viral online.

Ione Wells
Reporting from Delaware

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Remember, even though Joe Biden has stood down as the presidential candidate, he remains president.

There are some pretty significant engagements in his calendar this week, not least a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

It’s not clear if he will do that virtually from here, or return to the White House. It will depend a bit on his recovery from Covid.

Some of the key meetings in the run up to his decision to step down took place - at a social distance - here in Delaware.

You only get one shot to do your first “in person” appearance after an announcement like this, one that will be broadcast everywhere and remain in history books forever.

So, he and his team will be conscious they want to get that right and project a "strong" image - after weeks of public criticism regarding a perceived weakness.

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While many leading Democrats have followed Joe Biden by backing his vice-president - there is less clarity on who would be Kamala Harris's running mate should she decide to run.

But one person who has just ruled out being on the ticket is West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin - a former Democrat who switched his registration to independent in May.

"Let's pass the torch to another generation," Manchin tells CNN.

Manchin says he "has been humbled" by people asking if he would consider but it is not something he is considering.

• You can read more here about who might run alongside Harris

Emily Atkinson
Live page editor

Good morning to our readers waking up in the US - and if you're joining us from elsewhere, welcome.

Here's the state of play:

• Vice-President Kamala Harris has secured a steady stream of endorsements to be the Democrats' new presidential nominee, taking their lead from Joe Biden who backed her shortly after dropping out

• A string of party grandees are among her supporters to take on Donald Trump in the November election - we've run through the key names here
• Harris says she intends to "earn and win" the nomination - Biden will remain as president for the rest of the term

• The president withdrew on Sunday, with some of his aides given just one minute's notice on the decision - Courtney Subramanian runs through how it happened behind-the-scenes here
• He made the call while holed up in his holiday home on Delaware’s Rehoboth Beach, recovering from Covid

Joe Biden will stay on as president until January and is expected to address the nation this week.

While he has endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris moving to the top of the ticket, this does not mean she is the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee - and a contest could still take place.

The path for nominating a new candidate so close to election day is unclear. The Democratic National Convention’s (DNC) rules committee meeting - which will set out the framework for how the party will select its new nominee - says it will meet on Wednesday to discuss next steps.

The DNC, when the Democratic candidate should be officially selected by delegates, is scheduled to begin on 19 August.

Biden swept the primaries, without a serious challenge, winning 3,896 pledged delegates.

The delegates - who are party officials who attend the convention and vote for the candidate they have been allocated to during the primary process - will now be released to vote for another candidate.

If the party does not come together to support a new candidate, that could set the stage for an open convention for the first time since 1968.

That would mean delegates would be free to decide who to vote for among multiple candidates if they emerge.

• You can read more here

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US President Joe Biden's announcement that he has withdrawn as a candidate comes with just over 100 days left before Americans go to the polls - with a number of key events to look out for before then.

This week, Joe Biden has said he will address the nation following his announcement. The Democratic National Convention’s rules committee are also set to meet on Wednesday to discuss the process for picking a new candidate.

The matter of finalising a candidate will take place at the the four-day Democratic National Convention which runs in Chicago from 19 to 22 August.

During the event, Democratic Party delegates from each state and US territory will officially nominate the Democratic presidential and vice-presidential candidates.

The next debate will take place on 10 September, hosted by American outlet ABC, with the Democratic candidate facing off against Republican nominee Donald Trump.

The presidential election will then take place on 5 November. You can read a simple guide to the election here.

Kamala Harris's presidential campaign has raised more than $49.6m (£38.3m) since President Joe Biden ended his re-election bid.

"Since the president endorsed Vice-President Harris yesterday afternoon, everyday Americans have given $49.6 million in grassroots donations to her campaign," a spokesperson for Biden says.

As we reported earlier, thousands of black women across the US joined a Zoom call on Sunday night to throw their support behind Harris.

Win With Black Women, the group behind the call, says it raised over $1.5m (£1.2m) in three hours for the campaign.

The group says more than 44,000 women joined the call.

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Ione Wells
Reporting from Delaware

Good morning from Delaware.

I am just up a stretch of beach from where President Biden’s private community area is. There is security blocking off the road towards where his house is.

President Biden took many people by surprise when he chose to make his resignation statement from here while he is still recovering from Covid.

It’s unclear how much longer he will stay here. His doctor says his symptoms are improving.

Delaware is a state that has played a significant role in Biden’s political career. He was a senator here for 36 years. He now has a holiday home here.

When a tragic car accident killed his first wife and daughter, he was commuting by train back and forth between DC and Wilmington, Delaware to care for his two sons.

The committee tasked with setting out the framework for how the Democratic Party will select its new nominee says it will meet on Wednesday to discuss next steps.

The Democratic National Convention’s (DNC) rules committee meeting - which is scheduled for 14:00 EDT (19:00 BST) - will be broadcast live on YouTube, according to reports.

In a statement, DNC chair Jaime Harrison promises that the process would be “transparent”, “orderly” and “governed by established rules and procedures”.

Nick Eardley
Reporting from Farnborough

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Here in the UK, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is delivering a speech at the Farnborough International Airshow.

I asked him about President Biden - was he worried about instability, and can President Biden see out the final six months of his term?

The PM says he respects Biden’s decision, and that it will have been based on what he believes are the best interests of the American people.

He tells me he is looking forward to working with President Biden for the rest of his presidency - which appears to be him backing President Biden staying in power.

There is frustration that Biden left it so latepublished at 10:25 British Summer Time 22 July

10:25 BST 22 July

Katty Kay
US special correspondent

Today you're hearing Democrats lauding Joe Biden for doing the "right thing" - putting his country first and giving them a chance to win.

But there is also a lot of frustration among Democrats I have spoken to that he didn't do this four months ago, or that he didn't do this a year ago.

By staying in the race as long as he has, Biden has deprived the Democratic Party of the incredibly important process of a primary test.

That is when candidates test their mettle, become better candidates - become, if you like, political athletes.

And by dropping out this late he hasn’t given them the opportunity to do that.

So in a sense Joe Biden’s done the right thing. But he also did it so late he’s left the party in kind of a mess.

In his endorsement of Kamala Harris, Colorado Governor Jared Polis posted a series of emojis , externalshowing a coconut, a palm tree, and the American flag.

Confused?

The emojis are a reference to a speech Harris gave last year at the White House, external, which has recently gone viral on social media.

"You think you just fell out of a coconut tree?" she said, quoting her Indian mother. "You exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you."

The speech has also been referenced in the X biography for Kamala HQ, external, which reads: "Providing context."

Online, supporters are now referring to her campaign as "Operation Coconut Tree" - so get used to seeing those emojis.

• Read our 2020 piece on Harris's Indian roots here

Phil McCausland
Reporting from New York

President Joe Biden's re-election campaign has taken the formal step to adopt the name of "Harris for President".

The campaign now officially names Vice-President Kamala Harris as its candidate for president in the 2024 cycle, according to a letter sent to the Federal Election Commission, external, or FEC.

This is a huge step, as Biden and Harris share a campaign committee. She can now continue using the general election funds that the Biden campaign had raised previously.

Biden's campaign war chest sat at $96m entering July, according to FEC filings. The party and several political action committees have additional funds that Harris will aim to secure by becoming the party's official nominee.

Trevor Potter, a former FEC chairman who leads the Campaign Legal Center, said a "presumptive nominee stepping down months before Election Day is not an ordinary event, but it is also not a crisis".

Harris can use Biden's campaign funds because they shared a campaign committee, but "the rules are different" for a ticket that does not include the vice-president, Potter said.

In Ukraine, the question is 'what now'?published at 09:53 British Summer Time 22 July

09:53 BST 22 July

James Waterhouse
Reporting from Kyiv

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Ukraine's President Zelensky can look at Joe Biden's announcement in either two ways: the departure of his biggest ally, or a potentially easier path to securing long-term US support.

He has had to get used to political turbulence among the Western allies which prop up his war effort.

His soldiers directly suffered from sceptical Republicans delaying a $60bn military aid package earlier this year. Significant Ukrainian territory was lost then, and it continues to be eroded by Russian forces today.

Nevertheless, the now outgoing US president signed off on countless air defence systems, missile launchers, armoured vehicles, weapons, radars, artillery rounds and ammunition for Kyiv.

It’s why some Ukrainians have been voicing their gratitude for President Biden online - but the discussion will soon switch to “what now?”

Government officials have already been having discussions with Donald Trump’s team. They will no doubt be wanting to establish who, now, to call on the Democrat side.

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Here is some of the latest reaction from world leaders to Joe Biden's decision:

• Ahead of his visit to the US on Tuesday, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he will thank Biden for all he has done for Israel
• German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock says Biden's decision shows "he's willing to put his country's interests above his own"

• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his gratitude for Biden's "unwavering support for Ukraine's fight for freedom"
• Irish Taoiseach Simon Harris thanked Biden for his "global leadership and friendship"
• Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says he respects Biden's decision to drop out and stressed the two countries' alliance

Sofia Ferreira Santos
BBC News

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Earlier, we wrote a post on the rebranding of the official social media account for the Biden-Harris campaign on X, external from @BidenHQ to @KamalaHQ.

Some of you may have spotted the new lime green banner on the account, with "Kamala HQ" written in lowercase.

This seems to be a reference to British singer Charli XCX's new album "brat", which has the same bright green colour and lowercase font on its cover.

The album, which came out last month, has been popular with young people on social media - spawning a number of memes and a "brat" aesthetic.

Just a few hours after Biden's announcement, Charli XCX apparently nodded back to the VP, writing: , external"kamala IS brat".

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After his initial statement announcing his decision to not stand in November, Joe Biden posted a follow-up message, external, endorsing Kamala Harris.

"My very first decision as the party nominee in 2020 was to pick Kamala Harris as my vice-president," he wrote.

"And it’s been the best decision I’ve made. Today I want to offer my full support and endorsement for Kamala to be the nominee of our party this year.

"Democrats — it’s time to come together and beat Trump. Let’s do this."

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• Democratic Party heavyweights have coalesced around Vice-President Kamala Harris after Joe Biden said he won't stand in November's election

• Biden said his decision was "in the best interest of my party and the country"
• Governor of California Gavin Newsom - touted as a possible nominee - said "no one is better to prosecute the case against Donald Trump's dark vision" than Harris

• Donors are also backing the vice-president - ActBlue, which funnels public donations to Democratic candidates, says grassroots supporters have raised $46.7m since Harris' campaign launch

• The Republican nominee, Donald Trump, says Biden should now quit as president - "saying if he can't run for office, he can't run our country"