What needs to happen for Harris to become Democrat nominee?published at 14:01 British Summer Time 23 July
Summary
Vice-President Kamala Harris says Donald Trump "wants to take our country backward", speaking at a campaign rally in Milwaukee, in the critical swing state of Wisconsin
Harris says she will spend the coming weeks uniting the Democratic Party “so we are ready to win in November”
She was addressing voters for the first time since she secured enough support to become the Democratic Party's nominee for president
It comes after two senior Democrats - Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer and House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries - "proudly" endorsed Kamala Harris to run for president
President Biden has said he will address the nation tomorrow from the Oval Office following his decision not to seek a second term
In other news, the head of the US Secret Service Kimberly Cheatle says she plans to quit "with heavy heart" following security lapses in the run up to the assassination attempt on Trump
Kamala Harris: From prosecutor to possible president
What needs to happen for Harris to become Democrat nominee?published at 14:01 British Summer Time 23 July
After criticising Biden, Clooney endorses Harrispublished at 13:55 British Summer Time 23 July
Image source, ReutersGeorge Clooney has announced he is backing Kamala Harris for president, in a statement to CNN.
The actor and prominent Democratic fundraiser says "we are excited to do whatever we can" to support Harris in her "historic quest" for the top job. He also lauds President Biden for showing "true leadership".
Earlier this month, Clooney issued a damming call for Biden to the quit the presidential race, saying "the one battle [Biden] cannot win is the fight against time".
Clooney wrote in the New York Times that it was "devastating to say it", but the Joe Biden he had recently met while fundraising was not the Biden of 2010 or of 2020.
He was the man "we witnessed at the debate" – referencing the president's disastrous performance against Donald Trump at the end of June.
Where is Joe Biden?published at 13:50 British Summer Time 23 July
Image source, Getty ImagesSince dropping out for the US presidential race on Sunday - and backing Vice-President Kamala Harris - Joe Biden has not been seen publicly.
He has been isolating with Covid-19 at his Rehoboth beach home in Delaware. The president tested positive for the virus almost a week ago.
His "symptoms have almost resolved completely", according to an update from his doctor, and we're expecting him to return to the White House later on Tuesday.
Republican campaign turns sights on Kamala Harrispublished at 13:43 British Summer Time 23 July
Image source, EPAEven before Joe Biden announced he was withdrawing from the presidential contest, Donald Trump and his vice-presidential pick, JD Vance, were targeting Kamala Harris.
Since the weekend they have stepped up their campaign against her, with Trump labelling her "horrible and incompetent" in social media posts.
And at a campaign rally on Monday night, Vance blamed her for high levels of migrant crossings.
Vance also accused "elite Democrats" of gathering "in a smoke-filled room...to throw Joe Biden overboard".
House Speaker Mike Johnson, like Trump and Vance, has called on Biden to resign as president immediately - saying that if he isn't fit to run, he isn't fit to serve as president until January.
Welcome to the pagepublished at 13:39 British Summer Time 23 July
Barbara Tasch
Live page editorThings have moved rapidly since Joe Biden sent shockwaves through US politics on Sunday, with his withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race.
By Monday evening, his Vice-President Kamala Harris, whom he backed as the Democratic candidate, had received the endorsement of more than the 1,976 delegates needed to win the nomination, according to a survey by the Associated Press.
Republican leaders are gathering today - for the first time since the assassination attempt against Donald Trump - and we're expecting them to use a news conference to attack the Democrats and call for Biden to quit as president immediately.
Harris will also give a speech later today in Milwaukee as she hits the campaign trail - and Biden is expected to return to the White House after his Covid isolation in Delaware.