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Election 2024 updates: Beshear says Vance 'ain't from Appalachia' at Harris event

Former President Barack Obama has also endorsed Vice President Harris.

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Last Updated: July 28, 2024, 2:16 PM EDT

Vice President Kamala Harris wrapped up what has been a whirlwind week in the presidential race with her campaign saying Sunday it has raised more than $200 million in less than a week.

On Thursday night, Harris met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and took the lead in addressing the public about their discussions.

Harris has secured commitments from enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee if they all honor their commitment when voting, according to ABC News reporting.

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Jul 21, 2024, 5:30 PM EDT

DNC changes its joint fundraising committees to Harris

The Democratic National Committee has filed an amendment to revise its joint fundraising committees, now named Harris Victory Fund and Harris Action Fund.

These committees, previously named Biden Victory Fund and Biden Action Fund, simply went through name changes and inherited the previous Biden-DNC joint fundraising committees' cash on hand.

Harris Victory Fund had $40 million in cash on hand entering July and Harris Action Fund had $23 million in cash on hand.

-ABC News' Soorin Kim

Jul 21, 2024, 5:27 PM EDT

Harris makes calls after announcing she will seek the nomination

Over the last few hours since announcing she would seek the nomination for president, Vice President Kamala Harris has been making calls, a source told ABC News.

Harris has spoken with a range of Democratic officials, including congressional Democrats, governors, party officials and civil rights leaders, the source said.

-ABC News' Molly Nagle

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks on the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization at the Grady Cole Center in Charlotte, NC, June 24, 2023.
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Jul 21, 2024, 5:22 PM EDT

'Thank you, Mr. President. I love you, Dad,' Hunter Biden says

President Joe Biden talks with his son Hunter Biden upon arrival at Delaware Air National Guard Base in New Castle, Delaware, June 11, 2024.
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President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is reacting to his father's decision to drop out of the race saying he has looked at his father "in awe" for his entire life.

"How could he suffer so much heartache and yet give so much of whatever remained of his heart to others?" Hunter Biden said in a statement Sunday.

"Over a life time I have witnessed him absorb the pain of countless everyday Americans who he’s given his personal phone number to, because he wanted them to call him when they were hurting. When their last hopes were slipping through their hands," he said.

Hunter Biden said his father's unconditional love has been his North Star as a president and parent

"He is unique in public life today, in that there is no distance between Joe Biden the man and Joe Biden the public servant of the last 54 years," Hunter Biden said.

"I’m so lucky every night I get to tell him I love him, and to thank him. I ask all Americans to join me tonight in doing the same. Thank you, Mr. President. I love you, Dad," he wrote.

The son of President Joe Biden releases a statement reacting to his father’s political decision.
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Hunter Biden reacts to father dropping out of 2024 presidential race

The son of President Joe Biden releases a statement reacting to his father’s political decision.
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Jul 21, 2024, 5:15 PM EDT

Celebrities react to Biden dropping out of race

Celebrities from across the entertainment spectrum, including Cher and Jon Stewart are weighing in on President Joe Biden's decision to drop out of the 2024 race for president applauding Biden's decision.

Talk show host and comedian Stewart reacted to the news with a one-word post on X shortly after President Biden’s announcement.

"Legend," wrote Stewart, seemingly reacting to Biden’s decision to leave the race, as well as his decades of public service.

Cher also commented on Biden's decision.

"Hadn’t Seen TV/Talked 2 Anyone,So Didn’t Know It Had Happened,” wrote Cher, who had urged Biden to “pass the baton“ on X moments earlier. “I Believe Its Only Chance 4:us: 2 Remain DEMOCRACY. DEM PARTY MUST ‘REALLY,’ ‘REALLY’ THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. ‘WINNING IS ALL’,DONT WIN CANT CHANGE ANYTHING & THE TIMES THEY MUST BE A CHANGIN,” she wrote.