Biden, 81, will address the nation on his decision to end his 2024 bid as polls show Kamala Harris and Trump locked in a tight race

The vice president has taken a national lead over her Republican rival after securing enough delegates to be named the Democratic nominee at the party’s convention in Chicago next month.

The Reuters/Ipsos poll shows Harris leading Trump by 2 percent in a head-to-head general election matchup as she enters the campaign trail in place of Biden, an ailing 81-year-old.

This follows a series of other polls conducted after Biden ended his campaign.

Trump was narrowly leading Harris in polls when speculation began that Biden would not be on the ticket.

New York Attorney General Letitia James says getting Kamala Harris elected president is her “singular goal,” despite having many cases on her plate.

Trump, who was also banned from doing business in New York for three years, is appealing the verdict because the fine accrues interest and James will seek to seize his assets if he fails to pay.

Vice President Harris is the presumptive Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race against Trump on Sunday.

James quickly endorsed Harris and continued his support when he appeared on MSNBC on Tuesday night.

Democratic presidential candidate in waiting Kamala Harris It is celebrated in his ancestral home in the southeast. India with prayers.

Harris’ grandfather hails from Painganadu-Thulasendrapuram village in Tamil Nadu province. On Monday, residents of the area held a special prayer service at the Dharma Sastha temple.

These services will continue until November 5. choice “We are very happy that PV Gopalan’s granddaughter Kamala Harris is likely to be the US presidential candidate,” said a local resident. he told The Deccan Herald.

‘We organized special poojas to pray that she can get the nomination and ultimately triumph against Donald Trumpthey added. A pooja is a Hindu worship ritual.

None of his relatives remain in the area, the temple priest said. The Hindu, confirming that the last of his family left “several decades ago.”

Members of Congress are expected to demand answers from FBI Director Chris Wray about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

This comes days after former Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle was forced to resign after evading rounds of questioning by turning to the FBI at another congressional hearing earlier this week.

Now it’s Wray’s turn, and it’s unlikely to go smoothly.

The Judiciary Committee hearing is expected to focus on both the shooting at the Butler, Pennsylvania, protest and the “continued politicization” of the FBI.

The 81-year-old has not shown his face since his shock announcement that he was quitting the race on Sunday and sparked wild conspiracy theories with his absence.

He last appeared last Wednesday, when he slowly walked off Air Force One in Dover to self-isolate after being diagnosed with COVID. His voice was heard only on a call to his former campaign office on Monday.

On Tuesday, he stepped out of his SUV wearing a mask, turned to reporters and said he was “fine,” then slowly made his way to the steps of Air Force One for the trip back to Washington, D.C., for the first time since ending his 2024 bid.

“Watch and listen. Why don’t you wait and listen to what I say?” he said when asked what his message would be during his speech on Wednesday night.

But when asked why he had dropped out of the presidential race, Biden just laughed and walked away. He put on his aviator sunglasses and climbed into the Beast.

By Emily Goodin, Senior White House Correspondent

Air Force One was flying so fast I was shaking in my seat.

Now we join him in a mad dash back from Las Vegas to the Bidens’ getaway to Rehoboth Beach in Delaware.

Moments after I buckled up, the massive engines of the presidential Boeing 747 roared to life.

Flight attendants in their personalized blue uniforms stumbled through the aisles as the nose of the plane pointed skyward.

Tables with trays shook and journalists raised their glasses of water to prevent spillage.

But the most worrying thing was that we had no idea what was going on.

For security reasons, there is no Wi-Fi on Air Force One, so we were cut off from the outside world.