Laura Coates Live CNN

Tonight, examining the lessons and questions from a wild week in United States politics. With Harris now poised to replace Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket, the race for president is back at the starting blocks and it looks like it could be anyone’s race to win.  
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Harris on Thursday said she’s “ready” to debate Trump, and earlier this week, the former president has said he “absolutely” wants to debate Harris. Fox News has proposed a debate between Trump and Harris on September 17 in Pennsylvania.
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In a poignant speech that marked the beginning of the closing chapter of his presidency and half-century in public service, Biden acknowledged that uniting the party required sacrificing personal ambition for what he sees as a greater good. While Biden did not mention Donald Trump by name, he tried to draw a clear contrast with the former president, whose ambition led him to claim victory in an election he did not win four years ago.
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Vice President Kamala Harris, in the first rally of her 2024 presidential campaign, told supporters in Wisconsin Tuesday that she will spend the coming weeks “continuing to unite our party” ahead of the Democratic National Convention next month and this fall’s showdown with Donald Trump. 
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After potential rivals, lawmakers, governors and influential labor and advocacy groups all lined up behind Vice President Kamala Harris, a wave of endorsements from state delegations Monday evening pushed her over the threshold needed to secure the Democratic nomination.
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More Democrats continue to call on Biden to step down from his presidential campaign. This as Donald Trump accepted his third GOP nomination for president at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night. The former president’s acceptance speech was his first public address since an attempt to assassinate him at a rally in Pennsylvania last week.
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