Former White House staffer Barbara Heineback says Vice-President Kamala Harris “cannot master the job” of US president “under any circumstances”. Joe Biden has ended his re-election campaign and endorsed Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate. “I think the more people hear her with her salad speech and her garbled language, the sooner they’re going to realise and understand that she really cannot master the job under any circumstances,” Ms Heineback told Sky News host Chris Kenny.

Sky News host Chris Kenny discusses US President Joe Biden’s announcement on how he will not run for presidency again. “The free world is literally rudderless as we speak,” Mr Kenny said. “The US President Joe Biden finally announces he can’t run for a second term, but he will serve out this term, that is another six months.”

Regional Development Minister Kristy McBain says Biden was a “great friend” to Australia. Joe Biden has ended his re-election campaign and endorsed Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate. “President Biden has been a great friend to Australia,” Ms McBain told Sky News Australia. “Without him we wouldn’t have seen the AUKUS deal go ahead.”

Regional Development Minister Kristy McBain says the Coalition still has “explaining to do” regarding nuclear power. This comes amid Peter Dutton and the Coalition continuing with their nuclear pitch. “I think Peter Dutton and Ted O’Brien still have a lot of explaining to do,” Ms McBain told Sky News Australia. “They don’t own any of those seven sites. “They’ve got no plan of how they’re going to own them, how they’re going to operate the plants, of how they’re going to get over state jurisdictions not having the legislative power to even have nuclear in them.”

Regional Development Minister Kristy McBain says the “prospect” of a female US president in Kamala Harris is important for women “around the world”. Joe Biden has ended his re-election campaign and endorsed Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate. “Any woman around the world likes to know there are places they can go to be elected, that there are people they can look up to,” Ms McBain told Sky News Australia. “We saw in Australia when Julia Gillard was the first female prime minister, that it spurred a whole bunch of women. “It is really important we have both men and women putting themselves forward for election, even more so when its the prospect of a first female leader in the United States.”

Former NSW Liberal leader Kerry Chikarovski discusses the withdrawal of US President Joe Biden as the Democratic candidate. “I suppose it was almost inevitable. The reality was that President Biden was not going to be up to the task of running either an election campaign or, more importantly, four years as president of the United States,” Ms Chikarovski told Sky News Australia. “The really interesting thing is now we maybe have a few contenders ... Kamala Harris is obviously the front runner, but it will be interesting to see whether there is any challenge to her.”

Sky News host Rita Panahi has slammed Vice President Kamala Harris for her incompetence after it was revealed she is the top pick for the presidential nomination.

Republicans have called for US President Joe Biden to resign from the White House after dropping out of the presidential election. The 81-year-old announced he was not seeking re-election on Sunday but was fit to continue as president until November. Republican Vice President nominee JD Vance posted to X following the breaking news. “If Joe Biden ends his re-election campaign, how can he justify remaining President?” “Not running for re-election would be a clear admission that President Trump was right all along about Biden not being mentally fit enough to serve as Commander-in-Chief. There is no middle ground,” he wrote. Biden’s decision comes after weeks of immense pressure by Democrats to step aside after his disastrous presidential debate performance. Following the 46th president’s announcement, he endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for the November election. Harris accepted the endorsement by Biden, promising to “fight” and “together, we will win”.

Progressive Policy Institute Founder and President Will Marshall says the Democratic Party “desperately needs” a generational shift. “We got to pass the torch as everybody’s saying these days,” he told Sky News Australia. “We have a lot of really great governors.” US President Joe Biden has ended his re-election campaign and endorsed Kamala Harris.

Progressive Policy Institute founder and president Will Marshall predicts US President Joe Biden’s popularity will “shoot up” after he quit the presidential race. “I think you’re going to see his popularity shoot up over the next couple of days because he’s acted patriotically to try to enhance the prospects,” he told Sky News Australia. President Biden pulled out of the presidential race on Monday after weeks of pressure and has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democrat nominee.

Progressive Policy Institute Founder and President Will Marshall says Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump “would not like” the Democrats “stealing the spotlight” from him. Mr Marshall’s remarks come after US President Joe Biden’s shock withdrawal from the presidential race made headlines on Monday following weeks of pressure and speculation. President Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democrat nominee.

Former Kanas Democratic senator Donald Betts discusses US President Joe Biden stepping aside from his run for re-election and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic candidate. “He’s (Joe Biden) heard the cries from the Democratic Party, he has succumbed to the pressure, and I think he has done it in a strategic way, just after the Republican convention,” Mr Betts told Sky News Australia. “I think the fight is on as Trump says, fight, fight, fight the Democrats are going to fight, fight, fight along with the Republican Party.”

The Australian’s chief international correspondent Cameron Stewart warns it is a “massive challenge” for anyone the Democrats choose as the presidential nominee to defeat Donald Trump. President Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democrat nominee after he announced he was dropping out of the race. “Whoever is the Democratic candidate just has three months to defeat Donald Trump. He is well organised, he's obviously on a high after his convention and the assassination attempt,” Mr Stewart told Sky News Australia.

US President Joe Biden has withdrawn from the 2024 presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. Though President Biden is not running for president again, he still has to fulfil his duties, the next of which is a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the next few days. Sky News Senior Political Reporter Trudy McIntosh got some reaction from Americans on the ground in Washington.

Barack Obama has made it clear he wants to see an “open contest” for the Democrat nominee position following President Joe Biden’s decision to drop out of the race, according to The Australian’s chief international correspondent Cameron Stewart. President Biden endorsed Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democrat nominee but Mr Obama made no mention of the Vice President in his statement. “There’s a lot of people who want the party just to coalesce around Harris. They think that’s less divisive, they think it’s the only way to go forward without more divisions within the party,” Mr Stewart told Sky News Australia. “But then you have Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi who want an open contest.”

US Vice President Kamala Harris has released a statement in response to US President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race and endorsement. President Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to replace him as the Democrat nominee. “On behalf of the American people, I thank Joe Biden for his extraordinary leadership as President of the United States and for his decades of service to our country,” Ms Harris said in her statement on social media. “I am honored to have the President’s endorsement and my intention is to earn and win this nomination. “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party—and unite our nation—to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda.”

The Australian’s chief international correspondent Cameron Stewart claims Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race was “inevitable” after Democrats coordinated the media leaks to express their doubts about the President. He said Democrats are “running out of time” to select a new nominee after President Biden endorsed Kamala Harris for the job. “It’s no surprise, really, that this has happened but it's just such a momentous moment because it’s utterly upended this campaign,” Mr Stewart told Sky News Australia.

Writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue joins Sky News host Caroline Di Russo to discuss recent reports that Prince Harry cancelled film rights to a potential adaptation of Spare. “I’m sure the palace is breathing a sigh of relief because after the bombshell of Spare which became the fastest no-selling fiction book upon its release,” Ms Krakue said. “I don’t think the royal family want anymore headache of seeing how they can prolong this saga.”

Writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue has weighed in over reports of Meghan Markle baffled by public backlash over her public appearances and business ventures. According to recent reports, the Duchess of Sussex doesn't understand why people don't admire her. Ms Krakue claimed there is a lack of “self-awareness” from both Prince Harry and Meghan and what the public and media appear to think of them.

Sky News contributor Evelyn Rae describes the Secret Service’s response during the Trump rally as a “monumental failure”. There is increasing pressure on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle following the inadequate response during the assassination attempt on Donald Trump “It’s a monumental failure,” Ms Rae said. “There’s only two options here. “The option here is that it was known about, which we don’t have evidence for. “Or a monumental stuff up that never should have happened.”