Polling pundit Nate Silver on Friday argued that President Joe Biden did Vice President Kamala Harris “no favors” after he dropped out of the 2024 race in July. Silver — founder of the polling analysis website FiveThirtyEight — wrote on his Silver Bulletin blog that Biden gave the vice president “tough assignments” on the border and voting rights while blowing up the debate calendar,

Biden resumed the tradition four years after Trump refused to invite him for the rite that symbolizes the peaceful transfer of power.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and President Joe Biden, longtime political rivals, discussed Ukraine and the Middle East on Wednesday in a cordial meeting designed to demonstrate a smooth transfer of power despite deep disagreements over policy.