Topic: Frank Biden

CBS News anchor Nora O'Donnell and correspondent Nancy Cordes report on the "seismic" Sunday when Joe Biden announced his withdrawal from the 2024 race via a letter at 1:46 PM ET. The report details Biden's inner circle at Rehoboth Beach, including Annie Tomasini and Mike Donilon. A conflict is noted between the President's brother, Frank Biden, who cited health as a factor, and White House sources who dismissed Frank's comments.

President Joe Biden told a story about presenting his Uncle Frank with a Purple Heart for his service in the Battle of the Bulge after becoming Vice President. Fact-checkers noted discrepancies in the timeline, as Biden's father died in 2002 and Uncle Frank died in 1999, years before Biden took office as Vice President in 2009.

The show concludes with a montage of Joe Biden's recent verbal gaffes and a summary of the evidence against Brooklyn subway shooting suspect Frank James. Authorities found 33 shell casings from a Glock 17 at the scene, along with a credit card and U-Haul keys that led to the suspect's arrest after he reportedly called a tip line on himself.

On the "Useful Idiots" podcast, Matt Taibbi and Thomas Frank analyzed President Biden's inaugural speech, describing it as "anodyne" and filled with cliches. They noted that the speech echoed Jimmy Carter's rhetoric and heavily utilized themes from historian John Meacham, such as "The Better Angels." Frank criticized the media's fawning over the speech despite its lack of memorable substance.