Politics

CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris — the daughter of immigrants, raised in the Oakland flatlands — accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday night at the United Center. For the bleeding-heart, coconut-pilled liberals thrilled by Harris’ shock ascension to the top of the ticket one month ago, the …

“I believe in America” is the first line you hear in The Godfather. A troubled funeral home proprietor by the name of Amerigo Bonasera has come to see Don Corleone to seek revenge for his daughter, wronged by two young Anglo-Saxon men. The movie at its core is an immigrant’s …

Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts delivered a powerful endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris during her speech on the final day of the Democratic National Convention. She appeared emotional when taking the stage on Thursday, as the crowd at the United Center welcomed her with an uproarious applause. The senator …

After a star-studded and extremely enthusiastic four days of action in Chicago’s United Center, the Democratic National Convention ended on Thursday with an exclamation point on one of the most chaotic presidential nominating contests in generations. Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the party’s 2024 nomination for president to applause that …

Donald Trump lasted about two minutes into Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination acceptance speech before launching into a full-blown public unraveling. Moments after Harris took the stage Thursday at the Democratic National Convention, it became clear that the former president — and her 2024 opponent — was glued to the …

The internet let out a collective sob when Beyoncé’s publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, shut down rumors that the 32-time Grammy winner would be performing at the Democratic National Convention. “At home watching and anticipating the VP’s historic speech,” wrote Noel-Schure prior to Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Nominee, taking the …

The Democratic National Convention wrapped up Thursday night with Kamala Harris accepting the party’s nomination for president. It was a rousing end to a four-day party in Chicago’s United Center, one that was jam-packed with big-name speakers, bumping musical performances, and unbridled enthusiasm over Harris’ campaign, which is somehow only …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has suspended his 2024 presidential campaign, and according to a court filing in Pennsylvania on Friday will throw his weight behind former President Donald Trump. Multiple news outlets reported on Wednesday that independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. was planning to drop out of the race …

One of the odder features of American journalism is that the columnists who hold themselves out as “fact checkers” and review claims made by politicians — calling balls, strikes, and “pinocchios” — are unusually terrible at it. Fact checkers offered up several botched reviews of content from the Democratic National …

The numbers are in, and the viewership of the Democratic National Convention blew last month’s Republican National Convention out of the water. Early numbers by Nielsen Fast Nationals indicate that the final night of the DNC garnered 26.20 million viewers across 15 networks, compared to night four of the 2024 …