Politics

CHICAGO – As political leaders have been campaigning for the Democratic Party and its nominees throughout the week, a contingent of Hollywood stars are making the case for the importance of funding the arts and the efficacy of the arts at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. They’re here with …

CHICAGO — In one of the most moving moments of the Democratic National Convention, on Wednesday night, the parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a 23-year-old American who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, took the stage at the United Center and spoke of the anguish they’ve experienced over the 320 …

Oprah Winfrey called upon independent and undecided voters to support Vice President Kamala Harris on this year’s presidential ballot during a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday evening. The media mogul opened her speech by emphasizing: “America is an ongoing project. It requires commitment. It requires being …

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz took the stage at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, where he officially accepted the vice presidential nomination in front of a raucous audience in Chicago’s United Center. “It is the honor of my life to accept your nomination as vice president of the United States,” …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s extremely colorful run for office has come to an end, but it will not be forgotten. Since his campaign began last April, the anti-vaxxer told us about his brain worm, his uncertainty around 9/11, and the time that he left a dead bear cub in Central …

Former President Donald Trump once said he would date his daughter, but that isn’t stopping conservatives from criticizing Democratic politicians for having what appear to be pretty normal, loving relationships with their families. On Monday and Tuesday, conservatives took issue with a video clip from Monday’s Democratic National Convention of …

Days after Donald Trump shared AI-generated images of Taylor Swift and her fans supporting him, the former president is claiming he doesn’t know “anything about” the images. When Fox Business asked him whether he was worried that Swift would sue him, Trump responded: “I don’t know anything about them other …

Ruwa Romman, who is a Palestinian American and the first Muslim woman to serve in the Georgia House of Representatives, had hoped to give a speech on Palestine at the Democratic National Convention. “I was incredibly honored to be considered,” she told Rolling Stone on Thursday. But on Wednesday night, …

Rumors have been swirling for the last several days that Beyoncé will stop by the Democratic National Convention — but no one seems to know if it will actually happen. Hours before Vice President Kamala Harris is set to accept the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night, Rolling Stone has learned …

Twenty years after Illinois Senator Barack Obama delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention — and launched his political career onto a trajectory that would lead him to the White House — the 44th president addressed the convention in support of Vice President Kamala Harris. Obama began …