CHICAGO—President Joe Biden stopped to honor Vice President Kamala Harris as he reached the end of his convention speech. “The ancient Greeks taught us that character is destiny,” Biden said, “Selecting Kamala … was the best decision I made my whole career.” He said Harris will be a president that children can look up to.
Democratic candidates expected to showcase platform at the second major party convention of the year. Starting Monday, Democrats will hold their long-anticipated national convention during which they’ll formally nominate their presidential candidate and outline to voters their vision for the future. The Democratic National Convention (DNC) will formally lock in the presidential and vice presidential
As social studies teacher, Walz tells students everyone in China gets free rice (Mario Tama/Getty Images) As a high school teacher in the 1990s, Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota governor Tim Walz appeared to extol life under Chinese communism, telling his students that it is a system in which “everyone shares” and gets free
Leaders of several of the largest labor unions in the country will have speaking slots during primetime at the Democratic National Convention on Monday in Chicago, as the party continues its political overtures to a crucial voting block. According to details first shared with CBS News, at least seven labor union representatives will deliver remarks
Stillwater, Minnesota — Vice President Kamala Harris’ selection of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate is making health care a front-burner issue in the final sprint to the November presidential election. Walz, a 60-year-old former high school teacher and football coach, has a record of supporting left-leaning health care initiatives during his two terms
Democratic Sen. Bob Casey (Pa.) held a stake in a Chinese state oil company that the Pennsylvania treasury department blacklisted over its ties to Iran, according to financial disclosures. In 2014, Casey invested as much as $50,000 in Janus Flexible Bond A, a mutual fund that in turn held $10.8 million in the China National
ROCHESTER, Pa.—Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz gave pep talks to campaign volunteers and a high school football team Sunday, with their bus tour in a corner of Pennsylvania serving as a modest, small-town version of the grand rally she’s expected to have at the Democratic nominating convention in Chicago this