Inaccurate schedules, missing seats, and snarling lines undermine DNC kickoff (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) CHICAGO — Bungled schedules, not enough seats for delegates, and a 75-minute line that even party donors had to wait in to see the lawmakers they helped propel into office on the convention stage. Those are just a handful of the logistical
Vice presidential nominee said he has ‘a family because of IVF’ (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, already under fire for embellishing his military service, misrepresented the fertility treatments his wife received to have children. Walz repeatedly said on the campaign trail and as Minnesota governor that he and his wife, Gwen,
Former Clinton adviser Mark Penn credited Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’s increased popularity to the “unopposed media,” which has been non-stop “praising her” since she launched her campaign. “She’s had unopposed media praising her, and we’ve seen her numbers move from 38 percent favorable to 47 percent favorable,” Penn, who served as chief strategist on
The food industry slammed Vice President Kamala Harris for blaming high inflation under the Biden-Harris administration on corporate greed and proposing price controls on food and groceries. “We understand why there is this sticker shock and why it’s upsetting,” said Andrew Harig, a vice president at FMI, a trade association representing food retailers and suppliers.
JERUSALEM (Reuters)—Israel retrieved the bodies of six hostages murdered by Hamas, the military said on Tuesday, as negotiations continued in an effort to bring back more than 100 Israeli captives. The return of the six bodies leaves 109 hostages still believed to be held by Hamas, around a third of whom are thought to be
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) touted Vice President Kamala Harris’s support for an Israeli ceasefire in a primetime address to the Democratic National Convention, drawing cheers from the audience at the event’s opening night. Harris “is as committed to our reproductive and civil rights as she is to taking on corporate greed. And she is
CHICAGO—Anti-Israel activists assembled at an official Democratic National Convention panel on Monday and delivered a message to presidential nominee Kamala Harris: heed our demands or lose in November. As they issued those threats, their allies, protesting the Biden-Harris administration’s policy toward Israel, faced off with police as they marched through the streets of Chicago. The