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LOADING ERROR LOADING In 2016, the Democratic Party became the country’s first major political party to formally call for abolishing the death penalty. The party’s platform that year, released in the aftermath of a high-profile botched execution, called the punishment “cruel and unusual,” “arbitrary and unjust,” expensive to taxpayers and ineffective in deterring crime. During Continue reading

“Historic,” the word most often used to describe Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential candidacy, is just shorthand for the fact that in nearly 250 years of this country’s existence, no one who looks like her has ever been at the top of a major party’s ticket. Racism and sexism are rigorous gatekeepers of America’s halls Continue reading

Pop singer Pink and country trio The Chicks are expected to perform on the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, two sources familiar with the planning told NBC News. Pink, whose legal name is Alecia Beth Moore, supported Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential campaign and criticized then-President George W. Bush’s policies Continue reading

In what is likely to be one of many election-related disputes to come before the court ahead of the November election, the justices allowed for one of three provisions of the state law to be enforced. More than 40,000 people have registered to vote in federal elections in Arizona without providing proof of citizenship, although Continue reading

Earthquake shakes Hawaii’s Big Island as storms loom in the Pacific Officials said there were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami was expected. A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Big Island of Hawaii on Thursday as officials tracked two rapidly developing storms in the Pacific. The temblor was reported nine miles south of Continue reading

CHICAGO — This is a very different Democratic National Convention than the one delegates had anticipated just a few weeks ago when President Joe Biden was at the top of the ticket. But the change in their party’s nominee to Vice President Kamala Harris — and the historic nature of her run — has generated Continue reading

Bill Clinton jokes in DNC speech that he’s ‘still younger’ than Trump. On the third day of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago Wednesday, former President Bill Clinton took the stage. During his speech, Clinton’s main talking points included touting that 50 million jobs had been created under Democrats since the end of the Continue reading

NEW YORK — New York state lawyers urged an appeals court late Wednesday to uphold Donald Trump’s nearly $500 million civil fraud judgment, arguing there’s “overwhelming evidence” to support a judge’s finding that the former president lied for years about his wealth as he built his real estate empire. In paperwork filed ahead of oral Continue reading

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, but remains at healthy levels Jobless claims rose by 4,000 to 232,000 for the week of Aug. 17, the Labor Department reported Thursday Slightly more Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week, but the number of claims remains at healthy levels. Jobless claims Continue reading

My wife Diana and I met Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff in the summer of 2015, when Harris and I were both preparing to run for Senate. And by preparing to run, I mean traveling the country fundraising, because the amount of money it takes to run for the U.S. Senate requires you to spend Continue reading