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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump repeatedly attacked his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, drawing cries of “Lock her up!” from the audience at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention in Charlotte. The crowd’s reaction was a sharp contrast to Monday when Clinton faced the same group, receiving a polite but noticeably […]

The lead plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage across the United States said Tuesday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is no friend of LGBTQ citizens despite his recent overtures to that community. James Obergefell, a real estate agent turned activist, dismissed Mr. Trump’s vow last week at the Republican National

PHILADELPHIA — Michelle Obama made the case for Hillary Clinton on Monday night by drawing on the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s own struggles eight years ago — and delivering what appeared to double as a message to those in the party reluctant to accept Clinton’s candidacy. When Clinton didn’t win the nomination in 2008, “She

Donald Trump is leading Hillary Clinton in several new national polls published Monday, in the wake of the Republican National Convention. In a two-way matchup with Clinton, who is the Democratic presumptive nominee, the New York billionaire leads by three points, 48 percent to 45 percent, according to a CNN/ORC International poll. And Trump leads

PHILADELPHIA — Luminaries of the political left, led by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, tried Monday with mixed success to rally Democrats behind Hillary Clinton after a long and bitter primary fight that spilled into a raucous opening day of the party’s national convention. Leaked emails revealing a pro-Clinton tilt at the Democratic National Committee

PHILADELPHIA — Selling Barack Obama was easy. Tuesday, Bill Clinton faces a more difficult challenge: selling Hillary Clinton as a future president Former President Clinton will headline the second night of the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday facing a nation with lingering doubts about Hillary Clinton’s trustworthiness. He speaks as those doubts about her have

The New York Times is having a bit of a problem with Hillary Clinton. The Times is generally considered a bastion of American “progressivism,” which is what the left calls itself since “liberal” became a dirty word in the U.S. And the list of policy plans proposed by the Democratic party as it gathers in

WASHINGTON – Bernie Sanders celebrated the health care concessions he won from Hillary Clinton Monday night as he gave a rousing endorsement to his former presidential rival. In a Democratic convention speech that revisited the agenda of his surprisingly competitive campaign for the nomination, Sanders reminded the audience that while he may have lost the

PHILADELPHIA — So what did Bernie Sanders make of all the booing on his behalf Monday night? Give his supporters time, Sanders told reporters at a Bloomberg Politics breakfast Tuesday. Most have never been involved in politics before. They are still working their way through the stages of grief. “We have beautiful supporters, passionate supporters,”

PHILADELPHIA — If nothing else, the opening day of the Democratic National Convention showed that family feuds are not solely the province of the Republican Party. Party stalwarts arrived onstage only to be treated dismissively — loudly so — by many of the delegates. That followed a second day of protests by supporters of Sen.