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PHILADELPHIA — At an LGBT delegate luncheon Wednesday, Chelsea Clinton lit into the Republicans, calling the rhetoric out of their convention in Cleveland “divisive, degrading, demeaning.” “I thought about what I found most offensive last week — it’s hard to pick just one part,” the soft-spoken Clinton said, stepping into the convention spotlight in a

Screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, who is known for the 2008 Harvey Milk biopic Milk, said he first visited Philadelphia as a “closeted student,” and while there came to the realization that the U.S. Constitution probably wasn’t written for people like him. Decades later, the Academy Award winner returned to the city of brotherly love and

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration’s top official overseeing how intelligence agencies handle whistleblower retaliation claims has lodged his own complaint, alleging he was punished for disclosing “public corruption.” Daniel Meyer, who previously oversaw the Defense Department’s decisions on whistleblowing cases, also says he was targeted for being gay, according to records obtained by McClatchy. Meyer

The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation issued a response Wednesday to a federal judge’s decision to release the would-be assassin of the nation’s 40th president from a mental institution after a stay that spanned three decades. “John Hinckley is responsible for the shooting of President Reagan and three other brave men. One died two years ago

CHICAGO — President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have selected historic Jackson Park, just east of the University of Chicago, as the site for the Obama Presidential Center, a source confirmed Wednesday. A formal announcement is expected next week. Martin Nesbitt, chairman of the Obama Foundation, declined to confirm or deny that the

WASHINGTON , July 26, 2016 – Federal Judge Paul L. Friedman has ruled that John Hinckley Jr. could be released from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. Hinckley Jr., has been held at the hospital since his failed attempt to kill President Ronald Reagan in 1981. At the time of his trial he was found

Americans seem doggedly focused lately on things that matter. Black lives matter. Blue lives matter. All lives matter. After watching last week’s GOP convention in Cleveland and the first two days of this week’s Democratic convention in Philadelphia, after hearing crowds break into chants about black and blue and all lives mattering, after listening to

Did you hear Michelle Obama’s speech? If you didn’t, you should. If you did, you should probably hear it again. No matter your politics, the first lady’s speech on Monday night, on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, was essential listening for US voters. Obama did more than rally the crowd