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PHILADELPHIA — After a day that demonstrated weaknesses in both presidential candidates, a series of high-powered surrogates for Hillary Clinton impugned Donald Trump from the Democratic convention stage Wednesday, aiming at the voters she will need for victory in November. President Barack Obama leaned toward a young generation that helped secure his two terms. Vice […]

On April 13, 2016, barely a month after I started observing hijab, I attended an event called “Conversations with Bill.” It was a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton, one of the first I had attended, and I was so excited to hear from the former president. Unfortunately, before the event could even get going I was

PHILADELPHIA – Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, the Democrats’ 2016 vice presidential nominee, said the party is more unified than it was at this point eight years ago and that supporters of Sen. Bernard Sanders understand that GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump is “a threat to everything they care about.” “I actually think where we

It’s crystal clear that Hillary Clinton stands a very good chance at becoming the next president of the United States. But win or lose, now is the time for her to act like the president she hopes to be. She’ll begin, of course, Thursday night as she makes her first and fullest statement yet as

Here is the full transcript of Barack Obama’s speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia: So 12 years ago tonight, I addressed this convention for the very first time. You met my two little girls, Malia and Sasha—now two amazing young women who just fill me with pride. You fell for my brilliant

  PHILADELPHIA (Press Release) The following are former New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s remarks as delivered at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 27, 2016: “Let me thank all of you for welcoming an outsider here to deliver what will be an unconventional convention speech. I am not here as

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Utah State Senator Mark Madsen has announced his switch from the Republican party to the Libertarian party and his endorsement of Gary Johnson for president. Madsen held a press conference at 1:30 Monday afternoon in Salt Lake City, stating, “Today I announce that I am joining the Libertarian party and will

Entering the Wells Fargo arena to “City of Blinding Lights” by U2, President Barack Obama took one of his final primetime bows on Wednesday. The event marked perhaps the last of the soaring speeches that have defined his unlikely rise to the White House, his defiant re-election and his place in history as the first