‘America is ready for a better story’: Barack Obama lauds Kamala Harris in rousing speech_lus
Ex-president praised Harris as ‘champion’ of people and took a dig at Trump’s ‘weird obsession with crowd sizes’ Amid chants of “Yes, she can!”, Barack Obama returned to the scene of past triumphs on Tuesday to pass the mantle of political history…
Trump calls his supporters ‘basement dwellers’, says former press secretary_lus
Stephanie Grisham excoriates ex-president at Democratic convention and says ‘he has no empathy, no morals’ Stephanie Grisham, Donald Trump’s former press secretary, excoriated the Republican presidential nominee at the Democratic national convention on Tuesday, saying: “He has no empathy, no morals, and…
Biden urges voters to elect Harris in order to ‘preserve democracy’ in hopeful speech_l
US president delivers reflective and optimistic address on first night of the Democratic national convention Just one month after making the historic choice to withdraw from the presidential race, Joe Biden took the stage at the Democratic national convention on Monday to deliver a…
‘We can’t just vote’: in Chicago, protesters rally for Gaza and abortion rights as DNC set to begin_l
As Kamala Harris prepares to be formally nominated, organisers are expecting widespread protests at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago As thousands of Democratic delegates, party officials and elected leaders descend on Chicago for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) a smaller, strident…
‘Resurrected’ Democrats look toward 2024 convention with renewed hope_l
Kamala Harris’s ascent in the race for the White House has imbued the party with joy and galvanized Ranking Tens of thousands of Democrats are expected to descend on Chicago this week for their party’s convention, bubbling with a feeling…
‘The world is watching’: 1968 protests set stage for Democratic convention
National guard soldiers face off with demonstrators at Grant Park in Chicago on 26 August 1968. Photograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images On Monday Democrats return to Chicago to prepare to anoint Kamala Harris as their candidate – amid striking…