Biden Heads to Chicago for a Hero’s Goodbye (2024)

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Teamsters President Sean O’Brien says he has been ghosted by Democrats after his request to speak this week at their convention, Axios reports. The Teamsters boss became the first-ever union…

President Biden, the headline speaker at the Democratic National Convention tonight, will officially pass the torch to Vice President Kamala Harris. Jill Biden and Hillary Clinton are also scheduled to…

Tom Nichols: “One of the great myths of American politics is that detailed policy positions are crucial to winning elections. Yes, policy matters in broad strokes: Candidates take general positions…

“The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the civil rights leader and 1988 Democratic presidential candidate, received a standing ovation when he was wheeled on stage, right after a video on the civil…

“U.S. intelligence officials said Monday that Iran is responsible for the hack of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign,” the AP reports. “It was the first U.S. government attribution of responsibility for…

“Democrats attacking Donald Trump and his running mate J.D. Vance as ‘weird’ is still getting under the former president’s skin,” Rolling Stone reports. Said Trump, at an event in Pennsylvania:…

Donald Trump lashed out at Vice President Kamala Harris, criticizing her father, falsely stating that she was recruiting undocumented immigrants to vote and claiming Democrats overthrew President Biden as part…

“Donald Trump on Monday said he would offer Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk a Cabinet position or an advisory role in his administration if he wins a second term…

Donald Trump told CBS News that he would release his medical records. Trump said he just had a medical exam and received a “perfect score,” and two cognitive tests, which…

“No one’s quite sure what exactly Corey Lewandowski is supposed to do on Donald Trump’s presidential campaign,” The Bulwark reports. “Not Lewandowski. Not the campaign.” “Even Trump, who, all of…

Washington Post: “Mayoral candidate Victor Miller, a bespectacled librarian with an AI obsession, stood between an American flag and a Wyoming flag, preaching what he sees as the untapped potential…

Former Rep. George Santos (R-NY), “whose penchant for lying led to one of the oddest sideshows in modern U.S. politics, pleaded guilty on Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity…

New York Times: “The chaos of 1968 remains vivid. Here are recollections of what happened, as told by the activists, journalists, police officers and other observers who lived it.”Save to…

“Vice President Kamala Harris is calling for raising the corporate tax rate to 28%, her first major proposal to raise revenues and finance expensive plans she wants to pursue as…

Kamala Harris has increased her lead over Donald Trump in the Morning Consult tracking poll to 48% to 44% among registered voters.Save to Favorites

“Challengers seeking to throw Robert F. Kennedy Jr. off Georgia’s November ballot told a judge on Monday that the independent presidential candidate must be disqualified because the New York address…

Wall Street Journal: “Democratic donors have gone wild for Harris’s whirlwind bid for the presidency despite her tepid polling for years, invigorated by what they think is an Obama-esque opportunity…

“Heading into the Democratic National Convention, new data suggests that the Trump campaign’s initial attempts to frame the conversation about Vice President Kamala Harris have so far gained relatively little…

Rachel Maddow: “Imagine an election night this November in which the two parties are trading swing-state victories. The Democrats capture Nevada, while the Republicans take Arizona. The Republicans win the…