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Kamala Harris' election would defy history. Just 1 sitting VP has been elected president since 1836

Aug. 28, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — As Vice President Kamala Harris begins her fall campaign for the White House, she can look to history and hope for better luck than others in her position who have tried the same. Since 1836, only one sitting vice president, George H.W. Bush in 1988, has been...

Bill Clinton's post-presidential journey: a story told in convention speeches

Aug. 21, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — In Bill Clinton's prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1988, the young governor of Arkansas bored delegates so thoroughly that they cheered when he said, “in closing...” Many years later, as a former president whose legacy had made a comeback,...

Today in History: August 17, Clinton admits to Lewinsky affair

Aug. 17, 2024 00:02 AM EDT

Today is Saturday, Aug. 17, the 230th day of 2024. There are 136 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 17, 1998, President Bill Clinton gave grand jury testimony via closed-circuit television from the White House concerning his relationship with Monica Lewinsky; he...

Democratic convention planners are working to pull off a dramatic Biden-Harris role reversal

Jul. 25, 2024 00:14 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — After nearly a near year of careful planning, organizers of the Democratic National Convention are in a mad dash to accommodate a new nominee, a re-crafted program and a highly compressed deadline to pull everything off as though this was the plan all along. With...