Latest Democratic National Convention News
A Democratic Party in crisis will elect its new chairman on Saturday
NEW YORK (AP) — The Democratic National Committee will elect a new chair on Saturday as the party seeks new leadership to guide Democrats through Donald Trump's second presidency. Eight candidates have lined up to replace outgoing Chair Jaime Harrison. The contest will be decided...
Democrats struggle to pick their message against Trump's shock-and-awe campaign
NEW YORK (AP) — Democrats knew this was coming. President Donald Trump promised a shock-and-awe campaign to deliver major policy victories immediately after he took office. Much of it was outlined in the Project 2025 document that Democrats predicted he would adopt. ...
Faiz Shakir, Bernie Sanders' former campaign chief, enters DNC race
NEW YORK (AP) — Faiz Shakir, a progressive strategist who led Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' last presidential campaign, launched an eleventh-hour bid for Democratic National Committee chair on Wednesday, warning that his party is ignoring the painful lessons of Donald Trump’s political success...
FBI releases new video of a suspect planting a pipe bomb near DNC offices on eve of the Capitol riot
WASHINGTON (AP) — A harrowing chapter in American history remains shrouded in mystery: Who planted pipe bombs outside offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees in Washington on the eve of the attack on the Capitol? Hoping to generate new tips from the public, the...
Bill Clinton is out of the hospital after being treated for the flu
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton was discharged from a Washington hospital on Tuesday and will be home for Christmas after he was admitted the day before with a fever. Clinton is being treated for the flu, Angel Urena, Clinton's deputy chief of staff, said in a...
Bill Clinton is hospitalized with a fever but in good spirits, spokesperson says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton was admitted Monday to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington after developing a fever. The 78-year-old was hospitalized in the “afternoon for testing and observation," Angel Urena, Clinton's deputy chief of staff,...
Democratic governors hammered Trump before the election. Now they're hoping to work with him
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — They warned about him. Now they'll have to work with him. A handful of prominent Democratic governors are quickly adjusting their approach to President-elect Donald Trump before he takes office, hoping to avoid antagonizing him to ensure they'll have a working...
Biden, Harris thank major Democratic donors and urge them to stay engaged after tough loss to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday thanked deep-pocketed Democratic donors who raised record sums in last month's election loss to President-elect Donald Trump and urged them not to lose hope and to remain politically engaged. Biden and...
