Latest Democratic National Convention News

A Democratic Party in crisis will elect its new chairman on Saturday

Jan. 29, 2025 07:14 AM EST

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

Jan. 21, 2025 17:38 PM EST

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

Jan. 15, 2025 14:27 PM EST

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

Jan. 02, 2025 19:13 PM EST

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

Dec. 24, 2024 12:17 PM EST

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

Dec. 23, 2024 19:05 PM EST

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,...