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Elections 2024
Sudden fame for Tim Walz’s son focuses attention on challenges of people with learning disabilities
“That’s my dad!” 17-year-old Gus Walz could be seen exclaiming Wednesday night. He stood, tears streaming down his face, and pointed to his father, the governor of Minnesota.
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6 takeaways (so far) from the Democratic National Convention
As Democrats wrap their third night in Chicago, the Democratic National Convention continues its message of freedom and readies itself for its final night.
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Kamala Harris invites voters to chart a ‘new way forward’ as she accepts Democratic nomination
In a speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Harris told her personal story and spoke of how she can beat Republican Donald Trump.
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‘Out of many, one’: Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware Dems dominate third night of the DNC
Several area politicians took to the podium to endorse Kamala Harris in her bid for president, joining Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic VP candidate Tim Walz.
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Listen 4:33Walz’s big night, influencers flexing clout, defining freedom. Takeaways from Day 3 of the DNC
The DNC also gave online influencers prominent speaking slots, a sign of their growing clout with younger voters.
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Parents of American held by Hamas appeal for hostages’ release during Democratic convention
Jon Polin and his wife, Rachel Goldberg-Polin, were greeted with an extended ovation and chants of “bring him home” by the thousands of Democratic delegates in Chicago.
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Hundreds of protesters rally at park and train station on Democratic convention’s 3rd night
Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian demonstrations rallied Wednesday evening a half mile apart.
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RFK Jr. to speak Friday amid speculation he’ll drop independent presidential bid and support Trump
Kennedy will give a speech in Phoenix, hours before Trump is scheduled to hold a rally in neighboring Glendale.
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Democrats get a third-party hopeful knocked off Pennsylvania ballot, as Cornel West tries to get on
A Commonwealth Court ruled that the paperwork filed by the Party for Socialism and Liberation for their presidential candidate, Claudia De la Cruz, was fatally flawed.
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Tim Walz and Bill Clinton headline the Democratic National Convention’s third day
Convention organizers dubbed the theme for Wednesday “a fight for our freedoms,” a nod to the concept around which Harris has organized her campaign.
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RFK Jr. showed up late to court in Pa. It could cost him a spot on the ballot
A pair of voters from Dauphin and Philadelphia counties argue Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misrepresented his residency and failed to meet signature requirements.
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Listen 0:59A double dose of Obama firepower and a dance party: Takeaways from Day 2 of the DNC
Neither Barack nor Michelle Obama held back in lacing into Donald Trump. In another address, Doug Emhoff proved he wants America to love his wife as much as he does.
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DNC Night 2: Pa. Dems cast ceremonial votes for Harris, Malcolm Kenyatta speaks
Delegates to the Democratic National Convention cast votes for Vice President Kamala Harris in a ceremonial roll call. State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta spoke about Project 2025.
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Listen 6:36Tim Walz has described his family’s IVF experience. His wife says they used a different procedure
The Democratic nominee for VP has implied that he and his wife used IVF to conceive. They actually used IUI, a different process that has attracted less controversy.
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Pro-Palestinian protesters clash with police near Chicago’s Israeli consulate on second night of DNC
Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters charged a line of police in an intense standoff with hundreds of officers on the second night of the Democratic National Convention.
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