Democrats will gather in Chicago this week to hype up their presidential ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as they look to make the 2024 Democratic National Convention as memorable as past editions. Ahead of the 2024 iteration, here are four memorable moments from past DNCs. 1968 — Chicago taken […]
Vice President Kamala Harris will use the same aide Hillary Clinton did during her 2016 presidential campaign for her debate prep against former President Donald Trump: Philippe Reines. Harris has been preparing for her Sept. 10 ABC debate against Trump at Howard University, her alma mater. She participated in a mock debate earlier this week. […]
Kimberly Cheatle, the former Secret Service director who resigned in the aftermath of former President Donald Trump’s assassination attempt, will receive significant agency protection due to the controversy around her. The Secret Service will provide a security detail for Cheatle because of fears that someone may retaliate against her because of the agency’s failures during […]
The Supreme Court denied the application of President Joe Biden’s new Title IX sex discrimination and education regulations in states where courts blocked them in a 5-4 decision Friday. Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch joined the three progressives on the court in dissenting. The Biden administration requested the nation’s top court enforce parts of a new […]
The Blue Dog Coalition’s Blue Dog PAC is backing Whitney Fox, the Democratic challenger to Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. The Blue Dogs are a group of moderate-to-centrist Democrats led by Reps. Mary Peltola (D-AK), Marie Glusenkamp Perez (D-WA), and Jared Golden (D-ME). “Whitney Fox is the right person to […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed his second lawsuit against the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and the Justice Department over the EEOC granting protections to transgender people in the workplace. Paxton, a Republican, filed his lawsuit on Thursday, arguing the agency’s guidelines clarifying what constitutes harassment include not allowing an employee to use the bathroom […]
Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the first policy-focused speech of her 2024 campaign on Friday in North Carolina, where she outlined a plan to lower costs for households over the next four years. Harris has taken significant criticism from Republicans for failing to produce a detailed policy platform thus far. Her Friday remarks focused on […]
Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) is bowing out of his run for reelection in New Jersey after tremendous backlash following his corruption case conviction, which forced him out of Congress early. The deadline for Menendez to drop out was Friday, and it was an expected move given Menendez was unlikely to win as an independent. He […]
The Biden administration is aiming to see Israel and Hamas agree to a ceasefire deal by the end of next week after negotiators made significant progress this week in Doha, Qatar. U.S., Egyptian, and Qatari leaders met in Doha on Thursday and Friday and discussed the latest proposal with the Israeli and Hamas sides. The […]
As the Democratic National Convention prepares to start on Monday in Chicago, those protesting a variety of different causes will also converge on the Windy City. Thousands will march close to the United Center, where the speeches for the DNC will take place in the evening, while others will rally nearby. People will begin gathering […]
