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By Kevin Liptak, Jeff Zeleny and MJ Lee, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Vice President Kamala Harris prepared for the highest-profile moment of her political life from a hotel suite in downtown Chicago, readying herself for an opportunity to turn the swell of momentum on which she arrived at the Democratic National Convention this week into

By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are betting that within the American electorate is a deep desire to leave behind the bitterness of a decade dominated by former President Donald Trump. And so, at the party’s convention Wednesday night in Chicago, a “joy” strategy — portraying Vice President Kamala Harris as the candidate who

CNN By Eric Bradner, CNN (CNN) — Democrats are betting that within the American electorate is a deep desire to leave behind the bitterness of a decade dominated by former President Donald Trump. And so, at the party’s convention Wednesday night in Chicago, a “joy” strategy — portraying Vice President Kamala Harris as the candidate

By Gregory Krieg, CNN Chicago (CNN) — Leaders of the Uncommitted National Movement said on Thursday that Democratic convention organizers denied their request for a Palestinian American to address the convention in part because they did not want to risk distracting from Vice President Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech later in the evening. The group is now in the

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump falsely claimed Wednesday that his Democratic opponent in the presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin just days before Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Trump said in a speech in North Carolina: “Remember when Biden sent Kamala to Europe

By Jamie Gangel, Elizabeth Wagmeister and Elizabeth Stuart, CNN (CNN) — Oprah Winfrey, one of the most powerful, successful and influential women in the world, is set to be part of the Democratic National Convention program Wednesday night, lending her voice and support to Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid. Winfrey is set to participate

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — In their first convention since the end of federal abortion protections, Democrats have woven reproductive health care access into every night of programming, highlighting an issue they hope will boost turnout for candidates in November. “We’ve never had a convention like this, where it’s been reproductive freedom every single

By Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — An attorney for the far-right Oath Keepers pleaded guilty Wednesday to instructing members of the far-right group to delete their text messages after the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot on behalf of its leader Stewart Rhodes. Kellye SoRelle, an attorney who volunteered for Lawyers for Trump during efforts to challenge

By Simone Pathe, CNN Chicago (CNN) — “I’ll make it happen.” It’s an expression Gwen Walz is known to use no matter what role she’s playing – a mom protecting her kids, an educator trying to increase graduation rates, or a colleague delivering food to a friend whose spouse has cancer. “That’s what she will say all the time,

By Michelle Shen and Haley Talbot, CNN (CNN) — Democratic Rep. Bill Pascrell, an outspoken and influential New Jersey congressman who served in the House of Representatives since 1997, has died at the age of 87. “It is with deep sadness that we announce that Bill Pascrell Jr., our beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed

By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — Less than a month ago, Justice Elena Kagan suggested the Supreme Court consider dialing back its review of significant cases on its controversial emergency docket. “Our summers used to be actually summers,” Kagan told a group of judges in California, lamenting the “relentless” filing of emergency

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Former football players coached by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will be on hand as his name is entered into nomination on Wednesday, as the vice presidential nominee assumes the biggest stage of his political career. The former players from Mankato West High School, where Walz once coached, will

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — Former football players coached by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will be on hand as his name is entered into nomination on Wednesday, as the vice presidential nominee assumes the biggest stage of his political career. The former players from Mankato West High School, where Walz once coached, will join