DNC Day 4: Clinton makes history

Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic nomination for president with "humility, determination and boundless confidence in America's promise," taking her place as the first woman to lead a major presidential ticket Thursday night on the last day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. She accepted the nomination with a speech that was in keeping with someone who presents herself as a practical, dogged, policy-oriented striver who gets knocked down and then gets straight back up.

Clinton uses convention to send message to wary GOP voters

Long a lightning rod on the right, Hillary Clinton is making a targeted appeal to Republicans who challenge Donald Trump's claim to the conservative mantle and fear his possible presidency. Clinton's final day of the Democratic National Convention featured speeches from a former member of President Ronald Reagan's administration and a U.S. Chamber of Commerce official who is heading a GOP group supporting Clinton, part of an expanded outreach to Republican voters and donors.

[Robert B. Reich] Does Hillary Clinton get it?

Does Hillary Clinton understand that the biggest divide in American politics is no longer between the right and the left, but between the antiestablishment and the establishment? I worry she doesn't -- at least not yet. A Democratic operative I've known since the Bill Clinton administration tells me, "Now that she's won the nomination, Hillary is moving to the middle.

Promoting national unity, Clinton also seeks to build trust

Hillary Clinton capped off a four-day convention celebration with a plea for national unity and tolerance. Now, one of the most divisive and distrusted figures in American political life must convince voters that she rather than Republican rival Donald Trump can bring a deeply divided nation together.

Disappointment, frustration linger for Nevada’s Sanders supporters

Hillary Clinton's acceptance speech wasn't the capstone of a weeklong kumbaya for Democrats here in the City of Brotherly Love. Outbursts from some Bernie Sanders delegates in the crowd - many of whom were wearing identical neon-yellow, glow-in-the-dark shirts emblazoned with the battle cry "enough is enough" - peppered the night and, specifically, Clinton's speech.

Clinton’s big applause line: “I believe in science”

One of the biggest applause lines in Hillary Clinton's nomination acceptance speech on Thursday night might surprise you: "I believe in science." The crowd roared when she said it, because they knew what she meant: She accepts climate science, unlike Donald Trump and many politicians in his party.

Donald Trump attacks Muslim father’s convention speech

By LISA LERER and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press JOHNSTOWN, Pa. - With 100 days left before the fall election, Hillary Clinton's campaign bus wound its way through Donald Trump's America as the Republican nominee picked a new fight with the bereaved father of a Muslim Army captain.

Presidents already have the power to do much of what Trump has proposed

Donald Trump has promised not only to be the voice of the American people, but also to take decisive, immediate action. As president, he has said he would move fast to destroy the Islamic State, scrap bad trade deals, build that wall, "stop the gangs and the violence," and "stop the drugs from pouring into our communities."

Hillary Clinton Speaks at DNC: We Can’t Risk a President ‘You Can Bait With a Tweet’

Hillary Clinton finally spoke tonight at the Democratic National Convention and celebrated the historic nature of her victory with the declaration "When the glass ceiling is shattered, the sky's the limit!" She thanked a lot of people, from her husband to President Obama to Tim Kaine , but she gave a special shoutout to Bernie Sanders . "Bernie," Clinton said, "your campaign inspired millions of Americans, particularly the young people who threw their hearts and souls into our primary.

Clinton: a America is great because America is gooda

A figure in American politics for a quarter-century, Hillary Clinton presented herself on Thursday night in a new role: as the presidential candidate best equipped to help the nation push back against the potential betrayal of its values. "Powerful forces are threatening to pull us apart," she said on the final night of the Democratic National Convention.

Clinton’s pledge: Steady hand at ‘moment of reckoning’

Promising Americans a steady hand, Hillary Clinton cast herself Thursday night as a unifier for divided times, steeled for a volatile world by decades in politics that have left some Americans skeptical of her character. "I will be a president for Democrats, Republicans, independents, for the struggling, the striving and the successful.

“Can’t see Hillary in that white suit & not think of…

Chelsea Clinton, embraces her mother, Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, during the final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Thursday, July 28, 2016. Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic Party's presidential nomination Thursday night in Philadelphia, becoming the first woman to head a major party's ticket.

Hillary Clinton’s Philadelphia closing argument – stronger together: Analysis

On the night she made history by becoming the first woman to accept a major party's presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton said the nation had reached "a point of reckoning" so critical that could not be left to Republican Donald J. Trump to navigate. Taking the stage just before 10:30 p.m., Clinton told a cheering crowd that "powerful forces are threatening to tear us apart."