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Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill leave the stage after Biden spoke during the third session of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia July 257 2016. Scenes from day three of the Democratic National Convention Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill leave the stage after Biden spoke during the third session of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia July 257 2016.
Michael Bloomberg assailed fellow billionaire Donald Trump on Wednesday, calling his U.S. presidential race a "con" and ripping into his history of bankruptcies and lawsuits. "Trump says he wants to run the nation like he's running his business? God help us," Bloomberg told the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia to roaring applause.
President Barack Obama praised America's diversity and solidarity, and defended his record, while telling Americans to vote for Hillary Clinton. Obama was the final speaker on a Democratic National Convention night Wednesday filled with big names.
This week, Hillary Clinton became the first woman in American history to secure a major party's nomination for president of the United States. Especially as Clinton is a Democrat, the heavily left-leaning staff at Slate might have been expected to exude joy and jubilation at this epoch-defining moment.
Philadelphia a A year ago, it would have been laughable to even suggest Democrats could take Utah in a presidential race. It has been more than two generations - 52 years - since the Beehive State went blue and only once in subsequent presidential elections has the Democratic nominee won more than a third of the state's vote - and only by a whisker.
An angry Bill O'Reilly defended himself Wednesday against critics who suggested he was justifying slavery with his assertion that slaves who helped build the White House "were well-fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government." . Calling slavery an "abomination," the Fox News Channel host said his statement was "not a justification, not a defense of slavery.
''I ask you to carry her the same way you carried me,'' says President Barack Obama, who embraces Hillary Clinton on stage at the Democratic National Convention. Rough Cut .
President Barack Obama and Democratic Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton wave to delegates after President Obama's speech during the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Wednesday, July 27, 2016. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump - I can't believe I wrote those words - gave a news conference Wednesday. Shall we first count the outrages or the lies? I think we need to start at the top of the outrage column.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine, of Virginia, walks onto the stage Wednesday night before addressing delegates on the third day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA - Their political fates now entwined, President Obama is imploring voters to elect Hillary Clinton to the White House, joining a chorus of Democrats vouching Wednesday night for her readiness to be commander in chief at a time of volatility around the world.
Camden, one of the country's most impoverished cities, will get some time in the Democratic convention spotlight Thursday with some help from Lady Gaga. But while thousands of delegates have been invited across the Delaware River for an afternoon concert with the pop star, press won't be allowed to cover the event sponsored by the man considered New Jersey's most powerful unelected political power broker.
It started out horribly as Leon Panetta-one of the most deservedly respected men in the last 20 years of government-gave a good, serious speech about national security. And was nearly booed off the stage by a large group of malcontents screaming "No more wars."
After months of training, this elite skydiver says he's ready to leave his chute in the pl... . In this Monday, July 25, 2016 photo, skydiver Luke Aikins jumps from a helicopter during his training in Simi Valley, Calif.
Sen. Tim Kaine formally accepted the Democratic nomination as vice president Wednesday, saying that he trusts Hillary Clinton with the life of his son, who is in the military, lacing into Donald Trump. He was officially nominated as the party's nominee after a voice vote on the floor of the convention this afternoon.
As Bernie Sanders slowly loses control of his "political revolution, " Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night shows he is still wrestling with his. If Bernie Sanders has started a grassroots crusade for genuine progressive reform, Obama's revolution was more personal: for millions of Americans who supported him in 2008 and 2012, the act of voting became an act of love.
For all his appeal as a speaker, and for all the love coming from Democrats crowded inside the Wells Fargo Arena, President Obama made a classic mistake in his address to the Democratic convention Wednesday night. Determined to defend his own accomplishments in office as well as convince Americans to elect Hillary Clinton for what would amount to his third term, Obama painted a picture of life in the United States that was brighter and more positive than most voters believe.
Over-the-top hyperbole is par for the course at any party's convention, especially when it's former president Bill Clinton extolling the virtues of his wife. But there came a point last night when the former president's gushing for Hillary crossed the line into Twilight-Zone absurdity.
Full Frontal host Samantha Bee joined the set of Wednesday's PBS NewsHour to promote her TBS show and in the process, she claimed to be an "independent" despite being " excited for Hillary" and defended her show's near constant use of "salty language" despite a drove of critics . Co-host Gwen Ifill first broached the subject on Bee's political leanings by asking if she was "a Democrat, Republican or neither" to which Bee comically responded: "I would, I mean, I definitely I think my leanings are very clear from the show but I prefer to think of myself in a more independent way, I think."