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Hillary Clinton became the first woman nominated for president by a major party on Tuesday. The Democratic National Convention made history Tuesday evening: Amid applause, shouts, cheers and in some cases tears, the delegates on the floor of the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia nominated Hillary Clinton for president of the United States.
With mothers of police violence victims on the stage and anti-gun protesters in the streets, Hillary Clinton and Democrats are giving gun control and efforts to curb police violence a starring role at their summer convention A stage hand adjusts the U.S. Flags on stage before the start of the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Tuesday, July 26, 2016. PHILADELPHIA - With mothers of police violence victims on the stage and anti-gun protesters in the streets, Hillary Clinton and Democrats are giving gun control and efforts to curb police violence a starring role at their summer convention.
Police are asking the public for help identifying two women they say faudulently used a local woman's credit card to buy $1,820.55 in gift cards at Hannaford earlier this month.
Democrats meeting in Philadelphia have made history, voting to approve a national platform that endorses a "pathway" for the legalization of marijuana. When Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders boasted Monday night that he had helped create "the most progressive platform in the history of the Democratic Party," he made no mention of the pot plank, which calls for "a reasoned pathway for future legalization."
But abortion was indirectly referenced more than a handful of times, via euphemisms such as "woman's right to choose" and "family planning." Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren described Hillary Clinton as "a woman who fights for children, for women, for health care."
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., pumps her fist in the air after her speech during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016.
After a night of powerful speeches from some of the nation's top Democrats, several Oklahoma delegates for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders say they're ready to back Hillary Clinton for president in November. Some members of Oklahoma's delegation said Tuesday they were moved to tears by speeches at the Democratic National Convention Monday night delivered by Sanders and First Lady Michelle Obama.
Should political parties hire cybersecurity experts to protect themselves from local and international spy agency hackers seeking to distort elections and the democratic process? The answer to that has been "yes" for the past decade, yet the Democratic Party in the United States got their operational security wrong, got hacked, and their candidate Hillary Clinton might just lose the presidential election to Donald Trump because of it. Trump's camp is making the most of the hacked emails and documents published on Julian Assange's Wikileaks, trying to cause as much havoc as possible before the election - and they're succeeding.
Hillary Clinton will shatter another glass ceiling on Tuesday when she becomes the first female presidential nominee in the nation's 240-year history when delegates at the Democratic convention conduct a roll call vote of the states. The former first lady, New York senator and secretary of state, will formally be installed as the head of her party in Philadelphia as she seeks to unite Democrats after a fractious primary against Bernie Sanders and to win a third consecutive White House term for her party.
WTOL anchor Jerry Anderson interviewed Democratic Party Spokesman and Lucas County Treasurer Wade Kapszukiewicz to get a Democratic insider's view of the DNC in Philadelphia. JA : A week ago today, you had to be frothing at the mouth and high-fiving with all that rancor on the floor in Cleveland.
Islamist knifemen forced priest, 84, to kneel before they slit his throat on camera: Jihadists carry out slaughter in church then give 'Arabic sermon'... and now Hollande says 'We're at war with ISIS' 'They did a sermon around the altar ': Terrified nun tells how ISIS jihadis invaded her church and brutally murdered priest who was covering for a colleague on vacation One of the two ISIS knifemen who beheaded a French priest was a convicted terrorists who should have been at home with his parents with an electronic tag Church where jihadis slaughtered priest was on an ISIS 'hit list' discovered in police raid on another fanatic's hideout LAST YEAR PIERS MORGAN: The only way to defeat this Caliphate of Cowardice is to slam the UK's open immigration doors shut and teach those we do let in how to survive and thrive in Western life 'This country IS great': Michelle Obama jabs at Trump; ... (more)
After a long first night on the Democratic National Convention floor, delegates from Kansas received a boost of energy Tuesday morning, July 26, 2016, when Sen. Bernie Sanders dropped by for a visit. While backing different candidates at the caucus, the gathering of Kansas Democrats at Coleman Middle School was more like a large family picnic.
Sen. Bernie Sanders made a surprise visit Tuesday to the Kansas and Missouri delegations at the Democratic National Convention. To thunderous applause, Sanders thanked Kansas Democrats for backing his candidacy.
A glass ceiling is shattering at the Democratic National Convention as Hillary Clinton ascends to the presidential nomination with Tuesday's roll call of the states, making her the first woman to lead a major party into a White House race. Clinton's campaign hoped to use the achievement to bolster the candidate's popularity - mindful that while many voters are happy to be nominating a woman, they're not wild about this particular woman candidate.
Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., left, cheers while talking about sports over breakfast with friends at City Diner in Richmond, Va., Tuesday, July 26, 2016. . Actress Susan Sarandon takes picture on the convention floor during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016.
Two attackers seized hostages in a church near the Normandy city of Rouen on ... . In this grab made from video, police officers close off a road during a hostage situation in Normandy, France, Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
A Russian presidential spokesman on Tuesday accused U.S. politicians of being paranoid after Democrat Hillary Clinton's campaign blamed Russia for an email hack and suggested the goal was to help Republican Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential race. Hacked emails posted by Wikileaks Friday suggested the Democratic National Committee was favoring Clinton over her primary rival, Sen. Bernie Sanders.
19, 2015 file photo, Willie Nelson performs at Farm Aid 30 at FirstMerit Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island in Chicago. Nelson is launching a new music festival in Pennsylvania this fall, ... Sen. Bernie Sanders urged supporters to rally behind Hillary Clinton at the Democratic convention, but ardent followers who marched for hours in punishing heat Monday and planned to do so again seemed intent on... Unpersuaded by Sen. Bernie Sanders' plea to unite behind Hillary Clinton, Sanders supporters and others geared up for more demonstrations in the streets Tuesday on Day 2 of the Democratic convention.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Tuesday said the migration and foreign policy plans of U.S. Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump were "vital" for Hungary, whereas those of rival Democrat Hillary Clinton were "deadly". The outspoken conservative leader Orban is the first European head of state to express a clear preference for either of the two candidates, who will face each other in elections in November 2016.
Back home in Arkansas on Saturday evening, everything was as it should've been: dinner on the table and lively political banter roaring back and forth across the dining room. At some point in the process -- I'm not sure whether we were talking about Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, the parties' national conventions, gun control or immigration policy -- my wife's eyes glazed over, her mind escaping to a world where no one cared about politics or ever, ever talked about them.