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Donald Trump did not get a lift coming out of last week's GOP convention, according to the latest results from the NBC News/Survey Monkey tracking poll . Hillary Clinton still leads Trump by 1 point, 46 percent to 45 percent, according to the results.
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. But as history is being made, hostility is being heard, too.
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren made an impassioned case for Hillary Clinton on Monday, hailing her as a tenacious fighter on behalf of working people while dismissing presidential rival Donald Trump as someone who "cares about himself every minute of every day." Warren, a favorite among liberals, told the Democratic National Convention that the party must unite around Clinton after a divisive primary with Bernie Sanders.
There was one thing Corey Booker wasn't lacking as he took the stage of the Democratic National Convention - energy. The former Newark mayor and Democratic senator from New Jersey - considered by many observers a contender for Hillary Clinton's vice presidential nominee before her selection of Tim Kaine- had in 2012 delivered a full-throated defense of President Barack Obama's first term that was widely praised for rallying that year's convention crowd.
PHILADELPHIA: Democrats divided over the future of their party agreed on at least one thing at their national convention in Philadelphia on Monday night: Michelle Obama was a star. The first lady gave a speech in support of a former first lady, presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, and described America as "the greatest country on earth", clashing with Republican Donald Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan and bringing an arena crowd riven by a fierce fight for the nomination to its feet.
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.
Republican nominee Donald Trump said on Monday that if elected U.S. president he would weigh an alliance with Russia against Islamic State militants but rejected any suggestion Russian President Vladimir Putin might be trying to help him win. Speaking at a rally in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Trump dismissed any suggestion that Putin's intelligence services might have had a hand in hacking the Democratic National Committee's email system.
On Monday night, Bernie Sanders finally did what all runners-up for a presidential nomination are tasked with doing. It is not easy and it certainly is humbling .
Although Hillary Clinton's nomination as party candidate for president was warmly endorsed Monday night by her rival Bernie Sanders and First Lady Michelle Obama, the Democratic Convention's unity motto was undermined by the 20,000 DNC emails whose release by WikiLeaks was attributed to Russian hackers - which compromised the party elite as having campaigned to discredit Sanders. The sense of crisis was exacerbated by Debbie Wasserman Schultz's abrupt removal as party chairwoman, and the boos of protest resounding from some of Bernie's supporters over their leader's endorsement of Clinton.
'This country IS great': Michelle Obama jabs at Trump; heralds progress that means she can 'wake up in a White House built by slaves' and says 'I'm with her' in rousing speech backing Hillary 'Do NOT engage in any kind of protest!': Bernie Sanders urges weeping fans to rally behind 'outstanding' Hillary Clinton after chaotic convention is torn apart by Wikileaks email scandal 'I know more about Cory than he knows about himself': Donald Trump posts cryptic tweet after New Jersey Senator Booker takes Democratic Convention by storm 'We are not going to be Donald Trump's hate-filled America': Elizabeth Warren calls on divided Democrats to unite against 'bully' Donald Trump PIERS MORGAN: If Hillary and her devious DNC disciples stab a good man like Bernie in the back, how can she be trusted with the keys to the White House? 'Who stole the real Paul Simon?': Legendary musician, 74, is mocked ... (more)
As the Democratic National Convention begins in Philadelphia on Monday, conventional wisdom is hardening behind this idea: Hillary Clinton is going to be the next president.
The keynote speech on the first night of the Democratic National Convention is usually delivered by one of the party's rising stars. The keynoter usually appears in prime time, for maximum exposure, striking a certain tone.
Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pumps his fist in the air as he addresses the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016. Former Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pumps his fist in the air as he addresses the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Monday, July 25, 2016.
As Hillary Clinton prepares to woo America at the Democratic Convention, Trump is 5% ahead in a CNN national poll and on a state-by-state forecast basis according to Nate Silver. This is the picture now.
Michelle Obama's message was at once conciliatory, raw and personal - and earned by far the most positive response of the night Democratic power players Michelle Obama and Bernie Sanders offered contrasting heartfelt and hard-headed endorsements of Hillary Clinton Monday, imploring a riven and feisty party convention to unite against Donald Trump. As polls showed Trump ahead of Clinton in the race to the White House, the first lady wowed the Philadelphia crowd as she impeached Trump's character and hailed the inspirational power of putting a female US president in the White House for the first time.
Labour would welcome the chance to negotiate a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact if it did not get United States approval this year, leader Andrew Little said on Tuesday. In a major speech on international affairs in Wellington, Little underscored Labour's continuing "engagement" and his rejection of "isolationism", despite the party's opposition to the TPP in its current form, saying it was proudly a free trade party.
Former President Bill Clinton speaks during the second day session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 26, 2016. It was long ago and far away when Barack Obama snippily remarked, "You're likable enough, Hillary."
Minutes after Hillary Clinton secured the Democratic Party's presidential nomination Tuesday night, more than 100 Bernie Sanders delegates stormed out of the Wells Fargo Center and flooded the media pavilion set up just outside. With tape on their mouths and resolve in their hearts, they staged a sit-in as cameras and reporters swarmed around them.