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Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton appears on a large monitor to thank delegates during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia , Tuesday, July 26, 2016.
Bernie Sanders loyalists warned that the Democratic Party could rupture over the nomination of Hillary Clinton after a volatile night that saw a large group of Sanders delegates and supporters exit the party's national convention to stage a sit-in at a nearby media tent. They rejected Sanders' call for unity even after the Vermont senator took the symbolic step of declaring Clinton the winner of the state-by-state delegate count inside the convention in Philadelphia.
Former President Bill Clinton arrives on stage to deliver remarks on Tuesday, the second day of the Democratic National Convention, at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. The Tuesday night session of the Democratic convention was really three events, each with its own atmosphere and impact, but all contributing to a single theme: The Clintons are back.
Bernie Sanders loyalists warned that the Democratic Party could rupture over the nomination of Hillary Clinton after a volatile night that saw a large group of Sanders delegates and supporters exit the party's national convention to stage a sit-in at a nearby media tent. They rejected Sanders' call for unity even after the Vermont senator took the symbolic step of declaring Clinton the winner of the state-by-state delegate count inside the convention in Philadelphia.
Associated Press Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton arrives to speak at the 117th National Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte on Monday. PHILADELPHIA >> Breaking a historic barrier, Hillary Clinton triumphantly captured the Democratic nomination for president Tuesday night, the first woman ever to lead a major political party in the race for the White House - and a delegate from Humboldt County was there to see it all.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attends the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo Credit: Getty Images / Drew Angerer New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attends the first day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 25, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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... Bernie Sanders loyalists protested inside and outside the Democratic National Convention site and clashed with police on Tuesday after Hillary Clinton won the party's presidential nomination. Most of the roughly 20,000 evacuees forced out by a wildfire have been cleared to go home, but firefighters still had huge work ahead in taming a massive wildfire northwest of Los Angeles.
Hillary Clinton secured the Democratic Party's presidential nomination Tuesday, coming back from a stinging 2008 defeat in her first White House run and surviving a bitter primary fight to become the first woman to head the ticket of a major party in U.S. history. In a symbolic show of party unity, Clinton's former rival, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, told the chairwoman from the convention floor that Clinton should be selected as the party's nominee at the dramatic climax of a state-by-state roll call at the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.
Hillary Clinton is announced as the Democratic Presidential nominee during Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 26, 2016. / AFP / SAUL LOEB PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 26: Sen. Bernie Sanders smiles during roll call on the second day of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center, July 26, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The Democratic Party nominated Hillary Clinton as its candidate for president Tuesday, a historic event that set the stage for a brutal three-month race for the White House against populist billionaire Republican Donald Trump. Clinton, when she formally accepts on Thursday, will become the first woman to claim the presidential nomination of a major political party.
Bernie Sanders loyalists protested inside and outside the Democratic National Convention site and clashed with police on Tuesday after Hillary Clinton won the party's presidential nomination. Despite Sanders' calls for them to support Clinton, thousands of activists have taken to the streets during the convention this week to voice support for the liberal Vermont U.S. senator and his progressive agenda.
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.
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."
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.
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.
The Obama administration will soon expand efforts to help Central American families and children legally immigrate to the United States amid another surge of migrants caught crossing the border illegally. The Obama administration will soon expand efforts to help Central American families and children legally immigrate to the United States amid another surge of migrants caught crossing the border illegally.
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.