AMY CHOZICK PHILADELPHIA — Who did Hillary Clinton’s team turn to to create the biographical story of her life? The creator of the TV show “Scandal,” of course. The TV powerhouse Shonda Rhimes, who created the ABC drama about a Washington fixer caught up in a steamy web of sex and betrayal, has made the […]
Democrats Make Hillary Clinton a Historic Nominee PATRICK HEALY and JONATHAN MARTIN PHILADELPHIA — The Democratic convention formally nominated Hillary Clinton for president Tuesday, making history by choosing a woman to be the first standard-bearer of a major political party, a breakthrough underscored by a deeply personal speech by Bill Clinton calling her “the best […]
Why I Am Running? By Joshua S. EldenBrady Candidate for 60th District Court AN INDEPENDANT JUDICIARY The prosecutor shouldn’t pick our judges. It is critical that we select a judge who has experience representing everyday people not just governments or corporate interests. I am the only candidate without ties to the Prosecutor’s Office or the […]
Democrats Struggle for Unity on First Day of Convention ALAN RAPPEPORT, YAMICHE ALCINDOR and COLIN MOYNIHAN PHILADELPHIA — Democratic Party leaders scrambled on Monday night to rescue their convention from political bedlam as supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders erupted in boos, jeers and protests against Hillary Clinton after an email leak showed that party officials […]
Leaks Bring Down a Democratic Leader JONATHAN MARTIN and ALAN RAPPEPORT Maggie Haberman, Trip Gabriel and Yamiche Alcindor contributed reporting. Maggie Haberman, Trip Gabriel and Yamiche Alcindor contributed reporting. Democrats arrived at their nominating convention on Sunday under a cloud of discord as Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, abruptly said […]
MICHAEL D. SHEAR and MATTHEW ROSENBERG Mark Landler contributed reporting. Top officials at the Democratic National Committee criticized and mocked Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont during the primary campaign, even though the organization publicly insisted that it was neutral in the race, according to committee emails made public by WikiLeaks Friday. WikiLeaks posted almost 20,000 […]
AMY CHOZICK Clinton’s choice, which she announced via text message to supporters, came after her advisers spent months poring over potential vice-presidential candidates who could lift the Democratic ticket in an unpredictable race against Trump. In the end, Clinton decided Kaine, 58, a former governor of Virginia who sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, […]
ALEXANDER BURNS and JONATHAN MARTIN CLEVELAND — Donald Trump was formally crowned the Republican nominee for president at the party’s convention on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous primary season but not nagging questions about his polarizing candidacy as he once again found himself embroiled in controversy. With his campaign appearing in disarray after his wife, Melania, […]
AMY CHOZICK and THOMAS KAPLAN With the Republican convention beginning in Cleveland with a theme of bringing law and order back to a fractured nation, Hillary Clinton told black leaders in Cincinnati on Monday that the country had “difficult, painful, essential work” ahead in rebuilding trust between African Americans and police officers. “This madness has […]
DECLAN WALSH Republican delegates are converging on the lakeside city of Cleveland for the Republican National Convention. Their task is to nominate the party’s presidential candidate for the election in November. There is a single contender: Donald Trump, the property tycoon, reality TV star and — after a successful primary campaign that upended American politics […]