CHICAGO — Vice President Harris accepted the Democratic nomination here on Thursday with a speech wrapped in an intense tone of patriotism.  But she also took the fight to former President Trump in pugnacious style. Harris has arrived at this point after an extraordinary sequence of events ignited by President Biden’s disastrous June 27 debate...

Vice President Kamala Harris will complete her coup against President Joe Biden on Thursday night when she addresses the Democratic National Convention (DNC), the dysfunctional gathering of Democrats in Chicago, Illinois.

Vice President Kamala Harris will complete her coup against President Joe Biden on Thursday night when she addresses the Democratic National Convention (DNC), the dysfunctional gathering of Democrats in Chicago, Illinois.

Four nights of celebration in Chicago produced plenty of highlights for the Democratic Party faithful. Enthusiasm for Vice President Harris was palpable — even before she took the stage on Thursday night. Her party is desperate to propel her forward after the crisis that culminated in President Biden’s decision to stand aside from his reelection...

Kamala Harris's numbers have done a 180 since her campaign began. With her acceptance speech, she showed that she has changed too.

Vice President Harris used her address on the final night of the Democratic convention to pivot to a "new way forward" and argue Trump represents threats to basic freedoms.

The growing possibility that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could drop out and endorse Donald Trump is injecting further chaos into an already unpredictable moment in the election. Kennedy’s allies emphasize that nothing is final yet, and members of his team are in disagreement over how to move forward. But the two campaigns have been negotiating...

Harris isn't someone known for delivering big speeches, and the public’s views of her are still forming. She got the nomination, after all, without running in a primary.

The first female Speaker of the House shares her philosophy for winning — and maintaining — in Congress and what Democrats need to do to regain their majority this November.

The Democratic National Committee in a new memo dismissed the potential impact Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s exit from the presidential race might have and signaled it would continue to try and define other potential spoilers moving forward. The DNC on Friday argued Kennedy Jr.’s sole role in the race was to be a spoiler candidate...

Unity. Freedom. The future. When Vice President Harris officially accepted her party’s nomination to boisterous cheers at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday, she asked voters to rally behind her message and write “the next great chapter” of American history — all the way to the voting booth in November. That language echoes...

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. filed paperwork late Thursday to take himself off the ballot in Arizona amid questions about the future of his campaign. “RFK Jr.’s campaign filed official paperwork with our office today withdrawing him from AZ’s 2024 election,” Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) said in a post on...

The 18-year-old daughter of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch was the last passenger missing from the sinking Monday of the Bayesian.

At the DNC, party leaders warned against happy talk and said former President Donald J. Trump remains a formidable opponent.

Has the Biden-Harris White House been cooking the books?

Despite its threats, Tehran has yet to act.

The vice president's convention speech embodied her efforts to win over swing voters.

The heartbroken grandmother said her daughter had been struggling with medical issues before the tragedy — but that the youngster was “everything to her.”

We were wrong. That was the message Friday from TMZ that acknowledged it falsely claimed pop icon Beyoncé would take the stage in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention.

“No governor in the history of the state of New York has worked harder to elect members of Congress than I have,” the New York governor said.

Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R), who ran an unsuccessful 2024 presidential bid, will be joining the University of Arkansas School of Law next year, the institution said on Thursday.  Hutchinson, 73, will join the law school faculty as an “executive in residence” during the spring 2025 semester, the school said in the announcement. In...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell gave the all clear for interest rate cuts to begin and sounded dovish notes about U.S. labor conditions in a speech from Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday that looked back over the monetary response to the pandemic. “The time has come for policy to adjust,” Powell said. “The direction of...

Jerome Powell offered a blunt outline on Friday of the path forward for Federal Reserve policy.

The U.S. Secret Service has placed multiple agents on leave, including the head of the agency's Pittsburgh field office, as a result of its investigation into the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued the property management software company RealPage on Friday, alleging that its pricing algorithm enables landlords to share sensitive pricing information and raise rental prices. The lawsuit, which was joined by the attorneys general of North Carolina, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Minnesota, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington, accuses RealPage of violating antitrust...

The call for a ban on price gouging makes even less sense once it’s placed in the context of recent economic developments.

The Indian prime minister’s trip to to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv came after his visit to Moscow last month, which was sharply criticized by Zelensky.

Now is not the time to rebrand the military as a “climate force.”

{beacon} 12:30 REPORT Happy Friday! We made it through two successful presidential conventions! This is the last full weekend in August, so do something summery for me, OK? 🌞 Here’s what we’re covering today: A New York Times photographer captured an incredible photo of Harris’s convention speech. I’m seeing it referenced everywhere (and it's linked...

As Ukrainian soldiers struggle to stave off waves of Russian fighters, civilians flee Pokrovsk, a city once thought far from the front line.

As the balloons dropped after Kamala Harris claimed her party's nomination on Thursday, the hard work began for Democrats.

As the balloons dropped after Kamala Harris claimed her party's nomination on Thursday, the hard work began for Democrats.

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell signaled that he's increasingly confident inflation will soon be tamed, and that he and his colleagues will soon cut interest rates to avoid hurting the job market.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to quit the presidential race and endorse former President Trump.

Unlike Google, with Medicare, there is evidence of harm to ordinary people.

Democrat-turned-Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to endorse former President Donald Trump for president on Friday in Arizona, according to a report by the Associated Press. PHOENIX (AP) — Ahead of speech, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says in a

Democrat-turned-Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to endorse former President Donald Trump for president on Friday in Arizona, according to a report by the Associated Press.

Nebraska voters will see two competing questions about abortion on the ballot in November after activists on both sides of the issue met the signature requirements needed, the state’s top election official said Friday.  Nebraska Secretary of State Bob Evnen (R) said this year is the first time rival initiatives will appear on the same...

Kennedy is expected to drop his independent campaign for president.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is ending his longshot bid for the presidency.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a court filing he would endorse GOP nominee Donald Trump.

U.S. officials have insisted that negotiations for a cease-fire in Gaza were making headway, while glossing over intense disagreements between Israel and Hamas.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a court filing he would endorse GOP nominee Donald Trump.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated he is suspending his campaign but not ending it, urging residents of blue states to vote for him but throwing his support behind former President Donald Trump in battleground states.

Kennedy says he will withdraw from ballots in battleground states and encourages voters there to back the former president

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated he is suspending his campaign but not ending it, urging residents of blue states to vote for him but throwing his support behind former President Donald Trump in battleground states.

Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Trump, slammed former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) for criticizing Trump during his speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), telling him to “sit the hell down.” “I am sick and tired of this fake nonsense. Sit the hell down. It’s enough. I am literally baffled by what I’m...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed former President Trump.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he will seek to remove his name from the November ballot in battleground states.

The Mexican president Lopez Obrador rejects U.S. criticism about his radical judicial reform. The dispute comes as the U.S. is relying on Mexico to contain migration during a presidential campaign.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan has embraced the nickname "Big Gretch," which a Detroit rapper gave her during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brian Deese, a former White House advisor who now advises the Harris campaign, is calling for a “Clean Energy Marshall Plan.” Outlining his vision in an essay in Foreign Affairs this week, Deese said that such a plan would both promote U.S. interests and help combat climate change. He specifically called for a plan that...

Michael Cohen, an-ex personal attorney and “fixer” for former President Trump, in a recent interview brushed off a question about how his former boss would react to Republicans' appearances at the Democratic National Convention this past week. “I don’t really care what he’s thinking," Cohen told CNN’s Jim Acosta Thursday, the final day of the...

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his campaign on Friday and endorsed former President Trump, the latest disruption in a volatile election season. {beacon} Evening Report   © Yuki Iwamura and Jose Luis Magana, Associated Press Kennedy adds volatility to razor-tight 2024 race Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his campaign...

Vice President Harris sought to give voice to the suffering in Gaza during her presidential nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention, but many pro-Palestinian activists were still left fuming after the Chicago event. Gaza war protesters wanted a more direct condemnation of the conflict from Harris and a more nuanced perspective than President...

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Pro-Palestinian activists say Harris didn't address Gaza concerns Vice President Harris delivered a speech accepting the presidential nomination on Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention that played both sides of the Israel-Hamas war. © UPI...

New York University, the site of extensive protests related to the Israel-Gaza conflict, updated its student code of conduct to include attacks against Zionists and Zionism as a violation of its non-discrimination policies.  "NYU is fully committed to academic freedom, and free expression and dissent are bedrock principles; however, protests and demonstrations are and have...

Polls show Kennedy's supporters only slightly favor the former president.

The attack occurred during a festival marking the 650th anniversary of the western German city of Soligen.

Small margins have decided both of Donald Trump's previous presidential elections. Could Friday's announcement tilt the race?

Caught unaware by Ukraine’s military incursion into Russia, the Biden administration is debating whether to help Kyiv’s forces hold the sliver of territory they now occupy.

Small margins have decided both of Donald Trump's previous presidential elections. Could Friday's announcement tilt the race?

Kennedy suspended his campaign earlier in the day. A source says he will campaign with and for Trump in the coming weeks.

RFK Jr. suspended his 2024 campaign hours earlier.

Former President Trump on Friday welcomed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. into the fold, appearing alongside him at a campaign rally in Arizona hours after Kennedy ended his independent White House bid and backed the GOP nominee. “Tonight I’m very pleased to welcome a man who has been an incredible champion for so many of these...

Former President Trump on Friday complained that the Obamas were "nasty" in their Democratic convention speeches and ribbed his advisers for suggesting he stick to policy instead of personal attacks. "He was nasty to me. He was nasty. Michelle was nasty. They’re all nasty," Trump said at a rally in Arizona, referencing speeches delivered earlier...

An Alabama man who was charged with detonating an explosive device outside the state attorney general’s office pleaded guilty on Friday. Kyle Benjamin Douglas Calvert, 26, of Irondale, Ala., pleaded guilty in federal court to the “malicious use” of an explosive, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a release. “This defendant built a bomb...

Survivors of Myanmar’s civil war desperate to feed their families as junta blocks aid and fighting intensifies

Dr. Phil McGraw will air interviews with former President Trump and former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in the coming days after Kennedy announced he was suspending his campaign and endorsing Trump. Trump’s interview with McGraw will air on Aug. 27 and Kennedy’s will air on Aug. 28. They will air on Merit...

The attack occurred late Friday in the western city of Solingen. Police are searching for an unknown assailant, and a local official urged against speculation.

RFK Jr. suspended his 2024 campaign hours earlier.