The Democratic National Convention is off to a rocky start — and it hasn’t even officially begun.
Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s resignation announcement crowded out a highly anticipated joint interview with the Democratic ticket on “60 Minutes” on Sunday night, and will again raise questions about how unified the Democratic Party can be in November.
Hillary Clinton has been waiting at least eight years for this. On Thursday night, the former secretary of State will take the stage in Philadelphia and accept her party’s nomination, becoming the first woman ever to lead a major party in a U.S. presidential election.
As Donna Brazile takes over for Debbie Wasserman Schultz as head of the Democratic National Committee, CNN has announced it will suspend her contributor agreement with the network.
In 2004, Barack Obama burst on to the national political scene with a soaring keynote address to the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Twelve years later, Obama will place a bookend on his career when he takes the stage at his party’s convention for the final time as president.
Democrats are opening their national convention in Philadelphia eager to show off a forward-looking party united behind Hillary Clinton, but they face lingering bitterness among supporters of defeated rival Bernie Sanders and a fresh political mess of the party’s own making.
Researchers have concluded that the Democratic National Committee was breached by two Russian intelligence agencies, and metadata from the released emails suggests that the documents passed through Russian computers.
Democrat Tim Kaine made his first appearance on the campaign trail as Hillary Clinton’s vice presidential running mate on Saturday, touting an optimistic view of America and leaping to attack Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s record.
