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Harris celebrates 'ceremonial' Chicago DNC roll call vote from Milwaukee rally

CHICAGO – Vice President Kamala Harris celebrated the “ceremonial” roll call vote nominating her as the Democratic Party’s nominee on Tuesday evening during a rally in Milwaukee, which is located about a 90-minute drive from the DNC’s host city of Chicago. “The delegates at the Democratic National Convention, well they just completed their roll call....

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DNC attendees a mixed bag when it comes to voter ID laws amid tight convention security: 'Free and fair'

CHICAGO – Security at the Democratic National Convention has been tight as high-ranking elected officials pour into the United Center amid anti-Israel protests, requiring attendees and the mediato show a photo ID, press badge, or other credentials to law enforcement and volunteers in order to enter. Fox News Digital spoke to Democrats at the Chicago...

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'Defund the Police' Democrats are in my hometown. They get $75M in security while we get nothing

The national leaders of the “Defund the Police” movement are in my hometown of Chicago for the Democratic National Convention this week. As a South Sider, I saw firsthand the impact of this heavily ideological movement on my neighborhood — the very neighborhood these politicians professed to be helping.Crime shot up. Innocent civilians lost their...

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DNC in Chicago: 8 shot, 4 murdered in Windy City on day 1 of convention

The Chicago Police Department recorded eight shootings, four of which were fatal, and one armed robbery on Monday, the first day of the Democratic National Convention in the Windy City. That compares to a total of 26 shooting incidents involving 30 total victims, five of whom died, over the weekend leading up to the DNC...

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Biden rehashes debunked Trump Charlottesville claim in late-night DNC speech

CHICAGO – President Biden on Monday evening during his DNC speech spotlighted a debunked claim that former President Donald Trump spoke favorably of neo-Nazis in 2017 following the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally. “We’re in a battle for the very soul of America. I ran for president in 2020 because of what I saw in...

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Democratic delegates approve platform with mistake mentioning Biden's second term

Delegates for the Democratic National Convention voted to approve their 2024 platform without editing the language to reflect that President Biden is not running for re-election. The 2024 party platform, approved by the delegates on Monday night, explicitly refers to “President Biden and Vice President Harris” and their “progressive agenda” to be implemented over the...

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DNC attendees reject popular GOP accusation of convention hypocrisy: 'Apples and oranges'

CHICAGO — Attendees at the Democratic National Convention dismissed the criticism from Republicans that the perimeter fencing and tight security around the convention protecting Democrat officials should also be erected at the southern border. “It’s a false equivalence, right? Let’s just be 100,” Louidajean Payton from Naperville, Illinois, told Fox News Digital at the DNC’s...