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...
Chicago trucker at DNC, friend of Hamas hostage, insists 'we can't forget' those still missing
For the last five months, Chicago native Jeremiah Smith, 28, has been driving a truck around major U.S. cities and college campuses with a picture of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 24, and other hostages who were abducted in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023 by Hamas terrorists. This week, he’s circling through the Windy City as the Democratic...
David Marcus: Chicago's $20 packs of cigarettes are taxed so high even King George III would be embarrassed
It was my own fault. I had purchased 10 packs of my favorite smokes for about 6 bucks each in West Virginia on my way to the airport last week, but in a very me move I left them in my car. This was bad enough in San Francisco, my first stop, where a package...
'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...
DNC Chicago: Israeli artist strikes at antisemitic demonstrators with ‘knife of emotion’
As anti-Israel agitators stage demonstrations near the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago this week, advocates of Israel have created a unique art exhibit to honor the victims of Hamas’ brutal Oct. 7 attack on Israel. The art exhibit, dubbed “Hostage Square Chicago,” aims to remind the world of the hostages who were taken Oct....
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...
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...
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...
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...









