A lone, masked anti-Israel protester disrupted the Democratic National Convention welcome party on stage at Navy Pier in Chicago on Sunday night, video posted to social media shows. “You are funding a genocide,” the protester said after storming the stage and grabbing a microphone. “The Harris-Biden administration keeps sending money to Israel.” As the protester...
CHICAGO – As the Democratic National Convention gets underway Monday in blue state Illinois’ largest city, former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, will be in battleground Pennsylvania. It’s part of the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee’s plan to offer a full week of counterprogramming to the Democrats’ national nominating...
CHICAGO — Communist protesters outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago slammed Democrats’ message of “unity” this week, saying it’s a narrative commonly revived by party leaders when they “need votes.” “They ask for unity when they need votes. But when you’re struggling, when you can’t pay rent, you know, it’s hard to afford groceries,...
Every American should pay close attention to what’s happening in Chicago, and I don’t just mean the Democratic National Convention. While Kamala Harris and Tim Walz lay out the Democratic visionforAmerica this week, the consequences of their agenda will already be on full display across my hometown. The plight ofChicagoans is directly related to the...
Democrats will meet in Chicago Monday to kick off their convention and nominate Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as their 2024 Ticket. Democrats met in Chicago in 1996. More than a decade earlier, when they met in Chicago, they also nominated a sitting vice president (after their eligible-for-reelection President Lyndon Johnson...
Former President Trump’s campaign launched a counter-programming effort in Chicago with two big-name surrogates who hammered Vice President Kamala Harris on inflation and the economy as the Democratic National Convention gets underway in the city. “You can tell right now by what very few proposals that Kamala Harris has put on the table,” began Sen....
Local grocery store owners struggling with inflation might face price caps to curb “price gouging” if Vice President Harris becomes the next president. As part of Harris’ economic agenda, she plans to implement federal price controls on groceries and other everyday expenses. But a local grocery store owner in Chicago – where the Democratic National...
At least 30 people were shot, including five fatally, in Chicago over the weekend before the Democratic National Convention kicked off in the Windy City. According to the weekend crime statistics released by the Chicago Police Department on Monday morning, there were 26 shooting incidents from 6 p.m. Friday to 11:59 p.m. Sunday. In that...
CHICAGO – The Democratic National Convention reportedly snubbed Teamsters President Sean O’Brien’s request to speak during the convention, just weeks after his historic address before the Republican National Convention. “We have not received a response to our request to speak,” the Teamsters told the National Desk on Monday of O’Brien’s previous request to address the...
CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris delivered surprise remarks at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Monday night and praised President Biden, calling him “incredible” and saying “we are forever grateful” to him. “It is so good to be with everyone this evening in this hall and everyone at home,” Harris told the crowd...
