Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., dodged a question Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) from Fox News Digital about whether she’d support restrictions for late-term abortions, as abortion remains a key platform issue for the party. “Congresswoman, would you support restrictions for late-term abortions?” Fox News Digital asked Waters, who endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris...
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow said that the network’s fellow hosts, reporters and commentators gave Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz a round of applause and cheered for him during his Democratic National Convention (DNC) speech on Wednesday night. “I had no idea it was going to be like that,” Maddow said Wednesday night after Walz formally accepted...
Vice President Harris infused Democrats with optimism as the 2024 election cycle heads for the home stretch. There was real concern that a continued campaign by President Biden might suppress Democratic turnout. That would damage an opportunity by Democrats to reclaim the House and even hold the Senate. But the rapid ascendancy by Harris to...
A Texas delegate in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention (DNC) was robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday by men in ski masks, according to a local report. The victim, 25, was walking in downtownChicago with a friendat around 2 a.m. in the 100 block of West Randolph when a black Range Rover pulled up alongside...
The leader of a progressive group said Medicare for All – previously understood as a top priority for those on the left wing of the Democratic Party and advocated for by then-Sen. Kamala Harris in her brief 2020 presidential run – can wait. “There’s a time and place for every policy,” Progressive Change Campaign Committee...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a shot at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) speaking line-up two days after her speech there in Chicago. Ocasio-Cortez urged the Democratic Party to change course on their response to the Israel-Hamas conflict as agitators continue to gather outside their convention. The Democratic representative from New York is urging her party...
An intern with The Free Press spoke to multiple supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the presidency, but they struggled to name specific policies of hers they support. Harris’ campaign has been criticized for not having the vice president hold a press conference or sit down for a formal interview, to explain what...
Longtime New Jersey Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. died on Wednesday at 87, according to an announcement from his family. The Democrat passed away after serving 14 terms in Congress. His family did not offer any details about his cause of death, though the lawmaker had been in the hospital since July. “It is with deep...
A speaker at the Democratic National Convention’s Black Caucus event Wednesday told his audience they need to “act right,” at least until the election. Rev. Mark Thompson, the host of the “Make it Plain” podcast, hosted the Black Caucus panel on Day 3 of the DNC in Chicago. He told his compatriots that they must...
Billionaire businessman Mike Bloomberg donated $10 million to the Democrats’ House Majority PAC in July as the party seeks to wrest control of the chamber from Republicans. The PAC is the major funding group supporting Democrats in the House, both those defending their seats and candidates trying to unseat Republicans. “House Majority PAC is deeply...
