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Clinton becomes first woman nominated by a major party for president
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday became the first woman in U.S. history to win a major party's presidential nomination, securing the top spot on the Democratic ticket after a divisive primary fight against Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. Clinton, 68, will face Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, 70, in November.
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Bill Clinton tries to humanize Hillary in emotional convention speech
President Bill Clinton vouched for his wife as a "change maker" in a touching, personal testimonial on behalf of her nomination to the post he held for two terms in the 1990s. A few hours after the Democratic convention made Hillary Clinton the first woman to lead a major party ticket in the United States, the former president stepped to the stage to assume a familiar role, yet amid extraordinary circumstances.
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Clinton campaign downplays claim that she will flip back on TPP
Hillary Clinton's campaign scrambled Tuesday to downplay a claim made by longtime Clinton confidante Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe that she would flip her opposition to the Trans Pacific Partnership if she became president. John Podesta, Clinton's campaign chair, praised McAuliffe's loyalty but said the governor was "flat wrong."
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Sanders contingent protests Clinton victory with silent sit-in
After Bernie Sanders moved to nominate Hillary Clinton by acclamation, a contingent of his delegates marched out of the arena and staged a sit-in in the adjacent press pavilion. At one point, a couple of members of the Philadelphia Police, Civil Affairs Unit, commandeered BuzzFeed's workspace inside the pavilion in order to "negotiate the end of this," while BuzzFeed reporters stood befuddled and locked out.
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Here's what Dems did - and didn't - mention on night one of their convention
There were eight major speeches at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night, given by Cory Booker, Bob Casey, Al Franken, Kirsten Gillibrand, Michelle Obama, Bernie Sanders, Sarah Silverman and Elizabeth Warren. Among the eight speakers, almost 10,000 words were spoken. So what did they talk about? Mostly, Hillary Clinton. "Hillary" was said 66 times, compared to the 63 times "Trump" was said. Mike Pence was never mentioned, while Tim Kaine came up four times.
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| On this day in 1953, fighting in the Korean War ended with an armstice agreement that the President of South Korea nonetheless refused to sign. |
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Carter: Trump 'violates' our founding principles
Jimmy Carter ripped Donald Trump in a video address to Democratic delegates Tuesday night by claiming the Republican presidential nominee has "violated some of the most important moral and ethical principles on which our nation was founded."
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Dem senator: DNC employees 'should all be fired'
Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., called Tuesday for Democratic National Committee employees to be fired for sending emails that exposed the party's bias toward Hillary Clinton. "The content was terrible, they should all be fired," McCaskill said in an interview on Fox News Tuesday night.
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Cuomo: Clinton can end HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2020
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo told the Democratic LGBT caucus here Tuesday that Hillary Clinton could resolve the HIV/AIDS epidemic by 2020. "We can end the [HIV/AIDS] epidemic once and for all and that should be the goal for this nation and for this next president, to say by 2020 the AIDS epidemic should end once and for all," Cuomo said, "and that's something Hillary Clinton can make a reality."
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Barone: Dem convention held on site of a political pig farm rich in history
The Democrats are holding their national convention, as the Republicans did in 2000, on the home turf of one of Philadelphia's fabled politicians, William Vare. Vare and his two brothers were born and brought up on a pig farm on land where the Wells Fargo Arena, site of the conventions, and the nearby Financial Field and the Citizens Bank Park now stand.
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Clinton a fighter for women, Boxer tells Dems
California Sen. Barbara Boxer praised former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's toughness and heart in a speech to the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night. Boxer's daughter was once married to Clinton's brother, and they have known each other for more than 20 years. She said that connection, as well as their political past including working in the Senate together, has given her a full view of Clinton.
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State Dept., U.N. expand Central American refugee program
The Obama administration announced Tuesday that it will speed up the process of screening refugee applicants from Central America, and allow more people from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to seek safety in the United States.
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FDA seeks input on gay blood donation ban
Under pressure from lawmakers, the Food and Drug Administration wants to hear from the public on its controversial prohibition on sexually active gay men donating blood. The agency issued a request for public comments on Tuesday about controversial guidelines issued in December about blood donations. Last year, the agency reversed its decades-old ban on gay men donating blood, but only if they have been abstinent for a year.
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Controversial Dem lashed out at 'corrupt party leadership'
Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson thinks leaders within his own party have created a "self-perpetuating oligarchy" that could damage Democratic candidates in the November election. In an interview Monday evening, the Florida congressman praised progressive Democrats for "actually knowing how to win elections" less than 24 hours before two far-left organizations withdrew their endorsements of him over allegations of domestic abuse.
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Vets' groups fight to save the reform law the VA ignored
A dozen military and veterans groups are asking for the right to defend a law in court that makes it easier to fire corrupt and negligent officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs, because the VA is refusing to defend the law on its own. The groups filed a brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit asking for the right to defend the 2014 Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act.
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Weiner vows to beat Trump Jr. in NYC mayor race
Former Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., said he would come out of political retirement to run against Donald Trump, Jr. for New York City mayor. "I'd come out of a retirement just to beat him like a rented mule," Weiner told a reporter Tuesday at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
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