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Michelle Obama, in a preview clip of her remarks at tonight’s Democratic National Convention, says that Joe Biden is a “profoundly decent man guided by faith,” and someone who “knows what it takes to rescue an economy, beat back a pandemic and lead our country.” Convention organizers made public a clip of pre-taped…

Much of the attention during this week’s virtual Democratic National Convention will be focused on primetime speeches and the moment when Joe Biden and Kamala Harris accept their party nomination. But Biden’s campaign has lined up a series of fundraisers throughout the week, hoping to draw on the attention and the…

Mobile news platform NowThis is set to exclusively stream a conversation between Hamilton‘s Lin-Manuel Miranda and presidential candidate Joe Biden as part of its Future Is Now event, a virtual community conversation presented by the Latino Victory Project about increasing Latino representation from the stage to the…

Stephen Colbert’s animated news comedy Tooning Out The News will have you covered for the Democratic National Convention. The CBS All Access series will deliver up to the minute political coverage by hosts and analysts from "Big News," "Hot Take," and "Virtue Signal" with breaking news and election updates from the…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Monday gave gyms a green light to reopen August 24 following recent nods to bowling allies, museums and malls but is still leaving movie theaters, which he called less essential and higher risk, in the dark. That's both literally and figuratively. Cuomo gave no indication of a reopening…

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will sit-down with ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir and Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts for their first joint interview, with plans for a primetime special on Aug. 23. Muir and Roberts will each conduct separate interviews. The ABC News exclusive is notable because the…

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will each make appearances on the first night of the Democratic National Convention, which will be a bit of a feat of staging such a large scale event in a time of COVID-19. The program lineup will feature a mix of live and taped segments and, in addition to political figures and “real-life&#8221…

Democrats will intersperse their lineup of speakers and musical acts at this week’s convention with four entertainment figures who long have been active in party politics: Eva Longoria, Tracee Ellis Ross, Kerry Washington and Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Longoria will appear on Monday, Ross on Tuesday, Washington on Wednesday…

The 2020 Democratic National Convention gets underway Monday and kicks off four days of virtual party meetings, events and speeches before Thursday, when the ticket of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are expected to officially accept the presidential and vice presidential nominations in primetime. The coronavirus pandemic…

After a week off John Oliver came back to his “white void” to unpack the news on Sunday night’s episode of Last Week Tonight, using the announcement of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden’s Vice Presidential pick as a launching pad to talk about the country’s (specifically Republicans) obsession with conspiracy theories. When…

It was a quiet start to the day for President Donald Trump, who is in mourning for his brother, Robert, who passed away late on Saturday. The President started his day by attending online church services at California’s New Season Church, administered by Pastor Sam Rodriguez, who also serves as the President of the…

In a stark reversal of his past position, President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he is mulling a pardon for Edward J. Snowden, who leaked classified documents about vast government surveillance. "There are many, many people — it seems to be a split decision — many people think that he should be somehow be…