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(CHICAGO) -- Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has been in office since 2023, having previously served as the state's attorney general.Before Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate in July, sources told ABC News that Shapiro was a front-runner for the role.At the Democratic…

(CHICAGO) -- Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who was the first Muslim elected to Congress, hinted in an interview with ABC News that he might directly address protestors criticizing the Biden administration on the Israel-Hamas war and the situation in Gaza when he speaks at the Democratic National Convention on…

(CHICAGO) -- As the economy tops lists of voter concerns ahead of the 2024 election, some speakers at the Democratic National Convention have sought to emphasize how much the economy has improved under President Joe Biden.When Biden took office in early 2021, the U.S. was in the midst of the…

(CHICAGO) -- Former director of communications for Trump's transition team, Bryan Lanza, and former Senator Heidi Heitkamp spoke with ABC News about their opinions regarding Vice President Kamala Harris and her presidential campaign.Lanza said that Harris has not had to answer for the various policy changes she's made over the…

(WASHINGTON) -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is planning to drop out of the presidential race by the end of this week, sources familiar with the decision tell ABC News.Sources tell ABC News that Kennedy plans to endorse Donald Trump -- but when asked directly by ABC News if he will…

(WASHINGTON) -- The Harris-Walz campaign effort to calcify the renewed enthusiasm from their party at the top of the ticket is seeing their biggest week of mobilization of the entire election cycle as the party's national convention charges on in Chicago.Ahead of the convention, the campaign launched what they characterize…

(CHICAGO) -- Democrats have made conservatives’ controversial Project 2025 and its education agenda a weapon in their attacks against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump at the Democratic National Convention.Dismantling the Department of Education is a key issue for conservatives this election season and is mentioned in the 922-page playbook for…

(CHICAGO) -- Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will take the stage at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday to formally accept the vice presidential nomination and deliver a keynote speech.Vice President Kamala Harris tapped Walz to be her running mate earlier this month, just a couple weeks after she became the…

(CHICAGO) -- Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago has wrapped.Here's a look at some of the key moments in a night that saw highly-anticipated prime-time speeches from Barack and Michelle Obama and second gentleman Doug Emhoff, along with a few surprise guests:Barack Obama passes the torchFormer President…

(CHICAGO) -- Barack and Michelle Obama used their star power to lift up Vice President Kamala Harris -- and eviscerate her opponent.Representing Democrats' modern version of political royalty, the former president and former first lady brought a raucous Chicago crowd to its feet with their distinctively soaring rhetoric. But compared…