Kamala Harris formally accepts Democrats’ nomination for president; caps convention with call to end Gaza war, fight tyranny
Updated: 2:15pm (AEST) Chicago, US Reuters Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday with a rousing call to end the war in Gaza and to fight tyranny around the world, drawing a sharp contrast with Republican Donald Trump. “In the enduring struggle between democracy and tyranny, I know where […]
Harris vice presidential pick Tim Walz rallies Democratic convention
Chicago, US Reuters Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz led fellow Democrats in a political pep rally on Wednesday night, vowing that he and presidential running mate Kamala Harris would triumph over Republican Donald Trump in November’s US election. The Minnesota governor, who was little known in America 15 days ago, acknowledged he had never given […]
Obama night at the DNC: Barack, Michelle rouse crowd for Harris
Chicago, US Reuters Former US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama delivered a one-two punch at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night, urging Americans to back Kamala Harris in her 11th-hour presidential bid against Republican Donald Trump. America’s first Black president, Obama has thrown his considerable political capital behind Harris as she […]
Biden hails Harris as their party’s future in DNC speech
Chicago, US Reuters President Joe Biden cemented the Democratic Party’s embrace of Kamala Harris as its leader in the fight for the White House against Republican Donald Trump with a convention speech on Monday that hailed his vice president as the party’s future. Biden took centre stage on opening night of the Democratic National Convention, […]
Harris urges Democrats to fight in surprise DNC appearance
Chicago, US Reuters Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance at the party’s national convention on Monday night, drawing cheers from the crowd as she vowed to defeat Republican rival Donald Trump in the November election. “Let us fight for the ideals we hold dear and let us always remember, when we fight […]
US election: Christians, evangelicals rally for Kamala Harris ahead of Democratic National Convention
JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, reports ahead of the this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago…
Harris assails Trump, promises compassion over chaos in debut rally
Milwaukee, US Reuters US Vice President Kamala Harris assailed Donald Trump on Tuesday at her first campaign rally since replacing President Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential candidate, while a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll showed her taking a marginal lead over her Republican rival. In a 17-minute speech, Harris aggressively went after Trump’s vulnerabilities, comparing her […]
US election: Joe Biden’s acceptance speech caps off an unusually faith-filled Democratic National Convention
JACK JENKINS, writing for Religion News Services, reports on this week’s “atypically religious” gathering of US Democrats…
US Episcopal Bishop Mariann Budde appeals to ‘better angels’ in Democratic convention prayer
Washington DC, US RNS The Rt Rev Mariann Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington who criticised President Donald Trump after he held a Bible aloft during a photo op in front St John’s Church near the White House in June, focused her prayer for the Democratic National Convention Tuesday evening on a Christian appeal to […]