The dinner that showed why Trump and a cardinal should go to confession

The dinner that showed why Trump and a cardinal should go to confession

Instead of telling Trump he was over the line,Cardinal Dolan enabled him to cast his campaign as a quasi-religious crusade.

  • byMaureen Dowd

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‘An overnight success 20 years in the making’:The rise of Kamala Harris

‘An overnight success 20 years in the making’:The rise of Kamala Harris

The transformation of attitudes towards the presidential hopeful has been rapid and profound. Was she underestimated – or has she changed?

  • byNick Bryant
Second Trump assassination attempt is business as usual in the US
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Second Trump assassination attempt is business as usual in the US

Gun shots at the former president’s golf course is another jarring moment in an election campaign vital to the future of the US.

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Pelosi rejects claims that Biden was ‘pushed’,focuses on Democrats beating Trump

Pelosi rejects claims that Biden was ‘pushed’,focuses on Democrats beating Trump

The powerful California congresswoman rejected suggestions Joe Biden was forced to withdraw,saying he “made a selfless decision ... pass the torch to another generation”.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
‘Mother of all dragons’ Pelosi says Harris will take US to new heights

‘Mother of all dragons’ Pelosi says Harris will take US to new heights

The woman widely credited for changing Joe Biden’s mind about seeking reelection delivered a DCN speech of tough love.

  • byJosh Boak andJoey Cappelletti
‘We’ll turn the page on Trump’:Ex-coach Walz gives his biggest pep talk

‘We’ll turn the page on Trump’:Ex-coach Walz gives his biggest pep talk

Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz headed the star-studded day three of the Democratic National Convention,along with Oprah,Bill Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
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DNC 2024 day 3 as it happened:Harris’ running mate Tim Walz accepts VP nomination;Bill Clinton,Nancy Pelosi speak

DNC 2024 day 3 as it happened:Harris’ running mate Tim Walz accepts VP nomination;Bill Clinton,Nancy Pelosi speak

Day three of the Democratic National Convention has wrapped up in Chicago,with Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz formally accepting his nomination.

  • byNick Ralston,Farrah Tomazin andEliza Sum
The Democratic love-in will be ecstasy,except that everyone’s mad at each other

The Democratic love-in will be ecstasy,except that everyone’s mad at each other

Top Democrats are bristling with resentments even as they are about to try to put on a united front at the party’s National Convention in Chicago.

  • byMaureen Dowd
‘Stupid,reckless’:Keating,Pelosi trade barbs over Taiwan

‘Stupid,reckless’:Keating,Pelosi trade barbs over Taiwan

Former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi says Paul Keating’s description of the self-governing island as “Chinese real estate” was a “stupid statement”.

  • byMatthew Knott
Harris frames herself as everything Trump is not,and Democrats are behind her

Harris frames herself as everything Trump is not,and Democrats are behind her

Kamala Harris,a former prosecutor and attorney-general,believes she can offer the US something that Donald Trump,a convicted felon,cannot.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
The final days:How Biden and his inner circle blew it

The final days:How Biden and his inner circle blew it

Biden went from the party’s figurehead to a liability. He became the first sitting president to stand down from a possible re-election since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968.

  • byTrevor Hunnicutt