“So it’s with great honor and humility, I accept this nomination for president of the United States of America.” [crowd noise] “This week, we saw a very fractured Democratic Party come together — putting aside a lot of ideological differences — and make clear that they are unified in their …...Read More

In a warm, encyclopedic tribute to her family Wednesday night, as she formally accepted the vice-presidential nomination, Senator Kamala Harris skimmed past any discussion of her father, Donald J. Harris, a Jamaican-born professor of economics at Stanford University. The reason is common to many of Ms. Harris’s generation: She is …...Read More

Next up for convention weirdness: the Republican Party. A group of delegates — six representing each state, territory and the District of Columbia for a total of 336 — is expected to begin arriving this weekend for the Republican National Convention before a formal roll call on Monday morning in …...Read More

So, what’s the second-term agenda? I’m not going to get ahead of the president. But I think you’re going to see a tribute to America as we talk about the greatness of this country, a tribute to our history, our heroes, and it will be very aspirational. Is there a …...Read More

Last night, the Democratic National Convention capped off four days of remote speeches, video montages and roll-call votes with a final address from the party’s presidential nominee, Joe Biden. “America’s history tells us that it has been in our darkest moments that we’ve made our greatest progress,” Biden said, in …...Read More

He arrived at the University of California, Berkeley, as a graduate student in 1961. There, he met Shyamala Gopalan, an Indian graduate student his age, who was pursuing a Ph.D. in nutrition and endocrinology. Ms. Harris, their eldest daughter, has written that the two “fell in love at Berkeley while …...Read More

Critics repeatedly said this circular form of fiscal finance — in which one arm of the government, the central bank, basically creates the money needed to fund the arm of government that taxes and spends — would inevitably lead to a spiral of inflation, a spike in interest rates or …...Read More

“Welcome to the fourth night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention: ‘Uniting America.’ OK, these last few nights have been going so well, we’ve decided to add a fifth night where we will just play Michelle Obama’s speech on a loop.” “We’ve cried out for justice. We have gathered in …...Read More

Next up for virtual convention weirdness: the Republican Party. A group of delegates — six representing each state, territory and the District of Columbia for a total of 336 — is expected to begin arriving this weekend for the Republican National Convention before a formal roll call on Monday morning …...Read More

Amid a bipartisan fury, including lawsuits from state attorneys general and multiple congressional investigations and calls for his resignation, Mr. DeJoy said he would delay the overtime cuts and other operational changes until after the election. David Partenheimer, a Postal Service spokesman, said the agency had “experienced some temporary service …...Read More