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Illegal Voting By Noncitizens Is Rare. Why Is It Suddenly A Big Deal?
A 1996 law prohibits noncitizens from voting in elections for president or Congress. Violators can be fined, imprisoned or deported.
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A 1996 law prohibits noncitizens from voting in elections for president or Congress. Violators can be fined, imprisoned or deported.
Passionate celebrations in the United Center as Kamala Harris delivers the biggest speech of her life after snubbing uncommitted delegates.
Pro-Palestinian delegates never got the chance to take the stage and address the convention.
As uncommitted delegates demand representation outside, night 3 inside is marked by emotional appeals and the cast of the veep's veepstakes.
Oprah Winfrey also returned to Chicago, alongside speakers Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and Pete Buttigieg.
Kamala Harris was portrayed as a “joyful warrior” who doesn’t take any “BS.” So far, she also doesn’t take questions.
The Minnesota governor and the Harris' pick to be vice president will introduce himself to a national audience Wednesday night.
"We were not the initiators of violence," police said, as anti-Israel protests lead to dozens of arrests and accusations of brutality.
The Pennsylvania governor is among primetime speakers including former President Bill Clinton and new VP candidate Tim Walz.
Whitmer is expected to speak the same night Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepts the Democratic nomination.
Speakers on night two of the Democratic National Convention included the Obamas and Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff.
Here's the scheduled list of speakers for the second night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
Past and present Democratic Party leaders gathered in the United Center, as protestors outside pushed back against pro-Israel policies.
Vice President Kamala Harris also made a surprise appearance, alongside speakers including Hillary Clinton and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Protesters were confronted by police and eventually cleared the area. Four people were arrested, according to reports.
A schedule of speakers and hosts as delegates convene in Chicago.
Trump last visited Michigan in July, just days after a gunman tried to assassinate him at a rally in Pennsylvania.
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance had harsh words for the Democratic ticket during a Pittsburgh appearance Thursday.
Tim Walz “misspoke” in a 2018 video about "weapons of war that I carried in war,” a Harris-Walz campaign spokesperson said Saturday.
In Tim Walz, Kamala Harris is adding a folksy, Midwestern governor with a liberal record to her presidential ticket.
The favorite for the Democratic VP job will appear as stakes are raised in the battleground state.
Kamala Harris is bringing back Democratic donors. Donald Trump is counting on V.P. pick JD Vance to raise money in Silicon Valley.
Saturday's Donald Trump rally is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. at the Herb Brooks National Hockey Center in St. Cloud.
Officials said Bucks County has flipped to Republicans in the registered voter count as of Monday, according to statistics.
Biden, who is now testing negative for COVID-19, departed Delaware Tuesday after nearly a week of isolating at his Rehoboth Beach home.
As he handed off the mantle of leadership to Harris, President Joe Biden added: "I'm watching you kid. I love you."
California Democrats also praised Biden, who ended his campaign, as a transformative leader who put the needs of the country before his own.
Biden endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who said she intends to “earn and win this nomination.”
Democrats increasingly worry the party could lose the ability to take control of the House if Biden doesn't step away from the 2024 race.
President Joe Biden has mild symptoms and "will self-isolate and will continue to carry out his duties fully," the White House said.
The ranking Democratic lawmaker and frontrunner in the California senate race said it was time for the president to "pass the torch."
The Democratic National Committee saidTuesday that it is investing $15 million in state parties, meant to help them open more field offices.
False claims and conspiracy theories are copious as authorities investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
The man voters choose in November will seek to shape the landscape of American life in ways wholly distinct from the other.
The first session of the Republication National Convention kicked off Monday in Milwaukee.
Former President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social network that he was choosing the Ohio senator as his running mate.
Congressman Jim Himes, who represents the 4th District, is the first of CT's congressional delegation to call for Biden's exit from the race
President Joe Biden faces multiple calls to release his delegates to a candidate who may be better able to defeat Donald Trump in November.
As an increasingly defiant Biden rejects calls to step aside after a disastrous debate, he's looking at how Trump weathered controversies.
Anxiety is running high as top-ranking Democratic lawmakers are joining calls for Biden to step aside despite his defiance.