VOA News A Muslim immigrant gave what some consider the most emotional presentation at the Democratic convention Thursday night in Philadelphia where Hillary Clinton became the first woman to accept a major party’s nomination to run for president. Khizr Khan, the father of a fallen U.S. soldier, slammed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, asking «Have […]readmore
Chris Hannas WASHINGTON—As if the process to nominate Democratic and Republican candidates were not dramatic enough, the race to be the next president of the United States intensifies now that the parties have chosen Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump.Both Clinton and Trump spent about a year focusing largely on voters who feel strongly enough about […]readmore
Aru Pande VOA News WASHINGTON—She has made history. She has the domestic and foreign experience. And she has the endorsement of her primary opponent.Now, can Hillary Clinton overcome her historically high negative ratings for a Democratic presidential candidate? Just 38 percent of voters viewed Clinton favorably in a Gallup poll conducted the week before the […]readmore
El candidato a vicepresidente por el Partido Demócrata, Tim Kaine, realizó un extraordinario papel durante la Convención Nacional Demócrata, a pesar de que le tocó aceptar la nominación en un discurso que siguió al del vicepresidente Joe Biden y que precedió al del presidente Barack Obama. El senador por Virginia demostró que lo que aprendió […]readmore
Leonardo Bonett VOA News Contundentes discursos del presidente Barack Obama, del vicepresidente Joe Biden, del candidato a vicepresidente Tim Kaine, entre otros, ayudaron a redefinir la imagen de Hillary Clinton. 12 años, a la fecha, el presidente Obama pronuncia su último pero memorable discurso en una Convención Demócrata como Jefe de Estado La tercera noche, […]readmore
Chris Hannas VOA NEWS U.S. President Barack Obama laid out Wednesday why he thinks Hillary Clinton should take over when he leaves office in January, saying no man or woman has ever been more qualified for the job. His speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania highlighted accomplishments from his administration, while also […]readmore
Katherine Gypson PHILADELPHIA—If change is the watchword for the 2016 presidential election campaign – with one party nominating an outspoken businessman, the other flirting with a progressive outsider – the dynamic among U.S. news media, the political process and the audience is transforming as well. With thousands of national and international reporters assembled to cover […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier VOA News U.S. President Barack Obama is the featured speaker on the third day of the Democratic National Convention, where he will tell Americans why he thinks Hillary Clinton, his one-time secretary of state, should replace him in the White House when he leaves office next January. Vice President Joe Biden; Clinton’s vice […]readmore
Ken Bredemeier VOA News U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump encouraged Russia Wednesday to hack into the email server of his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, to find «the 30,000 emails that are missing» from her time as the country’s secretary of state. “It would be interesting to see. I will tell you this, Russia, if […]readmore
Katherine Gypson VOA News PHILADELPHIA—Sitting among his fellow Democratic delegates for the state of Virginia, he could not be any closer to the stage as Hillary Clinton becomes the first female presidential nominee of a major political party. The arena erupts with music and cheers, delegates almost unseen behind hundreds of waving, multicolored “Hillary for […]readmore