The head of the U.S. Democratic Party resigned Sunday on the eve of the party’s national convention set to affirm former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as its 2016 presidential nominee. Debbie Wasserman Schultz quit the post amid a furor over leaked emails that show party leaders mocked and criticized the upstart campaign of […]
Division instead of unity is a dominant narrative at the the Republican National Convention, as Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s criticisms of presidential nominee Donald Trump spilled over into the final day of the four day event. Speaking to his home state delegation Thursday at the convention in the midwestern city of Cleveland, Cruz said he […]
CLEVELAND—Hopes by Donald Trump and the Republican Party to hold a carefully scripted national convention were thrown into disarray Monday, after a chaotic shouting match erupted on the convention floor, displaying long-standing tensions between pro- and anti-Trump factions of the party. In scenes of disorder not seen in a Republican convention in several decades, hundreds […]
The four-day, booze-filled luxury event that is the 2016 Republican National Convention is kicking off today in Cleveland, Ohio. While the convention has collected approximately $58.5 million from donors for this presidential election year event, it falls short of its fund-raising goal by over $6 million. Part of the shortfall is due to the intentions […]