Obama made his DNC debut 20 years ago. He’s returning to make the case for Kamala Harris
Barack Obama is returning to the Democratic National Convention stage two decades after his memorable debut. His job is different this time. In 2004, Obama was a young state senator from Illinois stumping for nominee John Kerry and introducing himself to the nation. That speech came months before his election to the Senate and put him on course to the presidency four years later. This time, Obama is the 63-year-old elder statesman eight years removed from serving two terms as the nation’s first Black president. He’ll be making the case for another historic figure: Vice President Kamala Harris. Michelle Obama will speak Tuesday as well.
The Latest: Day 2 of the DNC will feature the Obamas and second gentleman Doug Emhoff
Day two of the Democratic National Convention has begun. Former President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will speak at the DNC, a day after the unofficial farewell for President Joe Biden, who served eight years as Obama’s vice president. Biden won’t be in the hall to see his former running mate speak, as he departed Chicago after delivering his own speech. With President Biden having addressed delegates, the week’s full focus now turns to Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov Tim Walz.
13 protesters arrested during the first day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago
CHICAGO (AP) — Police say they arrested 13 people and have added additional security fences at a Chicago park where protesters clashed with police during the first day of the Democratic National Convention. More protests are planned for Tuesday, including one outside the Israeli Consulate in downtown Chicago. The park, located a block from the convention arena, served as a destination point for a march of thousands on Monday calling for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. Several dozen activists broke away from the main group, breached the fencing, and were pushed back by police. Police Superintendent Larry Snelling says 13 protesters were arrested Monday.
Trump campaigns to ‘make America safe again’ as the Democratic convention zeroes in on his felony record
HOWELL, Mich. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has pledged to “make America safe again ” while campaigning in Michigan as the Democrats who gathered in Chicago to nominate Kamala Harris branded him a career criminal. Trump campaigned Tuesday in Michigan as part of a battleground campaign swing designed to counter the Democratic National Convention. He stood alongside sheriff’s deputies in the city of Howell and tarred Harris, a former San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general, as the “ringleader” of a “Marxist attack on law enforcement” across the country. The event was billed as another way for Trump to draw contrasts with Harris. But, as with earlier events on the economy and inflation, Trump devoted much of his attention to attacking the vice president.
Blinken ends the latest Mideast visit without a cease-fire, warning ‘time is of the essence’
JERUSALEM (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has ended his latest visit to the Middle East without securing a cease-fire in Gaza. He warned on Tuesday that “time is of the essence” even as Hamas and Israel signaled that challenges remain. After meetings with officials in fellow mediating countries Egypt and Qatar, Blinken said that because Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge gaps with the militant group, the focus turns to doing everything possible to “get Hamas on board.” Mediators also must ensure both sides agree to key details to put a deal in place. Blinken says the so-called bridging proposal is “very clear on the schedule and the locations of (Israeli military) withdrawals from Gaza.”
Ukraine has destroyed or damaged all three bridges over Russia’s Seym River, Russian sources say
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian sources say that Ukrainian forces have either destroyed or damaged all three of the bridges over the Seym River in western Russia as Kyiv’s incursion into western Russia enters its third week. Kyiv’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk oblast is changing the trajectory of the war and boosting morale among Ukraine’s war-weary population, though the ultimate outcome of the daring incursion remains impossible to predict. Meanwhile Tuesday a massive fire burned for the third consecutive day elsewhere in western Russia after an oil depot was hit by Ukrainian drones. Russian President Vladimir Putin accused the Ukrainians of “trying to destabilize our country” and vowed revenge.
What is known about the sinking of a luxury yacht off the coast of Sicily and those aboard
PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Specialist cave divers working in 12-minute underwater shifts are searching for six missing passengers and crew, including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, believed to be in the submerged wreck of a luxury yacht that was slammed by a powerful storm and swiftly sank off Sicily. The sleek Bayesian yacht was carrying a crew of 10 people and 12 passengers when it suddenly sank near the Mediterranean island that is part of Italy at about 4 a.m. on Monday. One body has been recovered, and 15 people survived. This is what we know so far about the sinking and those who were on board.
University of Kentucky to disband diversity office after GOP lawmakers pushed anti-DEI legislation
The University of Kentucky’s president says the school will disband its office promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Office President Eli Capilouto said Tuesday it’s in response to questions from policymakers. The action comes after state lawmakers debated whether to limit diversity, equity, and inclusion practices at public universities. Republican supermajorities in Kentucky were unable to resolve differences on the issue before ending this year’s session. But, the matter is expected to resurface when lawmakers reconvene next year. GOP lawmakers at the forefront of DEI debates welcomed the action taken by UK and urged other public universities to take similar steps.
Final report outlines missed opportunities to stop Maine’s deadliest shooting
LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — A special commission says the Army Reserve and local police missed opportunities to intervene and seize weapons from a spiraling reservist responsible for the deadliest shootings in Maine history. It also suggests New York’s red flag law could have been used to seize his guns months before the shooting when the gunman was in a psychiatric hospital in New York. Those are among the findings in the commission’s final report Tuesday on the 2023 killings of 18 people in Lewiston. The panel announced its conclusions at Lewiston City Hall, not far from the two sites where the shootings took place.
Powell may use Jackson Hole speech to hint at how fast and how far the Fed could cut rates
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials have said they’re increasingly confident that they’ve nearly tamed inflation. Now, it’s the health of the job market that’s starting to draw their concern. With inflation cooling toward its 2% target, the pace of hiring slowing and the unemployment rate edging up, the Fed is poised to cut its benchmark interest rate next month from its 23-year high. How fast it may cut rates after that, though, will be determined mainly by whether employers keep hiring. Chair Jerome Powell will likely provide some hints about how the Fed sees the economy and what its next steps may be in a high-profile speech Friday in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, at the Fed’s annual conference of central bankers.
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