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CHICAGO — Climaxing a sudden ascent to the Democratic ticket, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz accepted his party’s vice presidential nomination on the Democratic convention’s third night, leaning into his prepolitics persona as a no-nonsense high school football coach. “Never underestimate a public school teacher,” Walz said. He portrayed himself as someone with nuanced views, citing his […]

PolitiFact live fact-checked the third night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, including tonight’s speeches by the new Democratic vice presidential nominee, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and former President Bill Clinton. RELATED: 2024 DNC Night 3 fact-check: What speakers got right, wrong in Chicago speech RELATED: Walz has conflated IVF and IUI when discussing his family. […]

CHICAGO — Durante la segunda noche de la Convención Nacional Demócrata el expresidente Barack Obama describió a la vicepresidenta Kamala Harris, candidata presidencial demócrata, como alguien que lucharía por las necesidades de los estadounidenses. Obama dijo que el expresidente y candidato presidencial republicano Donald Trump solo cuidaría de sí mismo.  Aparte de Obama, otros oradores […]

Reproductive rights took center stage during the Democratic National Convention’s first night in Chicago. But is the DNC offering free abortions and vasectomies to attendees, as some conservative social media users have claimed? RNC Research, an X account run by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee, posted Aug. 18, “Democrats are giving out […]

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will give the most nationally watched speech of his political career when he takes the stage Aug. 21 at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Before Vice President Kamala Harris selected Walz as her running mate, PolitiFact had not fact-checked Walz on the Truth-O-Meter. But he got our attention in August. […]

PolitiFact is live fact-checking the second night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, including tonight’s speech by former President Barack Obama.  We also fact-checked the first night of the DNC, including speeches by President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and others.  Several TV networks will be broadcasting tonight’s prime-time speeches, […]

The newsrooms of PolitiFact and Capital B will collaborate this election season on fact-checks and analyses of issues that are important to Black Americans. The partnership will focus on providing accurate information about the topics driving social conversations in Black communities, ensuring that Black voters have the knowledge they need to navigate the political landscape […]

CHICAGO — Two decades after exploding onto the political scene at a different Democratic convention, former President Barack Obama, along with former first lady Michelle Obama, energized convention attendees here. The Obamas bestowed their support on nominee Kamala Harris, who aims to follow Barack Obama as the nation’s second Black president. Barack Obama began his […]

CHICAGO — La primera noche de la Convención Nacional Demócrata estuvo llena de apoyo hacia la nominación de Kamala Harris como la candidata demócrata para las elecciones de noviembre. Tampoco faltaron las críticas hacia las políticas del expresidente Donald Trump. El presidente Joe Biden habló de sus acciones en la Casa Blanca en materias como […]

CHICAGO — President Joe Biden, in an often fiery speech, addressed a Democratic convention for which, until just a few weeks earlier, he had expected to be the one accepting his party’s nomination. The audience in the United Center was appreciative, interrupting Biden with chants of “Thank you, Joe.” With his address, Biden outlined his […]

Project 2025 has a starring role in this week’s Democratic National Convention. And it was front and center on Night 1. “This is Project 2025,” Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, D-Royal Oak, said as she laid a hardbound copy of the 900-page document on the lectern. “Over the next four nights, you are going to […]

CHICAGO — Since President Joe Biden decided not to seek a second term, Democratic chatter about the incumbent president turned from despair at his stumbling campaign to praise for his accomplishments. Biden enters the Democratic National Convention at the United Center, where he will deliver a prime-time address Aug. 19, with a swell of admiration […]