Democratic

Liberal activists made an overhaul of the federal judiciary, including court-packing, part of the 2020 platform adopted this week at the Democratic National Convention. The platform’s call for “structural court reforms” is short on specifics, but advocacy groups have begun recruiting liberal judicial candidates for a court-packing agenda in a potential Biden administration next year.…

Some of the Democratic Party’s leading luminaries, as well as Joe Biden’s wife, Jill Biden, are scheduled to speak on the second night of the party’s virtual convention, following a first night capped by a searing indictment of President Trump by former first lady Michelle Obama.Trump responded Tuesday to Obama’s speech, saying her husband Barack…

The Democratic National Convention opened its first night Monday with an overarching theme of unity.The night featured prominent speakers who represent the broad general election coalition that Joe Biden is looking to build: progressives, centrist Democrats, independents, and moderate Republicans who have disaffected from Trump.To be sure, Biden’s polling lead is tightening, and by emphasizing…

Critics have derided the political conventions as a glorified TV show for several election cycles. This year, that's what it really truly is: a television production with live shots and short clips f…

For a party that endured a wide-open presidential primary with more than two-dozen candidates ranging from the left to the middle – and with the wounds of disunity from 2016 still healing – achieving party unity at this week’s Democratic National Convention is a top priority.And Democrats are intent on making sure history doesn’t repeat itself.WHO'S SPEAKING AND WHEN…