“It’s very humbling to be here … I think the key issue here is that democracy is a painful thing and in Africa we haven’t found it ..."
With many of his supporters angry about leaked emails from Democratic Party leaders that seemed to show a bias in favor of Hillary Clinton, Sanders sought to heal the party rift.
Top Clinton officials on Monday took the extraordinary step of accusing Russian hackers of trying to interfere in the U.S. election by releasing the Democratic National Committee emails.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who finished second to Clinton in the Democratic race, said the country needs leadership that brings people together instead of insulting Latinos, Muslims, women, African-Americans and veterans.
The convention opens Monday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known as the City of Brotherly Love, but it is starting on a discordant note.
"The most important consideration is his ability to step in as president, and he clearly has the experience, knowledge, intelligence and temperament to do that," Jocelyn Bucaro, an Ohio super-delegate and a Clinton supporter, said about Kaine.
He also is a moderate who has the potential to attract voters repelled by Donald Trump and those who may have a hard time fully embracing Clinton.
“We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again,” Trump said. “And we will make America great again.”
The rookie politician has declared repeatedly that his goal was to "make America great again."
Indiana Governor Mike Pence gets his chance in the speaking spotlight, less than a week after being announced as Trump's running mate.
People with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday that Clinton has a "short list" of nine people she is considering.
In scenes of disorder not seen in a Republican convention in several decades, hundreds of delegates, most opposed to Trump, waved their fists and angrily screamed for a roll call vote on the convention rules.
"What happened to there is no black America, there is no white America, there is just America?"
Blessing Tonderai Mudzinganyama said he is not happy with presidential nominee Donald Trump’s suggestions that the country should close its borders to some immigrants.
Monday's opening day of the party's convention in Cleveland, Ohio is focused on national security and immigration.
The case against police officer Brian Rice focused on the question of whether he should have put a seat belt on Freddie Gray, who suffered a spinal injury during the van ride.
The Clinton campaign says the two candidates will "discuss their commitment to building an America that is stronger together and an economy that works for everyone, not just those at the top."
Dallas Chief of Police David Brown told CNN Sunday that the slain gunman told police negotiators he wanted to "kill white people, especially white officers."
Five police officers have already been confirmed dead after the ambush attack at an anti-police brutality protest, but that number could rise as six more officers are wounded, according to Dallas police.
Police had been negotiating with the fourth gunman who exchanged gunfire with police in a standoff at a downtown garage. It is not clear if the gunman shot himself or was killed by police.
FBI Director James Comey sharply condemned Clinton, who served as the country's top diplomat from 2009 to 2013, and her colleagues at the State Department for what he said Tuesday was their "extremely careless" handling of classified material.
How many Americans will walk into the voting booth on November 8 and mutter to themselves, 'Ugh, this is the choice I have, Clinton or Trump?'
President Barack Obama said in his weekly address "with Father's Day upon us" he has been "thinking a lot" about "the responsibilities we have to each other."
The Dissent Channel was established decades ago to allow American diplomats to speak freely about foreign policy matters.
“I have never heard of a Dissent Channel message that had 10 signatures, much less one that had 50.”
Obama and Vice President Joe Biden met privately with relatives of the 49 people killed and the 53 wounded at Pulse, a gay nightclub, last Sunday in the largest mass shooting in U.S. history.
“So I was just begging God to just please take me, and I just wanted to close my eyes and just let him, just literally take the soul out of my body."
The body of Lane Graves was found intact near the area where the alligator dragged him into the water. Sheriff Jerry Demings said the alligator drowned the little boy.
WMO scientists said the heat has been especially pronounced in the Arctic, resulting in an extreme amount of Arctic sea ice and Greenland ice sheet melting early this year.
Obama said the massacre "marks the most deadly shooting in American history."
“But that doesn’t mean that Mateen was directed or acting under the orders of the Islamic State."
The early Sunday attack ended when police stormed the Pulse nightclub, fatally shooting the suspect and rescuing club-goers trapped inside.
Gunfire erupted at Pulse, a gay nightclub, early Sunday. The gunman, whom police said was equipped with a rifle and a handgun, was killed inside the club in a shootout with police.