President Obama's speech at the Democratic convention
Watch President Obama's full speech at the Democratic National Convention on July 27. (Video: The Washington Post; Photo: Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post) Below is the full text of President Obama's remarks at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night. OBAMA: Thank you! (APPLAUSE) Thank you. (APPLAUSE) Thank you! (APPLAUSE) Thank you. Thank you so much! Thank you everybody. (APPLAUSE) Thank you. Thank you. OBAMA: Thank you so much, everybody. Thank you! Thank you..>> view originalWould-be Reagan assassin John Hinckley Jr. to be freed after 35 ...
Thirty-five years after he shot President Ronald Reagan and three others outside a D.C. hotel, John W. Hinckley Jr. will be released from a government psychiatric hospital, a federal judge ordered Wednesday. The ruling ends the institutionalization of the one of the nation’s most notorious mental health patients. Outrage over Hinckley’s acquittal in the 1981 shooting reshaped the insanity defense in courts across the country. The revelation that he had pulled the trigger to impress a movie star..>> view originalJoe Biden's complete Democratic convention speech, annotated
Vice President Biden struck an emotional and patriotic tone in what may be one of his last major addresses as vice president, while speaking at the Democratic National Convention on July 27. (Gillian Brockell/Video: The Washington Post;Photo: Michael Robinson Chavez/The Washington Post) Vice President Biden on Wednesday delivered one of the best-received speeches at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. As I wrote, it was a quintessentially Biden performance -- a perhaps-unl..>> view originalBill O'Reilly irretrievably loses it over White House slaves
Bill O’Reilly. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File) PHILADELPHIA — If James Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch are looking for a moment in which to make a statement about their vision for Fox News, now is it. These two brothers — sons of mogul Rupert Murdoch and two-thirds of the triumvirate at Fox News parent company 21st Century Fox — are widely known to have resented the way that recently resigned Fox News chief Roger Ailes ran the network. Well, it’s been a week since Ailes left, and his offensive sty..>> view originalTrump invites Russia to meddle in the US presidential race with ...
PHILADELPHIA — Republican nominee Donald Trump pleaded directly Wednesday with the Russian government to meddle in the U.S. presidential election by finding and releasing tens of thousands of private emails from his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton — an extraordinary and perhaps unprecedented maneuver in American politics. “Russia, if you’re listening, I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 emails that are missing,” Trump said during a news conference at one of his South Florida resorts. He..>> view originalThe Latest: Syrian official says 3 crossings open in Aleppo
FILE - In this Saturday, June 18, 2016 file photo, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, second left, visits the Hemeimeem air base in Syria. Shoigu said on Thursday, July 28, 2016 that Russia and the Syrian government will open humanitarian corridors and offer a way-out for Islamic State fighters wanting to lay down their arms. (Vadim Savitsky/Russian Defense Ministry Press Service Pool Photo via AP, file) (Associated Press) By Associated Press July 28 at 6:44 AM BEIRUT — The Latest o..>> view originalNBA union to fund health care for retired players
“It’s important that we take care of our entire extended NBA family,” Chris Paul said. (Gustavo Caballero/Getty Images for NBPA) NBA players have recently made headlines for raking it in, as a new TV contract has led to massive, eyebrow-raising deals for even average performers. Now those players have made an unprecedented decision to share some of that fortune with their NBA predecessors by funding health care for many of them. [Russell Westbrook said to be ‘hurt’ by not hearing from Kev..>> view originalHow to get a roommate's bullying boyfriend off your couch
Adapted from an online discussion. Dear Carolyn: My daughter is in college and lives with two other roommates. She and another want to push the third one out. From what she tells me, they hate the other girl’s boyfriend because he apparently treats the girl awfully and makes her cry all the time. They are tired of telling her to dump him only to see him plopped on their couch days later. I see it as an abusive relationship, and my heart breaks that they would push her away, but I also g..>> view originalAt his final convention as president, Barack Obama tried one more ...
President Obama threw his full support behind Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Democratic National Convention and reflected on his eight-year presidency. Here are the highlights in four minutes. (Nicki DeMarco/The Washington Post/Photo: Michael Robinson Chavez) Barack Obama is a basketball fan. He knows that there are times when you run an isolation play, crowding four of your players on one side of the court to give one player space on the other to make a move to the basket. In his last speec..>> view originalFeds open a new sexual violence investigation at U-Va.
Students pass through the Lawn at the University of Virginia. (Norm Shafer/for The Washington Post) The federal government has opened a new civil rights investigation related to sexual violence issues at the University of Virginia, officials disclosed Wednesday. It is the second such probe to occur at U-Va. within the past five years. U-Va. is now one of 202 colleges and universities nationwide facing a sexual violence inquiry under the federal anti-discrimination law known as Title IX. The..>> view original
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