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The selection of Tim Walz as Kamala Harris’ running mate has sparked a wave of commentary suggesting that simply by elevating a former small-town football coach to the candidacy for vice president, Democrats will naturally secure the allegiance of rural voters nationwide.

I wonder what my dad, a butcher and a die-hard union man, would think about the state of our country’s political affairs. Is it “Morning in America” as Ronald Reagan exclaimed? “American Carnage” as Donald Trump proclaimed? Or, do “we have nothing to fear but fear itself,” as Franklin D.…

Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin hold the election key – can the Democrats see off the challenge from Trump?

In 1972, a survey found that news anchor Walter Cronkite was the “most trusted man in America.” Today, such trusted voices are rare.

Ex-president praises Kamala Harris as a champion of the people. Plus, US woman breaks record for widest tongue

"We are playing right into the strategy of his selection every time we don’t point it out" "

Learn about Fannie Lou Hamer's impactful speech at the 1964 DNC and her enduring legacy in the fight for civil rights and equality in America.

Ex-president praised Harris as ‘champion’ of people and took a dig at Trump’s ‘weird obsession with crowd sizes’

News analysis: Obama’s speech passes the torch to Harris – and lays some well-placed blows on Donald Trump after years of silence