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2020 Democratic Convention

Supporters watch the program outside the venue where Democratic presidential candidate former vice president Joe Biden is speaking, during the final day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
August 21, 2020, 9:29 pm
Biden closes convention the way he launched campaign: Repudiating anti-Semitism
‘It was a wake-up call for us as a country’: Democratic nominee cites neo-Nazi rallies in Charlottesville and Trump’s ‘very fine people’ speech as the moment he knew he had to run
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, and his wife Jill Biden, join Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and her husband Doug Emhoff, during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
August 21, 2020, 9:22 pm
Rabbis, family and anxiety: All the Jewish scenes from the Democratic convention
The mainstage conversation explicitly addressed anti-Semitism, rabbis delivered benedictions, and both Biden and Harris’ Jewish family members were on display
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Delaware (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
August 21, 2020, 9:35 am
Despite progressive gains, US Democrat leaders stick to pro-Israel playbook
Though the conventional view has come out on top for now, fight over Jewish state between party’s wings unlikely to disappear anytime soon
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden speaks during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
August 21, 2020, 6:27 am
Biden accepts Democratic nomination, vows to end Trump’s ‘season of darkness’
Former vice president urges unity, competency during pandemic; says president’s comments referring to neo-Nazis as ‘very fine people’ spurred him to enter race
By Agencies
In this screenshot from the DNCC’s livestream of the 2020 Democratic National Convention, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords addresses the virtual convention on August 19, 2020. (DNCC via Getty Images/JTA)
August 20, 2020, 12:25 pm
Gabby Giffords, Jewish gun-control activists get Democratic convention spotlight
First section of Wednesday’s convention dedicated to gun control; other topics include undocumented migrants and climate change — and especially the rise of women in politics
By Ron Kampeas
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden is seen in a video feed from Delaware with his wife Jill Biden, and his grandchildren at his side, after winning the votes to become the Democratic Party's 2020 nominee for President, during the second night of the virtual 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. (Brian Snyder/Pool via AP)
August 19, 2020, 6:37 am
Democrats make it official, nominate Biden to take on Trump
Wide range of Democrats, and several Republicans, endorse the former US vice president to formalize what has been clear for months
By Steve Peoples
In this image from video, US Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during the first night of the Democratic National Convention on August 17, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)
August 18, 2020, 9:37 am
Sanders calls for party unity to counter Trump’s ‘authoritarianism’
At Democratic National Convention, progressive US senator expresses support for primary rival Joe Biden, rails against president: ‘Nero fiddled while Rome burned; Trump golfs’
By Will Weissert
In this image from video, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden leads a conversation on racial justice with Art Acevedo, Jamira Burley, Gwen Carr, Derrick Johnson and Lori Lightfoot during the first night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday, Aug. 17, 2020. (Democratic National Convention via AP)
August 18, 2020, 5:36 am
Democrats kick off convention to nominate Biden and ‘save’ democracy
Michelle Obama given primetime slot on opening night of 4-day convention taking place almost entirely online because of the COVID-19 outbreak
By Elodie Cuzin and Michael Mathes
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