Delegates gather at the United Center in Chicago for the Democratic National Convention to rally their support for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the nominees for U.S. president and vice-president, ahead of the general election in November.
Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones, which were shot down by air defences in what Russian officials said was one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022.
Ukrainian forces have either destroyed or damaged all three of the bridges over the Seym River in western Russia, according to Russian sources, as Kyiv's incursion into western Russia entered its third week Tuesday.
Former U.S. president Barack Obama will address the crowd at the Democratic National Convention tonight. He'll make his case for Harris. But the former president's speech might also indicate how he views his current position as an elder statesman of the Democratic Party.
Kamala Harris got the speech Hubert Humphrey never did. The last time a VP replaced a boss who quit the race, it was nothing like this: Biden showed up to face his party, glossed over the fact it pushed him out, and delivered a campaign speech for her.
