Conventions 2016
The Atlantic's coverage of the Republican and Democratic nominations for the U.S. presidential election
President Obama Says Gold Star Military Families 'Represent the Very Best of Our Country'
The commander-in-chief’s speech to a disabled veterans’ group was a counterweight to Donald Trump’s comments on the military.
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Trump Time Capsule #65: 'I'd Like to Hear His Wife Say Something'
The most personally moving, and most fundamentally patriotic, moment of the Democratic National Convention was the appearance by the bereaved…
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The Democrats’ Message of Calm
The Atlantic’s Molly Ball explores Hillary Clinton’s image of composure in the midst of a troubled country.
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Trump Time Capsule #63: What's In the Tax Returns?
Mark Salter, former chief of staff to Sen. John McCain, has written an essay for Real Clear Politics on why…
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Trump Time Capsule #62: 'A Man Who Can Be Baited With a Tweet'
Last night, in her overall very successful acceptance speech, Hillary Clinton said with ruthless precision about her opponent…
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Adrees Latif / Reuters A Message of Calm in an Agitated Time
Can Hillary Clinton’s projection of steadiness resonate with an unsettled country?
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Signs of the Times
The placards at the Democratic National Convention had more than symbolic importance.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Why the Democratic Party Can’t Escape Mass Incarceration
It's the issue at the heart of the convention: a policy they helped create, and are now debating how to fix.
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic The Christian Sects Who Protest at Conventions
Those who demonstrate at the RNC and DNC have extreme views within their faith. But they are increasingly mistaken for the mainstream.
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Scott Audette / Reuters Hillary's Message to America
The Democrat promised voters she’d do her job intelligently and doggedly—and help them be the heroes of their own lives.
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Mike Segar / Reuters Hillary Does It Again
In her acceptance speech, the Democratic nominee took on her Republican rival by throwing Donald Trump’s own words back at him.
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Mike Segar / Reuters The Most Inspiring and Depressing Moment of the Democratic Convention
The father of a Muslim American who died in Iraq confronts Donald Trump.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters Hillary Clinton Begins Building Her Coalition
The Democratic nominee for United States president made a play for progressives, moderates, and Independents alike during her address in Philadelphia on Thursday night.
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Mark Kauzlarich / Reuters How Chelsea Beat Ivanka at Being a Candidate Daughter
The comparatively less flashy, less spirited former First Kid managed to show her mom’s softer side at the DNC on Thursday.
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Carlos Barria / Reuters Hillary Clinton’s Feminist Triumph
The former secretary of state made history by winning the presidential nomination. Can she do it again by winning the presidency?
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Mike Segar / Reuters A Truth Made Self-Evident
Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic nomination in Philadelphia, ratifying a promise made there 240 years before—that all are created equal.
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Trump Time Capsule #61: 'A Serious Threat Against the Security of the West'
Just a quick place-holder note on where things stand, near the end of the DNC and in the middle of…
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Elizabeth Warren on Trump's 'Toxic Stew of Bigotry and Hatred'
Experience the senator’s press-conference speech in virtual reality.
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Bernie or Bargain
Are die-hard Bernie Sanders supporters willing to compromise and vote for Hillary Clinton?
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Reuters Trump Shows the Flaws of NSA Surveillance
His call for Russian hackers to break into Hillary Clinton’s email validate the worst suspicions of security-state critics.
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Reuters When Bernie Bros Become Hillary Bros
A casual survey at the DNC reveals not youthful folly, but Millennial pragmatism.
