Watch Live: Democrat National Convention, Day 1
Prominent Democrats such as former First Lady Michelle Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and others will speak virtually for the first day of the Democrat National Convention.

Prominent Democrats such as former First Lady Michelle Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), and others will speak virtually for the first day of the Democrat National Convention.

Monday on MSNBC, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) argued lawmakers had to fund the U. S. Postal Service to “save” it from President Donald Trump and his appointee Postmaster General Louis DeJoy.

The four-day virtual Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday evening with a “We The People” theme. Featured speakers will include former first lady Michelle Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC), Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, and former Republican Ohio Governor John Kasich. Stay tuned to Breitbart News for live updates throughout the evening. All times eastern.

A poll released on Monday revealed a potentially tight race between Rep. Richard Neal (D-MA), chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, and Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse (D) in Massachusetts’ First Congressional District Democrat primary.

A former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) staffer who was promoted in the agency by former Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen has cut a campaign ad trashing President Trump, vowing his support for Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden.

“Look at all of that fake news, it’s unbelievable,” Trump said while ripping the media covering his rally. “Unfortunately Fox has become fake news too. I don’t know what happens. Do you agree?”

“These are all taped speeches. Michelle Obama, her speech was taped,” Trump marveled, previewing the opening night of speeches for the Democrat national convention on Monday.

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) wants to create an archaic pen pal program so the Postal Service can get a boost.

President Donald Trump campaigned in Minnesota on Monday, criticizing Rep. Ilhan Ohmar (D-MN).

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) downplayed China’s threat during a Monday discussion with the Atlantic Council, stating that people “can’t blame a country for acting in its own self-interest.”

Restoration PAC is setting its sights on the battleground state of Pennsylvania, expanding its “devastating” anti-Biden campaign in the form of its largest ad buy yet. It is spending $3.2 million in the Keystone State, bringing total spending on TV and digital ads in key swing states, as well as D.C., to $9.1 million.

Kamala Harris has resurrected the false claim that President Donald Trump called the coronavirus a “hoax” in a podcast interview with actors Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett. The Democratic vice presidential candidate then called for bipartisan cooperation, insisting politicians should “put aside” their ideologies and come together to fix the country’s problems.

Black Lives Matters and Antifa rioters in Portland targeted, beat, or robbed multiple passersby, including a trans woman on Sunday evening.

President Donald Trump on Monday met with Minneapolis business owners affected by the destructive riots in the name of George Floyd.

Twitter has allowed the conspiracy theory that Post Office mailboxes are being “locked” to prevent Americans mailing in their ballots to spread unchecked on the platform, despite intensifying censorship of conservatives, including President Donald Trump, on dubious grounds of “misinformation” over the past few months.

LeBron James and Patrick Mahomes joined a group of sports stars who signed onto a letter calling for an end to what they claim is the “suppression” of black voters ahead of the 2020 election.

On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom,” Biden Campaign Co-Chair Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) stated that he thinks Postmaster General Louis DeJoy should be investigated by the FBI and could potentially “be tampering with a federal election.” Host Anderson Cooper asked,

The following an exclusive excerpt from Lee Smith’s new book, “The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted the American President,” available on August 18, 2020.

Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” White House trade and manufacturing adviser Peter Navarro shared the belief held among those in the Trump administration that China is “biding their time” in trade negotiations and “waiting for the election hoping Joe Biden will get elected.”

Sunday on CNN, former Vice President Al Gore accused President Donald Trump of “putting his knee on the neck of American democracy” with his appointee Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s overhaul of the U.S. Postal Service.

A Financial Times article posted Sunday night questions former Vice President Joe Biden’s lurch to the left on energy when his record shows more support for fossil fuels than windmills or solar panels.

Fact check – CLAIM: Trump is trying to rig the 2020 election by removing mailboxes. VERDICT: FALSE. Obama-Biden removed at least 14,000.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is encouraging disillusioned voters to back the Biden-Harris ticket but admitted that they “may not fall in love” with who they ultimately rally behind.

Joe Biden’s (D) campaign is forging tradition and does not have immediate plans to lease a campaign plane adorned with his logo due to coronavirus-related restrictions and concerns.

Joe Biden has thrown his support behind free health insurance and college, saying in an Elle magazine interview with rap star Cardi B that “there’s no reason why we can’t have all of that.” And who will foot the bill? Taxpayers, of course, with the presidential candidate saying that “no corporation should pay less than 15 percent tax.”

Former Vice President Joe Biden misstated the number of grandchildren he has during an interview with rapper and songwriter Cardi B.

Former Republican member of Congress Susan Molinari, who will endorse Democrat Joe Biden for president during the Democratic National Convention, has been known as “Google’s Washington insider,” a key lobbyist for the tech giant.

San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz (PDP), who rose to the national spotlight after routinely criticizing President Trump and his administration over the nation’s response to Hurricane Maria in 2017, lost her primary bid for governor of Puerto Rico over the weekend.

A CNN poll taken between August 12 and 15, the three days immediately after Joe Biden chose Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) as his running mate, shows not only a tightening of the overall race, but a 21 point shift away from Biden with non-white voters.

Turnout will determine the 2020 presidential election. That’s why the Job Creators Network has launched a historic and innovative “10 for 20” campaign.

Monday, Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) reacted to the U.S. Postal Service cutbacks as Democrats have been pushing for mail-in voting amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

Cast members of the political drama “The West Wing” will host a fundraiser with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin on Tuesday to ensure that the rustbelt swing state is where the “Trump nightmare ends.”

The National Catholic Register warned this weekend that Joe Biden’s choice of Kamala Harris as running mate may hurt his appeal with religious voters due to her “aggressive pro-abortion and anti-religious freedom record.”

Democrats have spent several days flogging the false “mailbox conspiracy” theory that President Donald Trump is deliberately crippling the U.S. Postal Service so that it cannot handle votes by mail in November — even forcing it to remove mailboxes.

“My biggest opponent isn’t Biden. It’s not the Democrats. It’s the corrupt media,” Trump said. “We have a corrupt media in this country.”

Joe Biden is promising to deliver more of India’s contract workers — plus an unlimited supply of tech graduates — to the small but growing Indian community in the United States.

In a Monday interview on FNC’s “Fox & Friends,” President Donald Trump previewed the upcoming Democratic National Convention, where it is expected that former Vice President Joe Biden will secure the party’s 2020 presidential nomination.

Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) on Monday sounded off on the Democrats’ push for post office legislation to support vote-by-mail in the upcoming 2020 elections amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

President Donald Trump this week plans to offer some counter-programming to the Democrat party convention, as former Vice President Joe Biden accepts the nomination of his party.

Fox News Channel’s Steve Hilton opened his program on Sunday with an analysis of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), former Vice President Joe Biden’s running mate for the November 3 presidential election.
