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The final night of the Democratic National Convention highlighted Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton's commitment to public service, as well as the sacrifice of American soldiers and immigrants.

Regardless of party or decade, newly minted presidential nominees have given supporters at national conventions similar inspirational messages.

Hillary Clinton delivered a historic speech Thursday night, capping off a bruising primary and becoming the first female presidential nominee of a major US party.

Donald Trump, after hearing speeches at the Democratic convention this week, said Thursday he wanted to "hit a number of those speakers so hard, their heads would spin."

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John Allen, the retired four-star Marine general and former commander of American forces in Afghanistan who has largely stayed out of politics, took the stage at the Democratic National Convention Thursday night to deliver a rousing endorsement of Hillary Clinton.

From a shy teenager growing up in the glare of the political spotlight to reluctant campaigner in her mother's 2008 presidential run -- Chelsea Clinton is now embracing her role in her mother's quest to win the White House.

Democrats honor fallen officers at convention

Vice President Joe Biden plans to carry his message against sexual assault onto a television episode of the hit series "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit."

The quadrennial national political conventions are tightly scripted affairs designed to sell the voting public on an idealized version of the party and its candidates for high office. In Philadelphia this week, Democrats are seeking -- with varying success -- to present a vision of unity behind Hillary Clinton, who will accept the party's presidential nomination on Thursday night.

Sarah McBride spoke out against discrimination against LGBT Americans Thursday as she became the first transgendered person to speak at a major party convention.

Vice President Joe Biden ratcheted up US rhetoric on Moscow Wednesday night, for the first time calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a 'dictator.'

Photographer Martin Parr focuses on the media at the Democratic National Convention.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will receive their government intelligence briefing within days, even as each party argues the other's nominee is not worthy of receiving sensitive information, a US intelligence official familiar with the process confirmed to CNN Thursday.

David Wheeler: To counter the fear-and-loathing strategy of Trump, Democrats must take a page from Joe Biden and deploy amusing cuss words from a gentler time.

Donald Trump says he was only kidding when he appeared to encourage Russian intelligence agencies to find Hillary Clinton's thousands of deleted emails.

President Barack Obama will tell Americans Wednesday that no one has ever been more qualified to be in the Oval Office than Hillary Clinton, placing his legacy in the hands of his one-time bitter rival.

Melania Trump announced Thursday that she took down her website, acknowledging that it contained factual inaccuracies.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid said Thursday that Donald Trump wasn't being "sarcastic" when he suggested Russia hack into Hillary Clinton's campaign, but instead, "he's being dumb."

It was April 1910, a year after he left the White House, when former President Teddy Roosevelt arrived at the Sorbonne in Paris to deliver a stem-winder of a speech that at once offered an implicit defense his own legacy and a challenge to the citizenry of democratic states to trade in "sneering" judgment for action and engagement.