Philly Feast opening appetites, closing streets

The DNC is kicking off with something people of all political persuasions like to do, and that’s eat! It’s called Philly Feast, and it’s a food truck festival fit for the City of Brotherly Love, running 11am-3pm Monday.

Protesters take the streets of Philadelphia just one day ahead of DNC

The convention starts tomorrow - the protestors start today - thousands marched through the streets of Philadelphia representing political causes, fighting, they say, for free democracy.

Thunderstorms rumble across Philadelphia region before DNC

Delegates to the Democratic National Convention got an early wake-up call as thunderstorms rumbled through Philadelphia. The storms packed heavy rain, lightning and gusty winds and briefly eased the heat and humidity that are baking the region.

Dems' division, emails roil party on Day 1 of convention

Democrats who gleefully jeered Republican divisions last week awoke to a political mess of their own making Monday as party unity behind Hillary Clinton proved much harder to secure.

DNC road restrictions, checkpoints in effect

PennDOT's road restrictions are in full effect. Commercial vehicles weighing more than five tons will not be able to travel on I-95 between Exit 13 (I-76 West, Route 291, Valley Forge) and Exit 22 (Vine Street Expressway, I-676) through midday Friday, July 29.

Sanders, delegates to meet privately amid angst

Amid lingering angst over the primary process, Bernie Sanders has a chance to encourage his supporters to embrace party unity. 

E-mail scandal complicates DNC preparations

An e-mail scandal has complicated things for the Democratic National convention on the eve of their huge week.

DNC security out in full force ahead of convention start Monday

Center City streets covered in clusters of blue the night before the official start of the Democratic National Convention.

DNC visitors looking forward to Philadelphia food and fun

It was the first thing that hit them in the face when they arrived in Philly. And no, it wasn't a snowball.

Road closures in effect for the Democratic National Convention

The Office of the Mayor has issued an advisory for a series of permanent road closures due to the Democratic National Convention being held in Philadelphia this week.

Wasserman Schultz stepping down as DNC chair amid email leak

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz has been ousted from her convention role, Fox News confirmed Sunday, after leaked emails indicating an anti-Bernie Sanders bias in her operation inflamed the left flank of the party.

Thousands of pro-Sanders, anti-fracking marchers hit streets

Police officers were posted at street corners in Center City Philadelphia as the first protesters hit the city's sweltering streets Sunday ahead of the Democratic National Convention.

Philadelphia dealing with heat, protests, transit

Philadelphia's mayor Jim Kenney reports four heat-related deaths in the city. Kenney spoke at a news conference at the city’s Emergency Operations Center in Spring Garden.

Trump: France, other terror targets may face more screening

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is asserting that countries like France that he says are compromised by terrorism may be subjected to the "extreme vetting" he proposes as a deterrent to attacks in the U.S.

Clinton says veep pick Kaine is everything GOP ticket isn't

Hillary Clinton debuted running mate Sen. Tim Kaine on Saturday as a can-do progressive committed to social justice and equality -- "everything Donald Trump and Mike Pence are not" -- at a boisterous rally ahead of next week's Democratic National Convention. 

Hacked emails overshadow Democratic National Convention

Hacked emails threatened to overshadow the Democratic Party's upcoming celebration in Philadelphia as progressives expressed disappointment Sunday over the presidential nomination process and Bernie Sanders stepped up demands that the party's chairwoman step down.

Dems trying to beat Trump, but first the heat

As thousands of delegates arrive in Philadelphia for the Democratic National Convention, it's not just politics they have to contend with -- it's also the hot and sticky weather.