Trump Picks J.d. Vance As Vice Presidential Nominee

Pete Buttigieg, the U. S. Transportation Secretary and former mayor of South Bend, has become one of the Democratic Party’s most relied upon messengers on cable news and late-night television. And on Tuesday night, he continued to show why. “I’m Pete Buttigieg, and you might recognize me from Fox News,” the 42-year-old, who has drawn attention for taking the Democratic Party’s message to the conservative network, joked at the beginning of his primetime speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The 2020 presidential primary candidate, who went on to join the Biden Administration and has emerged as one of the Democrats’ most valuable talking heads, was reportedly among the short list considered to be selected as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate.

Bill Clinton has done this before. Dubbed by Barack Obama as the “secretary of explaining stuff,” the former President greeted a familiar crowd Wednesday night when he addressed the Democratic National Convention for the 12th time. Clinton’s speech was at once a generational torch-passing to Kamala Harris and a warning about Donald Trump’s possible return to the White House.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz headlines the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday to accept his party’s nomination for vice president.

Taylor Swift commented on Wednesday for the first time on the cancellation of three of her Eras Tour shows in Vienna, Austria, earlier this month after a foiled terrorist attack, calling it “devastating.” In a statement posted on social media, the 34-year-old TIME Person of the Year said: “The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense of fear, and a tremendous amount of guilt because so many people had planned on coming to those shows.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] View this post on Instagram A post shared by Taylor Swift (@taylorswift) The singer celebrated the passionate crowds and dedicated performers of the European leg of her Eras Tour, which just ended after shows in London, and she expressed gratitude to the authorities who uncovered the Vienna plot “because thanks to them, we were grieving concerts and not lives.” Swift also explained why she waited to speak out until now: “I decided that all of my energy had to go toward helping to protect the nearly half a million people I had coming to see the shows in London,” she said.

Todd Chamberlain (Photo provided by city of Aurora) Aurora leaders plan to hire a former Los Angeles Police Department commander as the next chief of the Aurora Police Department, the sixth person in 5 years to take on leading the troubled agency. Todd Chamberlain will be sworn in as chief of the Aurora Police Department on Sept.

The new college football season is nearly upon us. Here in Colorado, our three Division I teams have postseason dreams. Deion Sanders looks to lead the Colorado Buffaloes to their first bowl game since 2020. Colorado State is looking to earn its first appearance since playing in five straight from 2013-17.