Andy Beshear took the stage, Oprah Winfrey defended "childless cat ladies" and delegates voted to a soundtrack of songs from their home states this week at the Democratic National Convention. Our local reporters and USA Today partners in Chicago have kept an eye on everything happening this week at United Center.

The judge who will hear the Democrat Party’s lawsuit against the Trump administration donated to former President Joe Biden. Judge Amir Ali, a Biden appointee who was confirmed in late November by a 50-49 vote,

Roger Lau, who has been serving as the DNC’s deputy executive director since 2021, will be the DNC’s next executive director, committee officials shared first with POLITICO. He replaces Sam Cornale. The appointment of Lau,

Top executives of a green organization that the Biden Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) selected to receive billions in public funds