“I saw Paris Hilton and Reverend Al Sharpton. I still wonder why Reverend Al Sharpton was there.” English claims she also spotted future President Trump at one of the gatherings, the outlet ...

The lauded British actress was known for "Harry Potter" and "Downton Abbey." Maggie Smith, the venerable British actress whose career on stage, film and television spanned more than 60 years ...

Pressure is building on Vice President Kamala Harris to attend the annual Al Smith charity dinner in New York, a political tradition for presidential candidates that they shun at their peril.

(RNS) — Since 1984, three of nine Al Smith Dinners in presidential election years have been held without either presidential candidate. (RNS) — Since Saturday (Sept. 21), when Democratic ...

But I do know several who were dismayed by Ms. Harris’s decision to skip the Al Smith dinner. Some seem to view this as a small decision that only affects a small group of wealthy donors in New ...

Photo: Luis Villegas/The Sacramento Bee via ZUMA Press Wire For the love of God, Madam Vice President, reverse your decision and come to the Archdiocese of New York’s Al Smith dinner.

Vice President Kamala Harris has announced that she will not be attending this year’s Al Smith Dinner, making her the first presidential candidate since Walter Mondale in 1984 to snub New York ...

However, if she can’t handle the Al Smith dinner, how will she handle China, Iran, or Russia? How is she going to handle Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, the Taliban, or ISIS? The leaders of those ...

(OSV News) -- Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York said he is “disappointed” that Vice President Kamala Harris will not attend the Al Smith charity dinner Oct. 17, a New York Catholic ...

FILE - President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with his rival, Republican presidential nominee Ronald Reagan, at the Al Smith Foundation dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, Oct. 16, 1980.

Smith lost to former President Herbert Hoover in a landslide election in 1928. Al Smith charity dinner known for humor, Catholic origins The Al Smith dinner benefits Catholic charities.

Donald Trump confirmed Monday that he would be the sole featured speaker at this year’s Al Smith charity dinner in New York, typically a good-humored and bipartisan political event that Vice ...