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Live updates: Harris calls for unity, addresses war in Gaza in DNC speech

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Vice President Harris on Thursday laid out her plans for the presidency in accepting the Democratic Party’s nomination.

Harris leaned into her backstory as the multiracial child of immigrant parents in California. She will focused on Project 2025, the conservative Heritage Foundation’s agenda, which has become a top target of Democrats heading into November.

As the prime-time part of the evening started, Harris’s nieces, stepdaughter and goddaughter kicked things off, along with the evening’s host actor Kerry Washington. P!nk performed, and lawmakers — many from critical swing states — spoke throughout the evening, ahead of Harris.

Read below for The Hill’s updates throughout the evening.

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