Kamala Harris will be the first presidential candidate in 40 years to skip the event, choosing to campaign in battleground Wisconsin instead. For decades, every presidential election year, Republicans ...

The Issue: Vice President Harris’s absence from the annual Al Smith charity dinner held in New York. Vice President Harris did not attend the annual Al Smith Dinner in New York (“Don roasts the lowly ...

Re “Trump’s Charity Toward None,” by Maureen Dowd (column, Oct. 20): I sat through the “remarks” of Donald J. Trump at the 79th Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner on Thursday, and like Ms.

Even in these polarized times, one political event is still a catalyst in uniting rather than dividing Americans-- The Al Smith Charity Dinner. This year, it took place Oct. 16, 2025 at the Waldorf ...

Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the Archbishop of New York, said he was "upset" that Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, is skipping out on the Al Smith charity dinner on Thursday.

CNN — New York (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said Friday that Fox News staffers helped him write his Al Smith charity dinner speech, in which he cracked jokes and insulted his opponent, Vice ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump laced into Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats in a pointed and at times bitter speech as he headlined the annual Al Smith charity dinner in ...