What are voters — of both parties — to make of the decision of Vice President Harris to take a pass on the Alfred E. Smith Dinner? The vice president likes to boast of joy and unity — and her laugh.

The Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner is named for the former New York governor, a Democrat and the first Roman Catholic to be nominated for president by a major party in 1928.

A century ago, Al Smith was a force in American politics—and the first Catholic to mount a major run at the White House. And if he is to be believed, he didn't know what an encyclical was.

Al Smith was the 1928 Democratic nominee for president. This game, “Al Smith to the White House, He will Get There and Here’s How” was marketed as “a scientific political puzzle proving his election ...

The annual dinner is named for four-time New York Gov. Al Smith, who was the first Catholic presidential nominee for a major-party when chosen to run on the Democratic ticket in 1928.

Former President Trump said Friday he was "surprised" that Vice President Kamala Harris skipped the 79th Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner.

Vice President Kamala Harris will address the Al Smith charity dinner by video Thursday night, after deciding to skip the event in person in a break with presidential campaign tradition ...