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Analysis: Why the GOP convention was a missed opportunity
Republicans emerge from their 2016 convention into a long general election campaign against Hillary Clinton and the Democrats with as many challenges and problems as they had going in.
O’Jays decry use of ‘Love Train’ during RNC
R&B group The O’Jays are decrying the use of their song “Love Train” during the Republican National Convention, including a version remixed as “Trump Train,” without the consent of the band.
Daughter Ivanka Trump raises issues father rarely mentions
Donald Trump’s daughter promised Thursday that her father will fight for equal pay for women and affordable childcare for parents, issues the Republican nominee has rarely if ever addressed on the campaign trail.
Trump accepts Republican nomination
In an appeal to anxious voters, Donald Trump is pledging Thursday night that “safety will be restored” if he is elected president, using his Republican convention address to denounce Democrat Hillary Clinton as part of a political class causing the nation’s troubles.
On a night of triumph, Donald Trump angers NATO allies and GOP foreign policy establishment
Hours before he accepted the Republican presidential nomination Thursday, Donald Trump faced fierce international criticism for suggesting his administration might not defend NATO allies in Eastern Europe and might not speak out for human rights abroad.
Virginia senator emerges as favorite in Clinton’s VP search, AP sources say
A Virginia senator has emerged as the leading contender as Hillary Clinton’s running mate, according to two Democrats who both cautioned that Clinton has not made a final decision and could yet change directions.
Washington GOP leader, Susan Hutchison, calls Cruz ‘traitor,’ others angry at speech
Ted Cruz’s speech shocks, angers Washington delegation full of his supporters.
Clinton expected to reveal VP choice in Florida
Hillary Clinton will likely announce her running mate in Florida on Friday, the same day she is scheduled to visit Orlando and Tampa. When asked if the choice would be revealed Friday, Clinton aide Karen Finney told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Tuesday, “I expect that’s about right.”
Trump triumphs as GOP nominee, completing stunning climb
United for a night, Republicans nominated Donald Trump Tuesday as their presidential standard-bearer, capping the billionaire businessman’s stunning takeover of the GOP and propelling him into a November faceoff with Democrat Hillary Clinton.
Donald Trump Jr. puts dad over top with N.Y. votes
Donald Trump’s son Donald Jr. cast the final votes his father needed to become the Republican presidential nominee.
Trump campaign dismisses accusations that Melania Trump’s speech was plagiarized from Michelle Obama
CLEVELAND – The Trump campaign on Tuesday dismissed criticism that Melania Trump directly lifted two passages nearly word-for-word from the speech that first lady Michelle Obama delivered in 2008 at the Democratic National Convention, calling the complaints “just absurd.” Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort insisted no mistakes had been made with the speech and said the issue was “totally blown out of proportion.”
Louisiana police shootings add new Cleveland GOP convention concerns
An Ohio man says he decided to visit Cleveland’s Public Square armed with a semi-automatic rifle and a handgun the day before the start of the Republican National Convention to assert his Second Amendment rights.
Amid violence here and abroad, Trump and Clinton compete to be seen as the better leader
CLEVELAND – Two successive weeks of political conventions meant to frame the November choice for president kick off this week nearly obscured by violence and terror here and abroad. That has driven a fierce imperative during both gatherings, the Republican convention, which begins Monday; and next week’s Democratic one: convince voters that the party nominee can be an effective leader in a world that seems distraught and divided.
Trump presents Pence as running mate
Donald Trump introduced his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, with a speech hammering Hillary Clinton’s record but also boasting about primary victories and even a hotel he’s renovating.
Poll finds stark party divisions on Muslims, Mexicans, guns, gays and God
It’s not just Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton who are so different from each other. On the eve of back-to-back political conventions, Republicans and Democrats across the land see their neighbors, their country and their world through very different eyes, according to a new McClatchy-Marist Poll. Muslims, Mexicans, guns, gays and God all look different to them, and help define the people who make up two very different parties.
Ohio’s Kasich to speak at NAACP gathering, Trump skipping it
Ohio Gov. John Kasich won’t speak at the Republican National Convention where Donald Trump is set to become his party’s presidential nominee, but he will speak to the NAACP national convention that Trump is bypassing.
Missing from Democratic convention speakers list: potential VP nominees
On Friday, Hillary Clinton’s campaign announced the headlining speakers for this month’s Democratic National Convention. Missing from the partial list: anyone on the short list for vice president.
Sanders, Clinton negotiating over nomination procedures
Now that Bernie Sanders has offered his support to Hillary Clinton, the two campaigns are negotiating over the convention nominating process.
Clinton holds day of VP interviews at her home in D.C.
Hillary Clinton summoned at least three contenders vying to become her running mate to her Washington home on Friday as she closes in on a pick for vice president.
Anti-Trump leader drops effort for delegate vote
A leader of conservatives making a last-ditch attempt to block Donald Trump’s nomination says she’s dropping her effort to force the Republican National Convention to vote on her plan to let delegates back any presidential candidate they want.