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For all the talk of the 2016 Republican National Convention being a disaster, here in Cleveland it certainly doesn’t seem that way. The delegates have been boisterous at their hotels, and at a recent party full of Washington insiders, the mood wasn’t grim, even after Melania Trump’s plagiarism snafu. “[Donald Trump’s] only 3 percent down,” […]

Cleveland, Ohio (dpa) – Donald Trump took the reins Tuesday of the Republican Party as delegates to its party convention in Cleveland, Ohio, officially threw their support behind the brash New York businessman as their presidential candidate. A state-by-state roll call vote recording the results of state primaries and caucuses culminated with Trump’s home state

Former presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson took the stage of the Republican National Convention Tuesday night and came out swinging against Hillary Clinton and her practice of “deception.” But before that, he needed to make one thing clear. “I’m not politically correct, and I hate political correctness,” he proclaimed. “It’s time for us to stand

LOS ANGELES — Since he lost his TV reporting job last year, Jarrett Hill has been looking for his next opportunity. It presented itself in an unexpected way. Hill was sitting at a corner table Monday night in a Culver City Starbucks, drinking a venti iced coffee and watching the Republican National Convention on an

The White House said Tuesday that President Obama won’t discipline Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, a possible running mate for Hillary Clinton, over his violation of a federal law that forbids campaigning on government property. White House press secretary Josh Earnest said Mr. Castro had fessed up to his “inadvertent error.” “To his

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton lost her three point lead against Republican challenger Donald Trump in a new NBC weekly tracking poll published Tuesday. The presumed nominee still holds a slight lead over Trump, carrying 46 percent compared to Trump’s 45 percent of likely voters. But when Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate

NEW YORK, July 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The eyes of the world this week will be focused on the Republican National Convention, but almost no one is talking about the vast majority of Trump-supporting delegates who are Evangelical Christians. The billion dollar question begging an answer is: Why are they supporting him? As an Evangelical

Hillary Clinton described the first day of the Republican National Convention as “surreal,” comparing Donald Trump’s dramatic entrance to “The Wizard of Oz.” “Lots of sound and fury. Even a fog machine,” she said in a speech to union members in Las Vegas. “But when you pulled back the curtain, there was just Donald Trump,

Chatting over fajitas at a reunion of former staffers, former U.S. President George W. Bush confessed at a secret meeting of top Republicans that he would be the last GOP president in history, according to a Politico Magazine report Tuesday. The comments were reportedly made to an inner circle of advisors and aides at the

The National Rifle Association endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan for re-election to his congressional seat Tuesday, saying the “lifelong outdoorsman and avid hunter” can be trusted to stave off gun-control measures favored by President Obama and presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. Mr. Ryan, Wisconsin Republican, earned an A-plus from the association for his voting record

CLEVELAND — You see him here. You see him there. You just don’t see Ohio Gov. John Kasich inside the GOP convention hall. The Republican governor and former primary opponent of Donald Trump has famously taken a pass on appearing at his home state’s convention, drawing criticism from Trump’s campaign chairman. But that doesn’t mean