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WASHINGTON — The real action at the Republican National Convention will be the action no one sees coming. “It’s not the ‘Real Housewives’ series, but it could be the Real Convention Delegates of Cleveland,” said Timothy Walch, an Iowa-based political author who’s studied conventions. Convention organizers plot tightly scripted, carefully choreographed exercises in promoting their […]

EAST ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A nude man armed with a shotgun and a pistol was killed in an exchange of shots with police here Monday morning after he stood in a street firing at homes and pointing a weapon at passing motorists, officials said. Illinois State Police, who are investigating but did not participate

TRENTON, N.J. — Returning to the campaign trail with Donald Trump on Monday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie resurrected a theme of his failed candidacy, praising police while accusing President Barack Obama of failing to ensure “law and order.” As he described the United States as in the midst of “an extraordinarily troubling time,” Christie

ORLANDO, Fla. — Nearly a month since the Pulse nightclub massacre, dozens of protesters Monday staged a sit-in at the Orlando office of Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio to demand reforms on gun laws, anti-discrimination policies and the end of violence targeting minorities. The grass-roots group vows to stay 49 hours — one hour for

DALLAS — Police are questioning Micah Xavier Johnson’s family members, including his mother, to determine if he had any accomplices in last week’s rampage that left five Dallas police officers dead. Johnson, a 25-year-old former Army reservist, kept a journal of “combat tactics,” stockpiled bomb-making materials and other weapons, took a self-defense class and was

WASHINGTON — As Attorney General Loretta Lynch is set to face tough questions Tuesday about declining to prosecute Hillary Clinton, Republicans in the House of Representatives asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Clinton had lied to Congress. Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Bob Goodlatte,

Likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds a 4-point lead over presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump in the battleground state of Nevada, according to a Monmouth University poll released Monday. Mrs. Clinton was at 45 percent support to Mr. Trump’s 41 percent, with Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson at 5 percent, according to the poll.