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MIAMI — When a 23-year-old autistic man carrying a toy truck wandered from a mental health center out into the street Monday, a worker there named Charles Kinsey went to retrieve him. A few minutes later the autistic man was still sitting cross-legged blocking the roadway while playing with the small, rectangular white toy. And […]

Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida called for unity Thursday in a video message at the Republican National Convention, urging party activists to rally behind Donald Trump and assuring them that the New York billionaire is poised to put the nation on a more conservative path. “After allowing a spirited primary, the time for fighting each

In 1964, the GOP was divided along ideological lines when it gathered for its convention on the outskirts of San Francisco. The moderate wing supported then-New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, while the hardcore conservatives favored Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater. The crowd booed Rockefeller when he called on the party to disavow ideological extremists who “feed

It was hard to pay attention to the next Trump child at the podium with the next willowy blonde spouse. It was hard to listen to Newt and Callista Gingrich, of Gingrich Productions (in case you hadn’t heard of their book and film business). Even the genial Mike Pence moment fell short when compared to

CLEVELAND — A triumphant Donald Trump swooped into this convention city Wednesday as the new leader of the GOP, his arrival dampened by continued controversy and a less-than-enthusiastic reception from party holdouts. Touching down at a lakefront airport on a cloudless afternoon, Trump switched to a helicopter stamped with his name and twice circled downtown

WASHINGTON — Texas’ voter ID law violates federal laws prohibiting electoral discrimination, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the 2011 state law, widely viewed as the one of the nation’s strictest requirements, ruling that it violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. “The record shows that

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan thought he was posting a harmless selfie with Capitol Hill interns. Instead he set off a firestorm about diversity in the GOP — and days later Democrats aren’t letting him forget it, posting a selfie of their own with just a touch more diversity. Ryan posted Saturday a selfie

CLEVELAND — It took two days, but Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Wednesday acknowledged cribbing from First Lady Michelle Obama’s speech — unintentionally, the campaign said — when writing Melania Trump’s own speech. Meredith McIver, an “in-house staff writer” for the Trump Organization, said in a statement that Melania Trump read her some of Obama’s

City Councilwoman Sheila Tyson of Birmingham, Alabama, claims an armed man threatened to “blow your brains out” because of statements she made critical of city money dedicated toward a privately funded Holocaust memorial. Tyson filed a report with the Birmingham Police Department on July 12 at 5:37 p.m., reports AL.com. In her written statement, Tyson

Donald Trump’s eldest daughter Ivanka may be front-and-centre in his campaign for president of the United States, but the second day of the Republican National Convention shone a spotlight on Tiffany, one of the lesser-known Trump kids. On Tuesday evening, Tiffany, the only daughter of Donald Trump and his second wife actress Marla Maples, took

The following editorial appeared in the Chicago Tribune on Wednesday, July 20: ——— Last summer, when Donald Trump visited with the Chicago Tribune Editorial Board at the start of his campaign, we had no idea — nada, none, zippo — we were hosting the future Republican nominee for president. It’s been a surprising political cycle,