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Undercutting calls for Republican unity, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz stubbornly withheld his endorsement from Donald Trump on Wednesday night as he addressed the GOP convention, instead encouraging Americans to "vote your conscience" in November.
JULY 20: Sen. Ted Cruz delivers a speech on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. CLEVELAND - Ted Cruz, in a highly anticipated speech at the Republican National Convention, offered no direct support for presidential nominee Donald Trump, setting off a furious reaction as he told delegates to vote their conscience in November.
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz spoke at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night without endorsing the party's nominee, Donald Trump, and exited the stage to loud boos from the crowd. Most of Cruz's speech seemed well-received by the crowd at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, but once it became clear that the former 2016 presidential candidate would not endorse Trump, the crowd started booing.
The recent flurry of battleground state polling shows Hillary Clinton maintaining her electoral college advantage and provides some clarity to the best possible paths to 270 electoral votes for each candidate. Since our last assessment of the state of play on the road to 270, we made some significant changes.
Supporters of one of Donald Trump's challengers made clear where their loyalty lay Wednesday as Trump's plane touched down at the party convention. Staunch Republicans were booing Trump's nomination at a thank you rally for Sen. Ted Cruz just as Trump's plane flew overhead.
The only past GOP nominee to show up in Cleveland calls on Trump to tone down the rhetoric and reach out to a wider group of voters. Bob Dole: 'Trump's going to make a great president' The only past GOP nominee to show up in Cleveland calls on Trump to tone down the rhetoric and reach out to a wider group of voters.
On the day Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination for president, a miniature wall appeared around the former reality TV host's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Tourists stopped Tuesday to snap photos of the 6-inch gray wall that was topped with razor wire and plastered with "keep out" signs.
Nomination in hand, Donald Trump's campaign charged ahead Wednesday with a convention-week mission to redefine the party's celebrity leader as a serious-minded family man. It's a project proving harder than uniting skeptical Republicans behind their distaste for another brand they know well: The Clintons.
Civil rights activists frustrated by police slayings of blacks across the nation are looking to flex their voting power to push for reforms. The continued alarm over how police treat black men has been a major focus of the five-day NAACP national convention that was wrapping up Wednesday for thousands of participants in Cincinnati.
If the first night of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland was a mishmash of unusual speakers, attacks on Hillary Clinton, and a controversy involving Donald Trump 's wife, the second night Tuesday was a bit more tempered. But only slightly.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump narrowed his deficit to Democratic rival Hillary Clinton to 7 percentage points from 15 points late last week, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The party officially nominated Trump on Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention.
Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump's children Ivanka Trump, background, and Tiffany Trump walk on the convention floor after their father clinched the Republican nomination during the second day of the Republican... . A supporter of Melania Trump holds a sign during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016.
We're halfway through the Republican National Convention, and with any semblance of doubt about who will be the standard-bearer for the GOP put to rest Tuesday night , the party turns its eyes to November. And a few may be looking ahead to November 2020.
The art of the coronation has taken something of a beating at the Republican National Convention. Nevertheless, Donald Trump now has the crown - and a final chance to summon unity from the party's restive ranks in the ritual's closing days.
Trump's on top. Turkey's in a tizzy. Tobacco's on a trip. It's Wednesday, and here are the 5 things you need to know to Get Up to Speed and Out the Door.
The US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce endorsed Hillary Clinton Wednesday, saying she'll be "America's first small business president." "Hillary Clinton will be America's first American small business president.
Thirteen months after launching an improbable bid for the White House, Donald Trump captured the 2016 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, having vanquished 16 party rivals, warred with much of its establishment and provoked controversy at every turn. His eldest child, Donald Trump Jr, announced the support of New York, their home state, during a roll-call vote at the Republican National Convention, ensuring Trump had the majority of delegates - 1 237 - needed to contest the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election against presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.
In the street outside, a small demonstration by a scruffy band of communists demanded "actual revolution." Inside one of the country's most elegant clubs, in a formal drawing room, the mayor of the nation's capital asked for something less radical: voting rights and statehood for the District of Columbia.
On the night Donald Trump officially became the nominee of the party of Abraham Lincoln , the GOP's top leaders laid out their case for his election: Have you seen Hillary Clinton? The Democratic nominee on Tuesday night, perhaps even more than Trump, was again the star of the convention even as the night was tentatively themed "Make America Work Again" and focused on the economy. Few speakers addressed the topic of jobs, using their time on the podium to litigate a host of other issues against Clinton.