Cruz addresses GOP Convention: ‘Vote your conscience’ Updated at

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.

Cruz booed after not endorsing Trump in RNC speech Read Story Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune

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.

Ted Cruz loudly booed off stage after delivering anti-Trump message at RNC

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.

United against Clinton, GOP seeks to rebrand Trump

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.

Trump, Clinton Told Can’t Win White House Without Black Vote

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.

Trump nomination sealed, focus turns to VP nominee Pence

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.

Pence and a dash of 2020: What’s happening on Day 3 of the GOP convention? Read Story

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.

In bumpy coronation, Trump takes the crown

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.

Beating rivals and the odds, Donald Trump captures Republican nomination

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.

Few at GOP convention rally behind D.C. statehood cause

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.

Republicans Use Hillary Clinton to Unite Divided GOP

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.