Former teen heartthrob Scott Baio is in charge … for the next four minutes

Known best for his role as Chachi in sitcoms "Happy Days" and its spin-off "Joanie Loves Chachi," Scott Baio will again get the limelight for a few minutes of prime time tonight. Baio, who also played a big-hearted nanny in the TV show "Charles in Charge," has been a vocal critic of Hillary Clinton.

GOP kicks off convention with nod to ‘troubling times’

Rein Priebus, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, announces the rules of the convention during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. CLEVELAND - Braced for uncertainty and struggling for unity, Republicans opened their convention to nominate Donald Trump for president on Monday as dissident delegates pursued one last chance to deny him and the nation reeled from yet another outburst of violence.

The most popular convention speaker on Monday night isn’t who you think it is

Donald Trump is joined by his wife Melania as he speaks during a news conference at the Trump National Golf Club Westchester, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. Trump had promised a convention soaked in celebrity, a different kind of convention. And so we get an opening night during which Americans who tune in will hear from celebrities from "Duck Dynasty's" Willie Robertson to former sitcom actor Scott Baio.

In Trump’s GOP, Jeff Sessions rockets from the fringe to prime time

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, right, stands beside Sen. Jeff Sessions during a Feb. 28 rally in Madison, Ala. By the time Jeff Sessions appeared before the Senate to answer questions about his nomination to the federal bench, his reputation was in tatters.

The Latest: Manafort: Bushes are ‘part of the past’ of GOP

Trump Campaign Chairman Paul Manafort walks off the floor of the Republican National Convention at Quicken Loans Arena after talking to reporters, Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Cleveland. . Workers place a sign as they prepare at Quicken Loans Arena for the Republican National Convention, Sunday, July 17, 2016, in Cleveland.

The Latest: Manafort: Close to 20 states are battlegrounds

Donald Trump's campaign chair says he has "close to 20" states on his list of competitive general election battlegrounds. Paul Manafort says that includes such states as Connecticut and Oregon, which he says are coming into play.

Donald Trump and the state of Justice Ginsburg’s mind

In this Jan. 28, 2016 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. When Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a liberal icon, is severely criticized by ideologically-sympathetic law professors, prominent legal ethicists, and the editorial boards of left-leaning newspapers like the New York Times and the Washington Post, it's reasonable to conclude that she's done something really inappropriate.

Trump’s convention to feature less glitz, more family

Donald Trump once promised a "showbiz" convention, packed with flash, celebrities and a "winner's night" featuring sports stars and champion coaches. Instead, the Republican National Convention kicking off Monday is shaping up to be a staid family-focused affair, with a lineup that features everyday Americans, successful business people and four of his five children.

Conscience and Republican convention delegate voting rules

Over the weekend a reporter on Fox News said something that struck my attention: "There is a move to have the Republican Convention Rules Committee enact a measure that would prevent bound delegates from abstaining from votes on the first ballot, based on their conscience." This reference to conscience got my attention because I have studied the subject for decades, having also written a history of liberty of conscience.

Troubled GOP convention opens amid violence

The Republican National Convention is set to kick off as the nation reels from another deadly shooting and dissident delegates stage a longshot, last-gasp effort to deny Donald Trump the GOP nomination for president. Amid the tumult, it was undeniably Trump's moment - a week at the pinnacle of American politics that few could have imagined when the New York billionaire entered the race a year ago.

Donald Trump’s terrible character

In tapping Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, Donald Trump moved to persuade America that the White House would be in steady hands with his election. Now, Trump will no doubt use the Republican Convention, which starts Monday, to reinforce that message while lacquering his policy prescriptions with a gloss of mainstream rationality.

Trump ready to complete improbable rise at GOP convention

CLEVELAND >> A year ago, few imagined Donald Trump as a headline speaker at the Republican National Convention - let alone as its star. Back then, maybe the billionaire New Yorker was alone in thinking he would arrive in Cleveland this week as the GOP's presumptive nominee for president.

Byron York: ‘Law and order’ becomes a major theme of GOP convention

The Trump campaign set "Make America Safe Again" as the theme of the Republican convention's first night well before the attack that killed three police officers and wounded three others in Baton Rouge. But that attack, and the earlier shooting in Dallas that killed five officers, added weight and a new emphasis to Trump's promise to protect Americans.