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Political conventions are echo chambers designed to generate feelings of invincibility, sending forth the party faithful with a spring in their steps and hope in their hearts. Who would want to be a wet blanket at such moveable feasts? Steve Munisteri would.
In this Aug. 29, 2012 file photo, a video of former President George W. Bush is shown during the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla. Amid the balloons and parties, speeches and spectacle, one faction of the Republican Party was invisible at the national convention in Cleveland: the Bush family network.
Re: "Thunderous boos for Cruz for refusing to endorse Trump" [News, July 21]: With reference to Ted Cruz not endorsing Trump, the main question is this: Is there anything Trump could have said or done after Cruz's promise to endorse that would ethically allow Cruz to withdraw his promise? If Trumps insulting Cruz's family is not enough, what if Trump said something even bombastic for him? Or what if there was a scandal of some sort involving him? At what point do we stop saying the pedantic phrase "A promise is a promise"? Promises are predicated on those involved behaving in a way that is rational and moral to a reasonable person.
Those looking for reasonable solutions to the nation's fractured immigration system won't find them in the Republican Party. Under the banner of "Make America Safe Again," this year's Republican National Convention highlighted and gave prominence to a populist, more knee-jerk approach to immigration that is not only harmful but counter to what actually makes America great.
WASHINGTON The main purpose of the modern political convention is to produce four days of televised propaganda. The subsidiary function, now that nominees are invariably chosen in advance, is structural: Unify the party before the final battle.
Joggers, cyclists and sun-seekers are back on Nice's famed Riviera coast, a further sig... Patrol car video publicly released Thursday shows a white Austin, Texas, police officer violently throwing a black woman to the ground during a traffic stop, followed by another white officer telling her black... Patrol car video publicly released Thursday shows a white Austin, Texas, police officer violently throwing a black woman to the ground during a traffic stop, followed by another white officer telling her black people have... Cleveland has breathed a sigh of relief as the Republican convention concluded with about two dozen arrests over four days thanks to a massive police presence and protesters' own concerns for their safety.
The following is a selection of reaction on Twitter to New York billionaire Donald Trump's speech on Thursday accepting the Republican Party nomination for president: Bernie Sanders, former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination @BernieSanders Trump: "I alone can fix this." Is this guy running for president or dictator? Laura Ingraham, conservative host of the Laura Ingraham Show @IngrahamAngle This is @realDonaldTrump broadening the base of the GOP.
A local wife and mother has spent the past few weeks devastated after she said her original diamond engagement ring changed dramatically after being replated. It suddenly had black spots she said weren't there before.
Sen. Ted Cruz addresses the Republican convention on Wednesday -A A' without endorsing Donald Trump. The Alaska Republican party chairman says he would be surprised if Texas Sen. Ted Cruz could be a serious future presidential contender following a GOP national convention speech in which Cruz failed to endorse the party's presidential nominee, Donald Trump.
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine has emerged as the leading contender to join the Democratic ticket as Hillary Clinton's running mate, according to two Democrats, who both cautioned that Clinton has not made a final decision and could yet change directions. The announcement of Clinton's pick could come as early as Friday afternoon in Florida, a crucial general election battleground state.
Donald Trump may be running for president this year, but there are already signs being waved at the Republican convention for another Trump run: Ivanka Trump 2024. Who is Ivanka Trump? Fashion designer, trusted adviser Donald Trump may be running for president this year, but there are already signs being waved at the Republican convention for another Trump run: Ivanka Trump 2024.
'Who cares what bathrooms people use?' Billionaire entrepreneur Peter Thiel gets a standing ovation as he tells the RNC he's proud to be gay and Republican and endorses Donald Trump 'I will fight for you and I will win for you.'
Ted Cruz speaking at the Zionist Organization of America's 2014 gala in New York City. Photo is screenshot from YouTube Wednesday night's gripping tale of a dramatic, sudden repudiation of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz by Sheldon Adelson, the major pro-Israel philanthropist and Republican donor, seems a little less consequential in the light of Thursday morning, according to folks who are close with Adelson and his wife, Miriam.
Maria Altmann, the claimant of five Nazi-looted Klimt paintings in the 2015 film "Woman in Gold." Photo from Wikipedia Seventy-one years after the end of World War II, the struggle for Holocaust justice continues.
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Ezra Klein : "Tonight, Donald J. Trump will accept the Republican Party's nomination for president of the United States. And I am, for the first time since I began covering American politics, genuinely afraid."
Daughter of former Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., and American Idol contestant, Ayla Brown, dropped by the Washington Examiner to warm-up before performing the National Anthem at the closing night of the Republican National Convention. Watch as Brown shares what American pride means to her.
Four Maryland congressional members expressed outrage Thursday after a court in Gambia sentenced a state resident to three years in prison following her arrest there during an anti-government protest led by her prominent dissident uncle. Fanta Darboe Jawara's conviction and sentencing made a mockery of civil rights guaranteed by the Gambian constitution, said the joint statement from senators Ben Cardin and Barbara Mikulski and representatives Chris Van Hollen and John Delaney, all Democrats.
On the day he claims the presidential nomination of Abraham Lincoln's political party, Donald Trump has started things off with social-media missiles fired against the embarrassed losers still refusing to back him. The prelude to the prime-time moment where he will accept the Republican nomination included tweeting at the people who have withheld endorsements of him - a group that includes the two president Bushes, nominee Mitt Romney, the popular governor of the state hosting the convention, and the No.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's campaign manager Paul Manafort says ''in a backhanded way'' Senator Ted Cruz's speech at the Republican National Convention helped to unify the party. Rough Cut .