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Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Senator Timothy Kaine of Virginia have emerged as the leading candidates among a longer list of finalists Hillary Clinton is considering to be her vice-presidential running mate, according to interviews with multiple Democrats with knowledge of her deliberations. Although her list is not limited to those two, Clinton has spoken highly of both in recent days to friends and advisers as she closes in on an announcement that could come as soon as Friday.
"The world is burning down and we also gotta deal with this?" Che told Adweek in an interview this morning in Cleveland, at the site of the Republican National Convention. "There's so many issues now that are very controversial, very high-stakes comedy that could be a lot more interesting than Donald Trump's hair or Hillary Clinton being stiff."
U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy of Florida will begin airing his first Senate campaign television ad, a 30-second spot featuring President Barack Obama . Obama says Murphy is a strong progressive who stands up to the gun lobby and supports social security and protecting women's right to an abortion.
Donald Trump's campaign chairman says one purpose of the Republican National Convention is to redefine the GOP presidential nominee. Paul Manafort said on ABC Wednesday that, "we feel that the American people don't know all of Donald Trump."
Members of the New York delegation cheer for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the roll call at the Republican National Convention, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Cleveland. Members of the New York delegation cheer for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during the roll call at the Republican National Convention, Tuesday, July 19, 2016, in Cleveland.
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.
At least one Republican senator thinks the calls for Hillary Clinton to be imprisoned are going one step too far. As speakers and delegates at the Republican National Convention lifted their voices with chants of "lock her up" on Tuesday, Sen. Jeff Flake tweeted that Republicans are "jumping the shark."
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.
'I love him with all my heart': Recent graduate Tiffany Trump, 22, pays tribute to her doting dad in heartfelt speech about The Donald's softer side to The Republican National Convention Like father, like son: Donald Trump Junior impresses the GOP convention with an electrifying rallying cry for his father who won't 'delete our problems' Donald Trump Jr. says Michelle Obama does NOT deserve an apology following claims his stepmother Melania copied parts of first lady's 2008 DNC speech She's one-degree of separation from a devil-lover! Ben Carson warns voters against Hillary because her 'hero' Saul Alinsky 'acknowledges Lucifer' 'I'm worried I will be the last GOP president': George W Bush's doomsday warning about the future to secret party meeting 'The Obama years are almost over.
'I love him with all my heart': Recent graduate Tiffany Trump, 22, pays tribute to her doting dad in heartfelt speech about The Donald's softer side to The Republican National Convention Like father, like son: Donald Trump Junior impresses the GOP convention with an electrifying rallying cry for his father who won't 'delete our problems' Donald Trump Jr. says Michelle Obama does NOT deserve an apology following claims his stepmother Melania copied parts of first lady's 2008 DNC speech She's one-degree of separation from a devil-lover! Ben Carson warns voters against Hillary because her 'hero' Saul Alinsky 'acknowledges Lucifer' 'I'm worried I will be the last GOP president': George W Bush's doomsday warning about the future to secret party meeting 'The Obama years are almost over.
Some of Donald Trump's strongest conservative supporters are voicing anger and disappointment at the president-elect's comments on Tuesday that he might back off his campaign pledge of pursuing a prosecution of former rival Hillary Clinton. Trump, in an interview with the New York Times, took a more compassionate tone toward the Democratic presidential nominee than during his campaign, when he talked about a possible criminal investigation of the opponent he dubbed "Crooked Hillary" if he won the White House.
The outspoken businessman and Republican presidential nominee is known for his attacks on foes - chiefly Hillary Clinton - and friends alike, even former GOP presidential candidates. That tone may fire up Trump delegates at the Republican National Convention here this week, but Tennessee elected leaders said presidents win elections when they are able to lay out a clear path to prosperity instead of focusing solely on the perceived faults of their rivals.
U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton met with Iowa's delegates to the Republican National Convention here on Tuesday, part of a tour of several early-voting states that raised speculation about the Arkansan's plans for 2020 or 2024. The first-term senator and Army veteran's remarks described Republicans as "America's governing party" - noting their majorities in Congress and in state legislatures across the country - and argued that only the GOP has policies to address the country's economic and national security demands.
PanARMENIAN.Net - Republicans formally chose Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee, a landmark moment in American politics and a stunning victory for a man whose White House ambitions were once openly mocked, AFP reports. After a roller-coaster campaign that saw Trump defeat 16 rivals and steamroller stubborn party opposition, the tycoon said it was time to "go all the way" and beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in November.
Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Reince Priebus, Chairman of the Republican National Committee talk while Alaska recounts their votes during the second day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016. Tiffany Trump, daughter of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, prepares for her speech at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Tuesday, July 19, 2016.
Donald Trump crossed the threshold of history the way he ran the Republican race: soaked in drama, surrounded by back-stabbing, jeered by well-heeled critics as a no-hope amateur, cheered by a die-hard base, and embraced at the finish line by his family. The billionaire businessman was officially nominated as the Republican party's candidate for president Tuesday in a surreal day befitting one of the most surreal campaigns in modern political history.
One of the advantages that the "incumbent" party has under the norms of American politics is getting to have your convention second. . When, as in this year, there is only a three-day gap between the two conventions and the nominee of the out-party waits until the last second to announce his pick, that gives the nominee of the incumbent party a chance to finalize her pick without much media attention.
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United for a night, Republicans nominated Donald Trump Tuesday as their presidential standard-bearer, capping the billionaire businessman's stunning takeover of the GOP and propelling him into a November faceoff with Democrat Hillary Clinton. "This is a movement, but we have to go all the way," Trump said in videotaped remarks beamed into the convention hall.
Donald Trump Jr. , along with Ivanka Trump , Eric Trump and Tiffany Trump , as votes add up during the roll call in support of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the second day of the Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Republicans sought to move past a rocky first night of their nominating convention and unify their party Tuesday, as their nominee Donald Trump predicted victory and said, "We have to go all the way."