The Return of the French National Guard
"Hillary Clinton was right when she called my son 'the best of America,'" Khizr Khan said. "If it was up to Donald Trump, he never would have been in America.
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Trump and Hillary get transition meetings with White House
With the Republican and Democratic nominees officially in place, White House officials are beginning their efforts to prepare both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to assume office in January. White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough phoned the Trump and Clinton transition teams Friday to invite them for preparation sessions on the complex workings of the federal government.
Lady Gaga putting on invite-only Democratic convention show
Camden, one of the country's most impoverished cities, will get some time in the Democratic convention spotlight Thursday with some help from Lady Gaga. But while thousands of delegates have been invited across the Delaware River for an afternoon concert with the pop star, press won't be allowed to cover the event sponsored by the man considered New Jersey's most powerful unelected political power broker.
Citizen Kaine: Why the safe pick is the completely smart pick for Hillary
If you are a Donald Trump supporter, you hate it because you dislike Democrats, rationality, civil rights lawyers who have fought for black people, and anyone who falls to the left of Benito Mussolini on the political spectrum. If you are a progressive, you can be happy because of some of the ideals Kaine has pursued throughout his adult life - as a missionary to Honduras, as the mayor of a majority black city who worked to get more public schools opened and sent his children to them instead of to one of Richmond's well-regarded private institutions, his early career working as a fair housing lawyer on behalf of African-American clients in Richmond.
DNC 2016: N.J.’s Clinton, Sanders supporters try to unite
Delegates for New Jersey's Democratic National Convention began arriving in the city of Brotherly Love Sunday, ready to formally nominate Hillary Clinton as the party's presidential nominee. But a rift in the party still remains - some Bernie Sanders supporters have not thrown their support behind Clinton.
What’s next with Democrats’ gas tax plan to end N.J. road construction shutdown?
TRENTON - The state Senate could vote as early as Aug. 1 on a plan to raise the gas tax and restart more than 1,000 idling road, bridge and rail construction projects across the state. Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto announced Friday they were joining together on a slightly revised proposal to raise the tax on gasoline sold in New Jersey by 23 cents a gallon and offer several tax breaks, big and small.
Kelly: Christie holds court at convention
TAKE A MOMENT and jump ahead from the hot rhetoric of last week's Republican National Convention in Cleveland. Let's even look beyond this week's Democratic fest in Philadelphia.
Did the GOP Unconventional Convention Change Your Vote?
As Cleveland recovers from the circus environment surrounding the main event of the political season, voters turn their eyes toward Philadelphia. Given the allegations and sentiments expressed by the Republicans in Cleveland, how will Hillary Clinton and the Democrats respond? In court we call this "rebuttal."
Your View: Rick Holmes – Other than the demagoguery, convention kind of dull
As Donald J. Trump made his exhilarating run through the Republican primaries, the last thing anyone would have predicted was that the culmination of his takeover of the GOP would be, well, boring. People expected blood on the floor as the #NeverTrump die-hards went down swinging.
All aboard the louche ship Leo! Flown in from all over the globe,…
'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.'
Cheers for Pence, boos for Cruz at GOP convention
Stubbornly undercutting calls for Republican unity, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz refused to endorse Donald Trump Wednesday night as he addressed the GOP convention, ignoring thunderous boos from furious delegates as he encouraged Americans to simply "vote your conscience" in November. In a surreal moment, Trump unexpectedly walked into the arena just as Cruz was wrapping up his remarks.
Trump Blasts Ted Cruz for ‘Not Honoring the Pledge’ After Convention Speech
Wow, Ted Cruz got booed off the stage, didn't honor the pledge! I saw his speech two hours early but let him speak anyway. No big deal! Cruz was booed roundly during his speech, during which he congratulated, but failed to endorse Trump, who appeared briefly at the convention Wednesday.
Ted Cruz booed by RNC crowd
Ted Cruz sensationally withheld an endorsement of Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention Wednesday, earning a chorus of boos from the floor before he was upstaged in a power play by the GOP nominee himself. In a dramatic development, as Cruz wrapped up his speech, Trump suddenly appeared in the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
The latest Republican convention disaster shows Donald Trump…
As Benjy Sarlin of MSNBC observed on Twitter, Wednesday night's Republican convention fiasco, in which Sen. Ted Cruz was booed off the stage for urging Americans to "vote your conscience," was the result of a deal that Donald Trump negotiated. The man who claims to be the world's leading authority on deals made a really stupid deal in front of the entire country he hopes to lead.
‘Condemned to Republican hell’: Ted Cruz faces GOP knives for…
Republicans from all corners of the party scorned Ted Cruz Wednesday night after the Texas senator delivered a speech before the Republican National Convention that not only failed to endorse nominee Donald Trump, but encouraged audience members to not do so if it would violate their "conscience." "Cruz condemned to Republican hell," conservative-news mogul Matt Drudge tweeted, before placing a "HELL'S A-BURNIN'" banner on his popular website.
Republican Convention: Ted Cruz ‘ripped the scab right off’
Cleveland: Great hopes for Republicans uniting behind the contentious presidential nomination of Donald Trump fractured on Wednesday evening when Texas Senator Ted Cruz pointedly refused to endorse Trump - causing extraordinary scenes on the floor of the GOP convention, and backstage - in the usually decorous donor suites. US Senator Ted Cruz, a former rival of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, was booed after he held back on offering Trump an endorsement during his speech at the RNC.
The GOP’s new convention theme: “Lock her up!”
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie addresses the audience on the second day of the Republican National Convention Tuesday night at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. CLEVELAND - The refrain of this Republican convention hasn't been "Make America Great Again."
The 7 craziest moments from Day 2 at the RNC
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.
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.
The GOP Convention, Night Two – Three big hits and a bad miss
Night Two of the GOP convention featured strong speeches throughout much of the evening, but ended off-key. Two of the best speeches came in the 9:00 hour, before the three major networks were covering the event, but while, I assume, many viewers were tuned in on cable channels.