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U.S. President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to US Army Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kettles during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 18, 2016. US Army soldiers who were saved by Lieutenant Colonel Charles Kettles, stand during a ceremony where U.S. President Barack Obama presented him with the Medal of Honor during a ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., July 18, 2016.
A delegate shouts as a call for a roll call vote on the rules goes out during the opening day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday. A former top intelligence official says Donald Trump “recognizes the threats we face and is not afraid to call them what they are.” Michael Flynn once led the Defense Intelligence Agency under President Barack Obama and was thought to be on the short list of potential running mates for Trump.
Illinois delegate Christian Gramm, left, and other delegates react as some call for a roll call vote on the adoption of the rules during first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. less Illinois delegate Christian Gramm, left, and other delegates react as some call for a roll call vote on the adoption of the rules during first day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, ... more Donald Trump promised a "monumentally magnificent" display of at the 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland, which kicked off Monday.
The New York State Republican delegation had already been served breakfast, but they still had room for several servings of political red meat from former House Speaker Newt Gingrich . President Barack Obama and his Democratic would-be successor Hillary Clinton were "breaking their country down" at home and abroad, the Republican firebrand told a packed banquet hall at the Renaissance Hotel just a few blocks away from where the Republican National Convention convened for its first session Monday afternoon.
Firefighters from Spokane County Fire District 4 and the Department of Natural Resources are fighting a brush fire from the air and the ground Monday night. The fire, which is reportedly about two acres, is located in the 20000 block of Northwood Drive and E. Halliday Road in Mead.
Few people were covered under President Barack Obama's health care law when the GOP held its last convention in 2012. Now, Donald Trump's plan to replace the program would make 18 million people uninsured, according to a recent nonpartisan analysis.
Officers Montrell Jackson, Matthew Gerald and Brad Garafola were killed Sunday after being ambushed and shot by a lone gunman in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Their deaths have kept the spotlight on a region where the July 5 shooting death of Alton Sterling at the hands of police began what has been two weeks of national turmoil.
Donald Trump said in a Monday morning interview that he felt there is "something going on" with President Barack Obama's response to the recent spate of attacks on law enforcement. "I watched the president, and sometimes the words are OK, but you just look at the body language - there's something going on.
The world is watching Cleveland this week as the political world descends on our city for the Republican National Convention. Running through Thursday, the RNC includes a jam-packed schedule with speakers and specific themes for each day of the event.
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell heard emotional statements Saturday from both sides of a divisive proposal to create a national monument at a sacred American Indian site. Jewell's 3A1 2-hour meeting in the town of Bluff capped off a four-day research trip to Utah as a coalition of tribes urges President Barack Obama to turn 1.9 million acres around the twin Bears Ears buttes into a national monument.
Baton Rouge police officers run from the emergency room ramp as a man is taken into custody after a gun was found in his vehicle near the entrance of Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center on Sunday in Baton Rouge, where wounded officers were taken. BATON ROUGE -- Three Baton Rouge law enforcement officers investigating a report of a man with a rifle were killed Sunday, less than two weeks after a black man was fatally shot by Baton Rouge police in a confrontation that sparked national protests.
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.
Confronting another killing of police officers, President Barack Obama on Sunday urged Americans to tamp down inflammatory words and actions as a violent summer collides with the nation's heated presidential campaign. Obama said the motive behind Sunday's killing of three officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was still unknown.
Coldplay kicked off its U.S. stadium tour with a colorful show that included fireworks, confetti and balloons, mixed with American pride, sympathy for France, moving words from Muhammad Ali and audio from President Barack Obama. The British foursome led by Chris Martin performed for feverish fans Saturday at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
Donald Trump jumped on the opportunity to blast President Barack Obama once again while paying tribute to three police officers in Baton Rouge Three officers were confirmed dead and a further three were injured after a shooting at a gas station along Airline Highway in the Louisiana city on Sunday morning. One suspect is dead and law enforcement officials believe a further two may still be at large, a spokesman for the sheriff's office said.
Republicans who hope to win in battleground Nevada are taking cues from a strategy that helped President Barack Obama win the state twice. Officials from the Republican National Committee said they've hired 40 paid staff in the swing state, including a state director, regional directors and 29 "turf coordinators" who each aim to recruit 50 volunteers of their own.
President Barack Obama condemned the slayings Sunday of three Louisiana law enforcement officers, saying the killers "right no wrongs" and "advance no causes." "I condemn, in the strongest sense of the word, the attack on law enforcement in Baton Rouge," Obama said in a statement.
Imams attend a funeral service for victims of the thwarted coup in Istanbul at Fatih mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, July 17, 2016. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis Istanbul: Turkish authorities on Sunday pressed on with a ruthless crackdown against suspects in the failed coup against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with 6,000 people including generals and judges detained in a move that has sparked international concern.
Eight years ago, Barbara Conley was one of the millions of Americans swept up in Barack Obama's promises of hope and change when he accepted the Democratic nomination at a packed football stadium a few miles from her home in the Denver suburbs. With Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton preparing for their own nominating conventions, the 68-year-old independent is filled with so much frustration at the candidates and the political system that propelled them to victory that she can't even imagine voting in November.