Report: Trump Will Fund Revenge PACs To Destroy Cruz, Kasich

Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich stand together onstage at the start of the Republican candidates debate sponsored by CNN at the University of Miami in Miami, Florida, March 10, 2016. REUTERS/Joe Skipper Donald Trump wants revenge on Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich.

Trump takes time from victory lap to swat at Ted Cruz

Vice presidential running mate Gov. Mike Pence, R-Ind., right, looks on as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during an goodbye reception with friends and family following the Republican National Convention, Fr... . Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex., addresses the delegates during the third day session of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Wednesday, July 20, 2016.

Trump, now GOP nominee, returns to fighting former foe Cruz

A day after accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump pivoted back to the GOP primaries on Friday, choosing to re-litigate a pair of monthsold battles with rival Ted Cruz. In what should have been a feel-good victory lap the morning after his thundering acceptance speech, Trump instead defended his decision to retweet an unflattering photo of Cruz's wife, Heidi, and returned to wondering about possible links between Cruz's father and President John F. Kennedy's assassin.

Trump’s convention was an odd attempt to attract moderate voters, analysts say

In the end, Donald Trump's four-day coronation was eerily similar to his GOP primary campaign: an unscripted, backhanded slap at political orthodoxy. The Republican National Convention featured nasty spats, an unexpected scandal and a polarizing nominee who some Americans see as a strongman for increasingly nasty times and others view as perhaps the biggest threat facing the country.

Political Happy Hour: July 22, 2016

Here's your six-pack of ice-cold, condensation-covered Samuel Adams Summer Ale, from Joshua Miller of the Boston Globe happy to be home in Massachusetts after a long week covering the Republican National Convention in Cleveland. GRIM DISPATCH FROM EUROPE - "BERLIN - Munich police are using the term 'suspected terrorism' in connection with the shooting at a city mall."

Trump pulls nearly even with Clinton after Republican convention: Reuters/Ipsos poll

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pulled nearly even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for the first time since May, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken over the course of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week. The July 18-22 national online poll found that 41 percent of likely voters supported Clinton, while 38 percent supported Trump.

Ohio Republicans head home with mixed feelings about Trump

Ohio Republicans left the Cleveland convention Friday with mixed feelings about their party's presidential nominee, while saying they will choose him over his Democratic foe. The state delegation received a lot of attention this week because home-state Gov. John Kasich, who won Ohio's GOP presidential primary, refused to endorse Donald Trump and steered clear of the Trump-led convention.

In first day as nominee, Trump focuses fire on Cruz, not Clinton

Donald Trump on Friday spent his first news conference as the Republican presidential nominee re-litigating his primary fight with Sen. Ted Cruz , whose bitter refusal to endorse the celebrity mogul this week cast doubts on the party's attempts to unify before the general election. It was a swift return to form for the real estate mogul, who delivered a lengthy and disciplined speech from prepared remarks Thursday night when he accepted the GOP nomination at the party's national convention.

Trump delivers dark vision of America while branding himself the law and order candidate

Donald Trump delivered a dark vision of an America under siege Thursday, branding himself the law-and-order candidate in a lengthy speech laden with references to terror and violence in the streets. Speaking on the last night of a convention unlike any in decades, Trump described a country on the brink of anarchy, one beset by ISIL and immigrant hordes, with an economy crumbling under the weight of crooked free-trade deals.

From the GOP, the unconscionable coronation of a clown

The first time I contemplated a Donald Trump presidency, after he won the first debate on browbeating tactics and crass antics, I joked: He could be our first Chusma -in-Chief! It's no longer a joke. The coronation of a gruff reality star whose demeanor fluctuates from clown to bully is now part of American history.

Letters: Why keep promises you disagree with?

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.

Alaska GOP chair: Cruz speech a ‘petulant’ misfire

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.

Cruz may be down, but he is not out as a favorite of the pro-Israel right

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.

What Cruz-Out-of-Control Says About Trump’s Convention

Register to become a member today. You'll get the essential information you need to do your job better, including Sen. Ted Cruz, R-TX, waves to the crowd as he walks on stage to deliver his much talked-about speech on the third day of the Republican National Convention on July 20, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

Trump accepts GOP nomination tonight; but first, a Twitter war with Ted Cruz

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.