Key takeaways from the Republican National Convention

President Donald Trump refused to allow the coronavirus to deny him the crowd he craved for the Republican National Convention.

Trump formally accepts Republican re-nomination from RNC stage at White House

Four years ago, Donald Trump accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president with a dark convention speech that painted a dystopian portrait of an America in decline. And he offered a singular solution: “I alone can fix it.”

'It's going to be positive:' RNC watch party held in Waukesha

Supporters of President Trump gathered in Waukesha on Thursday night for a Republican National Convention watch party.

Protesters gather outside White House to disrupt President Trump’s RNC acceptance speech

Anti-Trump activists are organizing protests and a concert to make noise in downtown Washington, D.C., with the intention of disrupting the president’s planned outdoor acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention on Thursday night.

Black Lives Matter activists to hold Black National Convention, put spotlight on police brutality

Black Lives Matter activists are holding their first Black National Convention. The virtual event Friday will adopt a political agenda calling for slavery reparations, universal basic income, environmental justice and legislation that entirely re-imagines criminal justice reform.

President Trump: NBA has become like 'a political organization'

President Trump on Thursday criticized the league after player protests over police brutality led to the postponement of playoff games.

Kamala Harris slams ‘profound failure of leadership’ in counter to Trump ahead of final night of RNC

Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris plans a Thursday speech condemning President Donald Trump for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, and she'll give it just hours before Trump is set to accept renomination for a second term.

Pence blurs details about killing of Oakland federal officer by alleged right-wing extremist

What Vice President Mike Pence didn't say was that Dave Underwood was not killed by protesters, but allegedly by an Air Force sergeant with links to a militant right-wing movement.

Law enforcement organizations ask that Gov. Evers 'refrain from making statements specific to Kenosha'

The letter accuses the governor and Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes of making previous remarks that were "premature, judgmental, inflammatory and only add to the anger and divisiveness of an already dangerous situation."

VP Pence's chief of staff says NBA protests over Kenosha are 'absurd and silly'

His comments came the day after the NBA postponed three scheduled playoff games, with the Milwaukee Bucks kicking off the boycott by refusing to leave their locker room for the game against the Orlando Magic. The players are demanding that lawmakers act to address police brutality and racial injustice.

GOP Convention takeaways: Vice President Mike Pence pounces while crises swirl

The attack role often assigned to vice presidential candidates is an ill-fitting suit for the typically genial Vice President Mike Pence, but on Wednesday he took it on, with relish.

Vice President Mike Pence speaks on third night of Republican National Convention
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Republicans proceeded with the third night of their national convention, but many Americans, particularly those in the path of Hurricane Laura, were focused on more immediate concerns.

US Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg to receive Liberty Medal

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been named the 2020 recipient of the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal.