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Trump Reportedly Offered Kasich a Very Odd Deal

Don Jr. promised Kasich could basically run the country as VP: 'NYT'

(Newser) - Wednesday night is the night that America meets GOP VP nominee Mike Pence , but per a senior adviser to John Kasich who spoke anonymously to the New York Times , the process by which he was chosen sounds like it could have been a little wonky—and may even have involved...

Trump Delegate: Clinton Should Be 'Shot for Treason'

New Hampshire lawmaker Al Baldasaro also calls her 'garbage'

(Newser) - A prominent Donald Trump delegate from New Hampshire says Hillary Clinton should be "put in the firing line and shot for treason," over the Benghazi attacks that killed four Americans, reports the AP . New Hampshire state Rep. Al Baldasaro, who appears frequently with Trump and serves as an...

Speechwriter Takes Blame for Melania Speech

Apologizes, has her Trump resignation rejected

(Newser) - Meredith McIver, the writer who was reported to have worked with Melania Trump on overhauling the original RNC speech that was written for her, has released a statement on Trump's website taking the blame for the ensuing plagiarism controversy . While working together on the speech, “we discussed many...

RNC Day 3: America Meets Mike Pence

 RNC Day 3: 
 America Meets 
 Mike Pence 
GOP CONVENTION
Jul 20, 2016 7:51 AM CDT

RNC Day 3: America Meets Mike Pence

VP nominee to speak, as well as Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, and Eric Trump

(Newser) - Day 3 of the Republican National Convention has been dubbed "Make America First Again" day, and a new slew of speakers will speak to that mission Wednesday evening at Cleveland's Quicken Loans Arena, USA Today reports. Indiana governor and now VP nominee Mike Pence will get his moment...

Winners, Losers From Day 2 of the RNC

 Winners, Losers From 
 Day 2 of the RNC  
GOP CONVENTION
Jul 20, 2016 6:20 AM CDT

Winners, Losers From Day 2 of the RNC

Never Trump movement 'dead from multiple causes'

(Newser) - Tuesday was "Make America Work Again" day at the Republican National Convention, though there was easily as much talk about Hillary Clinton as there was about the US economy. Still, the convention seemed to run far more smoothly than on Monday—it was as if they "had brought...

Paul Ryan Gets in Line: Unify This Party at Last

As Chris Christie dusts off his prosecutor's hat

(Newser) - Republicans kicked off the second night of their convention with all the pomp one might expect from a political convention, with a healthy dose of Capitol Hill heavyweights on display, as well as C-list celebrities. Highlights, via the AP , the Guardian , and the Washington Post :
  • Paul Ryan rallied for Donald
...

Trump Jr.: Dad Has 'Record of Accomplishing Impossible'

Tiffany Trump had some words about her dad, too

(Newser) - Donald Trump's adult children were on the Republican National Convention floor in Cleveland Tuesday evening to witness their father take the GOP nomination for president, and two of them took to the stage to offer their personal take on the man who fathered them. Tiffany Trump, Trump's daughter...

Trump Breaks Tradition, Shows at Convention for Day 2

This time via video from Trump Tower

(Newser) - "Good evening. Are you having fun?" That was Tuesday night's greeting from the new GOP nominee , patched in via video from Trump Tower "through the medium that cemented the former star of The Apprentice as a household name more than a decade ago," Politico notes. "...

Donald J. Trump Is the GOP Nominee

New York delegation puts him over the top at Republican National Convention

(Newser) - It's official: The Republican Party has nominated Donald Trump for president, completing the New York billionaire's remarkable rise from political outsider to major party nominee for the White House, the AP reports. With 89 delegates, New York state put him over the top in the delegate count Tuesday...

Winners, Losers From Day 1 of the RNC
 Winners, Losers 
 From Day 1 of the RNC 
GOP CONVENTION
Jul 19, 2016 5:33 AM CDT

Winners, Losers From Day 1 of the RNC

Controversy overshadowed Melania speech

(Newser) - This year's gathering in Cleveland promised to be the most unconventional GOP convention in decades, and Day 1 did not disappoint, although the Republican Party probably isn't entirely thrilled about how things are shaping up. Here are some of the winners and losers analysts named after the day'...

Melania's Speech Looks to Have Plagiarized One by Michelle Obama

Parts of her RNC address match 2008 DNC speech word for word

(Newser) - In what could turn into a PR disaster for the Republican National Convention, parts of Melania Trump's Monday night speech appear to have been lifted from the speech Michelle Obama delivered on the first night of the Democratic National Convention in 2008. Journalist Jarrett Hill was the first to...

Melania Trump&#39;s 5 Big Lines
 Melania Trump's 5 Big Lines 
GOP CONVENTION
Jul 18, 2016 9:56 PM CDT

Melania Trump's 5 Big Lines

Donald Trump's wife is keynote speaker

(Newser) - Melania Trump took a starring role at the Republican National Convention on Monday night, ending what Julia Ioffe at Politico reports has been two months spent out of the "public eye." She was introduced by husband Donald, who was incredibly restrained in his comments, saying simply, "It...

Rick Perry Fails to Mention Trump While at Podium
 Rick Perry Fails to Mention 
 Trump While at Podium
gop convention
Jul 18, 2016 9:04 PM CDT

Rick Perry Fails to Mention Trump While at Podium

Though he did use the campaign's slogan

(Newser) - One of Donald Trump's vanquished rivals took to the stage at the Republican National Convention Monday night, but he didn't exactly sing Trump's praises. As the Austin American-Statesman notes, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry did not mention Trump at all in his brief remarks. Perry's main...

Mother of Benghazi Victim Blames Clinton 'Personally'

Patricia Smith addresses the Republican national convention

(Newser) - "To this day, I don’t know why a computer guy like Sean was sent to Benghazi," Republican National Convention speaker Patricia Smith told the crowd in Cleveland on Monday night. What she does know: Who is to blame for the death of her son, one of four...

Scott Baio's Big Line: 'Let's Make America America Again!'

He's among the night's celebs

(Newser) - Donald Trump once promised a "showbiz" convention, packed with flash, celebrities, and a "winner's night" featuring sports stars and champion coaches, recalls the AP , which declares that the "show biz" in Trump's Republican National Convention fell considerably short of A-list on Monday. The first of...

RNC Gets Off to a Raucous Start
 RNC Gets Off to 
 a Raucous Start 
GOP CONVENTION
Jul 18, 2016 5:19 PM CDT

RNC Gets Off to a Raucous Start

GOP leaders rejected demands for a roll call vote

(Newser) - Over angry and prolonged objections from anti-Donald Trump forces, Republican Party leaders approved rules for their national convention on Monday and rejected demands for a state-by-state roll call vote, a discordant start to a gathering designed to project unity. Hundreds of socially conservative delegates opposed to nominating Trump bellowed in...

Art of the Deal Ghostwriter: Trump Could End Civilization

Tony Schwartz speaks to the 'New Yorker' about his misgivings

(Newser) - More than a million copies of Donald Trump's 1987 hit, The Art of the Deal have sold, and Tony Schwartz has pocketed 50% of the royalties earned on each one. That's because he ghostwrote the book, the product of a year-and-a-half spent shadowing Trump, listening in on his...

CEO Pays 6 Figures for Full-Page NYT Ad on Trump

Josh Tetrick is head of vegan company Hampton Creek

(Newser) - An LGBT advocacy group , a Hollywood star , and a Supreme Court justice have all taken on Donald Trump in recent weeks—and now the chief executive of a vegan food products company has jumped into the mix. Joshua Tetrick, CEO of Hampton Creek, took out a full-page ad blasting the...

In Trump/Pence Interview, a 'Bizarre' Iraq War Moment

Inside the GOP ticket's '60 Minutes' interview

(Newser) - The Internet has moved on from the Donald Trump/Mike Pence logo jokes and started picking away at another Trump/Pence moment: the candidates' first joint interview, which aired Sunday night on 60 Minutes. The Guardian notes Trump had the reins, speaking more than double the roughly 50 times Pence did over...

Pence: 'Really Conservative and Mostly Unknown'

Everything you need to know about Trump's new running mate

(Newser) - Donald Trump made it official Friday: Indiana Gov. Mike Pence will be his running mate when he attempts to stop another Clinton from sitting in the White House this November. Here's what you need to know about the vice presidential candidate:

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