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McConnell booed at GOP convention while pledging Kentucky's delegates

Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) Booed Trump drew condemnation from party members on Monday when he pledged to send Kentucky’s delegates to former President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. There were scattered boos and cheers as the Senate Minority Leader addressed the crowd, but the boos appeared to overwhelm the cheers. “Mr. […]

Watch live: Republican National Convention

Despite the assassination attempt on former President Trump on Saturday, the Republican National Convention will begin as scheduled in Milwaukee on Monday afternoon. In addition to voting on the Republican nomination, Trump is set to nominate his running mate on the party’s first day in office. Following opening remarks from House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) […]

Trump running mate choice to be announced on day one of GOP convention

Milwaukee, Wisconsin – The Republican National Committee will be inaugurated on Monday, just two days after former President Donald Trump, the GOP’s standard-bearer, survived an assassination attempt. The former president also told Fox News’ Bret Baier in an interview just hours before the convention began that an announcement about his running mate would be made […]

Milwaukee mayor says he has confidence in law enforcement ahead of convention

Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson (Democrat) said she has confidence in the police officers who will be dispatched to this week’s Republican National Convention, where former President Donald Trump is set to be formally nominated as the party’s presidential candidate following the assassination attempt on him over the weekend. Asked on CNN on Sunday if he […]

Trump says he's changed convention speech to help 'bring the country together'

Former President Trump said Sunday that he has rewritten his speech for this week’s Republican National Convention to focus on unity in the wake of the weekend assassination attempt. “The speech that I was going to give on Thursday was going to be great,” Trump said. In an interview From the Washington Examiner. “If this […]

5 things to watch as the GOP convention kicks off under shadow of Trump shooting

The Republican National Convention kicks off in Milwaukee on Monday, with former President Trump set to formally accept the party’s nomination, just days after an assassination attempt shocked the nation. Trump has pledged to attend the Wisconsin state convention despite the incident at a rally in Pennsylvania that is being investigated by the FBI as […]

Republican convention gets underway two days after Trump survived an assassination attempt

MILWAUKEE, Wis. — The Republican National Convention kicks off on Monday, just two days after former President Donald Trump, the Republican Party’s standard-bearer, survived an assassination attempt. And the shooting at a Trump rally in western Pennsylvania on Saturday that left one spectator dead, two seriously wounded and the former president visibly bleeding after a […]

Jen Psaki tells GOP to change programming at convention to ‘restore civility

Former White House press secretary Jen Psaki has called on the Republican National Committee to overhaul the programming for its upcoming convention to avoid an “escalation” of national discourse in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Trump. Appearing on “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Psaki said she felt “scared” in the wake […]

Trump changing GOP Republican National Convention speech to stress importance of unity after Pennsylvania rally shooting

Former President Donald Trump said Sunday he’s changing his upcoming speech at the Republican National Convention, saying his speech will focus on uniting the nation after surviving an assassination attempt. The 45th president told The Washington Post on Sunday that he was “abandoning” his “very tough speech” to adopt a new approach following Saturday’s shooting […]