Republican National Convention

Saying their names: Families of U.S. troops killed in Kabul airport bombing criticize Biden, praise Trump

Relatives of some of the 13 American service members killed during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan appeared on stage at the Republican National Convention Wednesday in an emotional moment that revived one of the low points of President Joe Biden’s presidency.

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Who do they, as border residents, trust to protect them from drug cartels? Donald Trump

Jim and Sue Chilton own a ranch in Arizona on the U.S.-Mexico border. Every time Jim leaves the house, Sue fears he won’t come back alive, she said Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

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Adversaries turned allies tell RNC Trump is right for job, Biden right for “Weekend at Bernie’s”

Actions speak louder than words and on the second evening of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., a few of former President Donald J. Trump’s rivals acted through their words.

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Colorado Republicans praise Trump’s pick of ‘young, dynamic’ J.D. Vance as his running mate

Leading Colorado Republicans and delegates to the party’s national convention applauded former President Donald Trump’s nomination of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate Monday, with some lauding the choice of the 39-year-old author as evidence Trump is empowering a new generation of Republicans.

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With Trump pick, J.D. Vance is first post-9/11 vet on major-party ticket

J.D. Vance, named Monday as the Republican vice presidential running mate of former President Donald Trump, is known as many things: a bestselling author, a Republican senator, a former venture capitalist, a leading voice of conservatism, a onetime Trump critic – and a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

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Two days after surviving assassination attempt, Trump gets hero’s welcome at RNC

The party didn’t embrace him in 2016. Covid-19 kept everything virtual in 2020. But on Monday night, two days after an assassination attempt that almost claimed his life, Donald Trump received an adoring hero’s welcome on night one of the Republican National Convention.

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