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Donald Trump's first entrance into the Quicken Loans Arena came in a cloud of blue smoke.

See photos from the Republican National Convention, which began in Cleveland on Monday.

Chris Christie will give a highly anticipated speech in a much-coveted prime-time spot Tuesday night at the Republican National Convention.

The Republican Party will officially crown Donald Trump as its 2016 presidential nominee Tuesday evening, capping a raucous primary process that has divided the GOP.

If you could tell the world your favorite thing about of your state, what would you say?

To celebrate turning 93 on Friday, Bob Dole is planning to have a joint birthday party with his wife, Elizabeth. But he's already warned friends: no gifts.

When Alaska Republicans went to their caucuses on March 1, Ted Cruz was the top vote-getter, followed by Donald Trump and Marco Rubio.

After spending a week in Cleveland, photographer Alex Webb visited the next city that will be the focus of national politics this month -- Philadelphia.

Former President George W. Bush fretted to a group of former aides and advisers in April that he was worried he could be the "last Republican president."

The US military is doing "prudent planning" in case it needs to move its anti-ISIS operations out of Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey following the country's failed coup, several US defense officials told CNN Tuesday.

Nearly a dozen members of the California delegation at the Republican National Convention are showing symptoms of a norovirus.

Lady Gaga, Lenny Kravitz and DJ Jazzy Jeff are set to headline a concert at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey, next Thursday for Democratic convention delegates and invited guests, hours before Hillary Clinton is set to be formally nominated.

Public opinion polls suggest a close race, but Hillary Clinton is crushing Donald Trump with a 34-point lead in CNN's Political Prediction Market during the week of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Tuesday he thinks the controversy surrounding Melania Trump's apparent plagiarism of Michelle Obama's speech ultimately won't matter to the "vast majority of Americans."

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday slammed the first day of the Republican National Convention as "surreal," comparing it to the "Wizard of Oz" while avoiding mentioning Melania Trump's plagiarism controversy.

At least one passage in Melania Trump's speech Monday night at the Republican National Convention bears an unmistakable resemblance to another delivered by Michelle Obama in 2008.

Who said it: Melania Trump or Twilight Sparkle from "My Little Pony"?

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence began Tuesday what will likely be his toughest task as Donald Trump's running mate by attempting to build a bridge to the legacy of Ronald Reagan.

Wright State University is pulling out of its presidential debate scheduled for September 26, and the debate will move to Hofstra University, sources tell CNN.