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Rapper Chuck D slammed Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, in an interview with CNN's Carol Costello Tuesday, calling the presumptive Republican nominee "stupid" for saying that the "Black Lives Matter" movement has in some cases instigated police shootings.

As Turkey deals with the fallout of a failed coup, the country's fragility and proximity to Islamic terrorism have raised questions about the safety of US nuclear weapons stationed there.

The Republican Party gathered in Cleveland Monday for the first night of its convention, and CNN's Reality Check Team put the speakers' statements and assertions to the test.

Chris Christie conceded in an interview Tuesday he was "disappointed" that Donald Trump didn't pick him to be his running mate -- but he's already "over it."

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst was bumped out of prime-time at the Republican National Committee on Monday night -- and her fellow Hawkeyes aren't happy about it.

Donald Trump supporter Ben Carson compared a transgender person to someone who wakes up one morning and decides he or she is Afghan after watching a movie or reading books about Afghanistan.

Rudy Giuliani never got the head-to-head match-up he'd wanted with Hillary Clinton in the 2000 New York Senate race.

The looming election and the Supreme Court will converge in the coming months as voting rights challenges on issues such as Voter ID, early vote cutbacks and same-day registration make their way to the high court.

The nation's two top elected Democrats have taken sides in California's contentious US Senate race, the only contest for a seat in that chamber pitting two Democrats against each other in the general election.

The hashtag #FamousMelaniaTrumpQuotes rumbled across social media platforms Tuesday morning to both mock and defend the Republican convention speech delivered by Melania Trump, wife of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump.

Melania Trump steps onto center stage Monday for the highest-profile speech of her life.

Donald Trump called in and pre-empted Fox News' Republican National Convention coverage while two Benghazi attack survivors were on stage, because "it was important to do," his campaign chairman said Tuesday.

Politicians speak a lot, and they write a lot. But what happens when the words they speak and write aren't their own?

Michelle Obama sang and danced to Beyoncé's "Single Ladies" in a preview clip of her upcoming appearance on the "The Late Late Show with James Corden," which is set to air Wednesday night.

Hillary Clinton said Monday that Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was the most dangerous presidential candidate in the history of the United States.

Donald Trump said Monday he believes the Black Lives Matter movement has in some cases helped instigate the recent killings of police officers, and suggested he might direct his future attorney general to investigate the civil rights activist group.

The "Silent Majority" Donald Trump has inspired and rallied throughout his campaign congregated in a riverfront park here Monday -- a hodgepodge of supporters who, while unlikely to step foot inside the convention hall less than a mile away, nevertheless counted themselves among the real estate mogul's most fervent backers.

On Monday night, the speakers ranged from Melania Trump and her husband to governors and sheriffs.

The Republican National Convention kicked off Monday evening at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, with a slew of speakers highlighting presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's agenda.

Thoroughly defeated in meetings last week, the delegates hoping to upend Donald Trump's nomination have one last chance as the full Republican National Convention kicks off on Monday.