Ted Cruz vigorously defended his decision not to stand by a pledge to endorse the Republican presidential nominee in a remarkable 25-minute back-and-forth with his own constituents, withstanding an all-out beg from Texas Republicans to put the party above his inhibitions and back Donald Trump.
As Hillary Clinton prepares to announce her vice presidential nominee as early as Friday, one man has emerged as the dark horse candidate: Tom Vilsack.
Ted Cruz built his political career on his reputation as an unyielding conservative, but his refusal to endorse former rival Donald Trump in his speech to the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night unleashed a torrent of criticism and condemnation from his fellow Republicans.
Donald Trump's attempts to show affection for Mike Pence -- and the Indiana governor's apparent resistance with a stiff arm -- led to an "air kiss" from the Republican presidential nominee to his running mate Wednesday.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump last month forgave more than $47 million in loans he made to his own campaign committee, according to a report filed Wednesday to the Federal Election Commission.
The highlight of any national political party convention is the nominee's acceptance speech. He (or she) is expected to lay out his (or her) grand plan for the next four years. While every nominee is unique, many sound similar.
Donald Trump and John Kasich's teams are at war over whether the Republican presidential nominee ever seriously wanted the Ohio governor to join the ticket.
Radio host Laura Ingraham brought the house down Wednesday night with an attack on the Donald Trump hold-outs during her speech at the Republican National Convention.
Mike Pence made an impassioned effort to unite Republicans around Donald Trump, billing him as a latter day Ronald Reagan on a raucous night at the party's Cleveland convention.
As a political media strategist for President George W. Bush, Mark McKinnon helped orchestrate two Republican National Conventions and he believes the plagiarism controversy earlier this week may be symptomatic of a larger problem for GOP nominee Donald Trump.
Forty years ago, the Republican Party's presidential nomination was still up in the air when the convention began in Kansas City, Missouri. David Hume Kennerly, chief White House photographer for Gerald R. Ford, shares his memories from that event. Some of these photos have never been published.
Meredith McIver, a woman working for The Trump Organization, distributed a statement Wednesday identifying herself as the writer responsible for Melania Trump's Republican convention speech.
A Trump organization staffer has offered her resignation Wednesday for her role in Melania Trump's convention speech and the plagiarism allegations that followed.
The Republican Party gathered in Cleveland on Wednesday for the third night of its convention, and CNN's Reality Check Team put the speakers' statements and assertions to the test.
Volcanic political forces unleashed by Donald Trump's takeover of the Republican Party erupted Wednesday in one of most explosive nights of political theater witnessed at a party convention in the modern era.
Chris Christie ripped into Ted Cruz's performance on the third night of the Republican National Convention, after the Texas senator was booed from the stage Wednesday night for declining to endorse Donald Trump.
The third night of the Republican National Convention featured speeches from former rivals of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, as well as his newly minted running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence.
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