Nice attack: truck driver named as France mourns 84 killed in Bastille Day atrocity - live  —  Witnesses describe terror and chaos after armed man drove through crowds celebrating national day  —  • Armed man drove truck through crowd for 2km  —  • 'A truck smashed into everyone.

Mike Lee predicts backlash after RNC smothers delegate rebellion  —  CLEVELAND — Mike Lee climbed out on a limb here Thursday evening, publicly aligning himself with an effort to potentially deny Donald Trump the Republican presidential nomination at the party's national convention next week.

Head to Head: Here's Who's Winning Battleground States  —  Hillary Clinton leads Donald Trump in four of the most diverse presidential battleground states, according to brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist polls.  —  Clinton is ahead of Trump by eight points among registered voters in Colorado …

Trump delays V.P. announcement, even as Pence emerges as probable choice  —  CLEVELAND — In a stunning move late Thursday, Donald Trump said he was scrapping his plans to announce a running mate because of the terrorist attack in southern France, following a day of strong signals that Indiana Gov. Mike Pence was the likely choice.

Sharia Does Not Mean What Newt Gingrich Thinks It Means  —  In response to the latest terrorist atrocity, Newt Gingrich, the former speaker of the House, and quite possibly the next secretary of state, suggested that the U.S. should investigate American Muslims to ascertain their level of commitment to sharia, or Islamic law.

GOP Cleveland organizers beg Adelson for $6 million  —  CLEVELAND — Millions of dollars short and running out of time, organizers of the Republican National Convention have written an urgent request for $6 million to Las Vegas billionaire couple Sheldon and Miriam Adelson to cover the bills for next week's festivities.

Who is the Nice terror attack suspect?  Everything we know so far about Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel  —  Moment police fire at Nice terror attacker  —  Play!  —  Who is Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel?  —  Lahouaiej Bouhlel was a 31-year-old French-Tunisian delivery driver known to police …

Family: Lakeway father, son die in Nice, France attack  —  An Austin area father and son were two of at least 84 people who were killed Thursday when a truck drove through a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France, according to friends and relatives.  —  Sean Copeland, 51 …

Ryan Says He Believes Trump Is ‘Going To Endeavor To Try’ To Change  —  Even though House Speaker Paul Ryan has endorsed Donald Trump, he's continued to have plenty of criticism for his party's presumptive nominee.  —  In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep Thursday afternoon in his office in the Capitol …

We don't need Lincoln-inspired racial ‘unity.’ We need whites to stop being racist.  —  What Hillary Clinton got wrong about race relations  —  In a speech this week at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Hillary Clinton called for racial unity by evoking the words of Abraham Lincoln.

Democrats ‘freaked out’ about polls in meeting with Clinton  —  Nervous Senate Democrats raised concerns with Hillary Clinton  —  during a private meeting in the Capitol Thursday over a recent poll showing Donald Trump  —  leading or tied in several battleground states.

Has Hillary finally found her voice?  —  Hillary Clinton was about to get clobbered in the New Hampshire primary, and her campaign still didn't have a message explaining why she was the right person for the job.  —  With a toxic cloud hanging over Clinton's makeshift campaign office …