Melania Trump's speech plagiarizes parts of Michelle Obama's  —  (CNN)At least one passage in Melania Trump's speech Monday night at the Republican National Convention plagiarized Michelle Obama's speech to the Democratic National Convention in 2008.  —  Side-by-side comparisons …

Norovirus outbreak reported among GOP convention staffers  —  An event worker sweeps the stage at the the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.  —  A handful of Republican staff members in Cleveland for the GOP convention were reported to be suffering Tuesday from a possible norovirus infection.

Sources: Megyn Kelly Told Murdoch Investigators That Roger Ailes Sexually Harassed Her  —  As a chorus of prominent Fox News women have gone public defending Roger Ailes against the wave of sexual-harassment allegations sparked by former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson's lawsuit …

Read President Obama's Open Letter to America's Law Enforcement Community  —  In the wake of the tragedies in Dallas and Baton Rouge, President Obama penned a letter to the men and women of America's law enforcement community.  The President's letter was shared with officers around the country.

Inside the GOP's Shadow Convention  —  CLEVELAND—It was mid-April when as many as 1,000 alumni of the most recent Republican administration descended on Dallas for a staff reunion to reminisce about sunnier times.  Former President George W. Bush autographed cowboy hats …

The Trump Captivity of the GOP  —  Plus TWS on exhibit in Cleveland.  —  Cleveland  —  It was always perhaps the stupider party, the clumsier party, and the stodgier party.  But it was also the sounder party, the more constitutional party, and the more responsible party.

Man ‘knifes French woman and her three daughters’ in Alps resort  —  A French woman and her three young daughters were severely injured when they were stabbed at a holiday resort on Tuesday by a Moroccan-born man who reportedly shouted that they were too scantily dressed.

The man who could have stopped Donald Trump  —  CNN couldn't stop Donald Trump.  Neither could Fox News.  —  Some of the nation's most influential conservatives, from Glenn Beck to Bill Kristol, were powerless.  Karl Rove and the Bush family had no effect.  Scandal after scandal failed to put a chink in his armor.

What Has Happened to Rudy Giuliani?  —  He used to be a pragmatic moderate.  Now he's spewing nonsense.  —  Exactly 20 years ago, as the Boston Globe's New York bureau chief, I interviewed Mayor Rudy Giuliani in his office in City Hall.  The 1996 Republican Convention was going on in San Diego, and I asked him why he wasn't there.

Checking Patricia Smith's claims about Clinton and Benghazi  —  The opening night theme of the Republican National Convention was “Make America Safe Again,” with a parade of speakers who criticized Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration for leaving the nation weak and vulnerable.