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 …

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.

‘Colbert Report’ character returns to cover Trump's convention  —  Late-night host Stephen Colbert on Monday night resurrected his faux-conservative character to cover Donald Trump  —  becoming the GOP presidential nominee.  —  “Hello, nation.  Did you miss me?

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.

This is a war, and Black Lives Matter is the enemy  —  Americans watching the news of the murders of police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, are observing a civil war unfold within our borders.  A war between rule of law and anarchy-seeking hate.  —  The murders in Baton Rouge …

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 …

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.

Germany axe attack: Assault on train in Wuerzburg  —  A teenage Afghan refugee armed with an axe and knife injured four people on a train in southern Germany before being shot dead by police, officials say.  —  Three people were seriously hurt and one suffered minor injuries in the attack in Wuerzburg, police said.