Full text: Donald Trump 2016 RNC draft speech transcript  —  Remarks as prepared for delivery according to a draft obtained by POLITICO Thursday afternoon.  —  Friends, delegates and fellow Americans: I humbly and gratefully accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States.

The Death of the Republican Party  —  CLEVELAND — On the surface, this seems like a normal Republican convention.  There are balloon drops, banal but peppy music from the mid-1970s and polite white people not dancing in their seats.  —  But this is not a normal convention.

Liberal group: Kaine could be ‘disastrous’ VP pick  —  A liberal group is urging Hillary Clinton  —  (D-Va.) as her running mate because of his positions on trade and banking regulation.  —  “Making Senator Tim Kaine our vice presidential candidate could be potentially disastrous for our efforts to defeat Donald Trump

Video: Austin police body-slam black teacher, tell her blacks have ‘violent tendencies’  —  Officials in Austin are investigating the violent arrest of a black elementary school teacher who was body-slammed by a white police officer during a traffic stop.  —  The investigation comes …

RNC Displays Tweet From White Supremacist As Trump Accepts Nom  —  As Donald Trump accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday night, a tweet from a white supremacist account was broadcast through the convention hall at Quicken Loans Arena. … User @Western_Triumph's tweet itself was generic …

Five ways Trump's convention was a success  —  The Republican National Convention came to a close on Thursday night after a dramatic week marred by a plagiarism controversy involving Melania Trump and a surreal scene in which Ted Cruz  —  was shouted off the stage.

Thiel: Fake Culture Wars Only Distract Us From Our Economic Decline  —  Paypal founder and Silicon Valley entrepreneur Peter Thiel spoke on the fourth night of the 2016 Republican National Convention.  —  “I am proud to be gay.  I am proud to be a Republican.  But most of all I am proud to be an American,” he said.

2 Vermont DNC delegates excluded due to gender  —  There's been some debate about who should represent Vermont at the Democratic Convention in Philadelphia.  —  Two elected delegates are being removed from Vermont's delegate pool.  One of them is filing a formal complaint against the Democratic National Convention.

Bullet that struck caregiver was meant to protect him, police union prez says  —  Police union president says the cop was aiming at autistic man sitting on the ground  —  Cops say 911 caller said suicidal man had a gun on the street  —  Charles Kinsey, who was shot, said he told police there was no weapon

Did The Trump Campaign Just Get Hit With The Monica Langley Curse?  —  A Langley profile has often come with something reminiscent of the curse of the Sports Illustrated cover.  —  Washington bureau chief for The Huffington Post … CLEVELAND As Eric Trump was set to begin …

Colorado town finds THC in its water, warns residents not to drink or bathe in it  —  Colorado emergency management officials are heading to Hugo  —  A town on Colorado's Eastern Plains is warning its residents not to drink, bathe in or cook with its water because officials said evidence was found of THC …

... Denies Attacking Ex-GF  —  Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott has been named a suspect in a domestic violence police report obtained by TMZ Sports ... but the 21-year-old has DENIED any wrongdoing and was NOT arrested.  —  The female accuser filed a report with the Columbus PD …