Excruciating!  Trump's Endlessly Long, Wildly Dishonest RNC Speech  —  Donald Trump briefly tried a “new tone” — before pivoting to Hannibal Lecter, “crazy” Pelosi, insurrection lies and more of his greatest hits.  —  LOADING  —  MILWAUKEE — Not four years after Donald Trump's eldest son boasted …

Biden's family starts discussing his exit plan from the 2024 race  —  The president's family members have discussed how he would want to end his re-election bid on his own timing and with a carefully calculated plan in place.  —  WASHINGTON — Members of President Joe Biden's family …

Rep. Sean Casten: It's time for Joe Biden to pass the torch  —  Our country faces an existential threat this November.  —  On the one hand, we have Joe Biden.  A man who passed the biggest climate and infrastructure bills in our nation's history; expanded NATO; has overseen record-breaking economic growth …

Elon Musk's X adds pro-Trump icons for Trump hashtags  —  The move comes after Musk publicly endorsed Trump  —  Over the weekend, Elon Musk made his support for Donald Trump official by publicly endorsing the former-president shortly after Trump was wounded in the ear by a would-be assassin during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits banks, telecoms, media  —  A software update wreaked havoc on computer systems globally on Friday, grounding flights, forcing some broadcasters off air and hitting services from banking to healthcare.  —  An update to a product offered …

The Zeal of a Convert  —  Much of the coverage of JD Vance presents has implied, if not outright stated, that Vance is a hypocrite and opportunist.  How else do you explain someone who denounced Trump in a myriad of ways, and then jumped onto Trump bandwagon when struggling in his primary race?

Rudy Giuliani can't even fall out of bankruptcy right  —  His tumble at the RNC was bad.  His legal problems are even worse. … If Rudy Giuliani simply would've walked into the sunset after his 2008 presidential bid, he'd probably have airports named after him by now.

Republican National Convention Is a Trumpian Triumph  —  A movement that was a joke nine years ago is a party now.  Its members are certain they will win.  —  I will make something clear before sharing some honest, perhaps startling thoughts.  I did not support either …

Trump's national lead over Biden grows — CBS News poll  —  When former President Donald Trump accepts the Republican nomination Thursday night, he'll do so with his largest national lead over President Biden in the campaign thus far.  —  A slight majority, including some who aren't voting for him …

Democratic donors begin mobilizing to raise money for Harris if she's the nominee  —  While acknowledging the volatility of the situation, some organizers said donors were already “lining up” to give in case Kamala Harris leads the Democratic ticket.  —  Allies of Vice President Kamala Harris …

Read the Transcript of Donald J. Trump's Convention Speech  —  He spoke for just over 90 minutes.  —  Thank you very much.  Thank you very, very much.  And thank you, Dana.  Thank you, Kid Rock, sometimes referred to as “Bob.”  And thank you, Lee, right from the beginning, thank you very much.

What Secret Service and FBI told Congress about attempted Trump assassination … - FBI and Secret Service officials briefed House lawmakers on Wednesday on their preliminary findings.  — The Secret Service said they identified the building used in the assassination attempt as …