U.S. shootings heighten security concerns at Republican convention
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Cleveland’s police union called for the suspension of a state law allowing people to carry firearms during the Republican National Convention but Ohio’s governor said he was powerless to act despite heightened security concerns wi…
Police union: Open carry of guns should be suspended at Republican convention in Cleveland
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – The head of the Cleveland police union on Sunday urged Ohio’s governor to declare a state of emergency and to suspend laws allowing the open carrying of firearms during the Republican National Convention, after the shooting of six…
Art of the spin: Trump bankers question his portrayal of financial comeback
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Donald Trump, who often says he only likes winners, tells one grand tale of loss: In 1990, he nearly went bankrupt and was forced to ask dozens of banks to whom he owed money to change the terms on their loans and forgive some of h…
Trump blames Baton Rouge shooting on ‘lack of leadership’
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – Republican Donald Trump responded to the killing of three police officers in Louisiana on Sunday by renewing his call for greater leadership and “law and order.”
Exclusive: U.S. curtails federal election observers
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Federal election observers can only be sent to five states in this year’s U.S. presidential election, among the smallest deployments since the Voting Rights Act was passed in 1965 to end racial discrimination at the ballot box.
A festival air, and unease, hang over pre-convention Cleveland
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – East 4th Street, emblematic of the new Cleveland as a once-downtrodden area turned trendy, is bustling ahead of the Republican National Convention.
Can Pence’s vow not to sling mud survive a Trump campaign?
(Reuters) – In 1990, during a close and bitter congressional race, Mike Pence came under attack for using campaign funds to pay for personal expenses, including his mortgage and credit card bills.
In circuitous speech, Trump touts VP pick Pence as man to unify party
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Saturday presented his vice presidential running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, as the man who can unify a fractured Republican party and help him bridge the gap created by the candidat…
A kiss is not just a kiss on Cleveland convention billboards
CLEVELAND (Reuters) – In an age of social media and sound bites, advocacy groups in Cleveland have turned to the old-fashioned medium of billboards to display messages during the Republican National Convention, from the serious to the ridiculous and sh…
Trump calls Nice attack ‘horror beyond belief’
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Saturday described as “horror beyond belief” the truck attack in Nice, France earlier this week that killed 84 people.
