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Republicans emerge from their convention thrilled with Trump and talking about a blowout victory

Republican officials, strategists and activists who packed into their national convention this week are exuding a confidence not seen in decades.

Biden’s campaign chair acknowledges support ‘slippage’ but says he’s staying in the race

Obama’s dilemma: Balancing Democrats’ worry about Biden and maintaining influence with president

Recount will decide if conservative US Rep. Bob Good loses primary to Trump-backed challenger

Georgia Democrats sue to overturn law allowing unlimited campaign cash, saying GOP unfairly benefits

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Here’s the latest for Friday July 19th: Trump accepts Republican nomination; Biden campaign calls all-staff meeting; Drone attack in Tel Aviv; Video shows isolated tribe along Amazon River.

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Trump arrives at Republican convention ahead of accepting GOP nomination again

Democratic strategist discusses Biden and what may be next for Democrats

Obama, Pelosi and Democrats make a fresh push for Biden to reconsider 2024 race ahead of convention

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Trump’s convention notably downplays Jan. 6 and his lies about election fraud

The Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has rarely been mentioned during the Republican National Convention, although Donald Trump often talks favorably about it on the campaign trail.

Ursula von der Leyen reelected to a second 5-year term as European Commission president

Lawmakers at the European Parliament have reelected Ursula von der Leyen to a second 5-year term as president of the European Union’s executive commission.

Biden is isolated at home as Obama, Pelosi and other Democrats push for him to reconsider 2024 race

Democrats at the highest levels are making a critical push for President Joe Biden to reconsider his election bid.

FACT FOCUS: Trump, in Republican convention video, alludes to false claim 2020 election was stolen

Former President Donald Trump has maintained since his defeat in 2020 that the election was stolen. In a prerecorded video at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday he again alluded to the baseless allegation.

Uncertainty is the winner and incumbents the losers so far in a year of high-stakes global elections

Discontented, economically squeezed voters have turned against sitting governments on both right and left during many of the dozens of elections held this year, as global power blocs shift and political certainties crumble.

US judge dismisses Republican challenge over counting of post-Election Day mail ballots in Nevada

A federal judge has dismissed a Republican-backed lawsuit that sought to bar Nevada from counting mail ballots received after Election Day.

Trump has given no official info about his medical care for days since an assassination attempt

Four days after a gunman’s attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump, the public is still in the dark over the extent of his injuries, what treatment the Republican presidential nominee received in the hospital, and whether there may be any long-term effects on his health.

Venezuela arrests security chief for opposition leader days ahead of presidential vote

Officials in Venezuela have arrested the head of security for the country’s top opposition leader, a little more than a week before President Nicolás Maduro faces a tough reelection.

Tennessee won’t purge voter rolls of people who disregard a letter asking them to prove citizenship

Tennessee elections officials say any state registered voters among the thousands recently asked to prove their citizenship can stay on the voting rolls even if they don’t respond to the request.

Tunisia’s opposition says politically motivated arrests and gag orders are chilling election efforts

Leading opposition parties in Tunisia say politically motivated arrests and gag orders are creating impossible conditions for holding democratic elections later this year.

Prominent Democrat Schiff calls for Biden to withdraw, but party aims to nominate before convention

California Rep. Adam Schiff has become the highest-profile Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, as the party pushes ahead with plans to hold a virtual vote to formally make Biden its nominee in the first week of August.

Lawsuit claims that delayed elections for Georgia utility regulator are unconstitutional

A new lawsuit says extending the six-year terms of Georgia’s elected public service commissioners violates the state constitution.

The stepped-up security around Trump is apparent, with agents walling him off from RNC crowds

Former President Donald Trump was separated from supporters by his Secret Service detail as he walked onto the floor of the Republican National Convention Tuesday night.

Unity at the RNC, knocks on Trump’s prosecutions and Senate politics: Takeaways from day 2

The Republican National Convention marched into its second day Tuesday, showcasing classic GOP themes like border security and public safety that have become the centerpieces of former President Donald Trump’s campaign.

Nevada county reverses controversial vote and certifies two recounts while legal action looms

Commissioners in Nevada’s second most populous county certified the results of two local recounts on Tuesday, reversing course on a controversial vote against certification that spurred legal action and put Washoe County in unchartered legal territory.

Who is Usha Vance? Yale law graduate and wife of vice presidential nominee JD Vance

Usha Chilukuri Vance, wife of JD Vance, is a Yale law graduate and attorney. She stood next to her husband on Monday as he was named the Republican vice presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention.

Stein, other North Carolina Democrats have fundraising leads entering summer

North Carolina Democrats in top races this fall have outpaced their Republican rivals in fundraising over the past several months and entered the summer with cash advantages.

North Carolina approves party seeking to put RFK Jr. on the ballot, rejects effort for Cornel West

North Carolina’s election board has certified a political party that wants to put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the state’s presidential ballot this fall.

House Democrats want to stop early DNC effort to nominate Biden before party convention in August

Some House Democrats are wary of swiftly nominating President Joe Biden as the party’s pick for reelection.

Kennedy and West third-party ballot drives are pushed by secretive groups and Republican donors

With early voting for the November presidential election set to begin in September in some states, there are signs across the country that groups are trying to affect the outcome by using deceptive means — and in most cases in ways that would benefit Republican Donald Trump.

The Democratic National Committee says it’s investing $15 million in 7 swing state parties

Democrats are trying to offer political counterprograming to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, announcing $15 million to fund campaign operations in seven key swing states.

Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver wins special primary for New Jersey US House seat

Newark City Council President LaMonica McIver has won the special House Democratic primary to succeed the late Donald Payne Jr. in Congress.

Donald Trump is feted by his former rivals in a show of Republican unity after rally shooting

The Republican National Convention resumes with a focus on immigration.

Lawmakers are moving quickly to launch investigations into the Trump assassination attempt

Congressional committees are moving quickly to investigate the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania that also saw one rallygoer killed and two others seriously wounded.

President Joe Biden says it was a ‘mistake’ to say he wanted to put a ‘bull’s-eye’ on Donald Trump

President Joe Biden told NBC News in an interview Monday that it was a “mistake” to say he wanted to put a “bull’s-eye” on Republican nominee Donald Trump, but argued that the rhetoric coming from his opponent was more incendiary.

Biden orders Secret Service to protect RFK Jr. after attempt on Trump’s life

President Joe Biden has ordered the U.S. Secret Service to protect independent presidential candidate Robert F.

What to watch as the Republican National Convention kicks off days after Trump assassination attempt

The Republican National Convention starts Monday in Milwaukee, two days after Donald Trump was injured in an assassination attempt, with the violent scene at his campaign rally horrifying the country and amplifying already intense political divisions.

Trump picks Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, a once-fierce critic turned loyal ally, as his GOP running mate

Donald Trump has selected Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his Republican running mate. Vance swept to national prominence with his bestselling memoir, “Hillbilly Elegy.”

Ethnic Greek politician jailed in Albania arrives in Athens en route to European Parliament opening

A jailed member of Albania’s ethnic Greek minority — recently elected to the European Parliament with Greece’s governing conservative party — has arrived in Athens en route to Strasbourg, after being granted a five-day leave from prison to attend parliament’s opening session.

Provisional election results show Rwanda’s Kagame cruising to victory, an outcome that was expected

President Paul Kagame has won 99% of the vote in provisional results from Rwanda’s presidential election, electoral authorities said, an outcome that was widely expected as the country’s long-time ruler aims to extend this three-decade grip on power.