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Trump accepts GOP nomination: 'I am your voice'
Donald Trump cast himself Thursday night as the protector of ordinary Americans, and promised to shield them from terrorism and self-serving elites who run the government corruptly in defiance of the public good. Accepting the Republican presidential nomination, Trump vowed: "To every parent who dreams for their child, and every child who dreams for their future, I say these words to you tonight: I'm with you, and I will fight for you, and I will win for you." He spoke directly to "the forgotten men and women of our country," saying to rousing applause, "I am your voice."
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Ivanka Trump hails her father as 'the people's nominee'
Ivanka Trump attempted to soften the image of her father Donald Trump while introducing him Thursday night, lauding him as the "people's nominee" before Trump was set to accept the Republican presidential nomination. "In his own way and through his own sheer force of will, he sacrificed greatly to enter the political arena as an outsider and prevailed against a field of 16 very talented competitors," Trump said in her opening. "For more than a year, Donald Trump has been the people's champion. And tonight, he is the people's nominee."
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The Republican Party's crisis of conscience
"If you love our country, and if you love you children the way that I know that you do, stand, and speak, and vote your conscience," Ted Cruz said Wednesday night. That word, "conscience," triggered the boos. "Vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend our freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution." Boos spread across the floor and into the stands. It was fitting that "conscience" would be the trigger word for those who have attached themselves to "Mr. Trump."
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Leslie Sanchez 
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Overheard at #RNCinCLE: "Search is already underway for the next GOP senator from Texas." #2018 #cruzspeech
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Priebus: Our values are under assault by Clinton
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told delegates at his party's national convention that values the GOP holds dear will "officially be under assault" if Hillary Clinton becomes president. "It is clear the Republican Party is the only party willing to fight for these values and lead America to greatness in the 21st century," Priebus said.
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GOP congressman: 'Connections and contracts' make Trump pro-Russia
Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., suggested Thursday that "connections and contracts from the past" have turned Donald Trump into a "pro-Russia" Republican nominee for president. "I actually really, just to be quite blunt, have wondered why Donald Trump and his team have been seemingly so pro-Russia," Kinzinger said during a discussion in Cleveland. "I hope that people are looking up connections and contracts and things from the past or whatever, doing due diligence."
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| On this day 100 years ago, a suitcase bomb at a Preparedness Day parade in San Francisco killed 10 people and wounded 40 others. The parade was held by supporters of entering World War I. Labor leaders Thomas Mooney and Warren Billings were convicted of the bombing and sentenced to death, later commuted to life in prison. Subsequent investigations cast doubt on their guilt and they were pardoned more than two decades later. |
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After Trump comments, Kerry reassures: U.S. 'fully committed' to NATO partners
Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday tried to beat back Donald Trump's signal that the U.S. might reconsider the NATO alliance under his presidency, but declined to wade any further into the politics of the race for the White House.
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George Orwell, call your office
People in Silicon Valley, this New York Times reporter writes, "pride themselves on a kind of militant open-mindedness." He adds: "It is the kind of place that will severely punish any deviations from accepted schools of thought." Wait. What?
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GOP megadonor wants Trump to start praising school choice
Republican megadonor Betsy DeVos seems to want Donald Trump to start talking about school choice before she'll support him. Trump has yet to mention school choice much on the campaign trail, although he has said education needs to be done at the state and local level. School choice hasn't come up much during the main convention speeches, but DeVos, chair of the pro-school choice group American Federation for Children, said the discussion has exceeded her expectations.
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Sen. Cotton: Hillary repudiates everything Bill stood for
Arkansas people have "warm feelings" toward Bill Clinton, but don't feel the same about his wife, according to Sen. Tom Cotton. The Arkansas senator told the Washington Examiner, "If you look at Hillary Clinton's platform she is repudiating almost every accomplishment of the Clinton presidency."
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Roger Ailes officially out at Fox News
Roger Ailes has stepped down as the CEO of Fox News, 21st Century Fox announced Thursday. "21st Century Fox today announced that Roger Ailes, Chairman and CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, and Chairman of Fox Television Stations, has resigned from his role effective immediately," the statement said. "Rupert Murdoch will assume the role of Chairman and acting CEO of Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network."
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Sheriff Joe: Trump will build that wall
Donald Trump's "law-and-order" campaign got a boost Thursday night from Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the Arizona sheriff known for his unapologetic stance against illegal immigration. "Donald Trump will build the wall, and restore law and order and keep drugs and illegal immigrants from entering into our country," Arpaio said at the last night of the Republican National Convention, just before Trump was set to deliver his acceptance speech.
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White House pumps $4.5 billion into electric car charging amid sales slump
The White House unleashed $4.5 billion in new loan guarantees Thursday to build out the recharging infrastructure it hopes will make electric vehicles a reality and curb global warming. The effort was announced at the closing of the Energy Department's first-ever Sustainable Transportation Summit and a report from the Environmental Protection Agency that reaffirmed regulations to drive more electric cars into the market, despite falling sales of the vehicles due to low gasoline prices.
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Florida Zika case might have been transmitted by mosquito
Florida health officials have ruled out sex and travel as causes of a Zika infection found in the state, according to the Associated Press. The report heightens speculation that the infection was caused by a mosquito, which would be the first such case in the continental U.S.
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Justice Dept. sues town that denied zoning approval for a mosque
The Obama administration's Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday against a Pennsylvania township that officials say unfairly denied zoning approval to build a mosque. The complaint says Bensalem Township's decision imposed a "substantial burden" on the right of the Bensalem Masjid to exercise its right to exercise its religious freedom.
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Lawmaker slams political opponents for releasing 'personal images'
Delegate Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat representing the Virgin Islands in Congress, confirmed the release of pictures and video of her and her husband, which she said also showed one of her children, and said the images were stolen. She said that she is up for re-election in a primary in two weeks was "not being considered a coincidence." "The theft and distribution of these personal images via the Internet marks a new low in Virgin Islands politics."
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