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Donald Trump’s acceptance speech on the South Lawn of the White House capped a week of moments that likely will be a lasting legacy of the 2020 Republican National Convention: The blurred lines it created between official government and partisan business. The convention showed Trump’s determination to shatter norms…

Donald Trump’s campaign and the Republican National Committee are under fire for the use of another piece of music: Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.” The singer-songwriter’s estate and Sony/ATV Publishing say that they specifically declined the Republican National Committee’s request for the song, but it was played anyway…

UPDATE, 2:45 PM PT: Donald Trump’s speech on the White House lawn drew an estimated 23.8 million TV viewers across 13 networks in the final night of the Republican National Convention, falling short of Joe Biden’s address last week. Biden’s acceptance speech drew 24.6 million viewers across 12 networks to the final…

CBS’ unscripted combo Big Brother and Love Island helped the network to the top ratings spot Thursday, on a night President Donald Trump’s 70-minute speech from the White House lawn in primetime wrapped the Republican National Convention. Big Brother scored a night-leading 1.0 rating and 4.01 million viewers, with the…

President Donald Trump delivered a Republican Convention acceptance speech that was a 70-minute marathon of attack lines against Democrats, superlative trumpeting of his own accomplishments and dire warnings that “no one will be safe in Joe Biden’s America.” More notable than the address itself was where it was…

"President Trump recognized that one of the small ways to instill a sense of normalcy in people's lives was to bring back entertainment options," Dana White bellowed tonight of the Republican National Convention. "The President went above and beyond to help all sports leagues involved figure out a way to overcome the…

Joe Biden and the Democrats decided to out-troll the troller-in-chief on Thursday. Just hours before Donald Trump stepped up to give his acceptance speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention, the opposition dropped a new ad turning the ex-Celebrity Apprentice host's words against him. On a day that has seen the…

Donald Trump will deliver scathing criticism of Joe Biden in his Republican National Convention acceptance speech on the South Lawn of the White House. That’s a given. The bigger question is whether Trump will address the unfolding crisis in Kenosha, WI, and how he frames the police shooting death of Jacob Blake. Vice…

As Donald Trump prepares to give a norm-shattering acceptance speech on the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday, government watchdogs claim that some of the reality TV-like moments from the Republican National Convention may have violated a key ethics law. On Thursday, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics In Wa…

UPDATED with Thursday details: The Republican National Convention wraps Thursday with President Donald Trump formally accepting the GOP’s re-nomination. In addition to Trump, tonight’s speaker lineup is scheduled to include Ben Carson, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy…

Kamala Harris added her voice to the effort by Democrats to rebut Donald Trump’s expected attacks in his acceptance speech on Thursday, as she blasted the Republican Convention week as an exercise in trying to give the president an ego stroke. “Unlike the Democratic convention, which was very clear eyed about the…

UPDATE, 4:04 PM PT: The Republican National Convention viewership fell to 17.3 million viewers across 11 networks on its third night, when Vice President Mike Pence delivered his acceptance speech. That compares to 19.4 million viewers from the previous evening, according to Nielsen. The viewership also was less than…