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The Week reports: As Albert Einstein once notably stated, “The problem with quotes you find on the internet is they are often untrue.” Lara Trump, President Trump’s daughter-in-law, learned that the hard way on Wednesday night. During her speech at the Republican National Convention, Trump declared that Abraham Lincoln “once famously said, ‘America will never be destroyed from the outside. …

NBC News reports: While Trump is the first Republican president to verbalize his support for same-sex marriage (before he was elected in 2016, he told Bill O’Reilly he opposed it), the party he helms still officially opposes gay unions — five years after they became legal across the United States. In a resolution passed Saturday, the Republican National Committee decided …

The BBC reports: US Vice-President Mike Pence has warned that violence will spread in American cities if Joe Biden wins the White House in November. “The hard truth is you won’t be safe in Joe Biden’s America,” said President Donald Trump’s deputy in a keynote speech to the Republican convention. Mr Pence depicted the vote as a choice between law-and-order …

CNBC reports: Vice President Mike Pence is set to deliver the headline speech on the third night of the Republican National Convention as he and President Donald Trump fight for reelection. Pence’s wife, Karen, will also speak, as will Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem. Other speakers include senior White …

The New York Times reports: Four years ago, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas delivered the most stunning speech of the Republican National Convention, conspicuously declining to endorse Donald J. Trump, his former presidential primary rival, and urging viewers instead to “vote your conscience.” This time, well. “They didn’t ask me to participate,” Mr. Cruz said in a phone interview from …

The Washington Post reports: Trump arrived at a lectern set up in the White House’s Great Hall. There, acting homeland security secretary Chad Wolf waited, along with five candidates for naturalization: two men and three women, one in a headscarf and another in a traditional Indian sari. The five were presented to Wolf. “On behalf of everyone here today,” Wolf …

The Independent reports: Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi lashed out at Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden in her Republican National Committee address, criticising them for nepotism moments before two of Donald Trump’s children spoke at his re-election convention. Ms Bondi was first linked to the president in 2016, when, as the Sunshine State’s top lawyer, she dropped …

The New York Post reports: Eric Trump, speaking on the second night of the 2020 Republican National Convention, cast his father as a successful first-time politician running against a Democrat who’s done little. “Most politicians spend their entire careers in Washington DC and get absolutely nothing accomplished. For example: Joe Biden. Joe Biden is a politician who has been in …

Fox News reports:  “What stands out to me is that about two or three weeks ago, Donald Trump suggested that he might make his acceptance speech at the White House,” Fox News host Chris Wallace said Tuesday night. “And there was an uproar in Washington. Republican Senate leaders said, ‘That can’t happen. We can’t have that.’ That barrier was completely …

The Week reports: Shortly before the RNC began, a White House reporter for CBS News drew attention to two of Abby Johnson’s tweets from May in which she expressed support for “bringing back household voting,” which would give each household a single vote — and give husbands “the final say.” (Johnson doubled down on this outlandishly retrograde position on Tuesday …

NPR reports: Speaking directly into the camera to “mothers of this country,” she said she shared their concerns about social media and the use of technology. Her “Be Best” campaign has urged people to treat each other kindly, especially online — an initiative she has acknowledged sparked skepticism because of her husband’s proclivity to lash out at critics on Twitter …

CNBC reports: President Donald Trump’s family will take center stage as Republicans aim to boost the president’s reelection bid Tuesday at the 2020 Republican National Convention. First lady Melania Trump will headline the speakers Tuesday. Two of the president’s children, Eric and Tiffany, will also deliver remarks earlier in the night. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will also speak, breaking …

The Daily Beast reports: Hours before she was set to speak at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night, Mary Ann Mendoza took to Twitter and urged her followers to investigate a supposed Jewish plot to enslave the world. “Do yourself a favor and read this thread,” Mendoza, who is a member of the Trump campaign’s advisory board, tweeted to …

The New York Times reports: Shortly after the start of the Republican National Convention on Monday, President Trump’s former campaign manager Brad Parscale complained that Fox News had repeatedly cut away. “Can’t believe I have to watch the convention on @CNN,” Mr. Parscale carped on Twitter. “Unbelievable.” Plenty of viewers ignored his advice. A significant portion of the convention’s TV …

CNBC reports: Michael Cohen, the former personal lawyer and fixer for President Donald Trump, slammed his former boss as a liar while appearing in a pro-Democrat group’s attack ad that is set to air during this week’s Republican National Convention. “For more than a decade, I was President Trump’s right-hand man, fixer and confidant. I was complicit in helping conceal …

The Hill reports: Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel took a swipe at actor Eva Longoria in her remarks at the Republican National Convention on Monday, contrasting her own experience as a “housewife” to Longoria’s role playing one on TV nearly a decade ago. “Democrats started their convention last week with Eva Longoria, a famous Hollywood actress who played a …

USA Today reports: Kirk is a Trump family confidant and the head of Turning Point USA, which is devoted to attracting and energizing young voters. Kirk blamed “bitter, deceitful, vengeful” opponents for the nation’s woes and described Trump as an antidote to that division. Kirk’s message offered a particularly bleak view of the nation, arguing the country is “locking up …

Time Magazine reports: On the first night of the 2020 Republican National Convention, Mark and Patty McCloskey—a St. Louis, Missouri couple who became well-known after brandishing firearms at racial justice protesters—championed President Donald Trump as a defender of “law and order” while labeling the Democrats as a lawless radical mob. “Whether it’s defunding the police, ending cash bail so criminals …

The New York Post reports: President Biden would be a puppet of the Democratic Party’s noisy progressive flank, GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz said at Monday’s Republican convention kick-off — calling Biden’s White House a “Weekend at Bernies.” “Settle for Biden — that’s the hashtag promoted by AOC and the socialists,” the Florida lawmaker, 38, said, referring to NY Rep. Alexandria …

Yahoo News reports: Nikki Haley told the Republican National Convention on Monday night that she and President Trump did what former President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, failed to do on the world stage. She also claimed that for many Democrats, it’s “fashionable to say that America is racist” — a statement she considers …