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Melania Trump: Let’s all Come Together in a National Campaign Like no Other

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Melania Trump declared that her husband, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump, is ready to serve as President of the United States and called for the Republican Party to come together after a “fierce” GOP primary ahead of the general election during her speech at the Republican National Convention on Monday night.

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Poll: Trump Leads Clinton by 11 Points with Independents

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is leading presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by 11 points with Independents, 38 percent to 27 percent, according to a new Morning Consult poll. But he’s still down by two points in a head-to-head match up, 41 percent to 39 percent.

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Don King: Reince Priebus ‘Didn’t Have that Much Sense’ to Talk to Me

CLEVELAND, Ohio– Boxing promoter Don King — who presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump previously said may speak at the Republican National Convention — talked to reporters on Monday evening outside the Quicken Loans Arena, where the convention is being held, saying Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus never spoke to him because “He didn’t have that much sense.”

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Trump Motorcade in Accident, No Injuries

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s motorcade was involved in a minor accident on the way to the airport when the billionaire and his wife Melania were heading to the Republican National Convention Monday evening.

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Trump, Pence Unite Against Hillary Clinton’s Foreign Policy: ‘Weakness Arouses Evil’

NEW YORK CITY, New York — During their first appearance as running mates, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and his vice president (VP) Indiana Gov. Mike Pence delivered a unified message against presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the former secretary of state, pointing to the terrorism and turmoil in the world under her leadership with President Obama.

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Mike Pence: Trump ‘Like no Leader since Ronald Reagan’

NEW YORK CITY, New York — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence compared presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump to President Ronald Reagan during his first speech as the 2016 GOP nominee for vice president (VP) on Saturday.

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Trump on Pence as VP: ‘We Are the Law and Order Candidates’

NEW YORK CITY, New York — Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump officially announced Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate in a tweet on Friday, but the two appeared together for the first time in New York City on Saturday morning, where the billionaire touted the duo as the “law and order candidates.”

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Trump Adviser Calls on Muslims to Denounce Nice Terrorist Attack

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said Muslim leaders should denounce the terrorist attack in Nice, France that occurred Thursday night, killing more than 80 people and injuring dozens more. At least two Americans were killed in the attack.

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Trump Cancels VP Announcement Due to Terrorist Attack

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump canceled his announcement on Friday revealing his choice for vice president (VP) due to the terrorist attack in Nice, France where at least 73 people were killed.

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Justice Ginsburg Regrets ‘Ill-Advised’ Remarks about Trump

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg — who was appointed to the court by President Bill Clinton — issued a statement on Thursday saying she regrets her “ill-advised” remarks about presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump.

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Trump to Announce VP Friday in New York

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s campaign manager Paul Manafort said Trump will announce his vice presidential pick on Friday in New York City ahead of the Republican National Convention next week in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Donald Trump Mum on VP in Pence’s Home State

Donald Trump spoke to more than 4,000 supporters outside of Indianapolis at the Grand Park Events Center here on Tuesday night with Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, who is rumored to be on Trump’s short list for the ticket.

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Trump’s Facebook Interaction More than Doubles Clinton’s

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump’s engagement with Facebook users more than doubled that of his rival presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton this past week. Trump is tracking more attention on social media — gaining 345,368 more “Likes” on Facebook — than

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Poll: Clinton’s Lead Shrinks to Three Points over Trump

Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s lead over presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump narrowed to three points following the past two weeks of controversy surrounding the FBI investigation into her use of a private email server during her time as secretary of state.

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Trump Campaign: Bernie Sanders’ Endorsement ‘Exhibit A in our Rigged System’

Stephen Miller says Sanders’ endorsement is an example of “our rigged system,” and pointed out several policy differences between Sanders and Clinton despite Sanders endorsement of the former secretary of state. “Bernie Sanders will be endorsing one of the most pro-war, pro-wall street, and pro-off shoring candidates in the history of the Democratic Party,” Miller’s statement began.

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JMC Poll: Trump Leading Clinton by Five in Florida

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is back in the lead in the swing state of Florida over presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in recent polls, as the two head into their party’s conventions this month.

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Thousands of Wharton Students, Faculty Oppose Trump

Thousands of students at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School drafted and signed a letter in opposition to Donald Trump, who was awarded a degree in economics from the school in 1968 according to Business Insider.

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Trump Releases 10 Step Plan to Reform the VA

Speaking from Virginia Beach, Virginia on Monday afternoon, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump released a ten point plan to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Trump: ‘I am the Law and Order Candidate’

“I am the law and order candidate,” Donald Trump declared. The audience erupted in applause and cheers. “Hillary Clinton on the other hand is weak, ineffective, pandering and [as proven by] her recent email scandal — which was an embarrassment not only to her, but to the entire nation as a whole — she’s either a liar or grossly incompetent…it’s probably both.”

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Trump Trails Romney, McCain with Women, Millennials

In 2008 and 2012, 43 percent of female voters supported the Republican nominee, but in a head-to-head match up between Donald Trump and presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, only 35 percent of female voters prefer Trump, according to a recent Pew Research survey.

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Report: Trump ’95 Percent’ Likely to Tap Mike Pence as VP

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump is “95 percent” likely to pick Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate, according to the Washington Times. Sources close to Pence and to the Trump campaign tell Washington Times’ reporter Ralph Hallow that Pence

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Trump: ‘We Will Make America Safe Again’

Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump said the ambush shooting and massacre of police officers in Dallas, Texas on Thursday have “shaken the soul of our nation” in a video message published on Trump’s Facebook Friday evening.

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Dallas Pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress: ‘Officers are Ministers of God’

Jeffress, who has expressed support of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump, says that “as a country, we once again reaffirm our deepest respect for those that give their lives to protect us.” He added that the church is praying for the police officers and their families.

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