RNC 2024

As the country reels from the attempted assassination of former President Trump, the RNC is hoping to go on with business as usual.

The convention kicks off today in Milwaukee.

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Wisconsin GOP chair: ‘This is one of the most secure areas on the face of the planet right now’

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Chris LaCivita, an advisor to the Trump campaign, speaks to reporters

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Trump staff memo says convention will go on as planned, new security will be implemented for staff

By Meridith McGraw

A video monitor inside a tent at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump shows a view of the venue.

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That photo of a smiling Secret Service agent is fake: Beware the disinfo around the Trump shooting.

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President Joe Biden salutes as he boards Air Force One.

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Students gather during a campaign event with President Joe Biden.

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Trump shooting scrambles campaigns in key stretch of the election

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An Expert on Political Violence Sees a Way Out of America’s Crisis

Despite the bitter atmosphere, there are real ways to ease political tensions

By Catherine Kim

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After Trump Shooting, America Reverts to Blaming the Other Side

Even before the most basic details had emerged, the political conversation had turned to media criticism, partisan vitriol and wild conspiracy theories.

By Michael Schaffer

Column | On Politics

Trump’s Raised Fist Will Make History — And Define His Candidacy

In wake of shooting, GOP officials are quick to blame Democrats for demonizing the former president.

By Jonathan Martin

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Democrats’ Foremost Expert on Party Rules Explains How Biden Could Be Replaced

Here’s what would happen at the convention.

By Eugene Daniels

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‘It’s Made for Television’: One Photographer’s Look at Decades Inside the RNC

Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer David Hume Kennerly has photographed every presidential convention since 1976, from the behind-the-scenes delegate wrangling to onstage victory laps.

By Anusha Mathur and Photographs by David Hume Kennerly/Center for Creative Photography/University of Arizona

THE FRIDAY READ

‘What You Are Doing in Milwaukee Might Actually End Up Saving the Entire Civilization’

Hilario Deleon is the young Latino chair of the Milwaukee County GOP, and he’s determined to find more people like him to vote for Donald Trump.

By Michael Kruse

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‘It’s Like Being Liberated’: Republicans Bask in the Glow of a Democratic Meltdown

After years of answering for their own party’s dysfunction, GOP lawmakers are delighted to watch Democrats squirm over what to do about Joe Biden.

By Ben Jacobs

GEOPOLITICS OF 2024

Florida Plastic Man

Marco Rubio was the GOP’s rising star — until Donald Trump came along. Now, a decade later, a new version of the senator is back in the conversation about the party’s future.

By Matthew Kaminski