Stephen Dinan

Jeff Flake says convention chasing voters away from GOP

Sen. Jeff Flake, one of the prominent Republicans who stayed home from the party's convention, said he's still watching at home in Arizona and said Tuesday that strident speeches and barbs against Hillary Clinton are hurting the GOP.

July 19, 2016

Judge Merrick Garland becomes longest Supreme Court fight in history, Dems say

Senate Democrats said Tuesday that Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama's pick to fill the empty seat on the Supreme Court, has now set a record for the longest confirmation battle in history, and urged Republicans to speed him through.

July 19, 2016

Michael Flynn calls for Hillary Clinton to quit race, go to prison

Retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn called on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to quit the presidential race, saying at the GOP's convention Monday that the former State Department secretary has disqualified herself for mishandling classified information.

July 18, 2016

Melania Trump calls becoming U.S. citizen greatest privilege on Earth

Stepping onto the national stage for her first big appearance of the campaign, Melania Trump, wife of GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, detailed her own personal journey from Slovenia to the U.S., and called her decision to become an American "the greatest privilege on planet Earth.

July 18, 2016

Paul Ryan walks fine line, aims to unify GOP despite reservations about Donald Trump

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan opened a new break Monday with his party's next leader, Donald Trump, saying he's "not my kind of conservative" — just a day before Mr. Ryan will have to take the stage to defend Mr. Trump in a highly anticipated speech at Republicans' convention here.

July 18, 2016

RNC: Victims of illegal immigrant criminals plead for border security

Often overlooked in the immigration debate, the families of victims of illegal immigrant criminals got their biggest stage yet with prime-time speaking roles Monday at the Republican National Convention, where they pleaded for a firmer hand in the White House to keep the country safe.

July 18, 2016

GOP convention gavels in with first signs of discord

Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus gaveled in the party's 2016 convention Monday afternoon with a moment of silence for police killed in the line of duty, and for families suffering in these "troubling times."

July 18, 2016

Mike Pence bucked Republican establishment on rise to conservative stardom

Mike Pence's rise to conservative stardom began with defeats.

July 17, 2016

Donald Trump’s convention speakers lineup ‘unconventional’

Donald Trump's different kind of candidacy will be matched by a different kind of lineup from the speaker's rostrum at the Republican National Convention, which features his photogenic family and flashy celebrities but is light on the kinds of party heavy-hitters who usually make up Republicans' quadrennial confab.

July 17, 2016

Marco Rubio will speak at Republican National Convention, officials say

Sen. Marco Rubio will appear after all at the Republican National Convention, convention officials announced Sunday afternoon, detailing the full schedule of speakers that is heavy on celebrities and relatively light on career politicians.

July 17, 2016

Republican National Convention 2016 speaker schedule released

The Republican National Convention released its final speaker's list Sunday afternoon, highlighting the prominent role his family will play, along with the other headliners.

July 17, 2016

Hillary Clinton says FBI’s recovered emails fulfill her obligations

Hillary Clinton told a federal court Friday that she shouldn't have to testify under oath about her secret email system because the messages she withheld from the government are going to be produced by the FBI.

July 15, 2016

Mike Pence officially Trump’s VP pick

Donald Trump picked conservative Indiana Gov. Mike Pence to be his running mate Friday -- a move that's likely to please many Republicans who'd been skeptical of their presumptive nominee's own commitment to their party's ideas.

July 15, 2016

Nancy Pelosi blames GOP for blocking spending ahead of vacation

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi unloaded on Republicans Friday, saying Congress is skipping town without having ponied up money for a host of pressing needs, ranging from combatting the Zika virus to emergency money to treat opioid addiction to shipping money to help with the lead-laced water situation in Flint, Michigan.

July 15, 2016

Republicans demand punishment for countries that refuse to take back criminal illegals

Anger at the Obama administration's lax immigration policies boiled over Thursday as Democrats and Republicans demanded that the State Department punish countries that refuse to take back their citizens living in the U.S. illegally -- often letting dangerous criminals run free on American streets.

July 14, 2016