National security was front and center, with speaker after speaker — including Sen. Joni Ernst and Rudy Giuliani — bashing Democrats' responses to ISIS, immigration and the 2012 Benghazi attacks.
Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort says there's nothing to apologize for in Melania Trump's Monday night convention address, which closely mirrored passages of a 2008 Michelle Obama speech.
The last time Cleveland held a political convention was in 1936. Republicans nominated Kansas Gov. Alf Landon to challenge Democratic incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Rudy Giuliani's rhetorical questions got the delegates vocally into the act and, by the climax of his speech, they were all on their feet and roaring — making the sports arena feel like a coliseum.
Pennsylvania is a true swing state. It may go red this year, says pro-Trump delegate Lynn Ryan. And, Steve Inskeep and Scott Detrow fact-check the statements made Monday night at the convention.
Following Trump's speech Monday night at the Republican National Convention, several social media users pointed out a section that was startlingly similar to one the country has heard before.
Steve Inskeep talks to Kellyanne Conway, a senior adviser to the Trump campaign. NPR's Scott Detrow and Mara Liasson wrap up the convention events of the first night which had a law and order theme.