Former President Donald Trump paused his speech at the Republican National Convention to kiss the firefighter helmet of Corey Comperatore, the man who died after being shot during an assassination attempt at a Trump campaign rally Saturday.

University of Florida president Ben Sasse announced late Thursday that he will leave his position of nearly two years to focus on taking care of his family after his wife was diagnosed with epilepsy.

Former President Donald Trump's acceptance of the Republican nomination on Thursday marked the party's seismic lurch toward populism in a move to expand its base and lock in critical battleground state voters.

Closing out the Republican National Convention days after surviving an assassination attempt, former President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for the president saying America must turn the page on hatred.

Evangelist Franklin Graham told Republican delegates Thursday that it was God who spared former President Donald Trump's life from an assassin's bullet last weekend.

Professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan brought down the house Thursday evening at Fiserv Forum in a vivid speech that drew heavily on his wrestling person and alluding to such 1980s artifacts as his hit record "I Am A Real American."

Sen. Jon Tester on Thursday called on President Biden to step aside in the race for the White House, marking him as the second Democratic senator to call on the president to bow out.

The Justice Department announced a lawsuit Thursday against Southwest Key, one of the government's major providers of care for illegal-immigrant children, of allowing vile and rampant sexual abuse of those children.

Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said he thinks former President Donald Trump is a changed man after getting shot, turning him into the leader needed to unify the nation.

Trump attorney Alina Habba on Thursday told the crowd at the Republican National Convention that Mr. Trump has only committed one crime -- loving America.