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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves after delivering an economic policy speech to the Detroit Economic Club, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump thanks GOP security officials for opposing him

Donald Trump thanked a group of Republican national security officials Monday for coming out against his candidacy, saying it is good for voters to now know who is to blame for "making the world such a dangerous place."

August 8, 2016
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan is likely to glide to victory in the Wisconsin Republican primary Tuesday despite his rival's Trump-like campaign tactics. (Associated Press)

Paul Nehlen backers want Paul Ryan defeat repeat of Eric Cantor

The insurgent forces that helped end House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's seven-term stint in Congress two years ago are now gunning for House Speaker Paul D. Ryan in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary — though political analysts said they are likely to come up empty.

August 8, 2016
"These reforms will offer the biggest tax revolution since the Reagan Tax Reform, which unleashed years of continued economic growth and job creation," Donald Trump said at the Detroit Economic Club. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump lays out economic vision in Detroit, dings Hillary Clinton

Insisting something must be done to shake the economy out of an eight-year doldrums, Donald Trump called for canceling bad trade deals, said he'll ban job-killing government regulations and rewrote his tax plan to try to make it a more serious effort to grapple with a broken federal budget.

August 8, 2016
"He is a doer in a game usually reserved for talkers, and when Donald Trump does his talking, he doesn't go tiptoeing around thousands of rules of political correctness laying in the path of men and women who want to take a conservative stand," GOP vice presidential candidate Mike Pence said. (Associated Press)

Mike Pence doing double duty as Trump apologist

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence describes himself as a "Christian, a conservative and a Republican, in that order" — but after nearly three weeks on the job as Donald Trump's running mate, it appears that he should add a fourth title: Trump apologist.

August 4, 2016
Sen. Pat Toomey, Pennsylvania Republican. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Pat Toomey, Katie McGinty locked in close Senate race

In one of the most-watched races of the 2016 election, Sen. Pat Toomey is running neck-and-neck with Katie McGinty among likely voters in Pennsylvania, and trails his challenger among registered voters.

August 4, 2016
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump avoided the controversy over a bereaved Muslim family during a town hall event Monday in Columbus, Ohio. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump rebuked by GOP over remarks to Muslim family

Donald Trump refused to apologize Monday to a Muslim family whose son, a U.S. Army captain, was killed in Iraq, drawing a further rebuke from the family, a reprimand from other Gold Star families and calls for more discipline from fellow Republicans, who said that even their presidential nominee cannot defame American heroes.

August 1, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump National Doral, Wednesday, July 27, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump: I hope hackers got Hillary Clinton’s deleted emails

Injecting himself into Hillary Clinton's coronation party, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump held a news conference Wednesday to demand that Mrs. Clinton be more transparent, but he but created his own mess when he said he hopes Russian hackers unearth her deleted emails.

July 27, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention, Tuesday, July 26, 2016, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Donald Trump tells veterans Hillary Clinton can’t be trusted to overhaul VA

Donald Trump vowed Tuesday to fire those responsible for the problems that have plagued the Department of Veterans Affairs and to give military veterans access to private health care providers, warning that "crooked Hillary Clinton" seems bent on sweeping the entire controversy "under the rug."

July 26, 2016
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump campaigned Monday in Roanoke, Virginia. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump’s Virginia visit a slap to Tim Kaine

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump marched into Sen. Tim Kaine's home state Monday and criticized Hillary Clinton for tapping the Virginia Democrat as her running mate, saying it is an insult to Bernard Sanders' supporters.

July 25, 2016