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Signs are passed out to delegates during the evening session of the opening day of the Republican National Convention on Monday in Cleveland. (Associated Press)

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
Reince Priebus, Chair of the Republican National Committee, bangs the gavel as he calls to order the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Monday, July 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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

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
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence joins Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Westfield, Ind., on July 12, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 7, 2016. (Associated Press) **FILE**

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
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Abortion ‘conscience’ protections approved in House

The House voted Wednesday to expand "conscience" protections shielding hospitals, religious groups and individuals who object to abortion on moral grounds from being forced to fund or take part in the procedure.

July 13, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton addresses a gathering on the Boardwalk Wednesday, July 6, 2016, in Atlantic City, N.J. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

FBI to turn Hillary Clinton emails over to State Department

The FBI said Tuesday it will turn over to the State Department thousands of work-related secret emails it recovered from Hillary Clinton's email server, which the former secretary failed to turn into the government when she left office.

July 12, 2016
The Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Associated Press)

U.S. Capitol on lockdown

The U.S. Capitol was put on lockdown Tuesday afternoon, and police were telling people to stay inside the complex as they investigated an incident outside.

July 12, 2016
President Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington on Sept. 30, 2013. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Obama admin. sent taxpayer money to campaign to oust Netanyahu

The State Department paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers grants to an Israeli group that used the money to build a campaign to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in last year's Israeli parliamentary elections, a congressional investigation concluded Tuesday.

July 12, 2016
Attorney General Loretta Lynch testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2016, before the House Judiciary Committee. Lynch testified before Congress amid a roiling national debate over police violence and as House Republicans seek a Justice Department perjury investigation of Hillary Clinton. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Loretta Lynch refuses to explain prosecution decision on Hillary Clinton emails

The Obama administration circled the wagons around Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, with Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch refusing to detail why she didn't pursue criminal charges against the former secretary and the State Department going to bat for her, saying she shouldn't have to testify under oath about her secret email account.

July 12, 2016