Jessica Taylor

The Virginia senator and former governor is a loyal ally who can help reach out to Hispanics and may be able to woo disaffected independents or moderate Republicans who are turned off by Donald Trump.

In his GOP presidential acceptance speech, Donald Trump cast himself as a champion for the middle class, arguing that with Hillary Clinton in the White House, economic strife would grow.

GOP vice presidential nominee Mike Pence had his big debut at the convention on Wednesday night, but not before Cruz urged Republicans to "vote your conscience" — without endorsing Donald Trump.

"Our party now has a nominee," Cruz said. As if on cue, the billionaire businessman's plane emblazoned with "TRUMP" across the side flew overhead to land nearby.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie led a call-and-response indictment of the Democrat's record; other GOP leaders said little about their party's nominee. But Trump's kids brought the focus back to Dad.

Trump's son, Donald Jr., cast his state's 89 delegates for his father as the Quicken Loans Arena erupted in cheers and the convention band began playing "New York, New York."

Donald Trump turned to political allies, reality TV stars and onetime Hollywood actors for his first night at the Republican National Convention.

The first night of the Republican National Convention is focused on national security, with presumptive nominee Donald Trump designating the theme as "Make America Safe Again."

Never Trump forces made one final attempt to try to block Donald Trump as the Republican nominee. But a rules package ensuring he will be the nominee passed over objections anyway.

When the Republican National Convention officially gavels into order Monday, some major GOP leaders — including former presidents — will be conspicuously absent.

In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Paul Ryan was optimistic that the presumptive GOP nominee would come around on free trade pacts, and the controversial tone he's used on the campaign trial.

The House Speaker — and 2012 Republican vice presidential pick — encouraged Trump's running mate to go into minority communities and Democratic-heavy areas to communicate GOP ideas.

The presumptive nominee has chosen the Indiana governor to be his vice presidential candidate on the GOP ticket but has delayed his official announcement following the attacks in Nice, France.

"Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office. In the future I will be more circumspect," the Supreme Court Justice said in a statement Thursday.

Donald Trump's public tryout of potential vice presidential picks are over and he announced he will name his running mate on Friday at 11 a.m. in New York.

The Democrat will already make history with her own nomination for president. Now the question is whether she wants to do it again with her choice of running mate by picking a second woman or Latino.

The endorsement will come next week, a Democratic source familiar with the campaigns tells NPR's Tamara Keith.

Trump has run a highly unpredictable GOP campaign, and his vice presidential choice is likely to be the same. Here are some of his top prospects.

I didn't realize that women didn't get the same recognition as men, and that they had to work twice as hard. I didn't realize this because Pat never made us believe it was or should be any different.

Donald Trump may have clinched the GOP nomination, but President Obama says Trump's record low favorability ratings show that he hasn't won over the hearts and minds of the country just yet.