
The Ohio senator walks the tightrope of supporting his party’s presidential nominee and running for re-election on his own terms.
From a Miss America Pageant to a faux Trump, Public Square is a flurry of free-speech demonstrations during the RNC.
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Though Trump is now the GOP nominee for president, Republican leaders are meeting his nomination with foot-dragging resistance ranging from subtle to blatant.
Gov. John Kasich says he won’t attend the Republican National Convention this week, but more than 1,800 Republicans trekked across Cleveland’s downtown yesterday to see him.
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For 10 delirious minutes at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland yesterday, rebel delegates staged their last, most furious resistance to Donald Trump.
Embarrassing ironies hang over Cleveland today as Republicans gather here to nominate Donald Trump for president.

He’s the elephant in the room. The presumptive nominee. Huge. Donald Trump may not be what anyone expected when Cleveland won the bid to host the Republican National Convention. But here we are — a defining moment for the city, the GOP and our country.
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In one way, Sherrod Brown is more like Donald Trump than any of Clinton’s other possible running mates. And it could help her win.
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How did a cranky, stubborn, old-school Republican governor, who’s alienated more than a few folks in his home state, become the GOP’s defender of compassion and reason?
The name “Coney Island hot dog” means one thing in New York, another in Michigan and beyond.