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To celebrate turning 93 on Friday, Bob Dole is planning to have a joint birthday party with his wife, Elizabeth. But he's already warned friends: no gifts.

When Alaska Republicans went to their caucuses on March 1, Ted Cruz was the top vote-getter, followed by Donald Trump and Marco Rubio.

After spending a week in Cleveland, photographer Alex Webb visited the next city that will be the focus of national politics this month -- Philadelphia.

Former President George W. Bush fretted to a group of former aides and advisers in April that he was worried he could be the "last Republican president."

The US military is doing "prudent planning" in case it needs to move its anti-ISIS operations out of Incirlik Air Base in southern Turkey following the country's failed coup, several US defense officials told CNN Tuesday.

Nearly a dozen members of the California delegation at the Republican National Convention are showing symptoms of a norovirus.

Lady Gaga, Lenny Kravitz and DJ Jazzy Jeff are set to headline a concert at the BB&T Pavilion in Camden, New Jersey, next Thursday for Democratic convention delegates and invited guests, hours before Hillary Clinton is set to be formally nominated.

Public opinion polls suggest a close race, but Hillary Clinton is crushing Donald Trump with a 34-point lead in CNN's Political Prediction Market during the week of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Tuesday he thinks the controversy surrounding Melania Trump's apparent plagiarism of Michelle Obama's speech ultimately won't matter to the "vast majority of Americans."

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday slammed the first day of the Republican National Convention as "surreal," comparing it to the "Wizard of Oz" while avoiding mentioning Melania Trump's plagiarism controversy.

At least one passage in Melania Trump's speech Monday night at the Republican National Convention bears an unmistakable resemblance to another delivered by Michelle Obama in 2008.

Who said it: Melania Trump or Twilight Sparkle from "My Little Pony"?

Indiana Gov. Mike Pence began Tuesday what will likely be his toughest task as Donald Trump's running mate by attempting to build a bridge to the legacy of Ronald Reagan.

Wright State University is pulling out of its presidential debate scheduled for September 26, and the debate will move to Hofstra University, sources tell CNN.

Rapper Chuck D slammed Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, in an interview with CNN's Carol Costello Tuesday, calling the presumptive Republican nominee "stupid" for saying that the "Black Lives Matter" movement has in some cases instigated police shootings.

As Turkey deals with the fallout of a failed coup, the country's fragility and proximity to Islamic terrorism have raised questions about the safety of US nuclear weapons stationed there.

The Republican Party gathered in Cleveland Monday for the first night of its convention, and CNN's Reality Check Team put the speakers' statements and assertions to the test.

Chris Christie conceded in an interview Tuesday he was "disappointed" that Donald Trump didn't pick him to be his running mate -- but he's already "over it."

Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst was bumped out of prime-time at the Republican National Committee on Monday night -- and her fellow Hawkeyes aren't happy about it.

Donald Trump supporter Ben Carson compared a transgender person to someone who wakes up one morning and decides he or she is Afghan after watching a movie or reading books about Afghanistan.