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Trump-Cruz rift roils Republicans on day meant to unite party and rally Americans | Reuters

CLEVELAND A defiant Ted Cruz said on Thursday he refused to be Donald Trump's "servile puppy dog," further exposing Republican rifts just as Trump seeks to unite the party and rally Americans behind his unconventional White House bid. Cruz, the U.S

Awkward and divided, Trump-Pence ticket faces Republican scrutiny | Reuters

CLEVELAND After a couple of awkward joint appearances, U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, Indiana Governor Mike Pence, will make a show of their solidarity at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday despite a string of policy differences. Pence, the keynote speaker on the third day of the convention in Cleveland, has been well received by people in the party's social conservative wing who are sceptical of Trump's commitment to opposing abortion and same-sex marriage but who trust his running mate

Trump employee apologises for Melania speech 'chaos' | Reuters

CLEVELAND A staff writer for the Trump Organization took responsibility on Wednesday for the "chaos" caused by a speech given by the wife of U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump that drew accusations of plagiarism and cast a shadow over the party's convention this week. The writer, Meredith McIver, apologised and offered an explanation that threw into sharp relief two days of efforts by the Trump campaign to deny there had been a problem with Melania Trump's speech on Monday night.