Analysis – Trump tramples on Republican Party effort to give him image makeover
Milwaukee, US Reuters For four nights at Donald Trump’s nominating convention in Milwaukee, a roster of speakers attempted to give one of the most divisive politicians in recent US history a makeover, describing him as a loving and caring family man whose near-assassination at a rally on Saturday had changed him. Early in his speech […]
Trump offers dramatic account of assassination attempt, accepts Republican nomination
Last updated: 5:40pm (AEST) Milwaukee/Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, US Reuters Donald Trump described on Thursday how he narrowly survived an attempt on his life, telling a rapt audience at the Republican National Convention in his first speech since the attack that he was only there “by the grace of Almighty God”. “I heard a loud whizzing […]
At the Republic National Convention in the US, an uneven, awkward embrace of religious pluralism
United States RNS Connecticut businesswoman and former US Senate candidate Leora Levy’s prayer before this year’s Republican National Convention was filled with distinctive Jewish references. After thanking God on Monday night for former President Donald Trump, Levy, who is on the national leadership of the Republican Jewish Coalition, prayed for Corey Comperatore, who was killed […]
Trump lauded by former rivals Haley, DeSantis in show of unity at Republican convention
Milwaukee, US Reuters Donald Trump’s former rivals for the Republican presidential nomination, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, offered full-throated endorsements of his candidacy at the party’s convention, in a display of unity days after he survived an assassination attempt. Haley, who had described Trump as unfit for office during her campaign, urged her supporters to […]
Trump appears with bandaged ear at Republican convention, names Vance as running mate
Updated: 2:20pm (AEST) Milwaukee, US Reuters Donald Trump made a triumphant entrance during the first night of the Republican National Convention on Monday, receiving a raucous ovation from the party faithful two days after a would-be assassin’s bullet grazed his right ear. Trump walked into the Fiserv Forum in downtown Milwaukee with a thick bandage […]
Five faith facts about Trump’s vice president pick, JD Vance
Washington DC, US RNS On the first day of the Republican National Convention, former President Donald Trump has announced Ohio Senator JD Vance will be his running mate as he seeks re-election. Before his election to the Senate in 2022, Vance was a tech venture capitalist and the author of the bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy […]
US election: How Trump’s Republican National Convention speech wove faith into the ‘great American story’
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER and JACK JENKINS, of Religion News Service, take a look at President Donald Trump’s speech on the last night of this week’s Republican National Convention…
His Republican National Convention prayer was neutral, but Franklin Graham says the choice for president is not
RNS Franklin Graham offered a short and straight-forward Protestant prayer for the country on the last night of the Republican National Convention. But in an interview with RNS on Friday, he made no bones about who he hopes the country will elect come November. Evangelical leader Franklin Graham tapes his prayer for the fourth day […]
US evangelical ‘Never Trumpers’ appear at alternative convention
RNS While millions of Americans watch as the Republican National Convention nominates President Donald Trump for a second term, a smaller group of Republicans, former Republicans and independents is tuning in to a counter convention – one they hope might put the United States on what they consider a more principled path. Among them: a […]
US election: As Republicans kick off convention, will Trump be able to keep conservative Christian votes?
JACK JENKINS reports for Religion News Service as this week’s Republican National Convention kicks off…