Politics Convention Edition: Donald Trump makes it official

Yellowstone tourists were not the only ones to try an ill-fated bison rescue. A Park Service manager did too.; The Family Trump: Can they remake Donald's image?; Fact-checking Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the 2016 RNC; In his most important speech ever, Trump echoes Richard Nixon; Making America afraid again; Ivanka Trump introduces her father — with a personal appeal to women; Will Ted Cruz's gamble pay off?; The 'alt right' finds a home inside the Republican convention; Pence's role in Trump's campaign: Be to the GOP what Donald Trump cannot; Florida police shoot black man who says he was seated with his arms raised; Obama calls Muslims ‘an essential part of the fabric of our country’; 'Little Marco,' 'Lyin' Ted' and other primary losers adjust to life in Trump's GOP; The Daily Trail: The Cruz-Trump relationship goes solid #TBT; Clinton campaign invites you to ‘Trump Yourself’;   CONVENTION EDITION   During the Republican and Democratic national conventions, your morning politics newsletter will start with a highlight from the previous day’s events. Donald Trump gave an hour-long acceptance speech that was heavy on negativity, peppering in statistics aiming to show how our economy is struggling, the danger of violent illegal immigrants and the spread of terrorism. Foreshadowing the negative campaign to come, Trump spent most of his time making the case against Hillary Clinton.   React to the moment with an emoji below.   J. Scott Applewhite Donald Trump positions himself as the voice of 'the forgotten men and women' Trump's acceptance speech paints a dire and frightening vision of an America besieged by hostile forces abroad and unrest at home. By Philip Rucker David A. Fahrenthold  •  Read more » Yellowstone tourists were not the only ones to try an ill-fated bison rescue. A Park Service manager did too. A Park Service manager, with approval from the acting park superintendent, actually took a sickly bison calf home. Then it died. By Lisa Rein  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   The Family Trump: Can they remake Donald's image? The Trumps tied to show "another side" of the real estate mogul. But history and logic suggest the effort was doomed to fail. By Dave Clarke  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Fact-checking Donald Trump’s acceptance speech at the 2016 RNC We offer fact checks of 25 dubious and misleading statements made in Trump's acceptance speech By Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   In his most important speech ever, Trump echoes Richard Nixon The GOP nominee seeks to topple the status quo with support of disaffected, ignored voters. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   Making America afraid again The themes for each night of the GOP convention were laid out but not necessarily adhered to. By David Maraniss  •  Read more »   Ivanka Trump introduces her father — with a personal appeal to women She said she is neither Republican nor Democrat and promised that her father would push for equal pay for women and better child care. By Mary Jordan  •  Read more »   Will Ted Cruz's gamble pay off? Cruz could be the person who refused to bend to the combative businessman or he could be banished to the political wilderness. By Katie Zezima and Jose A. DelReal  •  Read more »   The 'alt right' finds a home inside the Republican convention Activists against Islam and feminism— or for white nationalism — feel they are being heard. By David Weigel  •  Read more »   Pence's role in Trump's campaign: Be to the GOP what Donald Trump cannot Indiana governor is expected to clarify nominee's views, regulate the campaign and fundraise. By Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more »   Florida police shoot black man who says he was seated with his arms raised Video captures a man lying on the street moments before the shooting in North Miami. By Francisco Alvarado, Michael Miller and Mark Berman  •  Read more »   Obama calls Muslims ‘an essential part of the fabric of our country’ "Muslim Americans are as patriotic, as integrated, as American as any other members of the American family," Obama said. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   'Little Marco,' 'Lyin' Ted' and other primary losers adjust to life in Trump's GOP The GOP presidential nominee is paying close attention to how his former rivals carry themselves. By Sean Sullivan  •  Read more »   The Daily Trail: The Cruz-Trump relationship goes solid #TBT Heading into the convention's final night, party healing is on hold. By Rebecca Sinderbrand  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   Clinton campaign invites you to ‘Trump Yourself’ Hillary Clinton's campaign had a little fun Thursday ahead of Donald Trump's speech formally accepting the Republican nomination by trying to turn some of the mogul's most infamous insults back on himself. 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