​Politics Convention Edition: Speakers, including Trump’s wife Melania, testify to his readiness to be president

GOP platform calls for recycling — of old proposals; Pick a poll: Is the race tied, or is Clinton beating Trump?; Black women are most worried about the outcome of the 2016 election, poll finds; Lobbying battle over giving nurses more authority to treat veterans intensifies; Why Del. Pat McDonough thinks he can oust Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.); Pence vs. Clinton on the Iraq war vote ‘mistake’; Fact-checking the first day of the 2016 Republican National Convention; Lobbying battle over giving nurses more authority to treat veterans intensifies; On convention's opening night, Republicans appeal to their party's base; In a divided GOP, the lone uniter is Hillary Clinton; Donald Trump just can't yield the spotlight; The day that 'Stop Trump' died for good; Obama administration asks Supreme Court to reconsider immigration plan; Clinton plans plenty of 'counterprogramming' during the GOP convention;   CONVENTION EDITION   During the Republican and Democratic national conventions, your morning politics newsletter will start with a highlight from the previous day’s events. Shortly after the convention officially got underway Monday afternoon, NeverTrump forces took their last, desperate gasp by creating a commotion on the floor in hopes of embarrassing Donald Trump. Their goal was to demonstrate the divisive candidate doesn’t have the support of a majority of Republicans in America. React to the moment with the emoji of your choice directly from this email. Then see how others reacted and ​read a recap of what you may have missed.   Choose the emoji that represents how you feel.   Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images Republican National Convention: Speakers, including wife Melania, testify to Donald Trump's readiness to be president; others savage Clinton Earlier, brief chaos broke out on the convention floor as anti-Trump delegates were rebuffed. By Philip Rucker, Sean Sullivan Ed O'Keefe  •  Read more » GOP platform calls for recycling — of old proposals "The 2012 Republican Platform is a statement of who we are and what we believe as a Party and our vision for a stronger and freer America." By Joe Davidson | Columnist  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Pick a poll: Is the race tied, or is Clinton beating Trump? I usually look to the crosstabs for some help in thinking about the data, and I almost always start with race, since it produces such a dramatic division in the electorate. By Stuart Rothenberg  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Black women are most worried about the outcome of the 2016 election, poll finds In a Gallup poll, black women were far more concerned about the stakes of this election than black men and white and Hispanic men and women. By Vanessa Williams and Scott Clement  •  Post Politics  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Lobbying battle over giving nurses more authority to treat veterans intensifies The proposal to give nurses what's called full practice authority, under consideration by VA for years, has pitted Washington's big medical powerhouses against each other. By Lisa Rein  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   Why Del. Pat McDonough thinks he can oust Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) Conservative state lawmaker plans to ride a wave of support for Donald Trump to a seat in Congress. By Josh Hicks  •  Maryland Politics  •  Read more »   Pence vs. Clinton on the Iraq war vote ‘mistake’ Trump says he forgives Mike Pence for making a mistake on Iraq, but only Clinton has called it a mistake. By Glenn Kessler  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Fact-checking the first day of the 2016 Republican National Convention Here's our roundup of fishy claims made on day one of the convention. By Glenn Kessler and Michelle Ye Hee Lee  •  Fact Checker  •  Read more »   Lobbying battle over giving nurses more authority to treat veterans intensifies The proposal to give nurses what's called full practice authority, under consideration by VA for years, has pitted Washington's big medical powerhouses against each other. By Lisa Rein  •  PowerPost  •  Read more »   On convention's opening night, Republicans appeal to their party's base Speakers attack Hillary Clinton and express anger and frustration, often in personal terms. By Karen Tumulty and Philip Rucker  •  Read more »   In a divided GOP, the lone uniter is Hillary Clinton Opening day in Cleveland featured internecine battles, then sharp attacks on Democrat. By Dan Balz  •  Read more »   Donald Trump just can't yield the spotlight For nearly 11 minutes, the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee overshadowed his party's convention with a phone interview that provided no major news. By Jenna Johnson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The day that 'Stop Trump' died for good Anti-Trump delegates focused on a tricky procedural tactic. It bombed — but spoiled Trump's hope for party unity. By Ed O'Keefe and Laura Vozzella  •  Read more »   Obama administration asks Supreme Court to reconsider immigration plan When the high court gets a ninth member, the administration wants justices to take another look at the president's plan to shield undocumented immigrants from deportation. By Robert Barnes  •  Courts & Law  •  Read more »   Clinton plans plenty of 'counterprogramming' during the GOP convention The presumed Democratic nominee has five campaign appearances scheduled Monday and Tuesday. By John Wagner  •  Read more »           Share Politics:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you are signed up for Politics PM. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. 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