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Night 2 takeaways

Marines, immigrants and White House become props at Trump RNC

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Fact check

From Hunter Biden to 'defund the police,' some headliners play fast and loose with the truth

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What to watch

Pence's big moment, Kellyanne Conway's farewell address: What to watch on Night 3

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Top videos from the RNC

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Watch Night 2 of the RNC in under 4 minutes

26:18

Full speech: Melania Trump strikes decidedly different tone on pandemic, race than her husband

08:51

Eric Trump talks taxes, Middle East, middle class before addressing dad: ‘Give them hell’

03:49

Watch Mike Pompeo's full speech at the 2020 RNC

06:45

Tiffany Trump says father is 'the only person to challenge the establishment,' victimized by media

04:25

Teen in viral confrontation at Lincoln Memorial attacks ‘war machine’ of mainstream media

06:10

Pam Bondi attacks Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, on Ukraine, China

02:38

Kentucky AG: Biden ‘Can’t tell me how to vote because of the color of my skin’

04:34

Anti-abortion activist gives gruesome portrayal of procedure, describes Trump as protector of unborn

08:57

Trump holds naturalization ceremony at the White House during the 2020 RNC

03:22

N.M. police officer thanks Trump for 'leadership in fighting' opioid crisis

04:33

Trump pardons ex-felon behind post-prison program, lauds friendship with FBI agent who put him away

03:03

Billy Graham's granddaughter praises Trump as a 'fierce advocate' for people of faith

02:47

'It was awful': Trump adviser says worst of pandemic is behind us, claims economic boom in progress

04:21

Rand Paul: Trump will fight 'socialists poisoning our schools and burning our cities'

Latest stories

RNC Night 2

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FULL STORY

After RNC speakers unleash searing attacks on Biden, Melania Trump takes softer approach

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Analysis

Under fire, Pompeo vouches for Trump's 'America First'

Susan Walsh / AP file

Last-minute change

RNC cancels speaker after she promoted QAnon, anti-Semitic conspiracies

Andrew Harnik / AP

Fact check

From Hunter Biden to 'defund the police,' some headliners play fast and loose with the truth

2020 Election

Former Florida AG paints Biden, son Hunter as corrupt at RNC

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Sen. Rand Paul boosts Trump at RNC: He'll stop 'endless wars'

OUT Politics and Policy

Cissie Graham Lynch attacks trans rights in RNC speech

Election Resources

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Key dates

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Election Confessions

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On the Trail

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Analysis: Trump and the GOP appear comfortable in mixing politics and the federal government

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Trump campaign off TV airwaves this week with convention in spotlight

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Democrats offer counter-programming around GOP convention site

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Biden campaign to air new spot across cable channels during RNC

Matt York / AP file

Everytown booking $6 million in Florida ads to target President Trump

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Kanye West won't appear on Illinois or Ohio ballots

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Commuted by President Trump, Alice Marie Johnson aims to bolster him with RNC speech

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Pelosi endorses Kennedy ahead of tight Massachusetts Senate Democratic primary

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Biden, Trump campaigns debut new ads ahead of Biden's DNC speech

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Biden leads Trump in recent TV and radio spending across virtually the entire battleground

DNC highlights

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2020 Election

Biden accepts Democratic nomination, vows U.S. will overcome 'season of darkness'

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Harris accepts historic VP nomination

DNC

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Michelle Obama delivers scathing indictment of Trump

Analysis

Biden sticks landing to close cautious convention

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Progressives seethe as DNC largely ignores Supreme Court

Analysis

Biden sticks landing to close cautious convention

2020 Election

Progressives seethe as DNC largely ignores Supreme Court

Top clips from DNC

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus zings Trump’s golf score, Pence's 'weird foreign name' ... and Amtrak

01:51

'This is our moment, this is our mission': Biden calls for unity in his DNC speech

01:30

Comedian behind viral Trump impersonations gets serious on mail-in voting

05:06

Former 2020 presidential candidates share laughs, support for Biden

01:52

Joe Biden's children introduce him at the 2020 DNC

03:55

Biden outlines economic plan based on ‘jobs, dignity’

03:09

Sen. Tammy Duckworth's calls Trump a 'coward-in-chief'

09:14

John Legend and Common pay musical homage to late civil rights leader John Lewis

05:18

Watch Michael Bloomberg's full speech at the 2020 DNC

03:13

Steph and Ayesha Curry endorse Joe Biden at the 2020 DNC

03:20

Biden tells union members ‘you guys built America’

03:17

Watch Pete Buttigieg’s full speech at the 2020 DNC

03:13

Sen. Tammy Baldwin: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are the 'only answer in this election'

02:21

Watch Sen. Cory Booker's full speech at the 2020 DNC

02:40

Watch Andrew Yang's full speech at the 2020 DNC

02:23

Rep. Deb Haaland: ‘We can’t take our democracy for granted’

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Highlights from fourth night of 2020 Democratic convention

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Highlights from third night of 2020 Democratic convention

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Highlights from the second night of 2020 DNC

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Highlights from first night of 2020 DNC

Vote Watch

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Fewer voters say they're voting by mail amid uproar over USPS changes

Toby Talbot / AP file

Election insecurity: Why just a handful of counties has the U.S. cybersecurity watchdog worried

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Election results could be messy. Tech companies and the govt are talking about how to handle it.

John Minchillo / AP file

Expert: U.S. has 2 weeks to get mail voting right to avoid Election Day mess

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Volunteer hacker army boosts election cybersecurity

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Democrats say Trump election czar isn't telling the whole story about Russian interference

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Biden, citing briefings, says Russia again working to interfere with the election

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Little evidence of Russian election hacking so far, U.S. says

Arnd Wiegmann / Reuters file

Google removes ads with misleading voter registration info

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Voting group recalls 80,000 unusable ballot applications in North Carolina

Best of MSNBC

06:43

Republican group offers counter-programming to RNC

04:18

Second night of RNC offered evening of alternate facts

06:42

McCaskill: Trump used naturalization ceremony as a prop

06:16

Trump trailing Biden in key swing states: poll

08:43

‘This is creating a softer image around the GOP’

04:29

RNC Night Two features naturalization ceremony, presidential pardon, all at the White House

03:35

Evangelical Trump supporter Falwell resigns amid sex scandal

02:29

Hillary Clinton: Biden should not concede under any circumstances

02:00

'Zero remorse' from Trump for using White House in RNC

01:31

McCaskill on Trump: I'm furious at this small man trashing the People's House

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