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Former First Lady Melania Trump continues to be largely absent as her husband tries to claw his way back into the White House — and it is by design, wrote Mary Jordan for The Washington Post.

But not, as is commonly assumed, because she has lost her loyalty to a husband who was convicted of falsifying hush payments to an adult film star he slept with early in their marriage.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) put aside months of bitter primary fighting, and her own extensive criticisms that he is unfit to lead, to endorse former President Donald Trump at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee Tuesday.

Commenters on social media were revolted — including some conservatives who had once respected her.

Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley spoke at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee Tuesday, urging everyone to unite behind former President Donald Trump — but was greeted with boos as she took the stage.

"My fellow Republicans, President Trump — President Trump asked me to speak to this convention in the name of unity," said Haley as delegates who jumped to their feet to boo and wave her away settled.

President Joe Biden intends to announce a landmark Supreme Court reform package that includes "enforceable ethics reform."

Biden has previously opposed making sweeping changes to the High Court, but the Washington Post reported Tuesday that the proposal would suggest term limits.

An eastern European neo-Nazi cult leader plotted to distribute lethally poisoned candy to Jewish and minority children in Brooklyn.

Michail Chkhikvishvili, 21, of the Republic of Georgia, faces charges of soliciting hate crimes and mass violence, a U.S. Department of Justice release details.

The Republican Party's quadrennial convention is underway in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this week, but once journalist covering the event observed that one high-profile Republican is "conspicuously" absent: Former Vice President Mike Pence.

In a Tuesday article for Mother Jones, reporter Tim Murphy wrote that former President Donald Trump's second-in-command not attending this year's Republican National Convention (RNC) didn't go unnoticed by other attendees, either. While he was waiting for Trump's official announcement of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his 2024 running mate, Murphy asked several delegates at Milwaukee's Fiserv Forum what they thought of Trump's first running mate refusing to endorse his former boss in his third bid for the White House.

Kellyanne Conway, a former senior adviser to Donald Trump, was fiercely fact-checked by her own daughter Tuesday after the ex-MAGA staffer praised vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance (R-OH).

Responding to a video clip posted to X (formerly Twitter) of an interview the Ohio senator gave with Fox News Monday, Kellyanne wrote: "Senator @JDVance1 represents a new generation of America First warriors. His life experiences and vision equip him to fight for the forgotten men, women and children alongside President Trump. Let’s win in 2024!"

Columbus, Ohio police officers shot and killed a homeless man close to Milwaukee’s King Park on Tuesday. The shooting took place more than a mile from the security perimeter of the Republican National Convention, which has drawn more than 4,000 police officers from across the country to the city.

Security camera video of the incident, obtained by the Wisconsin Examiner from the Milwaukee Alliance, a community organizing group, shows two men walking into the street appearing to be fighting when the police officers enter the frame and immediately shoot one of the men.