The inspirational story of Ben Carson's rise from poverty in Detroit has come under new scrutiny after Daily Mail Online found key claims about his parents' lives at odds with public documents.

After Marco Rubio pointed out several misspelled tweets from Donald Trump, the Republican front-runner went back and deleted the tweets, later posting them with the correct spelling.

Donald Trump may arrive at the Cleveland convention without enough 'pledged' delegates to claim the nomination. That's when the fun begins.

Donald Trump claimed victory in both West Virginia and Nebraska GOP primaries as his race for the Republican presidential candidacy continues almost unchallenged.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers' tepid endorsement leaves House Speaker Paul Ryan as the sole remaining member of the Republican House leadership who has not jumped aboard the Trump train.

Donald Trump has seized a five-point lead over Hillary Clinton in a new national poll, where he leads the Democrat by 42 to 37 per cent and holds a clear advantage among unaffiliated voters.

According to research from Stanford University and the University of Oxford, supercharged 'divisive' primaries can either help or harm a party nominee depending on the degree of attention they attract.

The protest centered around Donald Trump's claim that a January 28 fundraiser for veterans raised $6m, when in fact independent accounting revealedthe total was more like $3.1m.

Walid Phares, a top national security adviser for Donald Trump, is quietly talking to Muslims on behalf of the presumptive Republican nominee.

Around 100 protesters broke through a barricade outside the building shortly after Trump took to the stage, and tried to throw rocks through the window at they set fires on the street outside.

Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump each won primaries in Washington state Tuesday.

Lynne M. Patton published a video on YouTube earlier this month that quashed the notion that Donald Trump is a bigot and misogynist. She tells the backstory for the first time.

Donald Trump on Thursday reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the Republican nomination for president after a handful of 'unbound' delegates pledged their support.

'Who, Pocahontas?' he mocked when a reporter mentioned Warren's attacks on him, referring to her self-description as Native American based on a claim of 1/32 Cherokee heritage.

Marco Rubio says he'll attend the Republican nominating convention and would even be willing to speak on Donald Trump's behalf from the stage.

If social media is anything to go by, Donald Trump celebrated clinching the Republican nomination by eating a cat, while President Obama looked over his shoulder.

Donald Trump has said he wants to have a 'showbiz'-filled Republican National Convention in Cleveland, but he's also going to have to contend with a number of party no-shows.

Donald Trump told the Hollywood Reporter that super-agent Ari Emanuel is a 'very good friend' and has offered to make a film celebrating him for the GOP convention in Cleveland.

Arnold Schwarzenegger made a bold statement this week when he voted for John Kasich over presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump in the California Primary.

Now that the general election is off to a start, Donald Trump has tinkered with his trademark 'Make America Great Again' slogan.

Once last night's D.C. primary was wrapped up, DNC chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said her party was 'ready to unify and take on both Trump and the Republican party.'

Donald Trump took to Twitter to insist that former boxer Mike Tyson will not be appearing at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in July.

Donald Trump says advisers wanted him to speak on all three nights of the GOP convention in Cleveland but he 'turned it down.' Also not happening are indoor fireworks and some celebrity speakers.

Ivanka Trump will have a 'big part' of the Republican convention, her father said, and will speak about 'gender equality' at the party confab in Cleveland this month.

Jenner, who tweeted that she ‘can’t wait to hit the road to Cleveland’, is attending a meeting to call for more support for LGBT rights across both Republican and Democratic parties.

NFL player Tim Tebow dismissed claims Thursday that he is to speak at next week's GOP convention. The New York Times had found him on a leaked list of speakers, but Tebow called it a 'rumor.'

The Late Show host (pictured) taped at the Quicken Loans arena in Cleveland, Ohio Sunday. His blue wig and giant bow tie made him look like the Hunger Games host Caesar Flickerman (inset).

Tony Schwartz, the co-author - or as he says ghostwriter - of Donald Trump's bestselling book The Art of the Deal has come out guns blazing against the presumptive presidential candidate.

The Republican Party opened its national convention Monday, kicking off a four-day political jamboree that will anoint billionaire Donald Trump as its presidential nominee.

A refusal to allow a usually technical vote was met with protest from anti-Trump forces at the Cleveland, OH, convention because they wanted to use it to voice discontent at the candidate.

Sen. Tom Cotton, an emerging Republican leader, sees a GOP that's big tent enough to include members of the LGBT community, like reality star Caitlyn Jenner.

Ted Cruz is slated to speak at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, but all signs point to the Texas senator still not endorsing his former rival, presumptive nominee Donald Trump.

Donald Trump touched down aboard his $100million 757 jet in Cleveland on Monday as he prepared to join the Republican National Convention where he will be nominated.

The Slovenian immigrant who became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2006 was the second Trump to appear on stage. She said he was ready to 'fight every day' to give children a better future.

Rep. Sean Duffy and his wife Rachel Campos-Duffy proudly pointed to their reality show past as they helped support another reality personality tonight at the Republican National Convention.

Long-standing Iowa Representative Steve King has caused a storm by claiming that non-whites had contributed nothing towards civilization. Steve King was mocked on social media.

Thousands of Republican Nation Convention delegates have been warned to wash their hands before eating after party staff were hit by norovirus which causes vomiting and diarrhea.

Trump easily cleared the minimum of 1,237 delegates that he needed to clinch the nomination. His son, Don Jr;, read New York's votes and put him over the top.

The conspiracy theorist was walking around near the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on Tuesday with a bullhorn when two members of the 'Communist Party' allegedly attacked him.

New Jersey governor Chris Christie repeatedly asked the GOP convention whether Hillary Clinton was 'guilty or not guilty' and won a 'conviction' on every count.

House Speaker Paul Ryan told Republican delegates tonight that it is time for party unity and a 'clean break from a failed system.'

Tiffany Trump portrayed her father, the official Republican nominee Donald Trump, as a doting dad who scribbled notes on her report card and called her when a close friend died.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is a leader of the party's establishment wing, but won back some newer conservatives by going after Hillary Clinton.

'If Hillary Clinton were elected, she would be the first president who couldn't pass a basic background check, said the younger Donald Trump, 38, as he soaked up applause from thousands.

The mother-of-three is set to introduce her father for his showcase speech on Thursday. But she still turned heads at the venue as she laughed with her siblings and joined the roll call in Cleveland.

At least one delegate took issue with prayer by Sajid Tarar, founder of American Muslims For Trump, and reportedly shouted 'No Islam' at the stage before being hushed by the crowd.

Eric Trump spoke as Donald Trump's campaign faced questions about plagiarism about speeches given by Melania Trump and Donald Trump Jr. in Cleveland.

It's not the trans community that misbehaves in the bathroom, argued reality star Caitlyn Jenner at an event outside the Republican National Convention today.

Rafael Cruz won't say a word about Donald Trump's attacks on him on the eve of his son's prime time speech before the Republican convention – but Ted Cruz will say Trump's name.

Supporters of Texas senator Ted Cruz let out a round of 'boos' when he said the GOP had a nominee, as Cruz brought up his hated nickname, 'Lyin' Ted.'