"The chair announces that Donald J. Trump, having received a majority of these votes, entitled to be cast at this convention, has been selected as the Republican Party nominee for president of the United States", Ryan said. He did a walkthrough at the Quicken Loans Arena that morning.

Cruz, once Trump's Republican rival, has "plans to present a vision for the party's future that bears little resemblance to Mr. Trump's, with a likely focus on conservative orthodoxy and constitutional principle", The New York Times reports.

McIver says she offered her resignation, but Donald Trump rejected it.

Jenner is crediting President Barack Obama for taking positive steps for LGBT individuals.

Eight years ago, Mrs. Obama said: "And Barack and I were raised with so numerous same values: like, you work hard for what you want in life, that your word is your bond, that you do what you say you're going to do, that you treat people with dignity and respect".

Formerly known as Bruce Jenner, Caitlyn Jenner transitioned to her new identity a year ago. "She was expressing her personal feelings about her country and her husband and why he's best for the United States".

As political conventions go, yesterday was about as eventful as you can get at the Republican National Convention. "He's a builder, he's a fighter, he's a father, he's a patriot", Pence said.

"It is my honor to be able to throw Donald Trump over the top in the delegate count tonight", Trump Jr. said, congratulating his father on the nomination. Trump Jr.is speaking at a breakfast in Cleveland hosted by the Wall Street Journal.

The GOP presidential hopeful also used Twitter to fire a shot at presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

Under pressure to explain what had happened and who was to blame, Trump's people offered different versions of events on Monday (Tuesday NZT) and Tuesday (Wednesday NZT).

The Trump campaign has tried to gloss over the rough treatment. And expect promises to restore America to a position of dominance in the world that they'll say has been lost.

Even more than the candidate himself, Donald Trump's campaign chief has emerged as the early star of the Republican National Convention.

There were no arrests, police said, despite several tense moments that saw officers step in between protesters pushing and shouting at each other during some of the biggest, most raucous gatherings in downtown Cleveland since the four-day convention began on Monday.

Mr Trump's family again took centre stage, underscoring the campaign's urgent task to reshape the image of a candidate seen by many voters as harsh and divisive.

Manafort insisted the GOP was unfied.

Tiffany Trump, Donald Trump's daughter from his second marriage, to Marla Maples.

Manafort said, "we feel that was not just a meeting to talk about golf and grandchildren", as Clinton had claimed.

A few days after the tarmac meeting, Hillary Clinton was interviewed for more than three hours.

Christie conducted a mock trial of Clinton's tenure as secretary of state (2009-2012) and held her guilty on every charge, prompting the crowd to chant, "Lock her up, Lock her up".