Mike Wendling
Reporting from the convention

A large cheer goes up and delegates rise to their feet for Vivek Ramaswamy.

He’s clearly loved by the MAGA faithful.

There's a standing ovation when he says illegal migrants would be kicked out, not because they're bad people - but because they broke the law of America.

He then jokes about all Americans being respected, no matter the length of their last names - a nod to his own surname.

His speech has had one of the loudest receptions of the night so far.

Brandon Drenon

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Nowhere is Donald Trump’s refashioning of the Republican party in his own political image more clearly evidenced than this week’s guest-list at the RNC.

All the speakers have been full-throated cheerleaders for the "America First" prescriptions of their presidential nominee, along with a couple of left-field additions who would have been unlikely to darken the door of a conservative jamboree in years past, including Teamsters union boss Sean O’Brien and SlutWalk founder Amber Rose.

Conversely, the number of high-profile establishment Republicans at the party jamboree is shrinking.

There's no sign of ex-Trump veep Mike Pence (on holiday in Montana), or Utah Senator Mitt Romney, or ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan, or ex-President George W Bush.

The BBC did spot Karl Rove, the architect of Bush’s victories in 2000 and 2004, going into a restaurant in Milwaukee earlier on Tuesday. He has no speaking role this year and would not comment to us about a report of Trump’s lingering antagonism towards him.

Another establishment-minded Republican has been spotted wandering the corridors at the RNC: former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson. He recently said he would not vote for a convicted felon, referring to Trump. But as he sat amid empty chairs during a break in convention programming on Tuesday, Hutchinson said that comment, made only last month, “seems like a long time ago”.

Kayla Epstein
Reporting from the convention

Nikki Haley might not get a hero's welcome here tonight.

A few delegates expect that the crowd might boo her as she appears on stage tonight.

They said they disliked the way Haley challenged Trump in the Republican primary this year.

“I hope they’re gonna boo her off the stage,” said Gregory Switzer, a conservative activist from Texas. “She deserves it. She’s been a bad player.”

He said she thought she was a good UN Ambassador but soured on her when she decided to run for president against Trump.

Nomia Iqbal
Reporting from the convention

Mark Rodriguez is a Texas delegate - and he describes the atmosphere here as electric.

“It’s a new day, a new party.”

He’s looking forward to speeches from Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis this evening - Trump’s once upon a time rivals. But all is forgiven, says Mark.

“Politics is a blood sport. I liked DeSantis but Trump is my guy and we are now unified as a party.”

He admits he wasn’t happy with Haley’s rhetoric regarding Trump. In the heat of the primary Nikki Haley described Trump as “unhinged.”

“She turned on him after January 6th and saw an opportunity to try and run for the Presidency. But if she can give a unifying speech tonight, everybody will overlook what she said."

Mike Wendling
reporting from Indiana

A large cheer goes up and delegates rise to their feet for Vivek Ramaswamy.

He’s clearly loved by the MAGA faithful.

Brandon Livesay
Reporting from the convention

House Speaker Mike Johnson is on stage here at the Republican convention.

And he starts off his speech by saying the House is conducting an "immediate and thorough investigation into these tragic events".

He says that the investigation has already started and the American people "deserve to know the truth, and we will ensure accountability".

A reminder, you can follow along with the speakers by pressing watch live at the top of this page.

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We're now approached the primetime hour and the speakers coming to the podium at the Republican convention are getting more notable.

Here are some of the names we can expect to speak. You can watch live at the top of this page.

• House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who was nearly killed after being shot at a mass shooting at a congressional baseball game in 2017
• House Majority Leader Mike Johnson
• Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy, who dropped out of the Republican primary to back Trump and was rumoured to be on his shortlist for VP pick
• Former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, who served under the Trump administration and was not expected to appear at the rally until the news broke that Trump had survived an assassination attempt. The former aide-turned-critic has been one of Trump's most outspoken Republican critics
• Florida Gov Ron DeSantis, who also faced off against Trump in the primary before dropping out. He remains one of the more notable names in the Republican party
• Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the former White House spokeswoman under Trump who is now the governor of Arkansas

And more, including Trump's daughter-in-law Lara Trump and Senator Marco Rubio, who famously quarrelled with Trump during a debate in 2016 about the size the former president's hands.

Stick with us.

Brandon Livesay
Reporting from the convention

When Donald Trump Jr was speaking at an event earlier today in Milwaukee, he was asked about rumours circulating in some US media of Robert F Kennedy Jr joining forces with Donald Trump.

“The history of his family, you know, as it relates to assassinations… I think maybe that’s one of those moments that brings people together and, you know, maybe there’s a great place for him somewhere in an administration,” Trump Jr said.

“I’m not saying I agree with him on a lot of things… But that doesn’t mean there’s not an incredible role, that I think he could execute.”

Trump Jr said he didn’t have any “inside scoop on that, certainly not now,” but he would “love to see that happen”.

When asked if he thought any potential role for RFK in a possible Trump administration could involve health, he said: “I don’t know yet, but that is something I think honestly that’s sort of the genesis of their original friendship”.

He was asked if an RFK-Trump partnership could happen within hours or days, he replied, “I don’t know yet”.

Trump Jr said he would “love to see it” happen at this convention.

“It’s such a unifying moment” but “I don’t know that it has to. I think there’s so much obviously going on this week”.

Carl Nasman
Reporting from the convention

Saturday’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump has quieted the public calls among Democrats for President Joe Biden to step down from the presidential race. But the desire for a new candidate hasn’t gone away.

In fact, it might be growing.

I spoke with one Democratic campaign operative just before Biden took the stage Tuesday in Las Vegas for his first campaign event since the shooting in Pennsylvania.

Speaking on background, they told me “many” Democratic lawmakers had been planning to call for Biden to step aside on Sunday. The shooting in Pennsylvania put those messages on hold – for now.

The operative also said there were some in the party that wanted to push for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to take action, for example by calling for a vote of no confidence in the president.

It seems the DNC is considering action of a different kind.

Several Democratic officials confirmed to the BBC that a letter is circulating among House Democratic lawmakers calling on the DNC to ditch its plans for a virtual nomination of Biden – held before August’s in-person convention.

Politico has posted a copy of the letter, external.

I was told there is a high level of frustration with the DNC. “They want to rush the process,” the operative told me – saying that they believe Democrats in congress won’t be “going away quietly”.

Biden gives energised speech, but to a safe crowdpublished at 00:35 British Summer Time 17 July

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Tom Bateman
Reporting from Nevada

Biden’s speech lasted 31 minutes and was an energised performance, read from teleprompters to a highly receptive crowd.

Here he seemed to feel on safe ground, among an audience with whom he believes he has delivered. Black American voters still overwhelmingly support Biden over Trump; however his opinion polling numbers have slipped since 2020 - significantly in some places and among the young - which is part of the reason he is here.

He gave a confident, punchy performance with the crowd on their feet several times for standing ovations or breaking into chants of “four more years”. There were a couple of moments where he appeared to fluff and at least once where he changed the flow of what his was saying with his characteristic: “anyway,” before moving on.

But the most striking point was it demonstrated how quickly things are moving on from the fallout of the weekend’s attempted assassination of his rival.

While Biden reiterated that he was “grateful” Trump was unharmed and called out any and all forms of violence - his criticism of his opponent was back to full voice.

Gareth Evans
Reporting from the convention

Eric Trump just emerged from the main convention centre - flanked by a security detail.

He has taken to a small stage here and is talking about the assassination attempt on his father just three days ago.

He says he was watching the Pennsylvania rally on TV when the shots rang out. “Civil wars have started for less than what could have happened there,” he says.

“On live TV. We were praying that he was going to get up.

“When I spoke to him an hour later he was in the hospital, and he made a little joke, and I knew Donald Trump was back. I knew my father was back.”

Republican primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy then joined him on stage - and spoke about the need for national unity. He says his speech tonight will focus on that theme in particular.

Ramaswamy, asked about the swirling speculation around Joe Biden’s candidacy, then says he thinks the eventual Democratic candidate in November will be former First Lady Michelle Obama.

Eric Trump then joked that he and Ramaswamy could team up for the 2032 ticket.

Bernd Debusmann Jr
Reporting from Butler

As my colleagues report from the RNC in Milwaukee, I've spent most of the day in Butler, Pennsylvania, speaking to people who were at the Trump rally on Saturday.

The area around the rally site is still very much a crime scene, with police officers protecting the area near the building from where they believe Thomas Matthew Crooks shot at the former president.

Still, it's a much calmer atmosphere than when I was last here in the hours after the rally, when the entire area was cordoned off by heavily armed officers as helicopters flew overhead.

The overwhelming feeling among attendees I've spoken to is of anger at the US Secret Service, which they believe made fatal mistakes in its mission to protect the venue.

"They definitely dropped the ball," says Jean Vincent, a Butler resident who was at the rally with her sister.

"I'm upset someone could have killed us, and my children," she adds. "It's changed America and it's changed our community."

The director of the Secret Service, Kimberly Cheatle, will face the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on 22 July.

The next day, she, along with the heads of the FBI and Department of Homeland Security, have been invited to a separate Homeland Security Committee hearing.

Some in Butler, however, say that they will only be satisfied if Cheatle leaves her post.

"All I want to hear from her is that she resigns," Kathleen O'Shea, a 66-year old from near Pittsburgh tells me tearfully.

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum was once one of the favourites to be named as Donald Trump’s running mate in the election.

We now know that role went to JD Vance, but Burgum is still a key ally for the former president.

Burgum was speaking to reporters here at the Republican convention, and he said Trump called him after the decision was made to go with Vance.

"First thing he said was, 'Hello Mr Secretary' - he’s got a great sense of humour," Burgum said.

"I though it was a great way to open that call."

But Burgum said there were no commitments yet on if he had a role in any potential Trump adminstration.

Ione Wells
Reporting from the convention

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Former British PM Boris Johnson has posted a photograph of himself and Donald Trump saying it was “great” to meet the former US president.

The former UK prime minister Johnson added that the former president was “on top form after the shameful attempt on his life”.

He added that the pair had “discussed Ukraine” and he has “no doubt that [Trump] will be strong and decisive in supporting that country and defending democracy”.

Johnson has been attending the Republican Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Trump announced JD Vance, an Ohio senator, as his running mate for vice president yesterday.

Vance is one of the biggest congressional sceptics of US aid to Ukraine.

He has said that American involvement in Ukraine had "no obvious conclusion or even objective that we’re close to getting accomplished".

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Back in Milwaukee, today marks the Republican National Convention's (RNC) second day. The conference is being held in this Midwestern city in Wisconsin until Thursday.

"Make America Safe Again" is Tuesday's RNC theme, as delegates focus on crime and immigration.

Yesterday marked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's first appearance since he was shot in the ear at a campaign rally two days earlier. Given recent events, it is likely that Saturday's shooting will be mentioned in some delegates' speeches.

Republicans are due to hear from South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, one of Trump’s fiercest rivals during the Republican primary. Haley was originally due to skip the RNC, but after Trump's assassination attempt, US media report that Haley's office announced on Sunday she would be speaking at the conference's Tuesday session.

We'll be covering the latest developments from Milwaukee as we get it, as the event is due to kick-off again at 17:00 central time (23:00 BST). Stay tuned.

Tom Bateman
BBC News, reporting from Las Vegas

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Joe Biden has finished speaking to the NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas.

It was his first public appearance since the attempted assassination of Donald Trump over the weekend, which Biden called "a “tense moment in this country”, adding he was "grateful" the former president wasn't seriously injured when he was shot in Pennsylvania.

The president touched on other gun violence in the United States, raising his voice to repeat a frequent talking point of his: that more children in America in die of a gunshot wound than any other reasons.

"That’s stunning and that’s sick," Biden said.

He called on the audience to join him "in getting these weapons of war off the streets of America".

On outlawing assault rifles, he said, "I did it once and I will do it again," referring to his work in the Senate on the assault weapons ban of the 1990s.

The throngs of people gathered at the NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada are a part of a key voting bloc that Joe Biden is hoping to engage in the final months before the November election.

Opinion polls suggest that Donald Trump and Republicans have gained traction among black voters.

On stage, Biden was quick to call out Trump.

He mentioned when Trump suggested to call the National Guard on protesters in the wake of the George Floyd murder, and when Trump floated conspiracies about former President Barack Obama's birth certificate.

"What in the hell is the matter with this man," Biden asked.

During the Trump-Biden debate, Trump made a comment about "black jobs" which ignited a social media storm of criticism.

Biden called out this, too.

"Folks, I know what a black job is, it's the president of the United States of America," he said, referring to Barack Obama.

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Speaking enthusiastically to the crowd at the NAACP convention, Biden appears to touch on the recent difficult weeks he's had on the campaign trail.

After a poor performance in June's debate against Donald Trump, a growing number of Democrats and donors have asked Biden to step aside from the race.

He tells the crowd of a famous quote by former US president Harry Truman, which goes: "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog."

"After the last couple of weeks, I know what he means," Biden says light-heartedly.

He then refers to members of the NAACP as his "real friends."

US President Joe Biden is delivering his first remarks on the campaign trail since an attacker made an assassination attempt on Republican candidate Donald Trump.

He walked on stage at the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) convention in Las Vegas, Nevada to chants of "four more years".

"So many of you have had my back, but I think I've had yours as well," he said to the mostly black audience.

"I'm truly honoured to be here."

Black and brown voters are known to be a historically reliable Democratic voting bloc, but recent opinion polls have shown their support shrinking.

Both Trump and Biden have upped their appeals to America's communities of colour in targeted ads.

"Our politics has gotten too heated," Biden said, after expressing his gratitude that Trump was okay after the deadly attack on Saturday.

"We all have a responsibility to lower the temperature and condemn violence in any form."

Caitriona Perry
Reporting from the convention

Hot off the presses - the first batch of Trump-Vance posters have arrived onto the Republican convention arena floor.

“They literally just arrived in a van 10 minutes ago” says the young volunteer handing them out.

“Wow you can smell the ink from them” says the female delegate he hands it to.