RNC Day 3 focuses on security as Vance set to accept VP nomination

In Milwaukee, the Republican National Convention entered its third day shaped by both deliberate strategy and recent trauma — JD Vance prepared to accept the vice presidential nomination under a banner of national strength, even as the party processed the weight of an assassination attempt that had claimed a life just days before. The choice of theme, speaker, and emphasis were not incidental; they were a party's attempt to transform grief and alarm into political purpose. Across the divide, Democrats moved quietly toward their own nominating machinery, with a president under pressure holding