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The #RNC2020 kicks off tonight. Follow this thread for analysis from @EconUS and our cast of correspondents in America throughout the week 👇

How is the campaign shaping up so far? Explore our presidential forecast to see who is likely to win in each state #RNC2020 bit.ly/2QoPq6p

The #RNC2020 is touting Donald Trump's foreign policy. But there are three big reasons for alarm over the state of American diplomacy: the pandemic, the rise of China and hostility from the White House itself econ.st/3hsuxmL

Nikki Haley's resignation from her post as America’s ambassador to the UN in 2018 set off speculation about what she would do next. Might she be eyeing her own presidential run in 2024? #RNC2020 econ.st/3lbhdWd

It's night two of the #RNC2020. Follow along with @EconUS for updates and analysis throughout the convention

Rand Paul has tried to build his own political brand, libertarian but more pragmatic than his father. Yet he can also be deeply conservative. Our story from 2015, when Mr Paul launched his own White House bid econ.st/2Ew9BN8

Four Trump children are speaking at #RNC2020 this week. In 2017, our Lexington columnist wrote that when a child wields power at the pleasure of a parent, fidelity to country or to the law must vie with deeper, more visceral loyalties econ.st/31pXVV1

Mike Pompeo, who addressed #RNC2020 from Jerusalem, represents a broader politicisation of foreign policy. That carries a risk of endless instability. Our profile of the secretary of state from May econ.st/3aXmhc4

In her #RNC2020 speech, Melania Trump expressed her condolences for those lost to covid-19. She was one of the first speakers to do so econ.st/34LbPTZ

It's night three of the #RNC2020. Follow along with @EconUS for updates and analysis throughout the convention

Today, on the 100th anniversary of the #19thAmendment, just 24% of voting members in Congress are women—and the vast majority of them are Democrats econ.st/2Yurtz5

Kellyanne Conway, one of the longest-serving advisers in the Trump administration, has said she will leave her post this month #RNC2020 economist.com/us-election-20…

In 2016, Donald Trump needed a running-mate who would not overshadow him, and who would give Reagan-loving conservatives an excuse to embrace him. Enter, Mike Pence #RNC2020 econ.st/3loxSp0

Tonight is the fourth and final night of the #RNC2020. Follow along with @EconUS for updates and analysis as the convention wraps up

Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader, deserves much of the credit for the blistering pace at which Donald Trump has appointed federal judges to the bench. Our story from February #RNC2020 econ.st/2QwkcKx

At one point in 2015, Ben Carson, now the secretary for housing and urban development, was surging in Republican primary polls. Yet as a presidential candidate, our columnist wrote, he was clearly doomed econ.st/3jmvVba

No one member of President Donald Trump’s coterie has fallen further than his lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who referenced his time as “America’s mayor” during his #RNC2020 speech. Our column from 2019 econ.st/3hBjHLe

Donald Trump's political showmanship is unchanged since he first accepted the nomination in Cleveland in 2016, writes @JamesMAstill. But his standing within the Republican Party is transformed #RNC2020 econ.st/3hA8MkX

That's a wrap for the #RNC2020. For more of The Economist's coverage of American politics and the 2020 campaign, explore our elections hub econ.st/3b1UY04