CLEVELAND (AP) — The Latest on the Republican National Convention in Cleveland (all time local):
5:40 p.m.
A car carrying some of Donald Trump’s campaign staff was involved in a minor accident on the way from Trump Tower in New York to LaGuardia Airport.
Trump spokeswoman Hope Hicks says the staff car was traveling separately from Trump’s motorcade.
Trump wasn’t in the car involved in the accident, and Hicks says everyone is OK.
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5:30 p.m.
GOP officials say delegates from Maine, Minnesota and the District of Columbia pulled their names from petitions calling for a state-by-state roll call vote on the rules that’ll govern the Republican convention.
Anti-Donald Trump forces had collected enough signatures to force the roll call vote. But Trump supporters circulated a form enabling delegates to remove their names.
Delegates from Washington state also had submitted petitions calling for a full vote. Delegate Kevin Marks says the head of his state’s delegation, Susan Hutchison, tried to persuade delegates on the convention floor to remove their names by warning them they’d embarrass their state.
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5:20 p.m.
Democrats say some “everyday Americans” will speak at the party’s national convention next week.
The speakers include many people who Hillary Clinton met while campaigning. Others are involved in work that’s similar to the kind of advocacy Clinton once did as a young lawyer — and they will highlight her advocacy on behalf of children and families.
The group includes a survivor of the 9/11 attacks, a family impacted by opioid addiction, a home health aide involved in the fight for a $15 minimum wage and the daughter of the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut — — the scene of a mass shooting in 2012.
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5:10 p.m.
Who had the job of restoring order from the podium when the Republican National Convention was breaking into chaos?
It wasn’t House Speaker Paul Ryan or the party chairman, Reince Priebus (ryns PREE’-bus).
That responsibility fell to the presiding officer — an Arkansas congressman named Steve Womack. He may be little known outside his state or away from Capitol Hill.
Womack talked firmly over angry delegates on Monday, and he called for a voice vote on a rules package opposed by anti-Donald Trump forces. Womack then declared that the “aye” side had prevailed.
Womack is a leadership ally who’s part of the vote-counting whip team in the House. He’s a retired Army National Guard officer.
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5 p.m.
The Republican Party has adopted what Christian conservatives are cheering as the most conservative statement of party policy principles in recent memory.
The GOP national convention has approved language reaffirming the party’s opposition to gay marriage and bathroom choice for transgender people.
And there’s new language condemning same-sex parenting.
Here’s what it says: “Children raised in a traditional two-parent household tend to be physically and emotionally healthier, less likely to sue drugs and alcohol, engage in crime or become pregnant outside of marriage.”
The party’s platform represents the GOP’s formal policy positions for the next four years. The document serves as guidance for Republican leaders across the nation, but is not binding.
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4:45 p.m.
It took two votes, but delegates at the Republican National Convention were able to approve the rules that’ll govern the convention.
It was some scene.
The rules won approval in an initial voice vote, and then anti-Donald Trump delegates became raucous and started chanting, “Call the roll!”
Others drowned them out with chants of “USA!”
There was a brief break before Steve Womack — the Arkansas congressman who was chairing the proceedings — returned to the podium and called for a second voice vote.
He said for a second time that the rules had passed.
The anti-Trump delegates wanted a state-by-state roll call vote on the rules. That would have been a drawn-out process and could have exposed party divisions.
These delegates collected enough signatures on petitions to force a roll-call vote, but Trump supporters persuaded some delegates to remove their names.
Ending the dust-up was important to show at least a veneer of party unity behind Trump.
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4:40 p.m.
A spokesman for Chris Christie says the New Jersey governor was mistaken when he referred to a donation made by Donald Trump to Superstorm Sandy relief efforts.
Christie spokesman Brian Murray says Christie “misspoke” about the Sandy donation. The spokesman says Trump has given to other New Jersey charities, including a foundation dedicated to the governor’s mansion.
Earlier Monday, Christie told the Michigan delegation at the GOP convention that his wife, Mary Pat Christie, once asked Trump for a Sandy donation and that Trump responded by saying: “How much does the check need to be? Just tell me, and I’ll send it.”
But Trump isn’t listed in a final report thanking the more than 150 people and companies that donated at least $25,000 to the Hurricane Sandy New Jersey Relief Fund.
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4:35 p.m.
House Speaker Paul Ryan has been officially elected chairman of the Republican National Convention.
The Wisconsin lawmaker was elected on a quick voice vote with no opposition.
Ryan will now preside over the convention to nominate Donald Trump as the Republican nominee for president.
Ryan has had an uneasy relationship with Trump. He endorsed the billionaire businessman but has criticized some of Trump’s rhetoric.
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4:30 p.m.
Donald Trump’s supporters have succeeded in heading off a state-by-state roll call vote on the rules that will govern the GOP’s national convention.
Anti-Trump delegates collected signatures on petitions calling for the vote.
They had support from a majority of the delegates in nine states — two more than needed.
But Rep. Steve Womack — who was chairing the proceedings — said from the podium that delegates from three states withdrew their signatures. He then declared that the effort had fallen short.
Womack took the unusual step of calling for two separate voice votes. He declared the pro-Trump delegates victorious both times.
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4:20 p.m.
Republican leaders have hastily approved rules that will govern the Republican National Convention — but approval came over the loud objections from anti-Donald Trump delegates.
The dissident delegates are pressing to hold a state-by-state roll call vote on the rules.
Instead, Rep. Steve Womack, who was chairing the proceedings, called a quick voice vote.
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4:15 p.m.
The Republican National Convention has started considering reports by the convention committees.
The convention is starting with the report by the credentials committee. Delegates also will consider and vote on the rules of the convention.
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4 p.m.
A Republican Party official says nine states have submitted petitions to force a full state-by-state roll call vote on the rules of the convention. That’s two more states than necessary.
The official says the party has verified that the petitions and signatures are legitimate.
The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
The vote is sought by anti-Donald Trump delegates who want the ability to vote for someone other than Trump.
He’s amassed far more delegates than he needs to win the GOP presidential nomination.
The drawn-out vote probably won’t change the outcome of the convention, but it could expose party divisions.
The Trump campaign is fighting back by circulating a form allowing people to remove their names from the roll-call vote petition