Republican convention focuses on immigration a day after a bandaged Trump makes triumphant entrance

The Republican National Convention is resuming with a focus on immigration. The issue is central to former President Donald Trump’s political brand that helped endear him to the GOP base when he began his first campaign in 2015. Meanwhile, one of Trump’s top GOP primary rivals will take the stage Tuesday night, the latest signal the party is solidifying its fight to take on President Joe Biden in November. Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley will speak in TV primetime. Trump appeared triumphantly at the convention's opening night Monday with a bandage over his right ear, two days after surviving an attempted assassination. Sen. JD Vance, his choice for vice president, is to speak Wednesday night, Trump at the final session Thursday night in Milwaukee.