WASHINGTON (AP) – The Latest on House Speaker Paul Ryan’s endorsement of presumptive GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump (all times Eastern Daylight Time):
4:32 p.m.
One of Donald Trump’s top House backers is applauding Speaker Paul Ryan’s decision to throw his support behind the presumptive GOP nominee.
Congressman Chris Collins of New York says in a statement that Ryan’s endorsement “reinforces the fact that Republicans are united in our fight to defeat Hillary Clinton.”
He adds that, “Americans across the country recognize Donald Trump is the leader our nation needs to make America great again and erase the failures of the past seven and a half years.”