RNC Makes Major Changes a Week Out From Convention

The Republican Party is gearing up to hash out its official platform ahead of its national convention later this month, with highly unusual plans to shift negotiations behind closed doors firmly in place just as Donald Trump’s campaign advisers push to significantly simplify this year’s document.

The party’s platform committee is set for three days of negotiations in Milwaukee, Wisconsin next week before the convention kicks off on July 15. The choice to bar C-SPAN from televising the proceedings...