The New Republic

Donald Trump unleashed so many falsehoods during his nomination acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention that it seemed to overwhelm CNN’s on-air fact checker. After Trump’s appearance Thursday night, CNN’s Daniel Dale ran through a lengthy list of Trump’s lies, having to brush past several on his list because he was running out of time to dispute each baseless claim. During his speech, Trump had claimed that his opponents inherited a world “at peace.”“Trump did not achieve world peace when he was president; certainly wasn’t at peace when he left office,” Dale explained. “There were active wars or armed conflicts in...

Here’s How Many Times Trump Lied During His Weird RNC Speech

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As the Republican National Convention (RNC) unfolds in Milwaukee, the spotlight isn’t just on who’s there but also on who’s conspicuously absent. That’s because some prominent Republicans refuse to support Donald Trump for a second term. The transformation of the Republican Party under Trump’s influence has...

5 major Republicans who didn’t attend the RNC and refuse to support Donald Trump’s shenanigans ⏤ and why

Former Donald Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro brought his fiancé onto the Republican National Convention stage during his speech, hours after he was released from prison where he served a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the January 6 congressional committee.

Trump ally brings his fiancée onstage at the RNC

An ex-senior adviser to former President Barack Obama praised Donald Trump’s lengthy, rambling speech at the Republican National Convention as being “good” for Democrats. “This is the first good thing that‘s happened to Democrats in the last three weeks,” David Axelrod said on CNN. “This really reminded...

Ex-Obama official says Trump’s RNC speech is ‘first good thing to happen to Democrats in weeks’

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Joe Biden's reelection campaign thought it was quite the choice to play the soul classic Wednesday, given Donald Trump's record on reproductive rights.

Biden Camp's Response To Trump's RNC Walk-On Music Is Pitch-Perfect

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Tragic End for South Florida Hispanic Building Tycoon Sergio Pino. Fort Lauderdale, FL - In a shocking turn of events, prominent South Florida homebuilder Sergio Pino was found dead in his Coral Gables home on Tuesday morning. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Pino died from an apparent suicide.

South Florida Tycoon Dead After FBI Raids on Homes and Office

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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Bucks County Beacon

Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

As climate change supercharges severe weather, home insurance prices are going way up. In some markets, insurers are pulling out entirely, where companies have decided that the risk of fires or storms is just too steep to keep doing business. Well, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is trying to address the problem with a summit this week, and acting HUD secretary Adrianne Todman is here to talk about it. Thanks for joining us.

As climate disasters go up, so do home insurance costs. HUD wants to break the cycle

Former President Donald Trump opened his presidential nomination speech with an emotional recounting of the shooting at his rally last week that left him injured and killed another. For more than 10 minutes, Trump recounted to the Republican National Convention in vivid details his observations of the attack on the...

Trump recounts assassination attempt: 'I'm not supposed to be here'

Chicago, IL

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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Town Talks

Death Disclosure Laws and Property Disclosures in North Carolina. In North Carolina, there is no legal obligation for homeowners or real estate agents to disclose if a death has occurred in a home, whether by natural causes, murder, or suicide. However, if a potential buyer directly inquires about any deaths on the property, the seller is required to provide that information.

If someone dies at your house do you have to tell a potential buyer? What North Carolina law says

Republicans appear to have completely forgone the “unity convention” theme this week in favor of a much more divisive brand: a total call to arms.In a prerecorded message to the convention Tuesday night, presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump insisted that Democrats are “destroying our country,” and once again claimed that the 2020 election was stolen from him, urging supporters not to let “what happened” that year happen again.“We must use every appropriate tool to beat the Democrats,” Trump said. “These people want to cheat, and they do cheat, and frankly it’s the only thing they do well.”In a post...

Trump Issues Dangerous Call to Arms During RNC

The alleged leader of a neo-Nazi organization has been indicted on charges that he was planning a mass attack in which a person dressed as Santa Claus would have distributed poisoned candy to racial minorities and Jewish children in New York City. Michail Chkhikvishvili, 21, is a Georgian national who...

A neo-Nazi leader is indicted for a plot to have a Santa Claus poison children in NYC

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The hosts of The View took on Trump’s 90-minute RNC speech on Friday, calling the speech “performative” with no new message, and wishing the bandage on his ear had been on his mouth instead.Trump took to the stage for the convention’s final night to accept the Republican Party’s nomination to run for president—and though he attempted to keep things tame and inspirational in the first few minutes as he described the events of his Saturday rally and thanked “almighty God” he’s still here, he ultimately spent the remaining hour and a half “meandering,” the hosts said.“If Joe Biden had been...

‘The View’: If Biden Gave Trump’s RNC Speech He’d Be Hospitalized

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Meredith McCarroll, co-editor of "Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy," about the resonance and criticism of Sen. J.D. Vance's autobiography. ANDREW LIMBONG, HOST:. The big book that everyone's talking about this weekend isn't a sexy new romantic or a page-turning thriller. It's the...

Appalachian writer revisits J.D. Vance's 'Hillbilly Elegy'

Former First Lady Melania Trump arrived at the Republican National Convention on the last night. CNN’s Kasie Hunt weighs in.

See moment Melania Trump arrives at RNC

Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison on charges of espionage. His employer and the U.S. government have said he is innocent and the trial is a sham. We hear the latest from Moscow and reaction from the U.S.

A U.S. Journalist is Sentenced in Russia

As chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, Senator Bernie Sanders released a June report entitled “ By the Wealthy, for the Wealthy: The Coordinated Attacks on Public Education in the United States .” The report is a brief but thorough (16 pages of text, 4 pages of footnotes) takedown of the current wave of attempts to end public education as we know it.

Senator Bernie Sanders Warns in New Report of Right-Wing Billionaire Plot to Sabotage Public Education in Order to Privatize It

Fear can be a powerful weapon. Gao Zhi, a 44-year-old Chinese man, knows this well. In 2020, after criticizing the Communist Party on social media, he left China and gained asylum in the Netherlands. But after Wang Jingyu, a Chinese celebrity dissident, moves into Gao's home, things start to go terribly wrong. Gao fears he and his family are now in the crosshairs of the Chinese Communist Party. On this episode of The Sunday Story, NPR's Global Democracy Correspondent Frank Langfitt and a reporting partner bring us the story of Gao and Wang. It's a tale of how the fear authoritarian regimes sow can be used to create a world of lies, betrayal, and manipulation.

The Sunday Story: The Invisible Hand of Fear

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Week in politics: Trump addresses the RNC, more Democrats call for Biden to step down

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) DONALD TRUMP: Win, win, win, win, win, win. Donald Trump and the Republican Party want to retake the White House. Who will...

Week in politics: Trump addresses the RNC, more Democrats call for Biden to step down

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