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Month: July 2024

Julianna Grooms holds a photo of former President Donald Trump as neighbors help she and her mother secure a Trump yard sign that they used tape to add the name of Trump's running mate J.D. Vance outside their home on July 16

Ad wars heat up between Trump and Harris

By Fredreka Schouten, Priscilla Alvarez and Samantha Waldenberg, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris each unleashed a new wave of television ads Tuesday as they race to secure an advantage in a presidential campaign dramatically altered in recent weeks. In its first major ad blitz targeting Harris, the Trump

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Takeaways from the Senate hearing on the Trump assassination attempt and Secret Service failure

By Holmes Lybrand, Hannah Rabinowitz, Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed, CNN Washington (CNN) — Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe provided new details about the assassination attempt of Donald Trump on Tuesday, delivering forceful testimony at a Senate hearing about the agency’s failures earlier this month in Butler, Pennsylvania. But at the joint hearing of the

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Churches targeted with hate speech, Pride flags stolen and replaced

By Matt Reed Click here for updates on this story     NATICK, Massachusetts (WCVB) — Two churches in Natick, Massachusetts, are seeking answers after Pride flags were stolen and replaced with anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and a “Christian” flag. First Congregational Church parishioners arrived Sunday morning to find trans Pride, gay Pride and mental health awareness flags crumpled

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Ex-clients of Social Security fraudster Eric Conn won’t owe back payments to government

Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The U.S. Social Security Administration is notifying some former clients of disgraced Kentucky attorney Eric Conn that they no longer owe money back to the government for overpayment of disability benefits. Conn was charged in a $500 million disability scheme nearly a decade ago that involved thousands of clients,

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Justice Department sues Norfolk Southern, accusing rail company of creating delays for Amtrak passengers

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, CNN (CNN) — The Justice Department said Tuesday it filed a civil lawsuit against Norfolk Southern, alleging the company knowingly created large delays for Amtrak passengers traveling between New York and New Orleans. Though federal law requires Norfolk Southern freight trains to allow Amtrak passenger trains to proceed first, the Justice Department alleges

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Investigation finds at least 973 Native American children died in US government boarding schools

Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — At least 973 Native American children died in the U.S. government’s abusive boarding school system, according to the results of an investigation released Tuesday by Interior Department officials who called on the government to apologize for the schools. The investigation commissioned by Interior Secretary Deb Haaland found marked and

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Hugo Chávez statues targeted across Venezuela in post-election unrest

Associated Press LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — Anti-government activists across Venezuela are toppling giant statues of Hugo Chávez to express their anger over the alleged stealing of an election by the late president’s handpicked successor, Nicolás Maduro. In the seaside city of La Guaira, outside the capital Caracas, twisted rebar and chunks of concrete lie

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