POLITICS

Trump Recounts Surviving Assassination Attempt in RNC Speech

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‘I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of almighty God,’ the former president said. MILWAUKEE—White lights flashed, music played, and a curtain rose, slowly revealing “TRUMP,” spelled out in golden lights. In the center stood former President Donald Trump, silhouetted, onstage at the Fiserv Forum on July 18. The Republican National

Russian Court Jails US Reporter Gershkovich for 16 years in Sham Espionage Case

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A Russian court found U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage on Friday and sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum security penal colony in what his employer, the Wall Street Journal, called “a disgraceful sham conviction.” Gershkovich, a 32-year-old American who denied any wrongdoing, went on trial in the city of Yekaterinburg last

Global Cyber Outage Grounds Flights, Hits Banks, Telecoms, Media

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A software update wreaked havoc on computer systems globally on Friday, grounding flights, forcing some broadcasters off air and hitting services from banking to health care. An update to a product offered by global cyberscurity firm CrowdStrike appeared to be the trigger, affecting customers using Microsoft’s Windows Operating System. Microsoft said later on Friday the issue had been

At Trump’s GOP Convention, there’s little to be heard on health care

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No talk of Obamacare. No Medicare. No abortion. At the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week, where delegates officially nominated Donald Trump as the party’s 2024 presidential candidate, health care issues received little attention from prime-time speakers. The silence is surprising, given health care makes up the largest chunk of the federal budget, nearly