Fact check of Day 4 of the Republican National Convention

CBS News is fact checking some of the statements made by speakers during the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On Thursday, the fourth and final night of the RNC, GOP presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump is addressing the convention. Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, Hulk Hogan

Trump on surviving assassination attempt: “A providential moment”

Washington — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday recounted for the first time the assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania and said he initially believed he was under attack but survived because of the “grace of almighty God.” “So many people have asked me what happened, ‘tell us what happened please,’ and therefore, I’ll

Trump on assassination attempt: “I’m not supposed to be here”

Washington — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday recounted for the first time the assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania and said he initially believed he was under attack but survived because of the “grace of almighty God.” “So many people have asked me what happened, ‘tell us what happened please,’ and therefore, I’ll

Trump pays tribute to Pennsylvania firefighter killed in rally shooting

Former President Donald Trump paid tribute to Corey Comperatore, a firefighter who was fatally shot in the assassination attempt that occurred during last weekend’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, during his address Thursday night at the Republican National Convention. “Tragically the shooter claimed the life of one of our fellow Americans, Corey Comperatore, unbelievable person, everybody tells me,”

Start-Up Touts ‘Design-Once, Build Many’ Plan, Seed Money to Build US Nuclear Plants

The Nuclear Company’s Nuclear Frontier program eyes sites in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia A start-up finance venture is touting a “design-once, build-many” model in launching an ambitious plan to kick-start U.S. nuclear energy development by building a spate of new nuclear-fueled power plants. The Nuclear Company, “a fleet-scale nuclear development company” based in

Climate protesters steer clear of Republican National Convention

This year’s Republican National Convention has seen a notable absence of climate protesters. While the United States grapples with unprecedented heat waves and the staggering toll of 15 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters so far this year alone, climate change remains conspicuously absent from the RNC agenda.  The Republican Party platform, released last week, makes