• Trump's economic plan promises to 'defeat' inflation but leaves out policy, budget specifics

    Trump's economic plan promises to 'defeat' inflation but leaves out policy, budget specifics

    Jul 16, 2024 08:07 PM EDT

    ... injured. Speakers argued that Trump would fix inflation and bring back prosperity simply by returning to the White House as president. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin lamented, “Tonight, America, the land of opportunity, just doesn’t feel like that anymore.” But Trump has released few hard numbers and no real policy ...

  • Live updates: After Trump makes entrance as official nominee, GOP convention begins second day

    Live updates: After Trump makes entrance as official nominee, GOP convention begins second day

    Jul 16, 2024 01:33 PM EDT

    ... injured. Speakers argued that Trump would fix inflation and bring back prosperity simply by returning to the White House as president. Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin lamented, "Tonight, America, the land of opportunity, just doesn't feel like that anymore." But Trump has released few hard numbers and no real policy ...

  • Live updates: Trump picks Ohio Sen. JD Vance as running mate, former president appears at convention

    Live updates: Trump picks Ohio Sen. JD Vance as running mate, former president appears at convention

    Jul 15, 2024 03:00 PM EDT

    ... Many Men (Wish Death),” a track about the people who want to kill him, with images and video of Trump’s assassination attempt. He later lamented, “Trump gets shot and now I’m trending.” CNN journalist Kate Sullivan reported on Monday that 50 Cent was in talks to appear at ...

  • A look at past presidential assassination attempts in American history

    A look at past presidential assassination attempts in American history

    Jul 14, 2024 01:55 PM EDT

    Gerald Ford, the 38th president Ford faced two assassination attempts within weeks in 1975 and was not hurt in either incident. In the first attempt, Ford was on his way to a meeting with California’s governor in Sacramento when Charles Manson disciple Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme pushed through a crowd ...

  • The U.S. sees 7 plague cases a year. Here's why

    The U.S. sees 7 plague cases a year. Here's why

    Jul 11, 2024 07:07 PM EDT

    ... other forms of the plague: septicemic plague (which spreads through the whole body) and pneumonic plague (which infects the lungs). Bubonic plague causes painfully swollen lymph nodes that are most commonly found in the groin, armpit and neck, called buboes. It will often advance and turn into the other two ...

  • Hezbollah strikes on northern Israel raise fears that full-fledged war could be next

    Hezbollah strikes on northern Israel raise fears that full-fledged war could be next

    Jul 01, 2024 10:30 PM EDT

    ... was a very difficult time in the first two months. Nick Schifrin: Last month, she graduated high school, and her classmates sang a song of lament about the close of one chapter. The next one for nearly all of them is the military.Stav Shmuel: If I get accepted, I ...

  • Boebert faces first election in new district after theater scandal

    Boebert faces first election in new district after theater scandal

    Jun 25, 2024 10:46 PM EDT

    ... an embarrassing video. Boebert, who planted her MAGA flag in the House of Representatives in 2020, has amassed national conservative clout. But along with the limelight have come public scandals. Her decision to switch districts came after video surfaced of her vaping and causing a disturbance with a date at ...

  • News Wrap: Ukraine and Russia carry out deadly strikes on each other's territory

    News Wrap: Ukraine and Russia carry out deadly strikes on each other's territory

    Jun 24, 2024 10:50 PM EDT

    ... Spokesman: I will just tell you what the ambassador said when she met with the Russian Foreign Ministry. And that is, of course, that we lament any civilian loss of life in this war. We provide weapons to Ukraine so it can defend its sovereign territory against armed aggression. That ...

  • Here's why each contender on Trump's VP shortlist may or may not get picked

    Here's why each contender on Trump's VP shortlist may or may not get picked

    Jun 23, 2024 10:00 PM EDT

    ... factors at play: Who can raise money? Who performs well on television? Who will be most effective on the debate stage against Vice President Kamala Harris? Who risks overshadowing Trump, as a lame-duck if he is elected in November, with talk soon of 2028? And who has “the look"?

  • Willie Mays, one of baseball's greatest and most beloved players, dies at 93

    Willie Mays, one of baseball's greatest and most beloved players, dies at 93

    Jun 19, 2024 02:38 PM EDT

    ... Mays as among his reasons for living. When Obama learned he was a distant cousin of political rival and former Vice President Dick Cheney, he lamented that he wasn’t related to someone “cool,” like Mays. “Willie Mays wasn’t just a singular athlete, blessed with an unmatched combination of ...