Vice President Kamala Harris officially became the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee on the final day of the party’s convention on Thursday night following President Joe Biden’s withdraw from the race a little over one month ago in an unprecedented turn of events.
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Secret Service Agents Placed on Leave After Trump Assassination Attempt
Three weeks ago, Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe angrily pushed back on senators’ calls to immediately fire or discipline key agents directly responsible for the security failures that led to the assassination attempt against former President Trump at last month’s campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Since that time, Secret Service leaders have placed several members of the Pittsburgh Field Office on administrative leave, according to three sources in the Secret Service community.
Read MoreManhunt Underway Near Trump Border Speech Site for Sex Offender Who Threatened to Kill GOP Nominee
Arizona authorities launched a manhunt Thursday for a sex offender who threatened to kill former President Donald Trump, believing he is on the loose near the area of a speech Trump was giving on border policy.
Read MoreVenezuela Supreme Justice Tribunal Confirms Maduro as Winner of Contested Election
Venezuela’s top court on Thursday ratified President Nicolas Maduro’s reelection victory, determining that the leader was legally reelected last month despite widespread backlash.
Read MoreEU Watchdog Reports Alarming Rise in Christian Persecution, Calls for Protections
Catholic News Agency On the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (Aug.22), a European watchdog warned of serious anti-Christian violence in Europe and called on governments to protect converts from Islam in particular. The Vienna-based Observatory on Intolerance and…
Read MoreArkansas Supreme Court Blocks Abortion-Rights Initiative
Washington Examiner The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld the state’s rejection of petition signatures for an abortion-rights ballot initiative on Thursday, blocking the proposal from heading to the polls on Election Day in November. The ruling affirms the decision from Arkansas Secretary of State John Thurston to reject the ballot measure because the group spearheading the effort failed…
Read MoreNearly 60 Percent of Baby Foods in U.S. Grocery Stores Don’t Meet Nutrition Standards, Study Finds
CBS News Baby foods, from snack pouches to jarred purees found in grocery stores across the United States, may be less healthy than you think, according to new research. In the study, published in the journal Nutrients Wednesday, researchers at The George Institute for Global Health analyzed 651 commercially produced infant and…
Read MoreLeftist UK Gov’t Reportedly Looking at Restoring ‘Free Movement’ for Under 30s EU Migrants
Breitbart The recently-installed Labour Party government in the UK is facing accusations of plotting to betray Brexit by reportedly considering a reinstitution of the open borders “free movement of people” with the European Union for those under the age of 30. A report from paper of record The Times of London has claimed that Prime…
Read MoreHarris to Focus on Future on Final Night of Democratic National Convention
Vice President Kamala Harris will take control of the party tonight at the Democratic National Convention as she accepts the nomination for president.
Read MoreWalz Promises Harris Will Help Middle Class in DNC Speech
Democratic vice presidential nominee and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz leaned heavily into his Midwestern roots in his speech that wrapped up the third night of the Democratic National Convention Wednesday, painting the Harris-Walz ticket as pro-middle class, pro-freedom, and pro-neighborliness.
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