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Usha Vance, wife of former President Donald Trump’s running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, defended her husband when pressed about resurfaced 2021 remarks he made about “childless cat ladies” leading the country, which came under widespread scrutiny last month. “He made a quip in service of making a point that he wanted to make that was substantive,” Usha Vance said. I can’t thank people enough for that.”Usha Vance noted that having Secret Service detail is a “big change” and praised the agents who are assigned to their family. “He had the Secret Service detail that was really looking out for him and was able to get off the stage and all of that,” she said. “So I mean, just seeing that was incredibly shocking I think for everyone.”“From a personal perspective, I guess I try not to worry too much about that,” Usha Vance added.

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We’ve never in my lifetime changed candidates this late in the game,” West said, pausing as she left a Harris campaign office to pick up a new packet of door-knocking materials. “There is a lot of excitement around Vice President Harris, actually. However, despite the preparations, Trump’s campaign has yet to find its footing on a consistent message about the vice president. Outside the campaign, Trump’s allies worry there is no strategy for what is now a competitive race. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a gathering of the Sigma Gamma Rho sorority in Houston on July 31, 2024.

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☆ Antarctica heat wave sends temperatures 50 degrees above normal
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

This is the second significant heat wave Antarctica has endured in the last two years. That unprecedented heat wave was made worse by climate change, according to a 2023 study published in Geophysical Research Letters. Climate change contributed 3.6 degrees of warming to the heat wave and could worsen similar heat waves by 9 to 10.8 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100, the study found. Climate Change Institute, University of Maine Climate Change Institute, University of Maine Slide left to see temperatures observed during this heat wave and right to see what normal temperatures should be. But other research in the last few years has demonstrated that melting in East Antarctica, where this heat wave is happening, is becoming equally troubling.

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"That was unique," Ronald Rowe Jr., the acting director of the Secret Service, said Friday. The Secret Service has faced intense scrutiny in the wake of the incident. The Secret Service initially blamed local law enforcement but later conceded it was ultimately the agency's responsibility to ensure the building was covered. Secret Service personnel were in one command post, with a member of the Pennsylvania State Police, and their local partners were in an entirely separate space. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned last month in the wake of the attack and after a contentious House hearing about the attempt.

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☆ Secret Service’s Tech Flaws Helped Gunman Evade Detection at Trump Rally
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Eric Lipton | David A. Fahrenthold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After a week of oversights and failures, the officers protecting former President Donald J. Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., still had one last chance to get it right. It began when a local police officer peered over the roof of the AGR International warehouse near the rally grounds and found the suspicious man he and other officers were hunting. Ninety minutes of confusion about Thomas Crooks’s intentions and whereabouts had ended in an instant. “Long gun!” the officer broadcast over the local law enforcement radio system, according to congressional testimony from ‌the Secret Service this week. It was urgent news that should have instantly traveled to a command center shared by the local police and the Secret Service, and then to agents close enough to throw their bodies in front of Mr. Trump.

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☆ Meta's AI apparently said the shooting at the Trump rally didn't happen. Here's what ChatGPT and Claude said.
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Jordan Hart | Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Kaplan also said the incorrect responses, or "hallucinations," aren't specific to Meta AI only. Meta AISince receiving criticism, Meta has tweaked the responses from Meta AI. Related stories"We've since updated the responses that Meta AI is providing about the assassination attempt, but we should have done this sooner. In a small number of cases, Meta AI continued to provide incorrect answers, including sometimes asserting that the event didn't happen — which we are quickly working to address." ClaudeClaude didn't make any assertions about what happened at Trump's rally on July 13. Business InsiderUnlike Meta AI and ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude AI didn't try to make assertions about whether or not the shooting occurred.

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☆ South Sudan is on the rise at the Olympics, just as Luol Deng envisioned it
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Marcus Thompson Ii | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

And that’s way bigger than wins and losses.”Really cool scene outside the arena after USA vs. South Sudan. Back on July 20, in London, South Sudan came within a couple possessions late of upsetting America in an exhibition. In the 11 days since the near upset of the century, South Sudan was searched an estimated 152,000 times. Then, in the country’s Olympics debut, South Sudan beat Puerto Rico to make national history. “There’s a lot of jokes in the media, a lot of people saying certain things about South Sudan.

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“We were never asked what we’d seen or where we were from Secret Service. “Before this incident, I would have thought Secret Service is, like bulletproof. The Beaver County officials were part of a multi-jurisdictional team assisting the Secret Service for Trump’s July 13 rally. The Secret Service has not responded to questions for comment from CNN. A federal law enforcement official familiar with the matter said the Secret Service was and has been in touch with the lead for the Butler Emergency Services Unit, which oversaw the Beaver County local law enforcement officers and others that day.

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Former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet during a rally on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesMore than two weeks after Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt, federal investigators are still trying to uncover the motive of the former president’s would-be assassin. Rojek also said that Trump has agreed to sit for a victim interview with the FBI – a routine part of criminal investigations. Crooks, Rojek said, used aliases to make firearms-related purchases online, beginning in the spring of 2023. CNN has reported that text messages between law enforcement before the shooting began suggest that some officers raised Crooks’ presence at the rally more than 90 minutes before he climbed onto a roof and began firing at Trump.

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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 Judiciary and Homeland Security committees, Rowe also highlighted the missteps of local law enforcement on July 13, when the former president was shot. Moving forward, Rowe told the committees, his agency will avoid assuming local law enforcement agencies are fully capable of fulfilling their role in protecting an event. Rowe told the lawmakers that local law enforcement was positioned in a nearby building and should have had a clear line of sight of Crooks on the roof. Tobra claimed that the account in question was “pro-Biden.”The Gab account has also not been conclusively connected to Crooks.

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The acting Secret Service director told senators on Tuesday that the agency failed on July 13 by not having a countersniper focused on the roof where a would-be assassin fired eight shots at former President Donald J. Trump, injuring him and others and killing a rally attendee. While Ronald L. Rowe Jr., the acting director, provided a more complete account of what happened that day than his predecessor did a week ago, he failed to answer a critical question about that day: Who was supposed to be watching that roof? In one of his first actions as acting director, Mr. Rowe said he went to the site of the shooting in Butler, Pa., and specifically to the warehouse roof that the gunman used, which had been unmanned and apparently unwatched. Mr. Rowe said he climbed onto the building and lay on the roof so he could see the direct line that the shooter, later identified as Thomas Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., had to Mr. Trump.

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☆ Trump’s remarks at Bitcoin event were delayed due to security concern, Secret Service says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Evan Perez | Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump’s remarks to the annual Bitcoin conference on Saturday were delayed for about an hour after two individuals were removed from the premises for “not following proper entry protocols,” the United States Secret Service said. The two individuals were credentialed, the Secret Service said, adding that there was no “protective interest with these individuals.”The agency determined there was “never a threat to the former president,” a Secret Service spokesperson told CNN. The former president ultimately took the stage alone and no indication of a potential security issue was relayed to the crowd. The actions of the Secret Service that day led to bipartisan condemnation of the agency and the resignation of USSS Director Kimberly Cheatle. Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe is set to appear before a Senate panel on Tuesday to discuss how the agency will approve security measures in the wake of the assassination attempt.

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(Ms. Whitmer, a co-chair of the Harris campaign who is also often mentioned as a vice-presidential contender, has said she has no plans to leave her current job.) Mr. Vance will hold rallies on Tuesday in Henderson and Reno in Nevada, and on Wednesday in Glendale, Ariz. Thus far, Mr. Vance, who has had a rocky start, has mostly appeared on familiar Midwestern ground, including in his Ohio hometown, Middletown. Ms. Harris and Donald J. Trump are also on the road this week. Mr. Trump has said he intends to hold another rally in Butler, where the attempt on his life took place, but has not said when.

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☆ ‘What I saw made me ashamed’: Head of Secret Service will address security failures in hearing on Trump assassination attempt
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The US Secret Service is adjusting how it approves security plans and bolstering security measures for protectees in the wake of the assassination attempt against Donald Trump earlier this month, according to excerpts of congressional testimony Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe will deliver Tuesday. Rowe, who visited the site of the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, earlier this month, will tell senators from the Homeland Security and Judiciary committees: “What I saw made me ashamed. Rowe visited the scene of the assassination attempt as one of his first actions as acting director “to better understand how our protection failed,” he will testify. Rowe, who took charge of the Secret Service after Director Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation, is also set to give more details to lawmakers on the security failures that led to the assassination attempt at Trump’s July 13 rally. The Secret Service has also elevated security for protectees, according to Rowe’s excerpts, and are reinforcing details and conducting threat assessments to see what other adjustments are necessary.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ronald Rowe, Rowe, “, ”, Kimberly Cheatle’s, Cheatle, ” Rowe Organizations: CNN, Homeland Security, ”, Service, Secret Service, Trump, Democratic National Convention, Republican National Convention Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania

☆ Trump agrees to victim interview as FBI searches for shooter's motive
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesFormer President Donald Trump will participate in an FBI victim interview about his attempted assassination at a campaign rally, the agency told reporters Monday. The interview with Trump "will be consistent with any other victim interview that we do," an FBI official said in a press call. Republican candidate Donald Trump was evacuated from the stage at today's rally after what sounded like shots rang out at the event in Pennsylvania, according to AFP. Law enforcement recovered two explosive devices from the trunk of Crooks' car near the site of the Trump rally, and another from his bedroom. On the afternoon of the rally, Crooks flew a drone near the event area for about 11 minutes.

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Less than an hour after a gunman in Butler, Pa., tried to assassinate Donald J. Trump this month, David Sacks, a venture capitalist based in San Francisco, directed his anger about the incident toward a former colleague. “The Left normalized this,” Mr. Sacks wrote on X, linking to a post about Reid Hoffman, a technology investor and major Democratic donor. Mr. Sacks implied that Mr. Hoffman, a critic of Mr. Trump who had funded a lawsuit accusing the former president of rape and defamation, had helped cause the shooting. Elon Musk, who leads SpaceX and Tesla and previously worked with Mr. Sacks and Mr. Hoffman, then weighed in on X, name-checking Mr. Hoffman and saying people like him “got their dearest wish.”In Silicon Valley, the spectacle of tech billionaire attacking tech billionaire has suddenly exploded, as pro-Trump executives and their Democratic counterparts have openly turned on each other. The brawling has spilled into public view online, at conferences and on podcasts, as debates about the country’s future have turned into personal broadsides.

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CNN —Text messages and radio chatter released Monday show that law enforcement officers lost sight of Donald Trump’s would-be assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks, and further illustrate the confused communications around tracking him at the July 13 rally. Twenty minutes later he sent those images to a group chat, the texts show. I lost sight of him.”At 5:38 p.m., a Beaver County sniper sends photos of Crooks to the Beaver, Butler and Washington snipers group chat. “They are asking for a direction of travel,” one person wrote at 5:59 p.m., referring to the command center. The redacted entries reveal the communications as the information is passed up the chain.

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Nearly 100 minutes before former President Donald J. Trump took the stage in Butler, Pa., a local countersniper who was part of the broader security detail let his colleagues know his shift was ending. He exited the second floor of a warehouse that overlooked the campaign rally site, leaving two other countersnipers behind. Outside, the officer noticed a young man with long stringy hair sitting on a picnic table near the warehouse. So at 4:26 p.m., he texted his colleagues about the man, who was outside the fenced area of the Butler Fair Show grounds where Mr. Trump was to appear. He said that the person would have seen him come out with his rifle and “knows you guys are up there.”

Persons: Donald J, Trump, ” Locations: Butler, Pa

☆ The Re-Dream Team: LeBron James leads a star-studded roster as Team USA goes for Olympic gold
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Thomas Schlachter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

LeBron James and Team USA practiced in London before heading to Paris. In order to facilitate this, Team USA held a basketball showcase to get the team up to speed. Team USA were put through their paces while on the London stretch of its showcase. But Team USA’s all-time Olympic Games top scorer Durant namechecks two NBA MVPs as the players to watch outside of Team USA. Team USA could make it five gold medals in a row with a win in this year’s Olympic Games.

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☆ Texts from law enforcement show concerns were raised more than 90 minutes before Trump rally shooting, New York Times reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Holmes Lybrand | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Text messages between law enforcement before the assassination attempt against Donald Trump earlier this month suggest that some officers raised the shooter’s presence at the rally more than 90 minutes before he climbed onto a roof and fired eight rounds at the former president. If you wanna notify SS [Secret Service] snipers to look out. It’s also unclear how the Secret Service designated security that day and who managed the communication between local and federal law enforcement. “We were supposed to get a face-to-face briefing with the Secret Service members whenever they arrived, and that never happened,” Jason Woods, a sniper on the team, told ABC News. CNN has reached out to the Secret Service for comment.

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☆ South Sudan: The world’s youngest country ready to take on Team USA at the Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

South Sudan, the world’s newest country, captured the hearts of spectators at the World Cup en route to a 17th place finish out of 32 teams. He was forced to leave South Sudan as a young child, escaping the Second Sudanese Civil War. Sporting rootsAfter decades of civil war, South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in 2011 following a referendum, making it the world’s newest widely recognized state. South Sudan players celebrate during the game against Team USA. South Sudan enters the Games bearing the additional responsibility of being the only African men’s basketball team to qualify – Nigeria qualified for the women’s competition.

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☆ With Long Hours and a No-Fail Mission, the Secret Service Tries to Make Do
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Kate Kelly | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Over the years, whenever the United States Secret Service’s lack of resources has been an issue, agents invoke a tongue-in-cheek motto: We do more with less. It’s a sentiment that might no longer apply. An assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump at a campaign rally on July 13 in Butler, Pa., has exposed weaknesses in the Secret Service’s make-do approach to security for the country’s highest elected officials, their families, and visiting foreign leaders. Kimberly A. Cheatle, the then-Secret Service director, told a congressional committee on Monday that the shooting — which left the former president’s ear bloodied and injured three other spectators, one fatally — “is the most significant operational failure at the Secret Service in decades.” She resigned the day after the hearing. The agency’s security lapses in Butler have spurred numerous investigations and prompted debate as to whether the Secret Service, which is operating with its largest-ever budget, has adequate resources to fulfill its critical mandate and is using its funds in the most effective manner.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Kimberly A, “, ”, Butler Organizations: Service Locations: United States, Butler, Pa

☆ Donald Trump to honor slain supporter and those injured during assassination attempt in Pennsylvania
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Eric Bradner | Kit Maher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Donald Trump said Friday he plans to return to Butler, Pennsylvania – the place where the former president survived an assassination attempt nearly two weeks ago – for a rally that will honor slain supporter Corey Comperatore and those injured in the shooting. Trump’s right ear was bloodied, and he appeared days later at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee wearing a large white bandage over the injured ear. Trump and his allies used the Republican convention to deliver calls for unity in the wake of the assassination attempt. “What a day it will be – fight, fight, fight!” Trump said Friday in his social media post announcing the Butler rally. US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned this week amid scrutiny of security lapses related to the assassination attempt.

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☆ A man sued a restaurant after a bone in his 'boneless' wings got lodged in his throat. He lost.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Boneless wings keep confusing dinersBreast meat is cheaper because chickens only have two wings. In 2023, a man sued Buffalo Wild Wings , claiming that the name of its boneless wings was misleading. Before it added boneless wings to its menu this year, Popeyes had considered alternative names, like "bites." 'Boneless wing is merely a description of the cooking style'Berkheimer said that he had cut the boneless wing into three pieces to eat, per court documents. AdvertisementBerkheimer also appealed to Ohio's Supreme Court, which supported the Court of Appeals' ruling in an opinion on Thursday.

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☆ Bullet or Fragment of One Struck Trump’s Ear, F.B.I. Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Adam Goldman | More About Adam Goldman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

said on Friday that Donald J. Trump had been struck by a “bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces,” providing the most definitive explanation to date about what injured the former president’s ear during an assassination attempt this month. Ambiguity about Mr. Trump’s injury turned into a political firestorm as the former president and his political allies attacked the F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray, for comments he made on Wednesday before Congress. “With respect to former President Trump, there’s some question about whether or not it’s a bullet or shrapnel that hit his ear,” Mr. Wray told the House Judiciary Committee. The shooter, Thomas Crooks, 20, was killed by a Secret Service sniper.

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