| 'Donald Trump froze': Kamala Harris rips into the president before his RNC speech Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:30 PM PDT  Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris delivers an advance rebuttal to President Trump's RNC speech.
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| Jacob Blake: Police officer in Kenosha shooting named Posted: 27 Aug 2020 12:05 PM PDT  Wisconsin's attorney general names the officer who shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back.
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| China intercepts boat with activists suspected on board Posted: 27 Aug 2020 03:45 AM PDT  Chinese authorities have arrested at least 10 people, including a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, after its coast guard intercepted a speedboat believed to be heading to Taiwan, media reports said Thursday. The reports, citing unnamed sources, said activist Andy Li was among those detained. Li had been arrested earlier this month with nine others on charges of collusion with foreign forces under a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing and was out on bail.
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| Fact check: 'Sharia patrol force' won't roam Minneapolis if police force is dismantled Posted: 26 Aug 2020 12:18 PM PDT  A distortion of one state representative's unfounded claims led some to believe a 'Sharia patrol force' will soon police Minneapolis. It won't.
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| The DNC warned campaign staffers to 'swipe carefully' on dating apps because matches could be political opponents digging for dirt Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:15 PM PDT  A Democratic official told Business Insider that the warning is "nothing new" and that campaign staff are frequently reminded to be vigilant online.
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| Hurricane Laura leaves four dead in Louisiana but less damage than feared Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:06 PM PDT  At least four people were killed by Hurricane Laura in Louisiana and search teams may find more victims but the governor said Thursday that the most powerful storm to make landfall in the US state in living memory did not cause the "catastrophic" damage that had been feared.
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| Putin says alleged mercenaries were lured to Belarus by foreign spy operation Posted: 27 Aug 2020 04:38 AM PDT  President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that a group of Russians who were detained in Belarus prior to its Aug. 9 election and accused of being mercenaries had been lured to Belarus by a Ukrainan-U.S. intelligence operation. Belarus had accused the men of seeking to destabilise the country ahead of its election, marking an unusual diplomatic row with close ally Russia. At the time, Russia had said the men were private security workers on their way to a third country.
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| Conservative power broker Matt Schlapp is 'disappointed' in George W. Bush for snubbing Trump Posted: 26 Aug 2020 05:03 PM PDT  "When you see the socialist agenda that's being put forward by the Democratic Party, I think you can get past some of your personal animosity and support the president, especially when you see what the Democrats want to do to the policy legacy that you care about," Schlapp said.
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| RNC video showing violence in 'Biden's America' is actually Barcelona Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:39 AM PDT  The Republican National Convention aired a video meant to paint the George Floyd protests and Black Lives Matter demonstrations as inherently violent, chaotic events, but included a scene from protests in Barcelona, Spain.A public broadcaster in Catalonia reported that the images in question - of fires burning in the streets - were captured in 2019 in Barcelona. The protests in Spain began after a Spanish court sentenced Catalan separatists to prison.
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| Defense official: Arson suspected as cause of Navy ship fire Posted: 26 Aug 2020 05:50 PM PDT  Arson is suspected as the cause of a July 12 fire that left extensive damage to the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, and a U.S. Navy sailor was being questioned as a potential suspect, a senior defense official said Wednesday. The sailor was being questioned as part of the investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the official said, adding that defense department leaders were notified of the development. The official, with knowledge of the investigation, spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to provide details not yet made public.
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| Texas father arrested in daughters' 2008 killings: FBI Posted: 27 Aug 2020 05:27 AM PDT  A Dallas-area taxi driver wanted for the 2008 slayings of his two teenage daughters was arrested on Wednesday, the FBI said.
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| Fort Hood Sgt. Elder Fernandes 'humiliated' after reporting sexual abuse, says family's lawyer Posted: 27 Aug 2020 11:35 AM PDT  Leaders at the U.S. Army's Fort Hood created an environment that led to the death of Sgt. Elder Fernandes, his family's attorney says.
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| A man accused of driving into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Iowa City told police the demonstrators needed 'an attitude adjustment' Posted: 27 Aug 2020 11:01 AM PDT  The criminal complaint, seen by Insider, said that Michael Stepanek, 45, drove into a crowd of protesters in Iowa City on August 21.
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| Hong Kong: China arrests 10 after intercepting boat 'fleeing Hong Kong' Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:29 AM PDT  Activists were among those detained off Guangdong province on Sunday, Hong Kong media say.
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| This terrifying animation shows how high Hurricane Laura's storm surge might get Posted: 26 Aug 2020 11:56 AM PDT  If the National Hurricane Center's word on Hurricane Laura's devastation isn't good enough, the Weather Channel has some visuals. On Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center forecast the Louisiana and eastern Texas coasts would see an "unsurvivable storm surge" of 10-20 feet as a Category 4 Laura pulled in; Al Roker said he'd never heard the term used before. The Weather Channel also seemed unprepared for a surge of that magnitude. Its graphics could only show what a storm surge would look like at nine feet, but that was terrifying enough.> The National Hurricane Center has forecasted "unsurvivable storm surge" from Hurricane Laura in parts of Louisiana and Texas. Do NOT underestimate this storm.> > This is what that kind of water height looks like: pic.twitter.com/ik7EtpFTzn> > -- The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) August 26, 2020ABC News took a different approach with its storm surge animation, showing how quickly the water could flow into and fill up a home. > Hurricane Laura is expected to cause 10-20 feet of storm surge as it closes in on the Louisiana and Texas coast. @Ginger_Zee explains the science behind storm surge, which is often the greatest threat to life and property during a hurricane. https://t.co/VftCuDzjC6 pic.twitter.com/u0Tjnr47IC> > -- ABC News (@ABC) August 26, 2020And as these photos show, even with Laura still 200 miles offshore at mid-day Wednesday, the storm surge was already piling in. > LA 1 remains CLOSED at this time south of the Leon Theriot Lock in Golden Meadow. Here are photos in that area from Golden Meadow and Leeville. Laura pic.twitter.com/e6JyeJVmpJ> > -- Lafourche Parish Sheriff's Office (@LafourcheSO) August 26, 2020More stories from theweek.com That 'famous' Lincoln quote in Lara Trump's RNC speech? He never said it. FDA gives emergency-use approval for Abbott's $5, 15-minute COVID-19 test, though not for home use 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention
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| Nicholas Sandmann, teen who faced off with Native American protester in viral video, praises Trump's battle against 'cancel culture' Posted: 25 Aug 2020 06:32 PM PDT  In a speech at the Republican convention, the Kentucky high school student who was seen in a red "MAGA" hat standing in front of a Native American activist outside the Lincoln Memorial last year accused the media of trying to "cancel" him because of his support for President Trump.
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| Kyle Rittenhouse: Facebook and police defend lack of action over alleged vigilante charged in double shooting Posted: 27 Aug 2020 04:38 AM PDT  Two days after a 17-year-old allegedly shot two protesters dead in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Facebook has admitted that despite being warned by users, it did not remove calls for armed citizens to attend the protests in the name of law and order.
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| Lebanese media: Sectarian clashes near Beirut leave 2 dead Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:10 PM PDT |
| Israel keeps up Gaza strikes after Qatar joins mediation bid Posted: 26 Aug 2020 12:09 AM PDT  Israeli warplanes struck a Hamas target in Gaza overnight, the military said Wednesday, even as a Qatari envoy joined efforts to broker an end to the almost three-week flare-up.
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| Kenosha aftermath: Wisconsin college replaces Vice President Mike Pence as commencement speaker Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:16 AM PDT  A Pence spokesman said the VP "understands and supports" the school's "decision to prioritize the safety and well-being of their students."
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| Kara Mann and CB2 Reveal New Collaboration Posted: 27 Aug 2020 11:22 AM PDT |
| Army Paratrooper Shot in the Foot During Live-Fire Exercise at Fort Bragg Posted: 27 Aug 2020 04:32 PM PDT  The incident occurred while soldiers were moving through a shoot-house, clearing rooms and firing live ammunition.
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| Jesuit priest calls Lou Holtz's comment on Biden's Catholic faith 'terrible' Posted: 26 Aug 2020 07:17 PM PDT  Lou Holtz, a former college football coach, caused controversy during the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night when he declared that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is a "Catholic in name only."Biden has been vocal about his faith, which he says has helped him through difficult times in his life, like when his son, Beau Biden, died of brain cancer in 2015. Holtz made his judgment while delivering a speech praising President Trump, saying he is a man who "genuinely cares about people" and is someone Americans can "trust." Not long after Holtz was finished, liberals and conservatives alike jumped to Biden's defense on Twitter.> Did Lou Holtz just call Democrats "Catholic in Name Only?" > > Biden goes to Mass weekly. He's a devout Catholic and a man of actual faith who doesn't pretend to be one like Trump. > > These people are so dishonest.> > — Tara Setmayer (@TaraSetmayer) August 27, 2020> Disgusting lie by Lou Holtz that Biden is a 'Catholic in name only.'> > WaPo: "Biden almost always has rosary beads in his pocket ... He has written and spoken at length of how faith helped him grieve the loss of his first wife and daughter many years ago, and his son Beau."> > — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) August 27, 2020> Tonight I learned that one's status within the Catholic Church can apparently be determined by *checks notes* a Division I college football coach. https://t.co/kT6eFQSjuk> > — Daniel W. Drezner (@dandrezner) August 27, 2020> During the Republican Convention, Lou Holtz just said that Joe Biden is not a real Catholic.> > Who is he to judge another man's faith?> > — Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 27, 2020> Lou Holtz called Biden a "Catholic in name only" so here's a clip of Trump being asked what his favorite Bible verse is. pic.twitter.com/GRy3mCFWtI> > — Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) August 27, 2020On MSNBC, Jesuit priest James Martin said he doesn't believe this is something "you should say about anybody." Holtz, he continued, "cannot look into the soul of Joe Biden ... I think it's a really terrible thing to say about someone. He has no clue what's going on inside of Joe Biden's heart."> "He cannot look into the soul of Joe Biden," Rev. James Martin says in response to Lou Holtz's RNC2020 statement suggesting Joe Biden and other politicians are "Catholics in name only."> > "He has no clue of what is going on inside of Joe Biden's heart," he adds. pic.twitter.com/g8Olfxj65b> > — MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 27, 2020Holtz has been involved in Republican politics for decades. In 1983, he resigned as the University of Arkansas' football coach after being criticized for appearing in commercials endorsing the re-election of Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.). At the time Helms, who once said the 1964 Civil Rights Act was "the single most dangerous piece of legislation ever introduced in the Congress," was leading the effort to keep Martin Luther King Jr. Day from becoming a national holiday.More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention Is the Republican Party a cult of personality? Fox News' Chris Wallace calls out co-hosts for defending armed vigilantes
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| He was toting a machete when a Miami-Dade cop shot him. Still, some neighbors have questions. Posted: 26 Aug 2020 06:00 AM PDT  After Arcadio Hernandez was wrongfully diagnosed with pink eye at a hospital, he suffered catastrophic brain damage when an aneurysm in his head burst in 2010. A civil jury in Pasco County later awarded him $13.2 million in damages.
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| Belarus detains around 20 journalists preparing to cover protest: Reuters witness Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:33 AM PDT  Belarusian police detained around 20 journalists preparing to cover a protest in central Minsk on Thursday and confiscated their telephones and identity documents, a Reuters witness said. The Interior Ministry later said the journalists had been driven to a police station for officers to check they had valid accreditaton allowing them to work as journalists. It denied the journalists had been detained.
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| A thousand kids and counselors went to summer camp in Maine. Only 3 got the coronavirus. Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:59 PM PDT  Out of 1,022 people who attended or worked at several summer camps in Maine that implemented measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, only three tested positive for it, a new study says. And those three cases did not result in secondary infections because proper measures were taken.
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| Cissie Graham Lynch attacks trans rights in RNC speech Posted: 26 Aug 2020 06:29 AM PDT  Lynch, the granddaughter of late evangelical pastor Billy Graham, referred to transgender girls as "boys" in her Republican National Convention speech.
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| Trevor Noah asks why police shot Jacob Blake but not Kyle Rittenhouse Posted: 27 Aug 2020 09:34 AM PDT  'I feel like we know the answer,' says 'The Daily Show' host after white teen Kyle Rittenhouse was charged with killing protesters in Kenosha, Wis.
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| More US prisoners have died of COVID-19 in recent months than have been executed in the last 20 years Posted: 26 Aug 2020 12:01 PM PDT  At least 902 coronavirus-related deaths have been confirmed in America's prisons and jails. Since 2001, 839 prisoners have been executed.
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| Laura makes landfall in southwestern Louisiana near Texas Posted: 26 Aug 2020 12:48 PM PDT  Hurricane Laura made landfall in southwestern Louisiana as a ferocious Category 4 monster early Thursday, swamping a low-lying coast with ocean water that forecasters said could be 20 feet deep and unsurvivable. The National Hurricane Center said the storm, which intensified rapidly Wednesday before plowing into land, came ashore at 1 a.m. CDT near Cameron, a 400-person community about 30 miles (48 kilometers) east of the Texas border. "Potentially catastrophic impacts will continue," forecasters said.
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| Dive Into the Best of Architectural Digest’s International Archives Posted: 27 Aug 2020 05:00 AM PDT |
| Registered Foreign Agent Pam Bondi Says Biden Is Corrupt Posted: 25 Aug 2020 07:02 PM PDT  Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, a registered lobbyist for a foreign government that Donald Trump's Justice Department has implicated in a corruption scandal, used her speech at the Republican convention on Tuesday to criticize former Vice pPresident Joe Biden for alleged self-dealing abroad."I fought corruption and I know what it looks like, whether it's done by people wearing pinstripe suits or orange jumpsuits," Bondi declared. "But, when you look at his 47-year career in politics, the people who benefited are his family members, not the American people."Bondi rehashed dubious allegations about Biden's policymaking role in Ukraine, which mirrored arguments made by her and others throughout this year's impeachment trial against President Donald Trump. Bondi was hired by the White House to assist with impeachment messaging late last year.When she took the White House job, Bondi wound down her work on behalf of the government of Qatar, which U.S. authorities recently implicated in a corruption scandal involving their hosting of the 2022 World Cup. In March, Bondi left the White House and restarted her work for Qatar. She remains a member of the President's Commission on Opioids.An executive order imposed by Trump in the early days of his presidency ostensibly bars former administration officials from lobbying for foreign governments, but Bondi appears to have benefited from a loophole in the rule.Bondi's relationship with Trump goes back years and has itself been the target of corruption allegations. In 2013, Trump's since-dissolved foundation made an illegal $25,000 contribution to a political group affiliated with Bondi as the then-attorney general was weighing whether to pursue a fraud investigation against the notorious Trump University. Bondi subsequently passed on the investigation.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| The death of Breonna Taylor: Report details why Louisville police decided to forcibly enter her apartment Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:54 AM PDT  A report written by Louisville police after officers fatally shot Breonna Taylor sheds more light on why they chose to forcibly enter her apartment.
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| Passenger tramples gate attendant at Seattle airport after mask run-in, police say Posted: 26 Aug 2020 07:50 AM PDT  The Folsom, California, man faces misdemeanor assault charges, police say.
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| Tiffany Trump enters political spotlight with fiery campaign speech Posted: 25 Aug 2020 06:44 PM PDT  Tiffany Trump, who normally shies away from the spotlight, attacked the media in an unusually aggressive Republican National Convention speech.
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| Wisconsin attorney general identifies police officer who shot Jacob Blake Posted: 26 Aug 2020 05:11 PM PDT  At a press conference on Wednesday, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul identified Rusten Sheskey of the Kenosha Police Department as the officer who shot in the back and severely injured Jacob Blake.
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| U.S., China trade jibes as military tensions worsen Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:10 PM PDT  Both are at loggerheads over issues from technology and human rights to Chinese military activities in the disputed South China Sea, with each accusing the other of deliberately provocative behavior. In the latest U.S. move against China ahead of November's presidential election, Washington on Wednesday blacklisted 24 Chinese companies and targeted individuals over construction and military actions in the busy South China Sea waterway.
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| Black Lives Matter protesters stand over diners at DC restaurant demanding they show solidarity Posted: 26 Aug 2020 06:59 AM PDT  Video of a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters angrily hectoring a patron at a Washington, DC restaurant has gone viral, drawing a backlash from both left and right.Shared by Washington Post reporter Fredrick Kunkle on Tuesday, the footage shows a crowd of black-clad demonstrators shouting "white silence is violence" and raising their fists in an affluent DC neighbourhood, then descending on a white woman seated at an outdoor table.
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| Neighbors with hoses target fires as crews urge them to stop Posted: 26 Aug 2020 10:03 PM PDT  With California firefighters strapped for resources, residents have organized to put out flames themselves in a large swath of land burning south of San Francisco, defending their homes despite orders to evacuate and pleas by officials to get out of danger. The former head of the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection said the effort near a cluster of wildfires around the city of Santa Cruz is larger and more organized than he recalls in previous blazes. The group of wildfires near Santa Cruz has burned 125 square miles (324 square kilometers) and destroyed more than 500 buildings.
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| Remote Andamans tribe with just 53 members reports nearly one-in-ten have fallen sick with coronavirus Posted: 27 Aug 2020 02:08 AM PDT  Four members of a remote tribe living on India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands have tested positive for Covid-19, sparking fears for the group's survival. The Greater Andamese number as few as 53 and have limited immunity to viruses like Covid-19 due to their isolated nature. They numbered more than 5,000 in the 1850s but when the British colonised the islands successive outbreaks of diseases like measles caused their numbers to plummet. Two of the Great Andamese who have tested positive have been admitted to hospital and two have been quarantined in a care centre. "It is extremely alarming that members of the Great Andamanese tribe tested positive for Covid-19," said Sophie Grigg, a Senior Researcher at Survival International, an NGO campaigning for the rights of tribal people. "They will be all too aware of the devastating impact of epidemics that have decimated their people".
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| Trump's former fixer Michael Cohen says he helped Jerry Falwell Jr. and his wife block the release of sensitive photos Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:15 PM PDT  Cohen told CNN he helped the couple block some "personal photos between a husband and wife" from being released in 2015.
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| A Kentucky man is facing $569,000 in fines after being accused of violating Canada's COVID-19 rules Posted: 26 Aug 2020 02:42 PM PDT  John Pennington, 40, of Walton, Kentucky, was arrested and charged in connection to a June trip he took to Banff in Alberta, Canada.
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| Don’t argue with anti-mask customers, CDC warns businesses in new guidance Posted: 26 Aug 2020 08:53 AM PDT  Here's what experts suggest instead.
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| Biden spokesman likens the Republican National Convention to the Twilight Zone Posted: 26 Aug 2020 09:46 PM PDT  Since Monday, speakers at the Republican National Convention have painted a dire picture of how they imagine life would be under a President Joe Biden, saying it won't be safe to go outside due to mob violence, but it won't matter anyway because no one will have any jobs and all the businesses will be closed.Biden didn't make any comments about the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, focusing instead on the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. He said the fact that Blake was shot in front of his children made him "sick," and decried the looting that took place in the aftermath of peaceful protests. "Needless violence won't heal us," Biden said. "We need to end the violence — and peacefully come together to demand justice."While Biden stayed mum on the RNC, his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and spokesperson Andrew Bates did not. Bates told NBC News the RNC has been filled with "toxic divisiveness, Twilight Zone conspiracy theories, and dangerous misinformation about the pandemic that Trump has failed to make headway with for months."Harris connected with supporters via text, sending out a message ahead of Vice President Mike Pence's speech. She told donors she's "not worried about what he's going to say — I know it will be nothing but lies."More stories from theweek.com 7 scathingly funny cartoons about the Republican National Convention Is the Republican Party a cult of personality? Fox News' Chris Wallace calls out co-hosts for defending armed vigilantes
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| Drone maker General Atomics lays off hundreds Posted: 27 Aug 2020 01:03 PM PDT  Privately held drone maker General Atomics, of San Diego, is laying off approximately 630 of its roughly 10,000 employees.
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