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CNN's Kaitlan Collins received harsh words from conservatives for not challenging Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's disputed claims about Donald Trump. Collins, one of CNN's emerging stars, interviewed Shapiro on the floor Tuesday night and asked him about Trump's claims that antisemitism led him to be passed over for Harris' running mate. 'Donald Trump has absolutely no credibility to speak on that issue,' Shapiro said. 'He is a person who has acted bigoted, he is a person who spreads hate.'

Donald Trump slammed Kamala Harris for her rapid-fire repetition of the phrase 'Thank you' before she began her prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention speech Thursday. 'Too many “Thank yous,” too rapidly said, what’s going on with her?' wrote Trump, himself a seasoned practitioner of big rallies from years of campaigning. Harris said 'Thank you' a total of 27 times before she even began her speech. She did so while thanking the ecstatic crowd for its rapturous welcome and appeared to be trying to politely stop the clapping and cheering so she could begin.

Revival of India's defence deals with Ukraine will be one of the key areas of focus for PM Modi since the supply chain has been disrupted by the ongoing war with Russia. The ripple effects of this damage have been felt globally, making the potential discussions on defence during the visit all the more significant "In 2023, the Ukrainian defence industry produced weapons and equipment worth $3 billion, adding 1.5% to the country's GDP growth", wrote Wilson Center in its 'Defense Technology Investment in Ukraine Is Attractive but Awaits Greater Risk Insurance'. The report also highlights the challenges and opportunities...

The Prime Minister travelled to Kyiv from Poland in a ‘Rail Force One’ train Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday arrived in Ukraine on a historic visit to the war-torn country. This is the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Ukraine since the country became independent in 1991. The Prime Minister travelled to Kyiv from Poland in a ‘Rail Force One’ train that took around 10 hours. The return trip will also be of the same duration. Mr. Modi will hold both one-on-one and delegation-level talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with a focus on ways to find...

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Saudi Arabia won’t pay the U.S. back for fueling its warplanes as it bombed Yemen, but the U.S. recently resumed weapons sales to the kingdom.Last week, an investigation by The Intercept revealed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has repeatedly stiffed the Defense Department on a bill for support of a Saudi-led war in Yemen that killed hundreds of thousands of people and sparked a humanitarian catastrophe. For months — up to and since publication — the Pentagon has ducked The Intercept’s requests for comment on the unpaid bill. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., in a statement to The Intercept, excoriated...

Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose sent the names of nearly 600 noncitizens who registered to vote to Attorney General Dave Yost for possible prosecution. Of those 597, LaRose says 138 appear to have voted in an election in Ohio when federal records showed they were not citizens. “I’m duty-bound to make sure people who haven’t yet earned citizenship in this country do not vote in our elections,” LaRose said. “The law requires me to refer these individuals to the attorney general, and that’s what we’re doing today.” LaRose launched an extensive citizenship verification audit of the state’s voting system...

Once upon a time, I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the Vice-President. I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for computers and portable electronics. There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind. I live in a free country. There's nothing that the government can do to me if I've broken no laws. My wealth was earned honestly, and an invitation to dinner with an American Vice-President is an honor. I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief...

Iron deficiency (ID) is common in an American statewide health system, and the time to resolution is prolonged, according to a study. Jacob C. Cogan, M.D. and colleagues conducted a retrospective review of electronic medical record data from a Minnesota statewide health system and identified patients with ID (ferritin level ≤25 ng/mL). Participants had at least one follow-up ferritin level within three years. Resolved ID was classified as having a subsequent ferritin level ≥50 ng/mL. Data were included for 13,084 patients with ID between 2010 and 2020. The researchers found that 41.9% of patients had resolution within three years of...

A Dundalk restaurant visited by US President Joe Biden during his trip to Ireland last year has closed its doors. In a post on Facebook, McAteers The Food House said that it has ceased trading as of today. The business said that it was “impossible for us to continue trading”, and that, after a difficult few years, it had become “harder by the day to keep the ship afloat”. The restaurant cited numerous factors, including high costs, as being behind its decision. …

On Thursday night, following an evening that was cringier than a Zoom call with Jeffrey Toobin, Vice President Kamala Harris came on stage and actually spoke to a crowd of people. OK, they were friendly people who would never dream of fact-checking anything she says, no matter how ludicrous. But former President Donald Trump harbors no such reservations. While Harris was speaking, so was Trump, calling out her claims, point by point, on his Truth Social media platform. Here are some of the highlights. The former president asked one great question right away: In this question, I would caution Pres....

A physician scientist is making strides in understanding the molecular origins of fatty liver disease, a leading cause of liver failure. By identifying the critical role the urea cycle plays in its development, his findings could pave the way for new medications to treat this currently incurable disease. In a study, Brian DeBosch, MD, Ph.D., uncovered a critical link between defects in the urea cycle, a key process in detoxifying ammonia in the body, and the development of fatty liver disease. The study found that these urea cycle defects lead to secondary impairment in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, a...

Participants on a self-directed dietary education program who had the greatest success at losing weight across a 25-month period consumed greater amounts of protein and fiber, a study found. Personalization and flexibility also were key in creating plans that dieters could adhere to over time. At the one-year mark, successful dieters (41% of participants) had lost 12.9% of their body weight, compared with the remainder of the study sample, who lost slightly more than 2% of their starting weight, according to a study. The dieters were participants in the Individualized Diet Improvement Program, said Manabu T. Nakamura. "The iDip approach...

After not adding any new members for 13 years, the non-Western international group welcomed Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates last August. The floodgates have since been opened: In February, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor claimed that over 30 nations now want to join the international group. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been vocal about wanting to join the bloc, lobbying Russian, Chinese, and just this week, Indian officials about Malaysia’s application. Thailand also submitted a formal application to join the bloc last June, and officials hope that the Southeast Asian country will be...

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Liquor exports are on a high, led by a 26 percent rise in whiskey shipments in the first half of 2024, complementing the strong performance of Indian-made smartphones and electronics. A Moneycontrol analysis of commerce ministry data shows that India shipped spirits worth $78.5 million in the first six months of 2024. Blended whiskey, which accounts for half of the total whiskey exports, jumped 37 percent, and exporters are now aiming to grow the market for Indian-made single malt. Premium whiskey exports almost doubled to $6.3 million in the six months to June 30 from a year earlier.

A Democratic governor suggested on Tuesday that Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) should be made to “go through” having a member of his family raped. Hadley Duvall, a rape victim-turned-abortion activist, introduced the governor of her home state of Kentucky, Andy Beshear, at the Democratic National Convention on Monday afternoon, hailing the pro-abortion governor as a “champion for women.” Taking the stage, Beshear boasted of abortion-on-demand as a necessary option for women impregnated by rape. “Yet Donald Trump brags about tearing a constitutional right away from Hadley and every other woman and girl in our country,” the governor said. He continued,...

When Joe Biden was elected in 2020, an overjoyed Los Angeles Times boasted that his goal was to “make America California again.” Biden has fulfilled the Times’s vision, if with less than complete success.Over the past few weeks, however, lunchbucket Joe from Scranton has been unceremoniously dumped by the Golden State elite — Nancy Pelosi, Adam Schiff, George Clooney and a passel of tech oligarchs — to be replaced with one of their own, Vice President Kamala Harris. But given the chances of a GOP win this year, the Californians have another favorite in the wings, Governor Gavin…When Joe Biden...

In Bob Dylan’s criminally overlooked 2003 cinematic masterpiece, “Masked and Anonymous,” a newspaper editor tells a reporter: “I will tell you this, there is a story there… Make something out of it. And if you can't do that, sir, then — make it up!” It’s advice that actual journalists today all too often follow. Sometimes, however, they get caught, as PBS just was. Rick laid out all the ugly details here.What is noteworthy is that PBS was clearly caught out because it thought it had a sensational story, one so useful to the leftist cause that it just had to...