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CNN — The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump is the worst security blunder by the US Secret Service in the last 40 years, and it has sparked an ongoing standoff between the Secret Service and local police, with both sides arguing that the Secret Service should have been responsible for securing the building where the shooter was hiding. This public contradiction is a major departure from the normally close and positive relationship between the Secret Service and local police, and could lead to an erosion of trust and put further strain on security operations. The Secret Service is…
Summer seems too cold for us to wear anything but shorts or miniskirts. But wide-leg jeans make the list, an easy, breezy trend that will be popular throughout 2024. Don’t believe us? Just look at Natalie Portman’s high-waisted jeans for proof. On Monday, the award-winning actress scenery To promote her new series”The Lady of the Lake.” She wore a white, three-quarter-sleeve knit top with popcorn embellishment, which she paired with wide-leg blue jeans and black Mary Jane shoes. The Dior ambassador also wore a blue monogrammed version of the Paris brand’s book tote bag. Getty Images Blue jeans, white shirt…
Candidates who have applied for a re-examination of the voting process for the recently concluded Lok Sabha and state assembly elections can choose from several options provided by the Election Commission, including opting for Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) from any polling station in their state assembly district or opting for mock voting and virtual ballot paper audit trail (VVPAT) vote counting.The commission released the technical standard operating procedures (SOPs) on Tuesday.Eleven candidates have applied for memory verification of EVMs and VVPATs, a demand that essentially means a re-collation of votes cast in 5% of the EVMs in each constituency.This is…
HONG KONG — Just minutes after Donald Trump was led away from a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, following Saturday’s assassination attempt, printing presses halfway around the world were already churning out T-shirts emblazoned with a portrait of the former president, blood coming from his ear and fist raised high.It was a Sunday morning in China, and Chinese retailers were listing products on Alibaba-owned Taobao, one of the country’s most popular e-commerce sites, with the now-famous photo, published by the Associated Press, of Trump surrounded by Secret Service agents. One listing seen by NBC News hours after the shooting showed a…
FanDuel, the only online platform in Washington, D.C., that offers citywide sports betting, stopped accepting bets as of Tuesday because Mayor Muriel E. Bowser has yet to sign the city’s fiscal 2025 budget that would allow sports betting to continue in the city.In a statement to The Washington Post, FanDuel said it would resume sports betting operations in the city “following final approval of the DC fiscal year 2025 budget.””Susana Castillo, a spokeswoman for Mayor Bowser, told The Washington Post that the mayor received the budget bill (which goes far beyond sports betting) on Thursday and has 10 business days…
Amazon Prime Day 2024 has arrived and it has brought a slew of discounts across the entirety of Amazon’s online storefront. As expected, going to Amazon’s site today will get overwhelming really quickly. Even if you came prepared with a wishlist of items you hope to buy on sale, it can be easy to get distracted by the thousands of other deals available during this members-only event.If any of the items on your list happen to be tech or tech related, Engadget has you covered. We’ve scoured Amazon to find the Prime Day deals on tech and gadgets that you…
Top Line Elon Musk, the billionaire head of Tesla and SpaceX, plans to donate $45 million a month to a pro-Trump political action committee ahead of the November election, marking Musk’s biggest move in a months-long shift toward Republican politics, even though he has a long history of donating to political candidates, including lawmakers from both parties. Billionaire Elon Musk has a long history of donating to both Democrats and Republicans. … [+] He appears to be fully committed to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.AFP via Getty Images Key Facts Musk plans to donate $45 million…
According to the Pakistan Army press service, the terrorists attacked a Rural Health Centre (RHC) in Khiri Shamozai district of Dera Ismail Khan district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.The civilians killed in the shooting included two minors, as well as RHC staff members, including two female medical workers and a security guard at the facility. Photo: UnsplashPress Trust of India Peshawar Pakistan’s military said a terror attack on a medical centre in the restive northwest countryside on Tuesday killed at least seven people, including two security guards and two minors. According to the Pakistan Army press service, the terrorists attacked a Rural…
In the wake of the assassination attempt, former President Donald Trump made a major move in his campaign by selecting Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate.Vance was a critic of Trump during the 2016 election but has since become an ardent supporter.Speaking to CNBC-TV18, senior journalist and author Mayank Chaya suggested Trump’s decision to pick the 39-year-old Vance could be due to his confidence in his chances of victory, especially given the wave of sympathy he has generated among his supporters following the assassination attempt. But Chaya was skeptical that Vance could expand Trump’s base beyond his existing…
The judge presiding over the bribery trial of New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez has indefinitely postponed the trial of his co-defendant, Nadine Menendez, who is undergoing cancer treatment, court records showed Tuesday. “The trial in this case is postponed indefinitely,” U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein wrote in a brief decision he signed Monday, using Latin and legal terms that mean undated.Barry Coburn, an attorney for Nadine Menendez, declined to comment. She and her husband were indicted last year on charges of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in gold bars and cash from three New Jersey businessmen in…