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The American reaction to a lone gunman’s botched assassination attempt on Donald Trump has been surreal denialism. The most delusional of these denials? “There is no place for political violence in America.” Ironically and historically, there is, riddled with brutal examples. Successful or failed assassinations against aspiring, sitting, or former American presidents or eminent political leaders have been dictated by historical precedents that still haunt their pop culture and literature.

A national-level programme should be organised, they say

Billy Horschel walks down the 18th hole during day two of The 152nd Open. | Photo by Luke Walker/R&A via Getty Images

Billy Horschel launched up the leaderboard Friday at the Open Championship as he stayed persistent in the rough conditions.

In recent years, I’ve become depressed by the state of research in macroeconomics. I find many new research papers to be almost unreadable. Perhaps this reflects the fact that my own work is increasingly outside the mainstream. Thus I was very pleasantly surprised to see a new paper by Tom Holden that embraces many of the themes that I have been emphasizing.  Even better, the paper is extremely well written (unusual for a macro theory paper) and is forthcoming in the highly prestigious journal Econometrica. Читать дальше...

New Mexico Sen. Martin Heinrich became the third Democratic senator to call for President Biden to drop out of the 2024 race on Friday, joining 26 other lawmakers.

Manx rider Conor Cummins is to ride for the FHO Racing BMW team at the Armoy road races on 26-27 July.

The top UN court says Israel's presence in the Palestinian occupied territories is unlawful and called on it to end. The International Court of Justice said in its non-binding opinion issued on Friday that Israel has abused its status as the occupying power in the West Bank and east Jerusalem by carrying out policies of annexing territory, imposing permanent control and building settlements. It said such acts render "Israel's presence in the occupied Palestinian territory unlawful. It says its continued... Читать дальше...

Who's responsible for it is a source of some contention.

Ever since their dad built them their dream closet, the girls haven't stopped talking about it.

President Joe Biden didn't take the hint when Democrats asked him not to run in 2024, and now things are getting ugly. Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi have a lot of cards to play, but if Joe won't go, it's his call.

Sen. Martin Heinrich called on Biden to "pass the torch" and end his presidential campaign, joining a chorus of Democrats pressuring the president to do so.

From marmite on toast to custard squares, here are eight New Zealand foods every visitor needs to try, according to a Kiwi.

Britain's Got Talent winner Sydnie Christmas has spoken out about the "longest" final in the TV talent show's history, admitting she was almost "sick" with nerves.

The MK Party has asked the KwaZulu-Natal High Court in Pietermaritzburg to review and set aside the "unconstitutional" composition of portfolio committees in the KwaZulu-Natal legislature.

Trump’s pick of JD Vance for his vice president is part of a strategy for cementing Trumpism’s next generation.

Every week, The Local invites readers to submit their pictures to our photo competition, to bring our audience together from all parts of Sweden. This week's winner is Pranvera Backlund, who snapped this idyllic scene near the historic Galtström ironworks.

Juventus are planning to move ahead with the signing of Nice’s Jean-Clair Todibo but the Italian giants still face competition from West Ham.  The Serie A side are now prepared to meet Nice’s €32m asking price as they are bid admirers of the French centre-back, sources have told CaughtOffside. Todibo’s priority is to move to Juventus […]

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Investigators say the cellphone of Thomas Matthew Crooks, who attempted to kill former President Donald Trump, contained a mugshot of a Michigan school shooter and other information from the 2021 attack that left four dead.

While most of us were sleeping last night, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was up livestreaming for nearly an hour to call out the efforts of her Biden-bashing Democratic colleagues as BS. Or, to put it more eloquently, what she hears behind closed doors "is a bunch of horseshit!" — Read the rest

A massive tech failure has caused travel chaos around the world, with banking and healthcare services also badly hit. Flights have been grounded because of the IT outage - a flaw which left many computers displaying blue error screens. There were long queues, delays and flight cancellations at airports around the world, as passe...

What happens when artificial intelligence becomes more powerful than humans?

David Gray insists his squad must keep meeting the standards they set themselves to continue our positive start to the 2024/25 campaign.

Laurel for ‘Holiday Heist,’ a month-long campaign launched in July 2023 to woo tourists through a bidding game

Womens Asia Cup Allround India thrash Pakistan to start title defence