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Hear Elon Musk’s remarks at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania Former President Donald Trump is joined by Tesla CEO Elon Musk at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, where the former president survived an assassination attempt in July 2024. Read the full article here

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Lebanese authorities said Israel’s bombardment had killed 50 health workers in the past three days as Israeli fighter jets continued to launch strikes across the Arab state. The Israeli military said on Saturday its forces had struck a mosque in southern Lebanon adjacent to a hospital, which it said was being used by Hizbollah fighters as a command centre, while its forces battled the militant group’s fighters in the border region.A Hizbollah-affiliated hospital in southern Lebanon, The Martyr Salah Ghandour, said it…

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False claims about the federal response to the historic devastation left by Hurricane Helene are spreading out of control on social media, hampering recovery efforts in hard-hit areas, according to local officials. The flood of misinformation targeting the Biden administration’s response to the destructive storm is an ominous sign for the coming election, with the presidential contest between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris sure to trigger further attacks on the truth. “If you think the lies and distortions and know-nothing takes about FEMA are bad, just wait until this time next month,” Tim Alberta, The Atlantic staff writer and author, wrote on X, one of the primary platforms where falsehoods have spread faster than facts. Elon Musk,…

Stacie Grissom and Sean Wilson lived in New York City for almost a decade, and then the covid-19 pandemic hit.In early 2020, Grissom was pregnant with their first child and working in marketing at BarkBox, while Wilson was working as an orthopedic surgeon in NYC hospitals.Seeing the state of the city during that time made Grissom realize she was ready to move back to Franklin, Indiana, their hometown, which is about 30 miles from downtown Indianapolis.”We had a reevaluation that it’s the people who matter the most, so we wanted to move back to our hometown to be by our…

U.S. broadband providers had their networks breached in a cyberattack tied to the Chinese government that targeted wiretap requests, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.The attack may have allowed China to gain information on the American federal government’s court-authorized network wiretapping requests, the newspaper found.It’s possible the hackers had access for months or longer to networks the U.S. uses to make lawful requests for communications data, the WSJ wrote, citing people familiar with the matter.China denies allegations from Western governments and technology companies that it uses hackers to access government information.Government officials have been concerned these cyberattacks could be…

A federal judge on Wednesday set back Republican efforts to thwart President Biden’s student loan bailout, allowing the government to proceed with his debt cancellation plan weeks before the November election.  U.S. District Judge Randal Hall of Augusta removed Georgia from a lawsuit brought by seven Republican-led states against the Biden administration after he determined the Peach State lacked standing to sue over the loan forgiveness action. The judge said Georgia had failed to show it would be harmed by the administration’s plan to eliminate $73 billion in student loan debt held by tens of millions of Americans.The decision came…

Attitudes about the obligation to provide care for an aging parent in failing health vary. In some families, there is an unspoken expectation that it is the daughter’s job to provide this care, despite the fact that there is no legal obligation for any particular person to do so. Rarely does the son or son-in-law of the elder step in and volunteer to do the work. There are exceptions, but most caregivers are women in these situations. Here at AgingParents.com, where we consult with families, we see the daughter or daughter-in-law simply taking leadership and stepping in to do the…

Oklahoma is soliciting bids for Bible suppliers to provide their wares for the state’s education department – and the specific requirements fit Bibles endorsed by former President Donald Trump. The Bible parameters laid out in the state superintendent for public instruction’s request for proposals (RFP)– including containing the Pledge of Allegiance and the Declaration of Independence – are a match for musician Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA Bible. The RFP requirements also say that the Bibles must have the Old and New Testaments, and include copies of the US Constitution. According to Oklahoma Watch, the parameters for the bid…

Rachel Reeves has vowed to “invest, invest, invest” as she prepares to ramp up borrowing to fund a multibillion-pound capital programme at this month’s Budget.But the UK chancellor also sought to assure jittery markets, telling the Financial Times she would install “guardrails” and was not in “a race to get money out of the door”.“It’s about making prudent, sensible investments in the long term and we need guardrails around that,” she said.In an interview, Reeves also indicated higher taxes would help fill a £22bn hole she has identified in the public finances and take pressure off government departments, some of…