New Trump-backed platform softening abortion language is approved by GOP convention panel
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The new Republican Party platform, which softens the party’s language on abortion, was overwhelmingly adopted Monday by the convention’s platform committee, Donald Trump’s campaign announced in a news release.
The new Republican Party platform, which softens the party’s language on abortion, was overwhelmingly adopted Monday by the convention’s platform committee, Donald Trump’s campaign announced in a news release. Earlier in the day, the former president approved the updated platform, which is called “America First: A Return to Common Sense,” a source familiar with the matter told CNN. The new platform represents a shift in several areas, reflecting Trump’s policy agenda, including a focus on immigration and less attention on the national debt, the source added. The platform will be taken up at the full party convention, which begins in Milwaukee next week. This is a breaking story and will be updated.
FBI says it has disrupted major Chinese hacking operation that threatened US critical infrastructure
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The Federal Reserve is preparing to cut interest rates for the first time in the Biden era after the White House spent the last three years grappling with Americans’ dissatisfaction with the cost of living, raising new questions about the health of the economy and the impact on voters at the ballot box.
Israeli officials notified the US that the country was going to carry out an operation in Lebanon on Tuesday but did not give any details about what they were planning, according to three sources familiar with the matter, including in a call between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant early Tuesday morning.