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Donald Trump has picked his running mate, just in time for the Republican National Convention. And another heat wave is making its way across the country. |
👋Hey, Monday! Laura Davis here, back from a little time off in the mountains. I spent today catching up on the news, so now, let's get you caught up! Here is what's been going on. |
And the Republicans have a VP pick. Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Monday to announce he's chosen Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio as his running mate. The 39-year-old is expected to officially accept the nomination on Wednesday, but for all intents and purposes, we can expect him to be on the ballot with Trump in November. |
Some fast facts about Vance: |
- He was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2022. |
- Vance rose to stardom for his 2016 memoir "Hillbilly Elegy." |
- He would be the first millennial to serve as vice president. | Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, center, is congratulated after being introduced during the first day of the Republican National Convention on Monday, July 15, in Milwaukee. Vance was named Donald Trump's pick for running mate. Mike Desisti/USA TODAY |
Republican National Convention opens | After months of speculation about Trump's VP pick and an assassination attempt just two days ago, Monday is the first day of the GOP's convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, when Republicans will begin laying out their conservative pitch to voters across the country. Trump arrived in Milwaukee on Sunday night and said he is changing the focus of his big convention speech. The assassination attempt against him provided a "chance to bring the whole country, even the whole world, together," he said in an interview. 🗳️ Follow our live updates from the RNC. |
No criminal charges in assassination attempt |
Butler County District Attorney Richard A. Goldinger said Monday his office isn't planning to file any criminal charges related to the assassination attempt at Donald Trump's campaign rally, which the FBI said it's investigating as a potential act of domestic terrorism. Goldinger said because the gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, died at the scene and appeared to be working on his own, there are no charges to file. 👉 See the latest on the investigation. |
'Dangerous' heat wave bakes from coast to coast |
As the political world is heating up, so is the world outside. A record-breaking heat wave expanded into portions of the central and eastern U.S. on Monday, threatening urban areas with "particularly intense" temperatures, forecasters warned. |
Deadly heat: The unrelenting heat, which has set dozens of records and has been tied to at least 30 fatalities in the West, has scorched much of the western U.S. and parts of the South, Southeast, mid-Atlantic and southern New England over the last week. More than 140 million Americans were under some form of heat alert on Monday. 🥵 Here's how long it will last. | A tourist is pictured drinking water as he hikes in the Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, near Furnace Creek. ETIENNE LAURENT, AFP via Getty Images | | | | President Joe Biden is set to sit down with NBC's Lester Holt Monday night after the assassination attempt on Trump. | | | | | Worry grows about the U.S. hosting the 2026 World Cup after a dangerous fan situation unfolded at Hard Rock Stadium during the Copa America final. | | | | The Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Department has draped Corey Comperatore's gear in black and displayed it as a memorial at the firehouse. | | | | The day college football video game fans have been waiting for is here. What to know for EA Sports College Football 25 release. | | | | Katy Perry is defending her latest song and music video, "Woman's World," as critics describe it as "cringe" and a "monumental catastrophe." | | | | Kyle Carrozza, an animator for several Cartoon Network, Disney and Nickelodeon shows, was arrested on child porn possession charges. | | | | "Now I'm trending," the rapper posted along with a photo of Donald Trump's head attached to his body on his 2003 "Get Rich or Die Tryin'" album cover. | | | | The lavish wedding between Indian billionaire heir Anant Ambani and pharmaceutical heiress Radhika Merchant was star studded. | | | | A 3.4 magnitude earthquake shook the ground around Somonauk, Illinois on Monday morning. | | | | James B. Sikking, known for his roles on "Hill Street Blues" and "Doogie Howser, M.D.," has died. The actor was 90. | | | | | Brighten your day with one of our games. | | | | | |
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