Here's what Republicans are planning to row in Detroit after the chaos of 2020. A surprising move by the FDA allows compounded weight-loss drugs to remain in production. And a foot found on Mount Everest may belong to a climber who disappeared 100 years ago.
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How Trump's allies caused electoral chaos in 2020 – and what they are planning for 2024
The day after the 2020 election, former President Donald Trump claimed that “incredible ballots” were wiping out his lead in several “Democrat-run and controlled states.” Although Trump's claim was patently false, his supporters rushed to the TCF Convention Center in downtown Detroit, where 170,000 mail-in votes were being counted.
What followed was chaos. After authorities barred entry to poll watchers on both sides, Trump supporters argued with police and election officials, banged on windows and shouted “stop the count” outside a room where poll workers were displaying ballots. military.
Nearly four years later, the chaos at the TCF center has scarred the minds of many election officials, lawyers and election observers. These cases not only open a unique window into how cautious volunteers, misinformation and distrust in electoral systems can undermine democracy; It offers a roadmap for what could happen this year.
An NBC News investigation can now report the extent of the Republican Party and Trump campaign's involvement in the 2020 TCF Center ordeal. It involved more people than previously known in the Trump campaign
And a video from a 2024 poll watcher training session in Michigan shows some guard up about how the RNC legitimizes its vote-challenging tools and challenges.
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➡️ Trump's recent comments about Detroit and other Democratic-run cities Continuing a long-running theme Your speech.
➡️ Harris He sharpened his attacks on Trump A rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, called him “increasingly volatile and unbalanced.”
➡️ How is Harris' campaign? Aim to increase your popularity Among the educated suburbanites of Pennsylvania.
➡️ There is the Harris campaign So far, his clearest efforts have begun To reach black male voters.
➡️ Half of voters They are planning to vote earlyAnd according to an NBC News poll, a deep partisan divide remains in the primary votes.
➡️ Former President Bill Clinton said the election will happen Whether the vote was fair and transparent.
➡️ Mayor Mike Johnson predicts that the elections will reflect “a demographic shift”. Showing larger blocks of voters helping to elect Republicans.
Survivors of the Maine mass shooting and families of victims have alleged negligence by the US military
Survivors and family members of victims of last year's mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, will file a negligence lawsuit against the federal government, which could pave the way for 100 separate lawsuits, lawyers representing them said. The plaintiffs will give legal notice of their intent to sue the Department of Defense, the Army and Keller Army Community Hospital in West Point, New York, alleging that they failed to respond to warnings and threats made by shooter Robert Card. A few months earlier, he had killed 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar.
Major reports released in recent months have highlighted possible mistakes by military, law enforcement and hospital workers and how the shooting could have been avoided. One report mentions Card's stay in a psychiatric hospital months before the shooting, while also detailing how Card's family alerted local authorities to his deteriorating mental health. Read the full story.
FDA allows the resumption of production of compounded weight loss drugs
Compounding pharmacists and weight-loss patients scored a major victory when the FDA last week approved the production of copycat versions of tirzepetide, the active ingredient in Eli Lilly's diabetes and weight-loss drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound. Earlier this month, the agency said the shortage of tirzepatide had been resolved, meaning compounding pharmacists had to stop prescribing the drug. But after a compound trade group filed a lawsuit, the FDA said it would reevaluate its decision and “take no action” against the plaintiffs and their affiliates if they manufactured the compound tirzepatide.
The FDA's decision was met with relief by some pharmacists and patients. Eli Lilly insists there is no shortage of drugs. A North Carolina doctor said he believes the lawsuit has less to do with shortages and more to do with the lucrative nature of compounded weight-loss drugs. In other words, money.
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- Canada Six Indian diplomats were expelledIts connection to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader represents a major deterioration in relations between the two countries.
- The trial of a man accused in the 2017 murders of two Indiana teenagers has begun, and lingering questions and complex connections remain unanswered. Finally the light can come.
- Victoria's Secret fashion show is back after a four year hiatus, A look to reflect on the “angels” of the famous past and “who we are today”.
Classification team: Famous climber's remains were found after perhaps 100 years
What would you do if you found a foot on a hike? I would be surprised. Turns out that's what happened recently to a National Geographic documentary crew on Mount Everest. Perhaps even more surprising because the cut rug may have belonged to a famous climber who disappeared with a climbing partner during an expedition 100 years ago. It has to undergo DNA testing to confirm who it belongs to, but the discoveries are incredible Could solve a mystery about the doomed pair, important to climbers and historians alike. – Elizabeth Robinson, Newsletter Editor
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