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![Republican vice presidential candidate, Sen. J.D. Vance speaks to Donald Trump Jr. (left) during preparations for the second day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0717-jd-vance-400x300.jpg)
J.D. Vance Website, Including His Anti-Abortion Views, Mysteriously Disappears
Trump has made it a point to downplay his and the Republican Party's views on abortion in this year's election.
![Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson speaks during the first day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0717-ron-johnson-400x300.jpg)
Ron Johnson Falsely Insinuates That Large Public Schools Led to Trump Shooting
Johnson made the remarks at a panel for Moms for Liberty, a group notorious for its attacks on public education.
![A pregnant woman in ppe crosses a busy intersection while talking on her cell phone](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0717-pregnant-worker-400x300.jpg)
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Includes Heat Safety Protections at Work
While the law has been enforceable since 2023, it wasn’t until June that its final regulations went into effect.
![President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign rally at Girard College on May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-joe-biden-f-400x300.jpg)
Biden Says He’s Done “More” for Palestinians “Than Anybody” as He Backs Genocide
Israel’s genocide, underwritten largely by Biden, has killed at least 39,000 Palestinians so far — but likely far more.
![A police officer walks along the East Front of the U.S. Capitol on May 16, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-police-400x300.jpg)
Police Violence Is Also Political Violence — and Deeply Normalized in the US
The threat of state-sanctioned violence is so constant in the US that it doesn’t even make the headlines.
![Former President Donald Trump attends the first day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-donald-trump-r-400x300.jpg)
Trump Uses Assassination Attempt to Demand All of His Indictments Be Dropped
Most Americans want Trump to face trial in the election subversion case before the 2024 election, polls have found.
![A view of a damaged vehicle at the site of the Israeli bombing of Al-Mawasi camp the day before, on July 14, 2024, in Khan Yunis.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-gaza-a-400x300.jpg)
Israeli Forces Dropped 2,000-Pound Bombs on Gaza “Safe Zone,” Killing 90
At least one of the eight 2,000-pound bombs used in the massacre was made in the US.
![A Palestinian child cries after Israeli fighter jets hit a United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) school, killing and injuring many in the Nuseirat refugee camp of Deir al-Balah, Gaza, on July 16, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-gaza-child-400x300.jpg)
Israel Ramps Up Massacres in Gaza as Media Focuses on Presidential Horse Race
Israeli forces have massacred nearly 60 people in the Gaza Strip over just the past 24 hours.
![Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks at the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-mtg-400x300.jpg)
GOP Speakers at First Night of RNC Attack Transgender Youth
“The language of hate has an emotional cost,” said Fair Wisconsin Executive Director Abigail Swetz.
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Hundreds March Against GOP in Milwaukee During First Day of RNC
“We want to stand with Palestine, and we want peace and justice,” one participant in the march said.