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Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after officially accepting the Republican presidential nomination on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Leon Neal/Getty Images hide caption

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Linda McMahon, former administrator of the Small Business Administration, during the Republican National Convention. Hannah Beier/Bloomberg/Getty Images hide caption

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Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, speaks on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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Michail Chkhikvishvili, alleged leader of a Neo-Nazi organization, was indicted at the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse on Wednesday morning for soliciting violent hate crimes. If convicted on four counts, he faces 50 years in U.S. prison. Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance speaks during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Wednesday. Vance spent a portion of his address speaking about the influence of his late grandmother, who he called his "guardian angel." Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption

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Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, speaks at the 2024 Republican National Convention on Wednesday in Milwaukee as Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump watches. There are more than a dozen so-called "fake electors" from several states serving as delegates at this year's convention. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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Incarcerated people are key in fighting wildfires. But building a career after prison isn't easy

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A sign marks the entrance to a voting precinct on the first day of early voting in the general election in Phoenix, Oct. 12, 2022. Arizona Latinos responded to a tough crackdown on immigrants by building a turnout machine that helped propel Democrats to power. Ross D. Franklin/AP hide caption

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Growing Latino electorate could again be key to this election year in swing states

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Workmen searched through the debris of what was the carpenter shop on the pier at Port in Chicago, Calif. on July 18, 1944, after the building was leveled by the explosion of two munition ships the evening of July 17. Other buildings on the waterfront and in the town itself were shattered by the terrific blast, which was felt 50 miles from the scene. EKB/AP hide caption

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A car is crushed by a fallen building that hosted the Gansevoort mural that was struck by a tornado, in Rome, N.Y., on Tuesday. Much of the U.S. and Canada is cleaning up or still dealing with a new wave of severe storms that have caused deaths and damage this week from the Plains to New England. John Clifford/The Daily Sentinel/AP hide caption

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What will Donald Trump say at the Republican National Convention this week, after an attempt on his life? Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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What will Trump tell the RNC after an attempt on his life?

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Death row inmate Ruben Gutierrez was set to receive a lethal injection on Tuesday at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, before the Supreme Court issued a stay. Texas Department of Criminal Justice/Texas Department of Criminal Justice/AP hide caption

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The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building. A study on judiciary workplace finds significant problems with the courts’ effort to police themselves. Andrew Harnik/AP hide caption

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Co-chair of the Republican National Committee Lara Trump blows kisses to her father-in-law, former President Donald Trump, after speaking during the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee on Tuesday. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Utility crews work to restore electricity in Houston on Thursday. Prolonged outages following Hurricane Beryl has some fed-up and frustrated residents taking out their anger on repair workers who are trying to restore power. Lekan Oyekanmi/AP hide caption

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