Washington DC CPAC Conference 2024
Author: Ross Mulcahy
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Despite the Constitution, Trump says he’s ‘not joking’ about eyeing a third term
Trump Announces 25% Auto Tariffs On All Cars Not Made In US
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Elon Musk’s ‘MAGA Millions’ strategy is a sad reflection of modern American democracy
Candidate For Wisconsin Supreme Judge Brad Schimel Campaigns Throughout The State
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How we know the unthinkable could happen in America
DGCP holding two alleged gang members
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This overlooked line in Trump’s Smithsonian executive order is truly alarming
People wait in line to enter the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture on the National Mall in in 2017.
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I held three town halls in GOP districts. I heard one question over and over again.
Ro Khanna speaking during a town hall
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Highlights: Trump joint session of Congress address fact-check, opinion and analysis
What to know
- President Donald Trump delivered his first joint congressional address of his second term tonight — the longest one ever at roughly 1 hour and 40 minutes — in the U.S. House chamber in Washington.
- Trump touted his administration’s aggressive cuts to the federal workforce and so-called America First approach to foreign policy. The speech followed Trump and Vice President JD Vance’s stunning display of hostility toward Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday.
- Some Democrats boycotted the speech, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Gerry Connolly. Sen. Elissa Slotkin gave the Democrats’ response to the address, with Sen. Bernie Sanders delivering his own.
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Paris 2024: Daniel Wiffen surges to gold in 800m final
Daniel Wiffen staged a storming final stretch in the men’s 800m freestyle final to clinch gold at Paris 2024 in an Olympic record time.
Second going into the final 150m of the race, Wiffen reeled in Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieri before triumphing in a time of 7:38.19.
The Armagh man’s success marks a second medal in the pool in as many days for Ireland at Paris 2024 following Mona McSharry’s bronze medal feat the previous night at the La Defense Arena in the west of the French capital.
Having been presented with his gold medal, an emotional Wiffen told RTÉ Sport how special it is to hear Amhran Na bhFiann once again. “I ain’t much of a crier, I shed a lot of tears there. You never really see me cry, so it’s a big achievement for that! It’s amazing, I love hearing the national anthem,” he said.
“I think I’ve heard it more times in my life now than a lot of people. This is my sixth time this season hearing it, so it’s kind of crazy. I’m just so happy.”
Wiffen, whose first Olympic appearance came at the delayed Tokyo Games, arrived in Paris as a genuine medal contender, fresh from having won both the 800m and 1500m titles at February’s World Aquatics Championships in Doha.
Despite the successes there, the 23-year-old had targeted improvements including with his breathing technique, telling RTÉ Sport earlier this month that, “you’re going to see a new Daniel Wiffen in Paris”.
But five months ago, rivals such as USA’s Robert Finke and Australia’s Samuel Short had sat out the Worlds.
However, with Short falling just short of the top eight in Monday’s heats, only Finke had qualifed for Tuesday’s final of that duo and in a time almost a second and a half behind Wiffen’s 7:41.53 high-water qualifying mark.
Starting Tuesday night’s final in lane four between Italy’s Gregorio Paltrinieria and Tunisian Ahmed Joauadi, Wiffen was third after the first 50m, with Australia’s Elijah Winnington taking the early lead through the first 200.
By the 300m-mark, Wiffen had moved up to second, within a second of Winnington, before he took the lead at the halfway point of the race with Finke second and Winnington moving down to third.
With 150m to go, Wiffen found himself narrowly off the lead just behind Italy’s Paltrinieri but he saved his best until last as he surged into the lead with Finke also moving forward into the silver medal position.