Trump delivers longest-ever convention acceptance speech: From the Politics Desk
20 Jul
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Trump delivers longest-ever convention acceptance speech: From the Politics Desk

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Politics tamfitronics Welcome to the a special editionFrom the Politics Deskbringing you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.Tonight, senior national politics reporter Matt Dixon wraps up former President Donald Trump's lengthy GOP convention speech, his first since the shooting at his Pennsylvania campaign rally. Plus, we fact-check Trump's claims on taxes, crime and foreign policy.Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.Trump savors convention crowd in lengthy acceptance speechBy Matt DixonMILWAUKEE — Donald Trump on Thursday night formally accepted the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in a speech heavy with references to the shooting he survived last week and elongated by ad-libbed applause lines and riffs — capping a long-anticipated moment that came only after a winding and dramatic campaign.Trump, now the...
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Ryan Selkis Quits as Messari CEO Following Inflammatory Tweets
20 Jul
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Ryan Selkis Quits as Messari CEO Following Inflammatory Tweets

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Politics tamfitronics Ryan Selkis stepped down as CEO of Messari, the crypto data and research firm he co-founded, following a series of inflammatory tweets about politics, civil war and his desire for an immigrant to get expelled from the country.He announced his departure Friday on X, the social media platform where he pumped out a flood of controversial messages this week.00:59Profit-Making Crypto Address Makes New Investment of $16M in BTC00:34Could the Upcoming Bitcoin Conference Move Markets?11:27How Grayscale's 2.5% Fees Could Impact Investor Interest02:02WazirX Hacked for $230M; Mark Cuban, Vitalik Buterin Speak Up on Crypto and Politics"This week was the first week in 6.5 years that my politics and rhetoric put the team in way," he wrote. "As such, I have decided to step aside as CEO."Never a stranger to launching insults on X, he...
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Malaysia celebrates Sultan Ibrahim’s coronation as 17th king
20 Jul
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Malaysia celebrates Sultan Ibrahim’s coronation as 17th king

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Politics tamfitronics Malaysia on Saturday installed a motorcycle-riding billionaire sultan as its new king in lavish ceremonies for a post seen as a ballast in times of political crises.The coronation ceremony for King Sultan Ibrahim, 65, at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur followed his oathtaking in January as the country’s 17th monarch.Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy, with a unique arrangement that sees the throne change hands every five years between the rulers of nine Malaysian states headed by centuries-old Islamic royalty.While chiefly ceremonial, the position of king has in recent years played an increasingly important role.Royal intervention was needed to name prime ministers three times following the collapse of governments and a hung parliament that followed the 2018 electoral defeat of scandal-tainted premier Najib Razak.The 17th King of Malaysia, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar...
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Politics latest: COBRA meetings held over widespread IT outages; Zelenskyy makes historic visit to No 10
20 Jul
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Politics latest: COBRA meetings held over widespread IT outages; Zelenskyy makes historic visit to No 10

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