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Former President Trump returned to the swing state of Pennsylvania on Saturday just two days before Republicans gather for the convention and prepare to nominate him for the third consecutive time.  Trump's trip and rally to Butler County, in Western Pennsylvania, was set to begin at 5 p.m. at the Butler Farm Show grounds.  Pennsylvania, with 19 electoral votes, is one of the most vital battleground states that Trump's campaign has focused on. The former president held a rally last month at Temple University in Philadelphia. TRUMP DROPS MAJOR HINT ON HIS RUNNING MATE, AND TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT Trump has strung out his choice of running mate, leaving speculation soaring about whom the former president will choose. TRUMP'S ODDS OF WINNING PRESIDENCY SOAR AS BIDEN FACES GROWING SCRUTINY The most-mentioned possibilities are North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and Tim Scott of South Carolina. Vance, in nearby Ohio, will not ...

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times : Galaxy Digital: investment in crypto by VCs and others rose to $3.2B in Q2 2024, the highest amount in a quarter since Q4 2022, and up from $2.5B in Q1 2024   —  Plus, updates on former FTX executives and PayPal's stablecoin … Crypto start-ups trying to raise money have found it very difficult over the past few years.

President Biden is spending his weekend away from the White House at his Delaware beach house, a well-known retreat for the president, ahead of high-stakes interviews and the Republican Party's convention next week. Following a Friday evening campaign event in Michigan, the president's weekend at Rehoboth Beach has been largely quiet after he acknowledged on Thursday that he needs to "pace" himself yet insisted he should take on a more robust schedule ahead of the 2024 election. Biden is expected to take part in two conference calls on Saturday with House Democrats – the New Dems Coalition and the Congressional Progressive Caucus – but has no public events on his Saturday Rehoboth schedule. Thirteen Democrats in the New Dems Coalition have called for Biden to step aside in the 2024 race. It has been reported that the president may also attend a church service during his weekend trip. BIDEN TELLS MICHIGAN CROWD HE'S 'NOT GOING ANYWHERE' AMID CHANTS OF...

Several conservative entities expressed outrage on Friday after news broke that Amber Rose, the model and TV personality and ex-girlfriend of Kanye West, would be speaking at the Republican National Convention (RNC). Critics called out the GOP for giving such prominence to Rose , a rapper and model who also wrote "How to Be a Bad B---h," with one critic sharing a video of her discussing Satanism. "George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Liz Cheney, Nikki Haley, and Ron DeSantis weren't invited to speak at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee next week. But no worries. Rapper and model Amber Rose will give a speech," read a post on X from the account "Republicans Against Trump." "Wait until Trump finds out about this tweet," they added, citing Rose’s adamant opposition to Trump in 2016. TRUMP EX MARLA MAPLES RESPONDS TO VEEP TALK: 'I'M OPEN… TO SERVE' "Man, f--- the fact he’s old, and f--- the fact that he was...

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch : PartnerOne acquires HeadSpin, whose founder is serving a jail sentence for fraud; email: employees' stock options were canceled as the options were “underwater”   —  Employees' stock options were cancelled, according to a document viewed by TechCrunch.

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg : Chainalysis: more than half of all illicit transaction volume in crypto now winds up on centralized exchanges   —  - Chainalysis finds record stablecoin usage in suspect activity  — Over half of illegal funds wind up on centralized exchanges  —  Suspect digital wallets have distributed close …

A growing list of close allies and former advisers to President Obama are looking to sink President Biden's re-election bid. The cascade began with former Obama adviser David Axelrod sounding the alarm following Biden's dismal debate performance last month, and was followed by a group of former advisers known as the "Obama bros" during their time working at the White House, as well as actor George Clooney, who is close to the former president. "Obama bro" Jon Favreau broke his silence concerning Biden's mental fitness on Wednesday, just hours after the damaging op-ed by Clooney published in The New York Times calling on the president to quit the 2024 race. OBAMA SILENT OVER REPORTS HE'S WORKING ‘BEHIND THE SCENES’ TO FORCE BIDEN OUT OF THE 2024 RACE "It was not surprising to any of us who were at the fundraiser. I was there. Clooney was exactly right, and every single person I talked to at the fundraiser thought the same thing, except for ...