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Letters: Now that big business is welcome in Louisiana, let the good times roll
Happy to see FBI Director Kash Patel come to Louisiana to take advantage of Sportsman's Paradise (“Kash Patel attends Jeff Landry’s gator hunt, meets with local cops on multiday Louisiana
Letters: Now that big business is welcome in Louisiana, let the good times roll
Happy to see FBI Director Kash Patel come to Louisiana to take advantage of Sportsman's Paradise (“Kash Patel attends Jeff Landry’s gator hunt, meets with local cops on multiday Louisiana
Tough night for George Pickens
George Pickens had a pair of drops and ended up with an underwhelming 3-28-0 line in Dallas' Week 1 loss to the Giants.
Steve Ballmer announces Clippers complying with penalties assessed by NBA over Kawhi Leonard salary cap circumvention
Steve Ballmer announces Clippers complying with penalties assessed by NBA over Kawhi Leonard salary cap circumvention
Cardinals news: Mike LaFleur drops perfect description of Chargers takedown
Mike LaFleur is proud to begin his head coaching career with a win after leading the Arizona Cardinals to a 26-14 road upset win over the Los Angeles Chargers on Sunday afternoon. LaFleur started the first year of his head coaching career in the NFL. He served in multiple positions in college football and the pros, most recently being the Rams’ […] The post Cardinals news: Mike LaFleur drops perfect description of Chargers takedown appeared first on ClutchPoints.
US SECTORS CALL: Energy, Information Technology & Health Care
Rising bond yields and oil prices weighed on stocks last week, though a mostly in-line CPI report on Friday sparked a rebound. The S&P 500 still fell 0.8%, with nine of the 11 sectors declining. Energy (OW) led, rising 2.0%, and it tops the sector derby
“I did a lot of soul-searching [this offseason] and …
“I did a lot of soul-searching [this offseason] and …
“That’s my dawg, but it’s deeper than basketball with …
“That’s my dawg, but it’s deeper than basketball with …
New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson is expected …
New York Knicks point guard Jalen Brunson is expected …
Sonoma Co.: County Launches Free Virtual Workshops For Student Mental Health
The Sonoma County Office of Education is hosting a series of free, virtual workshops for families and caregivers to learn more about various mental health topics that may impact students.
The System Is Not the Patient
Across OECD countries, healthcare spending has long grown faster than GDP, while health-adjusted life expectancy has stagnated or declined and up to 20% of spending remains directed to low-value care. Outcome-based care measures success by patient outcomes relative to resources used, yet no health system has implemented it end to end. The World Economic Forum convened expert workshops to identify practical solutions. This paper argues that full system redesign, perfectly aligned incentives and flawless measurement systems are not prerequisites for progress, highlighting instead six interconnected priorities. The challenge is now to connect existing building blocks into a coordinated system focused on improving patient outcomes.
Bob on Business: Village Homes emerges from Chapter 11 as it pops the cork on 30 years
Also, Southlake puts on a game face; FDA approval sought; more country from Fort Worth network; financing for Whole Foods development.
Zverev Doubles Grand Slam Tally As He Overpowers Shelton In U.S. Open Finals
The German tennis player’s triumph scuttled the chance for American men to put an end to their two decade Grand Slam drought.
Highlights! You want to see some dead bodies?
We were all expecting a lopsided affair on Friday night, but I’m not sure anyone anticipated the sort of lopsided affair that involves breaking century-old records and setting multiple Carter-Finley Stadium records. Over 700 yards of offense, over 400 rushing yards, 10 different guys with at least one carry—seven of them with at least one […]
Cardinals’ Catcher Leo Bernal Off to Blazing Start
With as many talented catchers as the St. Louis Cardinals have brought through their pipeline, the odds were that one would be the long-term solution. And Leo Bernal, who debuted with the club less than two weeks ago, has shown more all-around promise than the organization’s other backstops. If Bernal can consistently produce at the …
Iowa, national politicians court voters at CyHawk tailgates
Iowa candidates turned CyHawk tailgates into campaign stops Saturday, with Republicans and Democrats pitching voters on the issues they say matter most.
Laredo Public Health hosting Get Ready Day workshops
The Laredo Public Health Department is inviting residents to learn lifesaving skills and emergency preparedness through bilingual workshops during Get Ready Day.
Memphis drops CFP statement game to Boise State, 38-20
Boise State scores 32 of the final 35 points and shuts out Memphis in the second half.
500 snails mailed to Tahiti to reclaim their natural habitat
The literal snail mail is all to help save extinct-in-the-wild ‘Partula’ snails.
Qualys Stock Drops After Wedbush Downgrades Core Cybersecurity Business
Qualys stock fell 7% after Wedbush downgraded the cybersecurity firm to Neutral, despite Qualys beating Q2 earnings and revenue estimates.
Military dentists warn toothaches could sideline troops in next war.
Army dentists warn toothaches and infections could sideline troops and strain evacuation systems in a future large-scale war.
Gartner says 58% of finance teams now use AI
A Gartner survey cited by CFO Dive reports 58% of finance teams use AI in 2024. For CFO ops, the next work is ROI, cost controls and governance.
Celtic starting XI for League Cup quarter-final at Ibrox
Celtic are in League Cup action today (Sunday) when they head to Ibrox to take on Rangers in a quarter-final clash.And the Hoops are aiming to maintain their impressive start to the domestic season, w...
This Is Why Ohio State Should’ve Let Texas Score
The Ohio State Buckeyes had no business losing to the Texas Longhorns on Saturday night, not after the way OSU had dominated much of the game. But down the stretch, Arch Manning and the Longhorns started scoring, and the Texas defense began getting stops. All of a sudden, Texas was on the doorstep with less […] The post This Is Why Ohio State Should’ve Let Texas Score appeared first on HEAVY.
OPS educators bring statewide science leadership training back to classrooms
Four Owensboro Public Schools teachers and Lindsey Alvey, the district math and science coordinator, were selected as part of the second cohort of the Kentucky Department of Education’s RISE Leadership Academy, a program focused on developing teacher leaders and improving science instruction across the state.
Bone Health Without the Hype
I am at the Australasian Menopause Society meeting and we had a fantastic lecture on Bone Health on Day 2, called, “Everything you need to know about bones - except the boring bits!” Spoiler alert, there were no boring bits. The lecture was given by Dr. Amanda Beech, who is a senior staff specialist in Obstetric Medicine and Endocrinology at the Royal Hospital for Women, where she is director of the Bone Density Unit. I want to summarize my top 10 take-aways for you. Share Osteoporosis is a disease of low bone mass, disruption of bone microarchitecture, and fragility of the skeleton. It is a silent disease…until someone develops a fracture. The diagnosis of osteoporosis is based on either fragility/minimal trauma fractures or a T-score of less than -2.5 on a DXA (Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry) or bone scan. It is important to recognize that about 50% of minimal trauma fractures occur when women have low bone mass (often referred to as osteopenia), but not osteoporosis. This tells us that bone strength is more complicated than a number on a DXA report. I am going to add a little here that wasn’t in the talk (one can only include so much in 25 minutes), as many women might read the above paragraph and think, “Shouldn’t we be treating everyone with low bone mass if this is when 50% of the fractures occur?” Many fractures happen for women with low bone mass because there are so many women with low bone mass –it is a statement about the population on a whole, not about the fracture risk of low bone mass. For you as an individual, bone density is only one component of fracture risk and many women with lower bone mass will not have a significantly elevated fracture risk. This is why individualized risk assessment matters. Subscribe We build bone in our teens and twenties, and by the time we are about thirty we have reached peak bone mass. This is why, when we discuss risk factors for osteoporosis, it is important to consider factors that might have affected us in our teens and twenties when we were actively building bone, such as nutritional restriction/energy imbalance. It is important to ask women about a history of eating disorders, and for those with such a history, getting a bone scan in perimenopause or at age 50 is likely warranted. (This image below isn’t from the talk, but is similar to one that was). Bone mass is relatively stable until about two years before the final menstrual period, and perimenopause marks a time of rapid bone loss for women. Using urinary markers of bone loss we know that the time of significantly accelerated bone loss starts about 1 year before the final period and ends about 2 years after the final period. The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) shows that over the menopause transition women lose an average of 10.6% of the bone at their lumbar spine and 9.1% at the femoral neck While this wasn’t covered in the lecture, I want to add that the rapid bone loss during perimenopause is clearly related to more than estradiol, because during this time estradiol levels can be erratic and not uniformly low. Bone loss during perimenopause is likely a multi-hormone event. For example, rising FSH (follicle stimulating hormone) tracks with bone loss better than estradiol, and there is evidence that FSH may act directly on bone. While decreased estrogen matters, there is clearly more going on. FSH and bone is an active area of research. Subscribe Screening for osteoporosis was recommended fairly broadly before age 65, and was taken from the “Practitioner’s Toolkit for Managing Menopause,” from Monash University. Here is a screenshot from the toolkit that was used as a slide: I am going to add a little bit more about body weight here for clarification. Low body mass (typically 152.1 lb): 0 points (risk neutral) 60–69 kg (132.3–152.1 lb): 3 points (adds some risk)
Security stops alleged trespasser on Kamala Harris’ Malibu property
Security stopped an alleged trespasser on Kamala Harris’ Malibu property on Friday night, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and her spokesperson, raising security concerns about the former vice president.
Now, after several months spent securing the necessary …
Now, after several months spent securing the necessary …
Helluva week w my brothers. Team chemistry +100000 …
Helluva week w my brothers. Team chemistry +100000 …
“Anytime you get a generational talent like that it …
“Anytime you get a generational talent like that it …
“There’s definitely a lot left [for me to show],” he …
“There’s definitely a lot left [for me to show],” he …
Former Charlotte Hornets first-round pick signs with Real Madrid
According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype, Nick Smith Jr. has signed a one-year deal with Real Madrid.
Blizzard Shadow-Drops New Campaign for Warcraft 3 at BlizzCon 2026
Blizzard has shadow-dropped a brand new campaign for its real-time strategy game Warcraft 3.
NFL Week 1 betting advice: Giants-Cowboys picks and props
Giants-Cowboys wagers to consider as you fill out your tickets
Atlanta Beltline expands small-business incubator with 13 businesses
The Atlanta Beltline expanded its marketplace incubator to 13 businesses across four locations, including many Black-owned shops.
UK studio Bulkhead's Wardogs sells over a million copies and tops 350,000 concurrent players on launch day
Derby studio Bulkhead's tactical shooter Wardogs sold over a million copies and surpassed 350,000+ concurrent players within hours of launch.
Rate. It’s not really intuitive just how much of an …
Rate. It’s not really intuitive just how much of an …
SNL star stops by Old Sacramento business that will be closing its doors
Single California condor mother gets help raising her chick
After coming back from the brink of extinction in the 1980s, the birds are still considered critically endangered.
Spanish GP: Lewis Hamilton crashes at Kimi Antonelli tops final practice from Charles Leclerc in Madrid
Lewis Hamilton crashes in final practice at the Spanish Grand Prix as Kimi Antonelli tops the session; watch Spanish GP Qualifying from the all-new Madring circuit live on Sky Sports F1 at 3pm on Saturday, and the race at 2pm on Sunday
16 splashy and spectacular images from the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year awards
From a pod of dolphins riding a wave to a seahorse the size of a grain of rice.
Squarepoint Ops LLC Invests $4.82 Million in Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. $MSGE
Squarepoint Ops LLC purchased a new stake in Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (NYSE:MSGE - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm purchased 59,537 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,816,000. Squar
@StephenPG3 thinks Khaman Maluach is ready to step up …
@StephenPG3 thinks Khaman Maluach is ready to step up …
Scientists grow iron-rich meat protein in lettuce, a step toward animal-free burgers
Scientists may eventually be able to introduce meat-like characteristics into crops people can eat directly.
Putin warns European troops in Ukraine would mean war with Russia
The Russian president issued the warning ahead of the BRICS summit in New Delhi.
Andover tops Andover Central for second straight year
Andover knocked off crosstown rival Andover Central 20-7 Friday night in KSN's Game of the Week.
Mizzou tops Kansas 38-21; wins 5th straight Border Showdown
Kansas could not overcome their second half mishaps as mishaps as Mizzou was able to secure a 38-21 victory on Friday night.
Giving Props: Vikings Player Bets for This Sunday
Let’s try to increase everyone’s bankroll, shall we?
Central drops Homecoming game vs Abilene Cooper 28-21
SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — The Central Bobcats entered week three of the high school football season 1-1 and hosted Abilene Cooper for their Homecoming. Bobcats were coming off a 40-35 week two loss in which they played catchup the whole game and looked to rebound tonight. Bobcats took on the Cougars for […]
Guthrie Gala raises record $550,000 to support regional health care
More than 400 guests attended the sold-out event.
Weather forecast for Auburn's Week 2 game vs Southern Miss
Fans attending Saturday's game between Auburn and Southern Miss will be battling high temperatures and possibly a few rain drops.
Colombia to Start Aerial Spraying of Coca Crops Despite Health Worries
The plan — quickly challenged by a local court — came days after Colombia’s president and the U.S. secretary of state, Marco Rubio, discussed stronger measures against drug trafficking.
NFL Week 1 betting advice: Eagles-Commanders pick and props
Are you betting on the Birds?
Yosemite National Park highlights Indigenous arrowhead crafting
Called knapping, the skilled process dates back thousands of years.
NationWide Self Storage Expands Business Storage Advantage Program Across More Unit Sizes and Locations
Businesses can receive their first 4 weeks FREE plus 10% off ongoing rent, with select units also offering a $100 in-store credit on moving suppliesVANCOUVER, BC / ACCESS Newswire / September 11, 2026 / is expanding its Business Storage Advantage program, making its business-focused storage benefits available across a broader selection of unit sizes, including more large storage units, at NationWide locations in Vancouver, Burnaby/East Vancouver, South Surrey and Kamloops.At the core of Business
Winners and Losers From Rams Week 1 Lopsided Loss
A look at the winners and losers from the Los Angeles Rams' Week 1 loss.
Tiny crabs discovered hitching rides on sea snakes
It wasn't the wisest move, unfortunately.
2. Bundesliga Topspiel preview: FC St. Pauli vs. VfL Wolfsburg
In a meeting between two Bundesliga relegated sides looking to bounce back into the top flight at the first attempt, St. Pauli will be desperate to claim their first victory of the season when they we...
Routine Reset: How to Prioritize Your Mental Health This Fall
School is back in session and life is getting back to normal, so psychotherapist Niro Feliciano stops by TODAY to share tips for resetting your routine. See her advice for dealing with shorter daylight hours and packed schedules, which includes “progress over perfection,” limiting phone use, going for walks, and more.
London Theatre Drops Duke of York Name After More Than 130 Years
A historic theater in London’s West End is getting a new name after more than a century as the Duke of York’s Theatre. Owners ATG Entertainment said renaming the playhouse as the Tom Stoppard Theatre ...
Those close to the situation remain confident that the …
Those close to the situation remain confident that the …
Squarepoint Ops LLC Decreases Stake in Sphere Entertainment Co. $SPHR
Squarepoint Ops LLC cut its stake in Sphere Entertainment Co. (NYSE:SPHR - Free Report) by 70.4% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 39,480 shares of the company's stock after selling 93,868
The Clippers and the Raptors will be allowed to move …
The Clippers and the Raptors will be allowed to move …
Matson tops Hawaiʻi's Most-Profitable Companies List for 5th Year
Despite a 6.6% decline in profits last year, Matson still came out on top, reflecting its unique niche in the shipping world.
Pop Brothers popsicle business up for sale after 11 years
Owners say it's time for a younger family to take over the Coast franchise.
Elena Rybakina stops Coco Gauff’s U.S. Open surge to face Aryna Sabalenka in the final
The new world No. 1 came back from a set down to meet the player she will replace at the top of women's tennis.
Fact check: Trump, RFK Jr. and others make false claims on night 2 of GOP convention
(CNN) — President Donald Trump delivered another rapid-fire series of false claims on the second night of Republicans’ midterm convention on Thursday. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did his own barrage of wrongness. And various other speakers uttered statements that were untrue, misleading or missing critical context.Here is a fact check of some of the assertions from the final day of the convention. This is not intended as a comprehensive list of Thursday’s falsehoods.Trump’s many false claimsTrump made numerous false claims, some of which he also made in his longer speech Wednesday.Trump claimed that there were “no empty seats” in the Dallas arena as he spoke Thursday, which was visibly untrue. CNN White House correspondent Alayna Treene, who was there, wrote in a live chat right after Trump made the claim that “I’m looking at rows of empty seats” and that “the idea that there are ‘no empty seats’ is just laughably untrue,” though she also said the room was mostly full. Trump has for years made false claims about supposedly never having had an empty seat.Trump further inflated one of his favorite fictional figures, claiming Thursday that “$22 trillion” in investment has come into the US; on Wednesday, he had put it at “over $20 trillion,” and even that lower figure has no apparent basis in reality. As of the time he spoke Thursday, the White House’s own website claimed there had been “$11.2 trillion” in “major investment announcements” this term, not “over $20 trillion,” and the White House figure was itself a major exaggeration of actual investment.Trump, talking about elections, lied that “there’s never been bigger cheaters” than Democrats; there is no basis for broadly describing Democrats as election cheaters. For the second straight night, Trump falsely claimed that the Biden administration allowed “25 million people” to pour into the country, though that number is nowhere close to correct. Trump again falsely claimed that former President Joe Biden and other Democrats “created the worst inflation in American history,” though even peak Biden-era inflation, 9.1% in June 2022, was far from the all-time record of 23.7%; it was a 40-year high, but the rate then fell sharply before Trump returned to office.Trump also baselessly claimed that Democrats would “defund the police” and give “voting rights and welfare to 25 million illegal aliens” if they won the midterms. Republicans will still control the White House in 2027 and 2028 and the president would be in position to veto any such changes if a Democratic-controlled Congress sought to make them, but there is no indication that Democrats want to do so. Also, even groups favoring strict immigration policies estimate that the total undocumented population is far less than “25 million” or even 20 million.As he did Wednesday, Trump claimed the US now has the world’s lowest prescription drug prices. The assertion is so broad that it is unclear what exactly Trump is referencing. But experts told CNN they highly doubt that the prices for brand-name drugs in the US are generally less than they are in other countries, and the Trump administration has not provided details to prove the claim.“It’s tough to claim that you’re getting the lowest prices anywhere in the world and then also not have any evidence to support that,” said Andrew Mulcahy, a senior health economist at RAND, while Diederik Stadig, senior healthcare economist at financial institution ING, said, “To say that the US now has the lowest drug prices in the world is at this moment not true.”And as he did Wednesday, Trump said “more Americans are working today than ever before” – which is true but nearly meaningless, since the number of people working in the US generally rises over time simply because the population rises over time.“There are more Americans working because there are more Americans. That’s the entire analysis,” Justin Wolfers, a University of Michigan professor of public policy and economics, wrote in his newsletter in August.RFK Jr.’s false claims on the pandemic, Trump’s record and moreFalse claim about Democrats and the 2024 electionKennedy unsuccessfully ran for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination before withdrawing to run as an independent and then eventually endorsing Republican candidate Donald Trump. In Kennedy’s Thursday convention speech, he complained of how the Democrats handled the nomination race.At one point, he said, “For the first time in history, they cancelled their own convention. No voter ever cast a primary ballot for Kamala Harris, no elected delegate was ever consulted; the party of ‘No Kings’ simply anointed a queen.”Kennedy is entitled to express unhappiness about how quickly Democratic leaders coalesced around then-Vice President Harris after Biden unexpectedly dropped out of the race in July 2024, after the primaries were over and less than four months from Election Day. But it’s not true that the party canceled its convention or that delegates didn’t get any say.The convention was held; it was a four-day event in Chicago in August 2024. Democratic convention delegates officially nominated Harris in a virtual roll call vote in advance of the convention. It’s true that Harris was the only candidate on the roll call ballot, but that’s because she was the only candidate who gathered enough delegate signatures to appear on the ballot.It’s clear that party elites’ backing of Harris played a key role in the unusual nomination process. But Kennedy’s specific allegations that the convention was abandoned and delegates were cut out of the process are not true.False claim that Democrats closed ‘every church’ during the Covid-19 pandemicWhile attacking Democrats, Kennedy claimed that, during the Covid-19 pandemic, “They closed every church in our country for a year.”It’s not true that every church in the country was closed for a year, nor even that every church in a Democratic state was closed for a year.Every state issued some type of guidance or order about social distancing during the Covid-19 pandemic, but many states – including some led by Democrats and some led by Republicans – incorporated religious exemptions into those limitations on social interactions.According to a Pew Research Center analysis from April 2020, 15 states allowed religious gatherings to continue without a limit on their size. That set of states included Colorado, Michigan and Pennsylvania, which all had Democratic governors. And at least two states with Republican governors, Alaska and Idaho, were among the states that prohibited religious gatherings at least briefly.False claim that Trump ‘ended nine wars’Trump has repeatedly claimed that he has ended “eight wars.” Kennedy went one higher on Thursday, declaring, “President Trump has ended nine wars.”That’s false. Trump hasn’t even ended eight wars.Trump’s list of eight includes two situations that were never actually wars during his tenure: a diplomatic dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia and a mysterious supposed situation between Serbia and Kosovo. The list also includes a war, involving Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, that hasn’t actually ended despite a peace agreement brokered by the Trump administration.In addition, the list includes the war between Israel and Hamas, but Israel continues to conduct frequent attacks in Gaza despite a US-brokered ceasefire agreement. And it includes the brief 2025 conflict between Israel and Iran, though Israel proceeded to join the US in starting another war against Iran in 2026.Claim about reversing a decline in longevityKennedy speaking of the Trump administration, claimed Thursday: “We have now reversed a 30-year decline in longevity. “Kennedy referenced preliminary data that he said he had received from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week, but it’s unclear what metric of longevity he’s referring to.CDC data shows that US life expectancy had been steadily increasing for decades before a sharp drop during the Covid-19 pandemic. Life expectancy had already started to rebound in 2022, under the Biden administration, and reached a new record high in 2024 before Trump’s second term began.Preliminary data shared by the CDC in July suggests that life expectancy probably hit another record high in 2025.CNN has reached out to HHS for clarification on Kennedy’s comments.Claim that Democrats ‘lost 360,000 children’Speaking about Democrats, Kennedy said: “They somehow lost 360,000 children and they turned our federal government into the biggest child trafficking operation in world history.”Trump and other Republicans have made similar claims. But there’s no basis for the assertion that Democrats “lost” so many children or that the federal government was engaged in human trafficking.A 2024 report from the inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security said Immigration and Customs Enforcement had reported that more than 32,000 unaccompanied migrant children failed to appear as scheduled for immigration court hearings after being released or transferred out of custody between fiscal years 2019 and 2023 – a period that, notably, includes two years and four months under the first Trump administration. The report also said that 291,000 unaccompanied migrant children during this period were not given notices to appear in court.The report said that ICE had “no assurances” these children “are safe from trafficking, exploitation, or forced labor.” But it did not say all the children were actually “lost” and did not definitively assert that any of them were trafficked – let alone that the government was somehow involved in a trafficking operation. And, again, the report spanned parts of both a Republican administration and a Democratic administration.Aaron Reichlin-Melnick, senior fellow at the American Immigration Council, told CNN in 2024: “Long story short, no, there are not 320,000 kids missing. 32,000 kids missed court. That doesn’t mean they’re missing, it means they missed court (either because their sponsor didn’t bring them or they are teenagers who didn’t want to show up). The remaining 291,000 cases mentioned by the (Office of the Inspector General) are cases where ICE hasn’t filed the paperwork to start their immigration court cases.”Vance on inflation, crime and taxes on Social SecurityA false claim about the media and Biden-era inflationVice President JD Vance mocked the media during part of his speech on Thursday. But he made a false claim about Biden-era inflation while lampooning how the media supposedly challenged him over another false claim on that subject.Vance said: “The president and I would go during a campaign, we’d say, ‘You know, inflation is as high as it’s been in 100 years,’ and the fake news would say, ‘No, no, no, it’s as high as it’s been in 68 years.’ That ain’t good, ladies and gentlemen.”Mainstream journalists, at least, wouldn’t say that inflation under Biden was as high as it had been “in 68 years.” Rather, CNN and others noted that peak inflation under the Biden administration, 9.1% in June 2022, was the highest in about 40 years.Vance is entitled to make his general point that this correction still doesn’t make Biden-era inflation sound good, but his specific number was, again, wrong. And he didn’t acknowledge that inflation fell sharply under Biden after hitting the 40-year high, declining to 2.9% in Biden’s last full month in office, December 2024, and 3.0% in January 2025, when Trump and Vance were inaugurated.The rate was 3.4% in July 2026, the most recent month for which data is available.Trump didn’t end taxes on Social SecurityVance claimed, “We’ve ended taxes on Social Security.” Several other convention speakers, including Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania and Ohio House candidate Derek Merrin, similarly said the administration has achieved “no tax on Social Security.”It hasn’t. The big domestic policy bill Trump signed in 2025 did create an additional, temporary $6,000-per-year tax deduction for individuals age 65 and older (which phases out for individuals earning $75,000 per year or more), but as the White House has implicitly acknowledged, millions of Social Security recipients will continue to pay taxes on their benefits even before the temporary new deduction expires after 2028.The Social Security Administration said in 2025 that “the bill ensures that nearly 90% of Social Security beneficiaries will no longer pay federal income taxes on their benefits.Claim about violent crime rate under BidenWhile criticizing the Biden administration, Vice President JD Vance claimed Thursday that the US “became a country where violent crime exploded, unless, of course, you could afford private security.”But violent crime did not explode under Biden. In fact, as FactCheck.org reported last month, data collected and published by the FBI shows that the national violent crime rate was at a lower level in 2023 and 2024, the last two full calendar years of Biden’s term, than it was in 2020, the last full calendar year of Trump’s first term. The year 2020 was highly unusual in many ways – violent crime jumped amid the Covid-19 pandemic – but Biden nonetheless left office with violent crime lower than it was when he took over. In fact, the 2024 violent crime rate was even lower than the 2019 rate under Trump before the pandemic.There was an increase in violent crime during the earlier part of Biden’s term. But given the subsequent decline, it’s misleading at best to claim violent crime “exploded” with no further context.Asked earlier this month about Trump’s similar previous claims to have reversed a Biden-era upswing in violence, crime data expert Jeff Asher said in an email: “No, crime began dropping significantly in 2023 during the Biden administration. Murder fell at record rates in 2023, 2024 and 2025 and, while 2026 may not feature a record decline nationally, it is still on track to see a sizable double-digit decline this year. Violent crime similarly fell nationally in 2023 and 2024, though the drops were more muted than the decline that was recorded by the FBI in 2025.”Other GOP speakersMike Johnson’s false claim about the inflation Republicans inherited from BidenSome other speakers at the convention took aim at inflation under Biden. House Speaker Mike Johnson claimed that “Republicans inherited from the Biden administration record-high inflation.”That’s not true. The inflation rate was 2.9% in Biden’s last full month in office, December 2024, and 3.0% in January 2025, when Trump took over. That’s lower than the most recent rate, 3.4% in July 2026, and nowhere close to the all-time record of 23.7%, which was reached in 1920, or the highest point of Jimmy Carter’s presidency, 14.8%, which was reached in 1980.Johnson correctly said moments later that inflation reached “a 40-year high of 9.1% inflation” under Biden. But a 40-year high is not an all-time record. More importantly, Johnson didn’t explain that 9.1% was much higher than the rate Trump inherited or that the 9.1% rate occurred in June 2022, with roughly two-and-a-half years left in Biden’s term.The cumulative increase in prices from the beginning of the Biden administration to the end was also not the highest in US history. Federal figures show that beginning-to-end inflation under Biden was less than half of that during Carter’s term.What Johnson left out of his claim about a congressional resolutionWhile attacking Democrats as extreme, Johnson said: “Just last week, nearly every Democrat in the House of Representatives voted against condemning socialism and Marxism. They voted against it.”But the resolution didn’t use the word “Marxism.” And Johnson didn’t mention that the resolution wasn’t only about condemning socialism. Rather, it contained other language that Democratic leadership said was the focus of the party’s opposition to the resolution.The resolution’s first provision said it “condemns and denounces socialism in all its forms, including the Democratic Socialists of America, and opposes the implementation of socialist policies in the United States.” But its fifth provision said it “calls for enactment of the SAVE America Act,” Trump’s favored elections bill, which contains various provisions opposed by many Democrats.So while it’s very possible many Democrats would have opposed the resolution even without its expression of support for the SAVE America Act, the call to pass this elections bill served as a poison pill that ensured most Democrats wouldn’t support it.“House Resolution 1490 explicitly calls for enactment of the so-called SAVE America Act, which is the top legislative priority of far-right extremists,” Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement last week.A New Mexico candidate left out key context in an attack on his opponentGreg Cunningham, a Republican House candidate in New Mexico, used some of his Thursday speech to criticize his Democratic opponent, Rep. Gabe Vasquez. Cunningham said of Vasquez: “He even voted against a resolution honoring the sacrifices and service of the brave men and women in law enforcement who protect, every day, our communities.”But Cunningham left out important context about the resolution. While its focus was expressing support for law enforcement, its preamble contained statements praising the Trump administration and criticizing “leftist activists,” “progressive politicians” and “sanctuary city policies” for allegedly making law enforcement less safe.In other words, a House member might vote against such a resolution, as the vast majority of Democrats did, because they disagreed with conservative components of it, not the general expressions of support for law enforcement. (CNN has reached out to Vasquez’s campaign and House office for comment on his vote.) It’s common for parties to write resolutions in a way that would make it difficult for opponents to support but would open those opponents to campaign attacks if they voted “no.”An Ohio candidate’s misleading attack about Democrats and votingMerrin, the Republican candidate running against Democratic Rep. Marcy Kaptur for a House seat in Ohio, claimed in his speech, “While Democrats talk about letting illegal immigrants vote in our election, Republicans fight for proof of citizenship, photo ID and fair elections.”It’s a big country, so it’s possible some Democrat somewhere is talking about letting undocumented people vote in some election. But Merrin’s claim is misleading at best. There is no proposal from Democrats in Congress to let undocumented people vote in the 2026 midterms – the election Merrin appeared to be referring to when he said “our election” – or vote in future federal elections.CNN has reached out to Merrin’s campaign for an explanation of his claim.House Majority Leader Steve Scalise invoked a similar theme in his speech Wednesday, claiming that Democrats had voted last week “to allow illegals to vote in our federal elections.” But there was no congressional vote on letting undocumented immigrants vote in any elections.Rather, there was a vote on the non-binding Republican resolution that included multiple provisions, including one that “reiterates the notion that American elections are for American citizens only,” one supporting Trump’s favored elections bill and one denouncing socialism.Opposing that multi-clause resolution doesn’t necessarily mean someone supports voting by any non-citizens, let alone non-citizens in the country illegally.This article has been updated with additional items.CNN’s Deja Oliver contributed to this report.The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. 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