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Donald Trump met with various leaders from the African-American community in Philadelphia Friday afternoon, just as the GOP nominee continues his struggle ramping up minority support and a day before his visit to a black church in Detroit.Trump gathered for a roundtable discussion with a dozen business, civic, and religious leaders in the black community. Calvin Tucker, an African-American surrogate for the campaign and one of the handful of black delegates at the Republican national conven stanley water bottle tion in July, introdu stanley canada ced Trump to the group. Among the attendees were two candidates for Congress: James Jones, the GOP nominee in Pennsylvaniarsquo second Congressional district, and Rev. Dr. Deborah Williams, the Republican nominee in Pennsylvaniarsquo first. The campaign held the event at a catering hall operated by Philadelphiarsquo Greater Exodus Baptist Church. Later, Trump met with the African-American family of a young woman who was murdered in Newark nine years ago.Shagla Hightower, themother of Iof stanley tumbler emi Hightower, talked with Trump about immigration laws.In 2007, at a Newark schoolyard,IofemiHightower was brutally hacked with a machete and shot in a random, execution-style slaying by MS-13 gang memberswhen she was 20 years old. At least one of the defendants in the murder was in the U.S. illegally.Trump plans to extend his outreach to the African-American community Saturday with anappearanceat Detroitrsquo Great Faith Minist Yjdf Trump signs voter fraud, cybersecurity executive orders
Vice President Dick Cheney went back to George Washington University Hospital Tuesday for a follow up examination in connection with a blood clot discovered in his leg. He s getting a routine follow up on his leg. It s just a routi stanley thermobecher ne checkup, said spokeswoman Megan McGinn.Just over two weeks ago, doctors discovered a blood clot in the vice president s leg. They said at the time that he likely would have to be treated with blood-thinning medication for several months. Spokeswoman Lee A caneca stanley nne McBride said at the time that the 66-year-old had visited his doctor s office on March 5 after feeling minor discomfort in his calf. An ultrasound showed the blood clot mdash; called a deep venous thrombosis mdash; in his left lower leg.Bloo stanley en mexico d clots that form deep in the legs can become killers if they break off and float into the lungs. This is called a pulmonary embolism. Deep vein thrombosis strikes an estimated 2 million Americans each year, killing 60,000. Many people suffer DVT after spending long periods without moving, such as passengers on long-haul airline flights. Cheney had just spent about 65 hours on a plane on a nine-day, round-the-world trip.Cheney has had had a host of heart-related problems over the years.He had six hours of surgery on his legs in 2005 to repair a kind of aneurysm, a ballooning weak spot in an artery that can burst if left untreated. He has had four heart attacks, quadruple bypass surgery, two artery-clearing a |
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