Jul 15 Clues, motive of man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump remain elusive as authorities continue investigation By Associated Press Investigators are hunting for any clues about what may have driven Thomas Matthew Crooks to try to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jul 15 After the assassination attempt against Trump, anger and anxiety loom over the Republican convention By Steve Peoples, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Anger and anxiety loom as thousands of Donald Trump's loyalists are gathering for the Republican National Convention. Continue reading
Jul 15 Judge Cannon dismisses Trump’s federal classified documents case By Eric Tucker, Associated Press U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon granted the defense motion to dismiss the case on Monday, voiding a prosecution that at the time it was brought was seen as the most perilous of the multiple legal threats Trump faced. Continue reading
Jul 14 WATCH: America must not go down road of political violence, Biden says in Oval Office address By Will Weissert, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden warned Sunday of the the risks of political violence in the U.S. after Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, saying, “It's time to cool it down.”… Continue reading
Jul 14 A timeline of how the attempted assassination of former President Trump unfolded By Jamie Stengle, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally Saturday that set off panic as a bloodied Trump was surrounded by Secret Service and hurried into his vehicle. Here's what's known so far about the timeline… Continue reading
Jul 14 WATCH: Biden’s Oval Office address on Trump’s attempted assassination – PBS News special report President Joe Biden gave an Oval Office address Sunday, a day after former President Donald Trump was injured in an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Continue reading
Jul 14 Watch 3:18 What happened during and after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump By John Yang, Lorna Baldwin, Kaisha Young, Zoie Lambert For the first time in more than four decades, someone who has been president of the United States was wounded in an assassination attempt. Former President Donald Trump’s injuries aren’t life-threatening, but Saturday’s shooting in Pennsylvania could make an already… Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch 7:59 As RNC looms, what to know about the political fallout of the Trump rally shooting By Amna Nawaz, Geoff Bennett, Lisa Desjardins As lawmakers and delegates gather in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention this week to officially nominate Trump for the 2024 presidential race, what was meant to be a celebration has taken on a different tone in the wake of… Continue watching
Jul 14 Gunman pointed rifle at local officer before firing at Trump during rally, sources tell AP By Julie Carr Smyth, Jill Colvin, Colleen Long, Michael Balsamo, Eric Tucker, Michelle L. Price, Associated Press Not long before shots rang out at Trump's campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, rallygoers noticed a man climbing to the roof of a nearby building and warned local police, according to two law enforcement officials. Continue reading
Jul 14 Attendee killed at Trump rally was a former fire chief who shielded his family from gunfire By Associated Press The former fire chief who was killed at a Pennsylvania rally for Donald Trump spent his final moments diving down in front of his family, protecting them from the gunfire that rang out Saturday during an assassination attempt against the… Continue reading