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WASHINGTON, DC – AUGUST 3: Senior strategists for former President Donald Trump, Susie Wiles, left, and Chris LaCivita stand outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Court House on August 3, 2023 in Washington, DC. Former President Donald Trump, indicted on charges related to the 2020 election, is scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon. (Photo by Tom Brenner for The Washington Post via Getty Images) (NewsNation) — The two people running former President Donald Trump’s campaign are telling their people to stay away from “dangerous rhetoric” on social media, according to an internal memo obtained by the media watchdog site Mediaite. “Please…
LAS VEGAS — Both Democratic senators from Nevada have signed on to a GOP-led bill to implement a “no taxes on tips” policy — after Donald Trump promised to push the plan at a rally in the swing state about a month ago. Nevada Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen are backing the “No Tax on Tips Act” introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to create a deduction “equal to the cash tips received” by workers during a tax year. Rosen, who moved to Las Vegas after graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1979, worked as a waitress…
BETHEL PARK, Pa. — The FBI has named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., as the suspected shooter in what it described as an assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday.The Secret Service said its agents “neutralized” the shooter, who is now dead. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he was “shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear.” One spectator was killed and two others were critically injured.Bethel Park is a suburb of about 34,000 people, seven miles south of Pittsburgh…
Trump campaign and RNC release speakers for Republican National Convention Updated: 10:19 AM EDT Jul 14, 2024 The Republican National Convention begins Monday. On Saturday, the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee announced the list of headliners and keynote speakers. Here is the list of family, prominent Republicans and lawmakers who will be speaking:Family:Donald Trump Jr.Eric TrumpCo-Chairman Lara TrumpKimberly GuilfoyleEntertainers, Celebrities, & Industry Leaders:Matt Brooks, CEO of the Republican Jewish CoalitionTucker Carlson, Television HostSavannah Chrisley, TV Personality and Criminal Justice Reform AdvocateFranklin Graham, Renowned Faith LeaderLee Greenwood, Country Music Star Alina Habba, Trump Campaign Senior AdvisorDiane Hendricks, Owner of…
CNN — Authorities have identified the gunman involved in the attack against former US President Donald Trump on Saturday as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, who was killed by Secret Service agents at the scene after the shooting. The FBI named Crooks in a statement early Sunday morning, identifying him as a resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania – about 35 miles south of Butler, where Trump was holding his rally. Crooks fired on Trump while perched on a nearby building rooftop outside the rally’s security perimeter, before being killed by the Secret Service, according to law enforcement officials. Witnesses at the rally described a…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump on Saturday, just minutes after a shooting at a campaign rally injured the former president. On his social media platform X, Musk tweeted “I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid recovery,” posting his comments along with a video clip of Trump being taken off stage by Secret Service agents. In a later post, Musk added, “Last time America had a candidate this tough was Theodore Roosevelt.” Responding to someone’s plea to protect himself in the wake of the shooting, Musk said two people on separate occasions tried to kill him…
(Update: Wyden, Merkley X/Twitter posts) SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) – Oregon’s two U.S. senators, a congresswoman and two GOP state legislative leaders issued statements In response to the apparent attempted assassination of President Trump Saturday at a rally in Pennsylvania. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., posted on X (Twitter), “Today’s shooting in Pennsylvania underlines clear the danger of normalizing political violence.” Senator Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., posted: “Violence of any kind has no place in politics. My thoughts are with the former President and all event attendees.” Chavez-DeRemer Statement on Assassination Attempt Against President Trump WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) released the…
CNN — Former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear Saturday evening while speaking onstage at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in an incident that’s being investigated as an assassination attempt from a shooter on a roof near the rally site. Trump was in the middle of delivering his rally speech – turned toward the right with his hands on his lectern – when the sound of multiple gunshots suddenly rang out at approximately 6:15 p.m. ET. Trump grabbed his right ear and dropped to the ground as Secret Service agents told him to get down and rushed to the…
Republicans are set to gather in Milwaukee to select Donald Trump as their presidential nominee at the party’s four-day convention starting on Monday.The Republican National Convention (RNC) comes as Democrats are engulfed in turmoil, with President Joe Biden facing calls to drop out of the race after a disastrous debate performance against Trump raised questions about his mental acuity.Political conventions are a stage for party delegates to select their presidential nominees and to adopt a party platform. Drawing large television and online audiences, next week’s convention is likely to fire up core Republican supporters ahead of the November election.Trump’s campaign…
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans have long had ties to the Heritage Foundation, one of the most influential conservative think tanks based in Washington, D.C. with deep connections to the Republican Party, congressional lawmakers and the broader conservative movement. But if you ask them about the group’s Project 2025, a radical, 900-page policy blueprint that would dramatically restructure the federal government under a second Donald Trump presidency, GOP senators say they don’t know much about it at all.“All I’ve been doing is reading about it from afar,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) told HuffPost. “I haven’t really gotten into it.”Sen. Chuck Grassley…