Photojournalists at the event managed to capture many of the scenes unfolding before them ― including the immediate response from the attendees and from the former president himself, who raised a fist in the air as law enforcement tried to protect him. Here are some of the many photos that documented what authorities have described … Read more
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) said Sunday that Corey Comperatore, the former fire chief for Buffalo Township, was shot and killed during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler the previous evening. Shapiro said in a news conference that Comperatore’s wife told him Comperatore, a father of two daughters, dove on his … Read more
WASHINGTON ― He’s too old. He rambles and makes no sense. There are legitimate concerns about his mental and physical fitness to be president. But Donald Trump, 78, didn’t raise much concern among Republicans this week when, during a campaign rally, he incoherently wandered through his remarks, went off on a bizarre tangent about a … Read more
A gunman fired from a rooftop into the crowd of a Donald Trump rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday night, leaving the former president wounded, killing an attendee and seriously wounding two others. The gunman is also dead. The presidential candidate ducked as the shots were fired less than 10 minutes into his speech, setting off … Read more
President Joe Biden released his first statement on the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday afternoon. “I’m grateful to hear that he’s safe and doing well,” read the statement, which was released about an hour and a half after Trump was hurt when shots rang out while he was speaking on … Read more
President Joe Biden spoke Saturday hours after former President Donald Trump was wounded in a shooting at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, saying “everybody must condemn” political violence. “There’s no place in America for this kind of violence, it’s sick, it’s sick,” Biden said. At the time of his remarks, Biden said he hadn’t gotten … Read more
Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville, who wagered Monday that President Joe Biden will exit the presidential race following last months’ disastrous debate against Donald Trump, argued Friday that a second Trump term would mean “the end of the Constitution.” “I think that you are going to see a destroyed NATO,” said Carville on Mediaite’s “Press … Read more
Bill Maher is doubling down — and reiterating that President Joe Biden can’t win the race. The “Real Time” host, who declared after last month’s disastrous debate against Donald Trump that Biden “is going to lose” reelection, isn’t convinced that the ongoing efforts to reassure voters will succeed. “Stop fucking around,” urged Maher. “The issue … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is on a public and private blitz to shake off concerns about his cognitive capacities. But with public doubts about his fitness to serve unabating, Biden’s every move is now under a withering microscope as any potential stumble risks becoming magnified and delivering another blow to his candidacy. To … Read more
DETROIT ― An energetic, fast-talking President Joe Biden rallied supporters here Friday night with sharp attacks on his rival, Donald Trump, and a vision for the second term he remains intent on pursuing. “There’s a lot of speculation lately, What’s Joe Biden going to do?” Biden said, kicking off a half-hour address to a crowd … Read more
