RFK Jr. getting Secret Service protection

RFK Jr. getting Secret Service protection

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. addresses the Libertarian Party’s national convention in Washington, U.S., May 24, 2024.  Brian Snyder | Reuters Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will receive Secret Service protection at the direction of President Joe Biden as a result of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, U.S. … Read more

Trump to announce VP choice within hours, ex-president tells Fox News

Trump to announce VP choice within hours, ex-president tells Fox News

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a campaign rally ahead of the Republican caucus in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., January 27, 2024.  Ronda Churchill | Reuters Donald Trump plans to announce his running mate on Monday, Fox News reported after speaking with the former president. “He did confirm that he’s going … Read more

Trump classified documents case dismissed by judge over special counsel appointment

Trump classified documents case dismissed by judge over special counsel appointment

A federal judge in Florida on Monday dismissed the criminal classified documents case against former President Donald Trump, saying the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith as prosecutor for the case violated the appointments clause of the U.S. Constitution. Trump was accused in the case of illegally retaining classified government documents after leaving the White … Read more

Trump Reveals ‘Whole Different’ Angle To RNC Speech

Trump Reveals ‘Whole Different’ Angle To RNC Speech

Donald Trump said he had been set to deliver a “humdinger” of a speech criticizing President Joe Biden at this week’s Republican National Convention. “Honestly, it’s going to be a whole different speech now,” he told the Washington Examiner on Sunday, one day after he survived an assassination attempt. The former president told the newspaper … Read more

FBI Probing Trump Rally Shooting As Potential “Domestic Terrorism” Act

FBI Probing Trump Rally Shooting As Potential “Domestic Terrorism” Act

Trump was left with a bloodied face after a bullet pierced the upper part of his right ear. Milwaukee: The gunman who shot at former president Donald Trump during an election rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday appears to have acted alone, said the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which is probing the incident as a … Read more

World leaders condemn assassination attempt on Trump: ‘Tragedy for democracy’

World leaders condemn assassination attempt on Trump: ‘Tragedy for democracy’

Republican candidate Donald Trump is seen with blood on his face surrounded by secret service agents as he is taken off the stage at a campaign event at Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024.  Rebecca Droke | Afp | Getty Images World leaders have joined together to condemn the assassination attempt … Read more

Joe Biden: Failed Trump assassination ‘not who we are as a nation’ – National

Joe Biden: Failed Trump assassination ‘not who we are as a nation’ – National

President Joe Biden on Sunday condemned the attempted assassination of his predecessor, Donald Trump, as “contrary to everything we stand for as a nation” and said he was ordering an independent security review of how such an attack could have happened. Biden delivered short afternoon remarks from the White House after receiving a briefing on … Read more

CNBC Daily Open: Trump assassination attempt

CNBC Daily Open: Trump assassination attempt

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. … Read more

Biden Pleads With U.S. To ‘Lower The Temperature In Our Politics’

Biden Pleads With U.S. To ‘Lower The Temperature In Our Politics’

In a Sunday night Oval Office address to the nation, President Joe Biden called on Americans to come together and “lower the temperature in our politics,” a day after a man shot at former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. “While we may disagree, we are not enemies,” Biden said in his … Read more

Man killed at Trump rally identified as firefighter Corey Comperatore, who ‘died a hero’

Man killed at Trump rally identified as firefighter Corey Comperatore, who ‘died a hero’

Firefighter Corey Comperatore was killed during the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, Pennsylvania Gov Josh Shapiro said Sunday. Comperatore was one of the thousands of people who attended the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, part of Trump’s 2024 reelection effort. He died trying to protect his family, according to the governor. Authorities have identified … Read more