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What to watch as the Republican National Convention kicks off days after Trump assassination attempt
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Trump assassination attempt live updates: RNC kicks off two days after rally shooting
What we knowFormer President Donald Trump was injured in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally Saturday in Pennsylvania, where he was shot in the ear. He arrived yesterday in Milwaukee, where the Republican National Convention is scheduled to begin today. The FBI is investigating the shooting as an act of domestic terrorism although a motive is still not known for the deceased shooter, identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania. President Joe Biden called on Americans to "lower the temperature" of political rhetoric in an address from the Oval Office on Sunday night, asking for more respectful discourse and civility in the wake of the assassination attempt. Republicans are expected to enter the convention more unified, as the party rallied behind Trump.More security is expected at the four-day event, but no major changes are anticipated for the program. Several speakers were told not to change their speeches.
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Trump Media shares surge 55% in premarket trading after assassination attempt
Trump Media shares surged 50% in premarket trading Monday following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Trump was grazed by a bullet and treated at a local hospital, but released late Saturday after the shooting. Shares in Trump Media & Technology Group were 50% higher in premarket trading at 6:29 a.m. ET, off earlier highs. Trump Media CEO Devin Nunes offered his "deepest sympathies" to those who were wounded in the attack in Pennsylvania and to the family of the pers
Melania Trump breaks silence over Donald’s assassination attempt with plea for Americans to come ‘together as one’
Melania Trump has broken her silence over the assassination attempt on her husband Donald Trump, making an impassioned plea for Americans to come “together as one”.
Trump fundraises off assassination attempt as Biden suspends campaign ads in aftermath of rally shooting
Donald Trump’s campaign has begun soliciting donations in the wake of hisattempted assassination even as Joe Biden’s campaign halted all TV ads while the nation reels from the attack at a rally in rural Pennsylvania.
‘We are not enemies:’ Biden gives forceful Oval Office address following Trump assassination attempt
President Joe Biden forcefully condemned the assassination attempt of Donald Trump in a rare Oval Office address on Sunday evening, saying it was time to “lower the temperature” of politics as the country heads into the final months until Election Day.