Trump rally shooting flings U.S. to perilous juncture: What path will it take?
American history is repeating itself in a most macabre way.
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After Trump assassination attempt, a reckoning over American political rhetoric
BUTLER, Pa. — A day after the shocking assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, a nation is left wondering whether the political polarization that has gripped the country has grown too severe.
Attempt on Trump's life shakes a presidential election like no other
When gunshots pierced the evening air at Donald Trump's rally in western Pennsylvania Saturday night, they echoed generations of political violence in some of America's most troubling moments — giving terrifying, percussive emphasis to a chaotic 2024 presidential election that is unlike any other in U.S. history.
Trump shooting live updates: Suspected gunman killed; spectator dead after assassination attempt
What we knowFormer President Donald Trump injured in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally yesterday in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump, who emerged with a bloodied face, said he was shot in the ear, describing a "whizzing sound" and a “bullet ripping through skin." The FBI said the shooter, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was immediately killed by the Secret Service.The shots at Trump were fired from an elevated position outside the Secret Service's security perimeter for the venue, three senior law enforcement sources told NBC News. A spectator was killed and two were critically injured in the shooting, the Secret Service said, although it did not provide further details about the victims.President Joe Biden called the shooting "sick" and condemned political violence. He spoke with Trump later in the day.
Trump victory trades to swell after shooting, investors say
Saturday's shooting at U.S. former President Donald Trump's election rally raises his odds of winning back the White House, and trades betting on his victory will increase this coming week, investors said on Sunday.
Trump shooting: Questions for Secret Service on how gunman came so close to assassinating ex-president
Major questions on security provided to Donald Trump are being asked after the Republican presidential candidate was targeted by a lone gunman at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday night.
From Lincoln to Trump, America’s dark history of presidential assassination attempts
The assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday has shocked the world. The former president was bundled bloodied from the stage by secret service agents after a bullet clipped his ear.
VP frontrunner JD Vance points finger at Biden for apparent assassination attempt at Trump rally
The man who could end up being Donald Trump’s running mate was quick to directly blame President Joe Biden for the apparent assassination attempt at the former president’s rally on Saturday in Pennsylvania.