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Mark Osborne / ABC News:
Trump rushed off stage by Secret Service as possible shots heard at Pennsylvania rally; former president ‘fine,’ spokesperson says — A Trump spokesperson said the former president was “fine.” — LIVE — Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded …
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Kathleen Foody / Associated Press:
Live updates: Shooting at Trump rally is being investigated as assassination attempt, AP sources say — Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd. He quickly ducked behind the podium as agents from his protective detail rushed …
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Secret Service rushes Trump off stage after popping noises heard at his Pennsylvania rally — The former president had just started the event. — Former President Donald Trump was rushed off the stage just minutes into his rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, after loud sounds were heard.
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden — I have been briefed on the shooting at Donald Trump's rally in Pennsylvania. — I'm grateful to hear that he's safe and doing well. I'm praying for him and his family and for all those who were at the rally, as we await further information.
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Will Potter / Daily Mail:
Trump is SHOT in the side of the head and left with blood strewn across his face in horrifying assassination attempt — Donald Trump appeared to be shot in the ear as gunshots were fired at the former president at a rally in Pennsylvania. — Trump grabbed at the side of his face …
Associated Press:
Trump says he is fine after being whisked off stage following apparent gunfire at rally — Donald Trump was whisked off the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania after apparent gunshots rang through the crowd. He quickly ducked behind the podium as agents from his protective detail rushed …
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Washington Post:
Biden, Democrats, Republicans denounce shooting at Trump rally — Politicians said “political violence” has no place in U.S. politics after at least one person was fatally shot at Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pa. The shooter was also killed, authorities said.
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Politico:
Trump ‘felt the bullet ripping through the skin’ during campaign rally shooting — The former president was injured during a shooting at a rally in western Pennsylvania that killed one and injured two others. — Donald Trump survived a shooting Saturday evening at a campaign rally …
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Alexandra Hutzler / ABC News:
Biden statement on Trump: 'I'm grateful to hear that he's safe and doing well'
Biden statement on Trump: 'I'm grateful to hear that he's safe and doing well'
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Secret Service Rushed Donald Trump Offstage at His Pennsylvania Rally
Secret Service Rushed Donald Trump Offstage at His Pennsylvania Rally
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Danielle Kurtzleben / NPR:
Trump is fine after apparent gunshots fired at his rally
Trump is fine after apparent gunshots fired at his rally
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Dasha Burns / NBC News:
Nikki Haley invited to speak at the Republican convention — As of Tuesday, an aide to the former Republican presidential candidate told NBC News that she had not yet received an invitation. — MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has been invited to speak …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
The unusual legal risk Trump will have to navigate at the RNC
The unusual legal risk Trump will have to navigate at the RNC
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Peter Navarro, Trump ex-aide jailed for contempt of Congress, will address RNC, AP sources say
Peter Navarro, Trump ex-aide jailed for contempt of Congress, will address RNC, AP sources say
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Cate McCusker / WMTW-TV:
Sen. Susan Collins will vote for Haley over Trump and Biden in November
Sen. Susan Collins will vote for Haley over Trump and Biden in November
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Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Trump skeptics planning to skip the GOP convention
Trump skeptics planning to skip the GOP convention
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Bernie Sanders / New York Times:
Joe Biden for President — I will do all that I can to see that President Biden is re-elected. Why? Despite my disagreements with him on particular issues, he has been the most effective president in the modern history of our country and is the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump — a demagogue and pathological liar.
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Kyler Alvord / People:
What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word ‘Gender’ to Public Education — Trump's allies started Project 2025 as a blueprint for marrying church and state at the highest levels of government if he's elected — A sweeping proposal for how Donald Trump …
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Bret Stephens / New York Times:
Republicans Will Regret a Second Trump Term
Republicans Will Regret a Second Trump Term
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Second Term for Trump Could Go 4 Different Ways
New York Times:
Unbowed by Jan. 6 Charges, Republicans Pursue Plans to Contest a Trump Defeat … Nearly four years ago, Mr. Trump's attempt to challenge the election results was chaotic and improvised. This year, his allies are systematically searching for any vulnerability in the nation's election system.Scott McIntyre for The New York Times
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ProPublica:
Inside Ziklag, the Secret Organization of Wealthy Christians Trying to Sway the Election and Change the Country — Co-published with Documented — A network of ultrawealthy Christian donors is spending nearly $12 million to mobilize Republican-leaning voters and purge more than a million people …
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Elon Musk Endorses Trump, Moments After Shooting at His Rally — Mr. Musk has drifted rightward considerably during the Biden era. — The tech billionaire Elon Musk endorsed former President Donald J. Trump's presidential campaign mere minutes after Mr. Trump was rushed from the stage at his rally in Pennsylvania.
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Mark Kennedy / Associated Press:
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America's diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96 — Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and best-selling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96.
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Alice Herman / The Guardian:
‘Rule of the lawless’: what does the authoritarian playbook look like? — Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a historian and professor, speaks to the Guardian about the contemporary threat of authoritarianism in the US — Donald Trump has glibly remarked that he would be “a dictator on day one” …
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Politico:
Inside Biden's sputtering campaign to restore Dems' confidence — Senate Democrats are sitting on their hands as the Biden campaign sputters. — Three of Joe Biden's senior aides entered a Senate Democratic lunch on Thursday armed with internal and external polls showing …
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