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Associated Press:
Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says … The FBI said Donald Trump was the target of “what appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, just nine weeks after the Republican …
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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Harris expresses relief Trump safe after gunshots  —  Vice President Harris on Sunday expressed relief that former President Trump was safe following what the FBI said appeared to be a new assassination attempt on him in Florida.  —  “I have been briefed on reports of gunshots fired near …
New York Post:
Trump rushed to safety as Secret Service opens fire on man with AK-47 near golf course  —  Donald Trump was rushed to safety by the Secret Service after agents spotted a man with an AK-47 near his golf course and agents opened fire, law enforcement sources said.
Caitlin McCormack / New York Post:
Would-be Trump assassin's sniper's nest revealed: Photos show AK-47 rifle, GoPro and backpack in hidden spot  —  Authorities have released the first photos from the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at his golf course earlier Sunday.  —  The photos show alleged gunman …
Andrea Torres / WPLG-TV:
Martin County Sheriff: Suspect in shooting near Trump in Palm Beach was ‘relatively calm’ during arrest  —  Martin County Sheriff William D. Snyder said his department's deputies arrested a suspect in a shooting the FBI described as a likely attempted assassination against former President Donald Trump on Sunday in Palm Beach County.
USA Today:
Trump assassination attempt Sunday under investigation: What to know  —  James Powel Phillip M. BaileyUSA TODAY  —  Update: This story has been updated with information from a press conference  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Sunday that it is investigating …
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Biden on Trump shooting incident: “There is no place for political violence” … - “I am relieved that the former President is unharmed. … - “As I have said many times, there is no place for political violence or for any violence ever in our country, and I have directed my team to continue …
Washington Post:
Election 2024 latest news: FBI investigating incident at Trump's golf course as potential assassination attempt
Stepheny Price / Fox News:
Suspect ‘Ryan Routh’ in custody following second assassination attempt on Trump at Florida golf club
Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
Who Is Alleged Trump Golf Course Gunman Ryan Wesley Routh?
New York Times:
Trump Safe After Shooting Reported at His Golf Course
Edward Helmore / The Guardian:
JD Vance admits he is willing to ‘create stories’ to get media attention  —  Republican vice-presidential candidate defends spreading false, racist claims demonizing Haitian immigrants  —  In a stunning admission, Republican vice-presidential candidate JD Vance said he is willing …
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Luke Garrett / NPR:
Vance defends spreading claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets
New York Times:
Trump is safe, his campaign says, after a shooting is reported at his golf course.
Adam Wren / Politico:
‘Springfield, Ohio, is caught in a political vortex, and it is a bit out of control’
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
John Roberts' Secret Trump Help Revealed in Huge SCOTUS Leak  —  BOMBSHELL  —  A memo obtained by The New York Times indicated the chief justice wanted to act quick—and decisively—on Donald Trump's presidential immunity.  —  The Supreme Court was hit by a flurry of damaging new leaks Sunday …
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New York Times:
How Roberts Shaped Trump's Supreme Court Winning Streak  —  Behind the scenes, the chief justice molded three momentous Jan. 6 and election cases that helped determine the former president's fate.  —  Last February, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. sent his eight Supreme Court colleagues …
Rolling Stone:
Mike Lindell Group Accused of ‘Impersonating’ Election Cybersecurity Initiative  —  Lindell's Election Crime Bureau emailed election officials requesting their home addresses and info about how they monitor security threats … Lindell is a prolific supporter of election denial causes …
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump and Loomer Tunes  —  Why is the former President hanging with a 9/11 conspiracist?  —  Donald Trump likes to call his political opponents nuts, as in “crazy Nancy Pelosi,” so then why is he hanging with the 9/11 conspiracist Laura Loomer?  Is he trying to lose the election?
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New York Times:
Suspected Gunman Said He Was Willing to Fight and Die in Ukraine  —  Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, told The New York Times in 2023 that he had traveled to Ukraine and wanted to recruit Afghan soldiers to fight there.  —  Ryan Wesley Routh, the 58-year-old man who was arrested on Sunday in connection …
Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Taliban begins enforcing new draconian laws, and Afghan women despair  —  Afghan religious police wield new power to enforce a ban on women raising their voices in public and looking at men other than their husbands or relatives.  —  As the Taliban begins enforcing new draconian laws …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Isabel O'Brien / The Guardian:
Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims.  Can it keep up the ruse?  —  Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than official tally  —  Big tech has made some big claims about greenhouse gas emissions in recent years.
 
 
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