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Melania Trump: There's More to the July Shooting Story

Former first lady gives rare interview, discusses assassination attempts

(Newser) - Melania Trump has given her first TV interview in more than two years, one in which she questioned the narrative surrounding the attempted assassination of her husband in Pennsylvania, reports CNN . The former first lady spoke to Fox News for the interview that aired Thursday, which comes ahead of the...

Trump to 'Finish Our Speech' at Site of Assassination Attempt

New rally scheduled in Butler, Pennsylvania

(Newser) - Former President Trump is planning a return to Butler, Pennsylvania, the site of the first assassination attempt against him. The Republican presidential nominee will "hold a rally on the very same ground where he came within a quarter of an inch of losing his life," the Trump campaign...

Michael Cohen: 'I'm Out of Here' if Trump Wins

Former Trump fixer says he's 'already working on a foreign passport'

(Newser) - You might recall prominent Americans vowing to flee the country if former President Trump won the presidency in 2016. Trump did, of course, take the White House, and basically none of those influential people followed through on their vow. But they are not Michael Cohen, who says he's serious...

Harris: Let's Ditch Filibuster to Codify Roe v. Wade

It's the first time as nominee she's gone that far in regard to abortion rights

(Newser) - Kamala Harris has made another move to differentiate herself from Donald Trump on the issue of abortion, reports Axios . In an interview with Wisconsin Public Radio , the vice president backed the idea of carving out an exception to the filibuster rule in the Senate to codify abortion rights into federal...

Trump Pushes New 'Protector' Theme to Women

'You will no longer be thinking about abortion,' he says at Pennsylvania rally

(Newser) - With polls suggesting a widening gulf between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on female voters, the former president is sounding a new theme to win them back: "I am your protector." The Hill reports that the former president posted a lengthy Truth Social post to that effect over...

Trump Gains Strength in 3 Battleground States

He leads in Arizona, North Carolina, and Georgia, according to New York Times poll

(Newser) - Major new polls are coming out with increased frequency as the 2024 campaign enters the home stretch, and the latest from the New York Times and Siena College should please the campaign of Donald Trump. It shows the former president with increased strength in the three swing states of Arizona,...

Trump: 'I Don't See' a Fourth Campaign

Former president doesn't think he'll run in 2028 if he loses in November

(Newser) - Donald Trump doesn't think he'll be on the GOP ticket four straight times. In an interview aired Sunday on the Sinclair Media Group's Full Measure, the former president suggested he won't run in 2028 should he lose to Kamala Harris in November.
  • "No, I don'
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CNN Proposes Another Debate. Harris, Trump Answer Quickly

Republican nominee says Oct. 23 would be too late

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris accepted an invitation to debate Donald Trump on CNN next month, challenging the former president to consent to a rematch. Trump immediately rejected the idea, the Washington Post reports. "Donald Trump should have no problem agreeing to this debate," statement released by the Democratic...

Trump: Jews 'Would Have a Lot to Do' With It If He Loses

Ex-president says Jewish Americans who vote for Harris over him 'should have their head examined'

(Newser) - On Thursday, Donald Trump appeared at two different events to speak on antisemitism and shore up Jewish support for his reelection campaign, vowing at one event in front of Jewish donors to be "the best friend Jewish Americans have ever had in the White House," per the AP...

NC Candidate Stays in Race After Report of Porn Site Posts

Mark Robinson, GOP nominee for governor of North Carolina, denies the words are his

(Newser) - The Republican nominee for governor of North Carolina made a series of posts on a pornography website years ago in which he expressed support for Adolf Hitler, called himself a "black NAZI" and said he'd support the return of slavery, CNN reports. Of enslaved people, Mark Robinson added...

Pennsylvania Poll Results Are a 'Bit of a Puzzle'

NYT says Harris is ahead in key battleground state but tied with Trump nationwide

(Newser) - Pennsylvania and its 19 electoral votes could be key to winning the White House in November—and it's currently neck and neck between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, according to one of two major polls. The candidates are in a statistical tie in the state, with 48% of likely...

FBI: Biden Campaign Staffers Were Sent Hacked Trump Info

Unsolicited emails were sent by Iranian hackers, federal agencies say

(Newser) - Donald Trump's campaign said Wednesday that President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris should "come clean" about information Iranian hackers stole from it. Federal agencies said Wednesday that the hackers sent information to people associated with the Biden campaign in June and July. The FBI, the Office of...

Trump Shooting Suspect Is Charged
Cops: Trump Suspect Camped
at Site for 12 Hours
UPDATED
Sep 16, 2024 12:35 PM CDT

Cops: Trump Suspect Camped at Site for 12 Hours

Ryan Wesley Routh faces his first charges in Florida after alleged assassination plot

(Newser) - The man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump camped outside a golf course with food and a rifle for nearly 12 hours before a Secret Service agent confronted him and opened fire, according to court documents filed Monday. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, faces charges of possessing a...

What We Know About Suspected Trump Gunman
Son of Suspected Trump
Gunman Defends His Father
the rundown
Sep 16, 2024 8:30 AM CDT

Son of Suspected Trump Gunman Defends His Father

Ryan Routh, 58, once embraced the Ukraine war as a personal cause

(Newser) - The suspect in what is being investigated as another assassination attempt on Donald Trump has what the Washington Post aptly describes as a "quixotic past." Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, lives in Hawaii now, but spent much of his life in North Carolina. The Wall Street Journal similarly observes...

As Trump Readied His Putt, He Heard 'Pop, Pop' of Gunfire

'My father is running out of lives here,' says Eric Trump after second apparent assassination attempt

(Newser) - As the FBI investigates what appears to be a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump, new details are emerging about what unfolded at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday afternoon. Details:
  • Gun spotted: Trump was golfing at Trump International Golf Club (not Mar-a-Lago), when a Secret
...

Suspect in Alleged Attempted Trump Assassination IDed

Ryan Wesley Routh traveled to Ukraine in 2022 to aid in the war effort

(Newser) - The suspect accused of staging an assassination attempt on Donald Trump Sunday has been identified by a law enforcement official as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Hawaii. Per the New York Times , last year, Routh gave an interview to the newspaper for an article about Americans traveling to Ukraine to...

Trump Answers Criticism of Conspiracy Theorist Ally

GOP nominee posts that he doesn't agree with everything 'free spirit' Laura Loomer says

(Newser) - Donald Trump has declined to put much distance between himself from Laura Loomer, saying that while he doesn't agree with every statement she's made, the conspiracy theorist is "a free spirit" who "has to say what she wants." Some of his Republican supporters, including Sen....

Pope Francis Doesn't Like Either 2024 Candidate

Pontiff says Harris, Trump are both 'against life' and suggests people vote for 'the lesser of two evils'

(Newser) - Pope Francis would apparently like a third option when it comes to 2024 presidential candidates. Speaking to reporters Friday on a plane returning from Asia, the pope declared that both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are "against life," though for different reasons.
  • He summed up Trump and Harris,
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Laura Loomer Attack Each Other

Trump allies trade accusations of racism, antisemitism

(Newser) - An online war of words—including accusations of racism and antisemitism—has broken out in Donald Trump's inner circle, sparked by a post mocking Vice President Kamala Harris' heritage. After Harris posted a photo of herself visiting her grandparents in India as a child on Sunday, Laura Loomer—a...

No More Debates, Trump Posts
Trump Says There
Will Be No Rematch
Sep 12, 2024 4:35 PM CDT

Trump Says There Will Be No Rematch

Harris posts that voters deserve another debate

(Newser) - Minutes after the presidential debate ended Tuesday night, Kamala Harris' campaign challenged Donald Trump to another one. Both sides have been discussing scheduling a showdown later this month with NBC News, the New York Times reports, and Trump had said he'd committed to it. But on Thursday, at the...

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