Trump rally attendee who was killed during assassination attempt identified as Corey Comperatore
The Pennsylvania rally attendee who was killed during an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has been identified as Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief from the area. Comperatore’s death was announced by family members on social media, including his sister Dawn Comperatore Schafer, and was confirmed by Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) on Sunday afternoon. […]
Melania Trump: Shooting was ‘brink of devastating change’
Former first lady Melania Trump on Sunday released a statement on the assassination attempt of her husband, former President Donald Trump. Melania said the shooting, which left Trump with a grazed ear but otherwise unharmed and one spectator dead, put her and their son’s life “on the brink of devastating change.” “When I watched that […]
Top moments from Bob Menendez’s bribery and corruption trial
The bribery and corruption case against Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has featured everything from gold bars to meat monopolies, silver bells to Cuban quirks, Mercedes convertibles to Egyptian camels. The trial took nine weeks. It was complex and delved into serious charges against the longtime lawmaker, his wife, two New Jersey businessmen on trial with him, […]
Rhetoric and the Trump assassination attempt
RHETORIC AND THE TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. The gunman who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump was a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man named Thomas Matthew Crooks, according to the FBI. News reports say Crooks had registered to vote as a Republican but also gave $15 to the anti-Trump group Progressive Turnout Project. Obviously, there is more to […]
FBI identifies Trump shooter as Thomas Matthew Crooks
The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, as the shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, was killed by security moments after he was able to fire off several shots at the Trump rally in Butler. Extraordinary footage obtained by TMZ appears to show Butler lying […]
Project 2025 is nothing like what Biden says it is
President Joe Biden and his reelection campaign are so desperate to find a bogeyman to save their sinking ship that they have now turned a conservative think tank into a major element of their campaign messaging. The Heritage Foundation launched Project 2025 as a presidential transition project to ensure that the next conservative president was […]
Social Security update: Second round of July payments worth $4,873 to go out in three days
The second round of July’s Social Security payments, worth up to $4,873 for the highest-income earners who retire at 70, will go out to the first group of retirees in three days. Here is everything to know about this month’s Social Security payments. What is it? President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law in 1935, creating the […]
GOP kicks off Republican National Convention with slew of changes
Delegates and top party officials from across the country are set to convene for the quadrennial Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday, hours after an apparent attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Trump, whose campaign declared the convention will go on after a bullet appeared to […]
Where abortion is on the ballot in 2024
Voters in at least six states will decide on abortion-related ballot measures this fall, in addition to five additional states that may join them if state officials determine the initiatives qualify for the ballot. Since the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022, many states have put restrictions on the controversial procedure, but abortion-rights activists […]
Trump confirms he was shot in the ear at rally: ‘I knew immediately that something was wrong’
Former President Donald Trump confirmed he was shot in the ear Saturday during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and that “much bleeding took place” afterward. “I knew immediately that something was wrong in that I heard a whizzing sound, shots, and immediately felt the bullet ripping through the skin,” Trump wrote on Truth Social hours […]