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Joe Biden made a plea for political violence to end — and for passions to cool — in a rare Oval Office address following the attempted assassination of his rival, Donald Trump. “There is no place in America for this kind of violence, for any kind of violence, ever, period,” Biden said. “No…

Fox News was carrying Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, PA, live at 6:11 p.m. ET when suddenly, chaos ensued as the former president grabbed his ear, then plunged to the ground and Secret Service pounced on top of him for protection. Shannon Bream, the host of Fox News Sunday and legal correspondent…

Actor-director Tim Robbins is calling out the conspiracy theories following the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, including that it was a staged event akin to a plot point in his 1992 movie Bob Roberts. Robbins wrote on X/Twitter, “To anyone drawing a parallel between my film Bob Roberts and the…

Donald Trump plans to trek to Milwaukee today after surviving an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, PA. “Based on yesterday's terrible events, I was going to delay my trip to Wisconsin, and The Republican National Convention, by two days, but have just decided that I cannot allow a…

Joe Biden said that he has ordered an independent review on national security at Donald Trump’s rally “to address exactly what happened” in the assassination attempt on the former president. Much of the focus has been on how the shooter was able to gain access to rooftop vantage point, where he was…

Joe Biden’s interview with NBC Nightly News anchor Lester Holt is still on, but will now be taking place at the White House on Monday, according to a network source. The interview was to take place in Texas, but Biden’s trip there was canceled in wake of an assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the…

The attendee killed in the shooting at Donald Trump’s rally on Saturday was identified as Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old firefighter with a wife and two daughters who “died a hero,” said Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. “Corey dove on his family to protect them last night to protect them as this…

Robert De Niro ranted. Bette Midler blared about “autocracy.” Lea DeLaria declared war. But Donald Trump, though convicted in New York and shot in Pennsylvania, is still marching toward Milwaukee, where the Republican National Convention begins tomorrow. Meanwhile, George Clooney called for a new…

Former First Lady Melania Trump, in her first remarks since the assassination attempt on the life of her husband, Donald Trump, said that “the fabric of our gentle nation is tattered,” while she called for a more humane approach to political discourse that has gotten increasingly toxic. “We have…

Donald Trump on Sunday called for Americans to “stand united” after surviving an assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania the day before, an incident that has shocked the political system and recalled the country’s long, dark past of political violence. In a post on his social media account…

Elon Musk has endorsed Donald Trump for president, after the former POTUS was shot in an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally. Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter), used the platform Saturday to tell his 189 million followers: “I fully endorse President Trump and hope for his rapid…

UPDATE: The FBI identified the shooter who attempted to kill former President Donald Trump. Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, PA was identified as the gunman. Authorities said that they were still trying to determine a motive. The gunman was killed by counter snipers after he fired…