(The Center Square) – In response to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., Saturday evening, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is putting the city on high alert while using the incident to condemn gun violence. Adams posted on social media Saturday evening that the New […]
(The Center Square) – Top state leaders condemned former President Donald Trump’s attempted assassination at a rally north of Pittsburgh on Saturday. The statements flooded in just hours after a shooter opened fire at the Butler Farm Show Grounds, grazing Trump’s ear as he spoke to the crowd. One person died and another was injured […]
(The Center Square) – A now-deleted Facebook post by a staffer of Mississippi’s lone Democrat congressman appeared to support the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday. The deleted post by Jacqueline Marsaw, a field director for U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Mississippi, said “I don’t condone violence but please get you some shooting […]
(The Center Square) – Kentucky once again had a banner year for tax collections as the state’s General Fund received $15.57 billion in revenue for the 2024 fiscal year, which ended on June 30. In a release Thursday, the Office of State Budget Director reported the fund grew by $423.6 million, a 2.8% increase, from […]
(The Center Square) – A second Indiana community is being taken to court by state Attorney General Todd Rokita. He says Monroe County is violating a new state law mandating local officials work with federal agents to remove people living in or who have entered the country illegally. Rokita on Friday announced he’s seeking to […]
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, […]
BUTLER, PENN. — As soon as he saw me, he shook my hand. It was that thing that all electeds do—the familiarity, the warmth, or the faux-warmth—but he’s better. It feels like he means it. “Salena, it’s so great to see you. How are you doing? How are all those grandkids?” Donald Trump always remembers my grandkids. […]
In the hours after the shooting at a Donald Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, the former president and presumptive Republican presidential nominee is gaining support from a former Obama ally. Trump was wounded while speaking to supporters Saturday night. He was rushed off-stage by the Secret Service. The FBI has since identified the shooter as […]
Former President Donald Trump released a statement the day after the assassination attempt against him urging his supporters to stand united, and confirming that he still plans to speak in Wisconsin at the Republican National Convention. On Sunday morning, Trump posted the update on Truth Social thanking supporters for their thoughts and prayers as it […]
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 […]
