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Trump was on the links taking a breather from the campaign. Then the Secret Service saw a rifle

Sep. 16, 2024 01:43 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sunday was to be a day of relative rest for Donald Trump, a rare breather this deep into a presidential campaign. Aside from sounding off on social media, golf was on the agenda. Then the Secret Service spotted the muzzle of a rifle sticking out of a fence in...

Apparent attempt on Trump's life raises questions about how it could have happened again

Sep. 16, 2024 01:02 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — An apparent attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump as he played golf in Florida has rocked a presidential campaign already marred by violence and raised questions about how such a thing could have happened for the second time in as many months. U.S....

Trump was the subject of an apparent assassination attempt at his Florida golf club, the FBI says

Sep. 16, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump was the target of what the FBI said “appears to be an attempted assassination” at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, just nine weeks after the Republican presidential nominee survived another attempt on his life. The former...

5 things to know about the apparent assassination attempt on Trump at one of his golf courses

Sep. 15, 2024 22:16 PM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is safe following what the FBI says "appears to be an attempted assassination” while playing golf two months after another attempt on his life at a rally in Pennsylvania. Local authorities said the U.S. Secret Service...

FBI says former President Donald Trump was subject of 'an apparent assassination attempt' at his Florida golf club

Sep. 15, 2024 16:49 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI says former President Donald Trump was subject of 'an apparent assassination attempt' at his Florida golf club.

2 charged with soliciting attacks on minorities, officials and infrastructure on Telegram

Sep. 09, 2024 20:37 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two people who prosecutors say were motivated by white supremacist ideology have been arrested on charges that they used the social media messaging app Telegram to encourage hate crimes and acts of violence against minorities, government officials and critical infrastructure in...

Footage of motorcade racing JFK to the hospital after he was shot is set to go to auction

Sep. 04, 2024 23:18 PM EDT

DALLAS (AP) — Newly emerged film footage of President John F. Kennedy's motorcade speeding down a Dallas freeway toward a hospital after he was fatally wounded will go up for auction later this month. Experts say the find isn't necessarily surprising even over 60 years after the...

Gunman in Trump assassination attempt saw rally as 'target of opportunity,' FBI official says

Aug. 28, 2024 17:08 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunman in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump searched online for events of both Trump and President Joe Biden, looked up information about explosives over the last five years and eyed the Pennsylvania campaign rally where he opened fire last month as...

The FBI says nearly 1,000 interviews conducted in probe of Trump assassination attempt but suspect’s motive is unclear

Aug. 28, 2024 13:56 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI says nearly 1,000 interviews conducted in probe of Trump assassination attempt but suspect’s motive is unclear.

The man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump had searched online multiple times for explosives since 2019, the FBI says

Aug. 28, 2024 13:46 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who tried to assassinate Donald Trump had searched online multiple times for explosives since 2019, the FBI says.