8 h. ago Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump wants to represent himself at trial

The suspect in President Trump’s second assassination attempt told a federal judge he wanted to fire his court-appointed defense team

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17 h. ago ‘I just got you’: SWAT team member breaks silence on firing ‘9th shot’ that slowed Trump’s would

Army combat veteran Aaron Zaliponi is convinced that his single shot is what slowed the shooting and potentially saved more lives

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31 h. ago Secret Service agent suspended over Trump assassination attempt is unmasked... as widow of firefighter killed blasts agency

Myosoty Perez has been identified as one of six Secret Service agents suspended for between 10 and 42 days following the July 13, 2024 attack in Butler, Pennsylvania .

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39 h. ago Man accused of attempting to assassinate Trump wants to represent himself in Florida case

A man charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump says he wants to fire his lawyers and represent himself

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40 h. ago Six Secret Service agents suspended over 2024 Trump assassination attempt

Agency vows to ‘fix deficiencies’ after Pennsylvania incident in which sniper fired several shots, killing one manSix Secret Service agents have been suspended without pay after the assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania rally last July.The suspensions range from 10 to 42 days, with a loss of both salary and benefits during the absence, the agency’s deputy director, Matt Quinn, told CBS News. Continue reading...

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44 h. ago Trump assassination attempt as Secret Service suspends agents for 'security failures'

The secret service has suspended six of their members over 'failures' made during the attempted assassination hit on the then-presidential candidate, Donald Trump, last year

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49 h. ago Iran says it could assassinate Donald Trump 'as he sunbathes at Mar

Javad Larijani, senior advisor to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that Donald Trump could be killed "as he lies there with his stomach to the sun" at his Mar a Lago resort in Florida

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51 h. ago Secret Service suspends six agents over 'failures' during Trump's assassination attempt in Butler

Six Secret Service agents have been punished for their alleged failures during President Donald Trump 's assassination attempt in Pennsylvania last year.

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53 h. ago The Secret Service suspended six staffers without pay or benefits after Trump assassination attempt

The Secret Service deputy director admitted President Donald Trump’s first assassination attempt was an “operational failure” and detailed the consequences some agents have faced

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62 h. ago Lawyer who defended depraved surgeon dubbed France's worst paedophile 'kills himself' weeks after his 'devil in a white coat' client was jailed for raping 298 patients

Maxime Tessier, 34, represented the disgraced Joel Le Scouarnec, 74, who confessed at his trial to sexually assaulting or raping 298 patients between 1989 and 2014, many of them children.

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66 h. ago Trump could be 'assassinated' while topping up his tan in Mar

Javad Larijani, a close advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, said Trump’s actions have made him a marked man in a televised interview, weeks after the US President launched missile strikes on the country

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3 d. ago Trump assassination plot suspect requests hearing to dismiss legal defence team

Ryan Wesley Routh, who allegedly staked out Trump for 12 hours on his golf course, has tonight been indicted on an attempted assassination charge

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5 d. ago Butler by Salena Zito review – how Trump won America’s heartland

From the site of the failed assassination comes a sharp-eyed account of Trump’s political gains – and Democrats’ failings The Democrats’ famed blue wall is more the stuff of nostalgia than reality. On election day 2024, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin voted for Donald Trump for the second time in three elections. Barack Obama’s upstairs-downstairs coalition lies in ruins, as Democrats struggle to connect with working-class voters across racial and ethnic lines.Last November, Trump came within just three points of winning a majority of Latino voters. Such Americans walked away from their presumed political home – in droves. A Trump endorsement by Roberto Clemente Jr, son of the late Pittsburgh Pirates baseball star, was a harbinger. Likewise, Trump posted double-digit gains among Catholics and Jews, once core constituencies in the Democratic party of FDR.Butler is published in the US by Hachette Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump was so bloody after attempted assassination that staff thought he had been shot multiple times, book claims

A book reveals new details from the attack in Butler, Pennsylvania, almost a year on

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1 week ago Mamdani hits back at Trump’s deportation threat: ‘We will not accept this intimidation’

Democratic New York City mayoral nominee blasts president, accusing him of overshadowing democracy and attempting to silence his detractors

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1 week ago Trump was bleeding so much on the hospital bed after attempted assassination that staff thought he had been hit five times

A book reveals new details from the attack in Butler, Pennsylvania, almost a year on

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1 week ago Disabled Amazon workers in corporate jobs allege ‘systemic discrimination’

Workers claim the company has used AI to deny requests for accommodation and policed an employee Slack channelDisabled corporate workers at Amazon have accused the company of engaging in “systemic discrimination”, aggressively quashing their attempts to organize, and using artificial intelligence systems that they allege do not comply with US disability laws.At the center of the Amazon workers’ complaints are allegations that the company has denied requests for accommodations for disabled staff in an “automated” or “semi automated” way and have allegedly repeatedly removed messages and a petition from an employee Slack channel. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Iran almost assassinated former Trump Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2022, new book claims

Iranians had discovered the hotel where Pompeo was staying when they reportedly tried to carry out the hit, according to a new book

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2 w. ago Driver accused of attempted kidnap 'loitered outside school and made foul sexual comments'

Adnan Khan denied five counts of attempted kidnap in relation to the ten girls, but admitted a harassment charge in relation to his course of conduct towards them

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2 w. ago Voices: Political violence is becoming the new normal of Trump’s America

From assassination attempts on Trump to the murders of Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband, each side of the political divide is becoming a victim of increasing violence, writes Eric Lewis – and irresponsible goading rhetoric must stop

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