Trump declares victory as he wins Pennsylvania
Donald J. Trump has captured Pennsylvania, the biggest prize of the seven battleground states in one of the most consequential presidential elections in modern American history. It all but seals his return to the White House four years after voters turned him out. Georgia, a state that Mr. Trump narrowly lost in 2020, and North […]
Man with guns arrested near Trump rally
A man in illegal possession of a shotgun and a loaded handgun was arrested at an intersection near Donald Trump’s rally in Coachella, California, on Saturday, police said. The 49-year-old suspect, Vem Miller, was driving a black SUV when he was stopped at a security checkpoint by officers, who located the two firearms and a […]
Man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump at Florida golf course
A man has been charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump after allegedly staking out the former president on his Florida golf course for around 12 hours. Ryan Routh was arrested after a rifle was seen poking through bushes at the West Palm Beach course on 15 September. A Secret Service agent, who was a hole […]
Trump suspect left note outlining plan to kill him, prosecutors say
A suspected gunman arrested near Donald Trump’s golf-course wrote a note months earlier saying he intended to kill the former president, a court filing shows. “This was an assassination attempt on Donald Trump,” the note says. In documents filed on Monday, prosecutors said the letter was dropped off at the home of a witness several […]
Biden calls for ban on gun used to shoot Trump
Joe Biden has renewed a call for Congress to ban assault rifles, including the model that was used in the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Trump’s ear was grazed by a bullet after a gunman shot at him from a nearby rooftop during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. “An AR-15 was used […]
‘I was saved by luck or God’ – Trump says after surviving assassination
Former US President Donald Trump has said he is “supposed to be dead” after Saturday night’s assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. In one of his first interviews since the incident, Mr Trump told conservative US media he felt that he had been saved “by luck or by God”. “The most incredible thing was […]
Biden urges America to lower temperature after Trump shooting
US President Joe Biden has condemned the assassination attempt on his predecessor Donald Trump in a primetime address from the White House, telling Americans that US politics must never be a “killing field”. Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee for president, was wounded in the ear after a gunman opened fire at a rally in Butler, […]