POLITICS

Timeline: The shooting at Trump rally in Pennsylvania

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Despite the 90-degree heat, thousands descended on Pennsylvania’s Butler Farm Show, which is a roughly 100 acre fairground used for agricultural exhibitions. Former President Donald Trump had appeared at the site before. Butler County voted overwhelmingly for Trump in 2020, so the crowd was expected to be as friendly as you’d find in the country. 

Biden condemns assassination attempt on Trump

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Biden condemns assassination attempt on Trump – CBS News Watch CBS News President Biden addressed the nation Sunday night and condemned the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Nancy Cordes has more on the reaction inside the White House. View CBS News In Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live

Biden Urges Nation to ‘Lower the Temperature’ in Politics After Trump Shooting

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‘The power to change America should always rest in the hands of the people—not in the hands of would-be assassins,’ the president said. WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden on July 14 addressed the nation from the Oval Office, highlighting a need to “lower the temperature in our politics” in the wake of the assassination attempt against his

Biden on Trump rally shooting: “Politics must never be a literal battlefield”

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Washington — President Biden addressed the nation Sunday night from the Oval Office, saying the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump requires Americans “to take a step back” to determine “how we go forward from here.”  “We can’t allow this violence to be normalized,” Mr. Biden said. “The political rhetoric in this country has

Trump rally shooter’s motive still unclear as Biden urges calm

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Federal investigators are continuing to investigate the motive of the gunman who opened fire during former President Donald Trump’s rally Saturday, grazing the former president’s ear while leaving one bystander dead and two critically wounded. In an address from the Oval Office on Sunday night, President Biden said the shooter’s motivations were still unclear, and urged