The Trump assassination attempt raises questions about Secret Service failures
How was a shooter able to get a line of sight to a former president during a public event? We speak with former secret service agent Bill Gage about protecting presidents.
Biden calls for unity following Trump assassination attempt
Biden called to “lower the temperature” in politics in remarks Sunday after the former president was shot at during a political rally.
A would-be assassin targets Trump. What it could mean for America.
Shortly after 6pm on Saturday, a would-be assassin took aim at former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Trump and two others were injured and one person was killed before the Secret Service shot and killed the alleged gunman, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Crooks was a registered Republican but gave $15 to a progressive Political Action Committee in 2021. Law enforcement has yet to identify a motive or an ideology.
For the first time in decades, a presidential candidate has been the target of an assassination plot. How might Saturday’s events affect an already divided America?
Author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses what history can teach us about this moment.
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The man killed in the assassination attempt on Trump died shielding his family
Who was Corey Comperatore, the man killed in the assassination attempt at this weekend’s Trump rally in Pennsylvania?
Photographing the assassination attempt of former President Trump
NPR’s Scott Detrow speaks with photojournalist Doug Mills about the viral photograph he took of what appears to be a bullet passing by former President Donald Trump’s head at yesterday’s rally.
After saying she wouldn’t be there, Nikki Haley will now speak at Republican convention
Haley, the top rival to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 primary election, just released her delegates and encouraged them to back Trump. Now, she’ll be at the convention to nominate him.
How the shooting at Trump’s rally breached security at the event
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with Bill Briggs, a political consultant who worked in advanced planning for events under Presidents George W. Bush and Donald Trump.
What we know about the alleged Trump shooter
A picture of the 20-year-old alleged shooter from Bethel Park, Pa., is still emerging.
Multiple law enforcement agencies investigate Trump assassination attempt
The FBI and Pennsylvania state authorities continue to investigate what they call an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and the shooting of other rallygoers.
Former FBI agent breaks down the investigation into the shooting at former President Trump
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks with former FBI agent, Kenneth Gray, about the bureau’s investigation into the assassination attempt on Former President Donald Trump.
The RNC will proceed as planned as Republican members of caucus respond to the news
NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with Republican Congressman Mike Lawler of New York about yesterday’s assassination attempt at former president Donald Trump’s campaign rally.
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