The gunshots rang out. Then the conspiracy theories erupted online
Four minutes after the first report of a shooting at a rally for Donald Trump on Saturday, an anonymous account on the social platform X posted, “Joe Biden’s antifa shot President Trump.”
Elon Musk allies help start pro-Trump super PAC
Some of Elon Musk’s closest friends have helped start a new super political action committee meant to help former President Donald Trump, creating an avenue for Musk and his $250 billion fortune to potentially play a significant role in the 2024 presidential race.
Trump rally gunman ‘didn’t want attention’ in school, classmates said
BETHEL PARK, Pa. — Before he climbed onto a rooftop and added his name to America’s bloody history of would-be presidential assassins, Thomas Crooks, 20, seemed to try to shrink from view.
Judge dismisses classified documents case against Trump
The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case threw out all of the charges against him Monday, ruling that Jack Smith, the special counsel who filed the indictment, had been given his job in violation of the Constitution.
Is there a future in the doomsday economy?
When it comes to surviving the apocalypse, you could do a lot worse than the West Virginia branch of Fortitude Ranch, a constellation of five survivalist compounds across the United States and one of a growing number of businesses aiming to seize on Americans’ deepening anxieties about the future.
Catherine, Princess of Wales, attends Wimbledon men’s final
LONDON — Catherine, Princess of Wales, appeared on Sunday afternoon at the Wimbledon tennis championship in London, a further step in her cautious return to public appearances after her cancer diagnosis.
Ohio mother killed trying to stop a carjacking with her son inside
Detectives in Columbus, Ohio, this weekend were searching for two men as they investigated the death of a woman who was fatally struck by her own vehicle while trying to stop a carjacking that occurred with her 6-year-old son in the car.
A new prince leads Spain as it rules European soccer again
BERLIN — First, Spain’s players had to perform the rituals of celebration. They communed with their fans. They draped themselves with a selection of flags, national and regional. They commiserated with their bereft English opponents. Once those were completed, they gathered by the podium hastily constructed on the field at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.
Gunman’s motive sought as Trump vows to go to RNC
Investigators on Sunday searched for a motive that would explain why a 20-year-old armed with an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle shot at former President Donald Trump, just days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for president.
Secret Service under scrutiny after assassination attempt on Trump
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday called for an “independent review” of security measures before and after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump the previous day, while directing the Secret Service to review all of its security measures for the Republican National Convention this week.
Biden asks America to ‘lower the temperature’ after Trump shooting
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said in a prime-time Oval Office address Sunday that the nation needed to “lower the temperature in our politics,” saying that he deplored the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and feared for the direction of the country’s politics.
After homelessness ruling, cities weigh whether to clear encampments
FOLSOM, Calif. — K.C. Alvey treads carefully when she and her dog, Stuart, walk the dappled trail behind their apartment in Folsom, California. Since the pandemic, her neighbors have included homeless campers along a brook known as Humbug Creek.
Trump wounded in assassination attempt as hail of bullets erupts at campaign rally
The shots rang out at 6:10 p.m. Former President Donald Trump clutched his right ear as blood spurted out, then ducked for cover as supporters screamed and Secret Service agents raced to surround and protect him.
How the big donors in Hollywood ditched the Biden campaign
When aides to President Joe Biden heard in recent days that George Clooney, as close a figure as there is in Hollywood to royalty, planned to publicly break with Biden in an essay that cast doubt on his reelection chances, panic set in from Wilmington, Delaware, to Beverly Hills, California.
US officials see hopeful signs in Gaza cease-fire talks
Some U.S. officials have grown more optimistic that a deal to release Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip in return for a cease-fire is at hand. But people briefed on the talks say it will be days until it is clear whether a breakthrough has been achieved because of difficulties in communication between Hamas officials in Qatar and the group’s leaders in Gaza.
For LGBTQ+ people, moving to friendlier states comes with a cost
When Stefanie Newell decided to move to Denver last year, the choice was about acceptance. Feeling comfortable as a transgender woman didn’t seem possible in San Antonio, her hometown, in the midst of a flood of Texas legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community.
Democrats fear safe blue states turning purple as Biden stays the course
As President Joe Biden insists he will stay in the presidential race, Democrats are growing increasingly alarmed that his presence on the ticket is transforming the political map, turning light-blue states into contested battlegrounds.
Some escape brutal heat at cooling centers, others get creative
As millions of people across the country continue to broil under soaring temperatures, many cities are investing in a practical way to help residents beat the heat: cooling centers.
Shelley Duvall, star of ‘The Shining’ and ‘Nashville,’ dies at 75
Shelley Duvall, whose lithesome features and quirky screen personality made her one of the biggest film stars of the 1970s and early ‘80s, appearing in a string of movies by director Robert Altman and, perhaps most memorably, opposite Jack Nicholson in “The Shining,” died Thursday at her home in Blanco, Texas. She was 75.
Many in Gaza City ignore Israeli military’s calls to evacuate
JERUSALEM — During nine months of war, Amani Zanin’s extended family has fled from place to place, escaping the Israeli bombardments that have flattened many neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip.
