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The suspected shooter and at least one other person are dead after shots were fired at former President Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Shots fired at former President Donald Trump

CBS News

CBS News is fact checking some of the statements made by speakers during the 2024 Republican National Convention, which is taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, through Thursday, July 18. Monday's theme was the economy, so several of the statements checked relate to U.S. economic concerns. Former President Donald Trump made a surprise appearance at the convention Monday night.CBS News is covering the RNC live. Fact check on Sen. Katie Britt's statement that Trump had the best economy ever: FalseGOP Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama: "Under President Trump, we had the strongest economy in history."Details: Britt claimed in her convention speech that...

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The gunman, who was killed by Secret Service personnel, fired multiple times from an elevated position outside of the rally venue, about 150 yards from where Trump was speaking.

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The floor at the Republican National Convention rang out in boos when Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell took the mic with the Kentucky delegation. 

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports on what she saw at the rally and the reaction from attendees.

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We'll bring you the latest on the assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump's rally yesterday, in Butler Pennsylvania.

Details are emerging in the assassination attempt on former President Trump

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The Independent

Watch as the Republican National Convention took place in Wisconsin on Monday (15 July) where Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination.Trump arrived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to attend this year’s RNC, a matter of hours after surviving a dramatic attempt on his life.The former president announced he would be choosing 39-year-old Ohio Senator JD Vance as his running mate.“After lengthy deliberation and thought, and considering the tremendous talents of many others, I have decided that the person best suited to assume the position of Vice President of the United States is Senator JD Vance of the Great State of Ohio,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday afternoon.

Watch: RNC takes place in Wisconsin where Trump will accept Republican nomination

Reince Priebus, chair of the RNC host committee, predicted there is a strong chance that President Joe Biden won’t be on the Democratic ticket. The former chief of staff to Donald Trump told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Saturday that he believes there is a “60 percent chance” that the president won’t be the Democratic nominee after his stumbling debate performance last month.

RNC organizer and former Trump chief of staff says 60% chance Biden won’t be on ticket

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CNN’s Gregory Krieg talks to Republican National Convention attendees about former President Donald Trump’s decision to select Ohio Sen. JD Vance as his vice-presidential running mate.

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Bucks County Beacon

With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial reports said, a bullet grazed his ear . But one rally attendee was killed , more spectators were injured and the suspected gunman is also dead. The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger after the event. Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations. Given the stark political polarization in the U.S., Perliger said, “it’s not a surprise that eventually people engage in violence.”

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