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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.”

‘One Inch from a Potential Civil War’? Trump Shooting a Close Call for American Democracy

Axios

President Biden said it was a "mistake" to tell donors to put Trump in a "bull's-eye" on a private call days before the attempted assassination of former President Trump during an interview with NBC News' Lester Holt. Driving the news: Several Republican lawmakers pointed to Biden's figurative comment after the...

Biden: Trump bull's-eye comment was a "mistake"

MILWAUKEE -- Sen. J.D. Vance's (R-Ohio) selection as Donald Trump's running mate electrified the crowd inside the GOP convention hall, where delegates hailed his nomination as a tribute to the "America First" movement. Why it matters: The 39-year-old will be a shrewd young voice for the MAGA base. But his...

J.D. Vance: Winners and losers from Trump's VP pick

MILWAUKEE — Less than 48 hours after surviving an assassination attempt, Donald Trump was gifted a legal ruling that vanquished the classified documents prosecution against him. Why it matters: You couldn't script a more extraordinary stretch of events to open the Republican National Convention here, where Trump will accept...

Trump's extraordinary run sets up RNC for the ages

Former President Trump appeared to share Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine skepticism during a phone call between the two candidates that was leaked on the social media platform X. Why it matters: Trump, in the phone call, also said he would "love" for Kennedy to "do something" with his campaign....

Trump echoes Kennedy's vaccine conspiracies in leaked phone call

Arizona State

COVID-19 cases are growing or likely growing in 45 states and territories, and more than half of the states have virus levels that are "very high" or "high" as a summertime wave expands, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Why it matters: The prevalence of COVID is especially high...

Mapped: Another hot COVID summer

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

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.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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Usha Vance will likely see her profile rise dramatically now that former President Trump has chosen her husband, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), as his 2024 running mate. Why it matters: Usha Vance — a highly accomplished attorney and daughter of Indian immigrants — and her husband bring youth and diversity to the Trump ticket.

Who is Usha Vance, wife of Trump VP pick J.D. Vance

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

Grand Rapids, MI

Former President Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) will hold their first rally since Vance joined the presidential ticket this Saturday in Michigan, the Trump campaign announced. Why it matters: Aside from this week's Republican Convention, this will be the first Trump rally since the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania last...

Trump, Vance announce first rally since assassination attempt

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The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Starting July 1, landlords will only be allowed to collect one month’s rent for the security deposit on a rental property. Assembly Bill 12, signed into law last October, says regardless of whether the residential property is unfurnished or furnished, only one month’s rent can be charged in addition to any rent for the first month paid on or before initial occupancy.

Law limiting security deposits goes into effect July 1

Alameda Post

California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug. California’s Public Utilities Commission on June 20 rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option.

Still Need Your Landline?

Amazon shoppers drove a 192,400% increase in sales of a t-shirt emblazoned with the now-iconic photo of former President Trump moments after an assassination attempt. Why it matters: The image of Trump with a fist in the air was taken by the AP's Evan Vucci and has been widely published by media outlets in news coverage. That it's also being used in pro-Trump merchandise confirms many photographers' fears that the photo would become propaganda for Trump.

Trump swag sales skyrocket on Amazon

There was a striking similarity among local news coverage of the Trump rally shooting Saturday night, with sister publications from major local holding groups featuring the same home page stories, photos and headlines, and then updating them, mostly in unison, as the story developed. Why it matters: In breaking news...

Strapped for resources, local coverage of Trump shooting all looked the same

Some four in every five voters feel the U.S. is "spiraling" out of control after the attempted assassination of former President Trump, per a new poll of 1,202 U.S. adults. The big picture: 86% of those surveyed in the Reuters-Ipsos poll that was published Tuesday agreed that "acts of violence" were "throwing this country into chaos" during a turbulent election year.

Poll: 80% of voters say U.S. is "spiraling" out of control

Donald Trump Jr. told Axios' Mike Allen on Tuesday that a "serious breach" must have occurred on Saturday during the assassination attempt of former President Trump. Why it matters: Trump Jr. said during an Axios House event that "having had a Secret Service detail," he doesn't understand how the gunman got on the rooftop of the building near his father's Pennsylvania rally, "without a serious breach of something."

Exclusive: Trump Jr.'s biggest question for Secret Service after assassination attempt

The theme of the night was "Make America Safe Again," a focus on crime and border security. But Tuesday's session at the Republican National Convention might as well have been called "Trump Rivals' Night." The big picture: The list of headline speakers — led by Nikki Haley, a last-minute addition...

Trump rivals' night: 4 takeaways from Tuesday at the RNC

A significant chunk of Silicon Valley money and power is lining up behind Donald Trump just as he has chosen a former venture capitalist as his running mate. Why it matters: The tech investor class was once solidly Democratic, with just a handful of Republican outliers — but now its red camp is growing, and throwing around its weight.

Tech's billionaires warm to Trump

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Trump claims Gaza and Ukraine wars are both Biden's fault

Former President Donald Trump attacked President Biden during Thursday's presidential debate and claimed Biden isn't allowing Israel to eliminate Hamas. Why it matters: Trump's attack echoed...

Trump claims Gaza and Ukraine wars are both Biden's fault

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