The FBI identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania as the suspect in Saturday's attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally. State voter records show that Crooks was a registered Republican. The upcoming Nov. 5 election would have been the first time Crooks had been old enough to vote in a presidential race. FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor Philip Turle brings you this analysis.

Trump shooter a ‘supporter of Republican Party’

Fox News

The top Democrat in the Senate announced legislation aimed at removing immunity protections from former President Trump by classifying his behavior following the 2020 election "unofficial."

Schumer plans to strip Trump of immunity following SCOTUS ruling

Pennsylvania State

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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

Atlanta, GA

The New Republic

Yesterday the Supreme Court released its shocking new ruling in the case involving Donald Trump’s demand for absolute immunity from prosecution for insurrection-related crimes. The court gave Trump much of what he wanted, notably ensuring that his trial for the insurrection will be delayed indefinitely. But what’s really worrying is what this ruling could allow Trump to get away with if he wins back the White House. We talked to legal expert Richard Hasen, who just published A Real Right to Vote and regularly writes about Trump’s attacks on democracy, about why the case for alarmism is real and serious. Listen to this episode here.

How the Supreme Court Just Made a Second Trump Term More Terrifying

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Business Insider

Usha Vance has clerked for Supreme Court justices John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh, who are both known for their conservative stances.

JD Vance's wife Usha has SCOTUS ties going back to when she clerked for both John Roberts and Brett Kavanaugh

The Hill

Author and activist Monica Lewinsky said Tuesday the judge overseeing former President Trump’s classified documents case should be impeached. “i awakened angry about the documents case in florida,” Lewinsky wrote in a post on the social platform X. “it is INSANE that it hasn’t moved forward to trial, and i hope judge [Aileen Cannon] is…

Monica Lewinsky says Judge Cannon should be impeached

Chicago, IL

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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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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

Salon

If Donald Trump commits a crime in office, writes Justice Sonia Sotomayor in her dissent for Trump v. United States, "he now will be insulated from criminal prosecution. Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to assassinate a political rival? Immune. Organizes a military coup to hold onto power? Immune. Takes a bribe in exchange for a pardon? Immune. Immune, immune, immune."

The Supreme Court rules that Donald Trump can be a dictator

An image shared on Threads claims President Joe Biden has purportedly ordered the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to arrest six U.S. Supreme Court justices. The claim is false. On July 5, Politifact reported the claim was false. There is no other evidence to support the claim. Fact Check:. New...

FACT CHECK: Has Joe Biden Ordered The DOJ To Arrest Six Supreme Court Justices?

The man identified as the shooter in the apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump was a 20-year-old from a Pittsburgh suburb not far from the campaign rally where one attendee was killed. Investigators were working Sunday to gather more information about Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, who they say opened fire at the rally before being killed by Secret Service days before Trump was to accept the Republican nomination for a third time.

Police identify 20-year-old suspect in Trump assassination attempt

Donald Trump’s former lawyer and one-time fixer Michael Cohen has warned that his ex-boss will run the country “like the Führer” if he is re-elected in November, thanks to the recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that Trump, and...

Michael Cohen warns Trump will run US ‘like the Führer’ if reelected after Supreme Court immunity ruling

The empty seats belied China's stubbornly high youth unemployment rate -- a problem so pressing that President Xi Jinping has told top Communist Party (CCP) cadres it should be a "top priority". His words have been seen by many analysts as a signal that reforms could be in the pipeline...

China making youth unemployment a 'top priority'

USA TODAY

Clearly President Biden had a bad debate night. But the Supreme Court gave him a possible way out.

The Supreme Court just did Biden a huge favor by giving Trump immunity

Continuing their investigation into Sunday's assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump, authorities search for answers as to why Thomas Crooks, 20, the main suspect, carried out the attack.

No motive for Trump assassination identified

New York City, NY

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

NBC News

Some former Justice Department officials who served under Donald Trump during his first term fear that the Supreme Court’s recent immunity ruling will make it easier for him to use the department against his enemies if he is re-elected president. Other ex-officials downplayed the impact of the ruling —...

Some ex-DOJ officials who worked for Trump fear the Supreme Court just made it easy for him to use the DOJ to attack foes

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Mediaite

Judge Aileen Cannon has dismissed Donald Trump's classified documents case in Florida.
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Trump Classified Docs Case Dismissed in Florida By Judge Cannon

What began as a jubilant rally Saturday for Donald Trump days before he becomes the official Republican presidential nominee ended in mere minutes with the former president bloodied and a suspected would-be assassin shot dead by the Secret Service. There was also one spectator killed and two others who were...

Trump assassination attempt: What we know so far

Georgia State

The Supreme Court's presidential immunity decision Monday is expected to add new twists to Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis' already stalled racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and his allies. The Georgia case, which involves some of the same issues in special counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of...

Trump's Georgia election case gets more complications after Supreme Court immunity decision

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Federal judge dismisses classified documents case against Trump on technicality

US District Judge Aileen Cannon presiding over the classified documents...

Federal judge dismisses classified documents case against Trump on technicality

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