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Harris and running mate Tim Walz will campaign by bus in southwestern Pennsylvania on Sunday, hoping to ride the wave of enthusiasm her candidacy has brought to the presidential race to their party's nominating convention in Chicago this week. Vice President Harris and Walz, the governor of Minnesota, will be joined by their spouses, Doug Emhoff and Gwen Walz, as they get on and off the bus in the Pittsburgh area to glad-hand with voters. Harris and Emhoff were scheduled to deliver remarks at an event in the borough of Rochester, in Beaver County, which Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, won in 2020, though he lost the general election to Democrat Joe Biden. Southwestern Pennsylvania is a critical part of a key battleground state that has long commanded the attention of presidential candidates. The state voted for the Republican presidential candidate in 2016 and for the Democratic candidate in 2020. Both Harris and Trump are vying to see who can put Pennsylvania in their column on Nov. 5.

Facing the need to win Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris has sworn off any prior assertion that she opposed fracking

Donald Trump stated that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called him to apologize for a photo that was incorrectly labeled on Facebook. The photo showed Trump raising his fist after a July 13 assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Facebook had initially marked this photo as misinformation, causing it to go viral with the incorrect label, as per the reports of Fox News. In an interview with Maria Bartiromo on FOX Business' «Mornings with Maria,» Trump mentioned that Zuckerberg called him twice. According to Trump, Zuckerberg expressed admiration for Trump's actions during the event, describing them as brave. Zuckerberg also allegedly said he could not support a Democrat because he respected Trump’s response to the incident. Additionally, Trump noted that Google did not reach out to him after their autocomplete function failed to show results for the assassination attempt.

Peacock, and others OTT streaming channels have new movies in offerings for their viewers. Subscribers of these OTT platforms can enjoy a number of movies. A poorly planned heist goes terribly wrong in «The Instigators», a loosely amiable Boston-set caper starring Matt Damon and Casey Affleck. The movie, directed by Doug Liman (“Go,” “The Bourne Identity”), returns Damon and Affleck to familiar hometown terrain. They play a despondent pair who try to steal money from a corrupt mayor (Ron Perlman) but end up on the run, with a therapist (Hong Chau) in tow. The movie will be released on Friday, August 9, on Apple TV+.

Trump recently revealed his wife Melania's response to the July 13 assassination attempt in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Melania observed the event happen live on television, according to Trump, who made this revelation in an interview with Laura Ingraham of Fox News. He observed that she found it difficult to discuss the incident and characterized her response as extremely emotional. According to Trump, this difficulty in talking about the matter shows how much she cares for him, as per the reports of Daily Express US.

Elon Musk has strongly refuted the report by Wall Street Journal that he is donating $45 million every month to Trump campaign. Musk will continue supporting the Republicans and Trump’s election campaign. He also spoke out against developing a ‘cult personality’. Musk was speaking to Jordan Peterson and this interview was shared on X (formerly Twitter).

Butler Eagle reporter Irina Bucur had a relatively straightforward assignment when a Trump rally came to town

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US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has appointed a bipartisan, independent panel to review this month's assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, officials said Sunday. The panel members will have «extensive law enforcement and security experience to conduct a 45-day independent review of the planning for and actions taken by the US Secret Service and state and local authorities before, during, and after the rally, and the US Secret Service governing policies and procedures,» the Department of Homeland Security said in a statement. The first people named to the panel are former Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano; Frances Townsend, former Homeland Security adviser to President George W. Bush; Mark Filip, a former federal judge and deputy attorney general to President George W. Bush; and David Mitchell, former Secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Homeland Security for the state of Delaware. Additional experts could be asked to join the group in the coming days, the statement said.

This is what exactly the counter-sniper from the US Secret Service faced when he eliminated Thomas Crooks who tried to assassinate Donald Trump at Butler in Pennsylvania. The Secret Service counter-sniper killed him with a single shot which has been described as a ‘one in a million shot’ by Fox News.

Messari CEO Ryan Selkis will step down from his role at the crypto research company after making inflammatory remarks regarding immigration and Donald Trump online, the crypto founder announced late Friday morning.

Donald Trump, sombre and bandaged, accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday at the Republican National Convention (RNC) in a speech that described in detail the assassination attempt that could have ended his life just five days earlier before laying out a sweeping populist agenda, particularly on immigration. The 78-year-old former US President, known best for his bombast and aggressive rhetoric, began his acceptance speech with a softer and deeply personal message that drew directly from his brush with death. Moment by moment, the crowd listening in silence, Trump described standing onstage in Butler, Pennsylvania, with his head turned to look at a chart on display when he felt something hit his ear. He raised his hand to his head and saw immediately that it was covered in blood. «If I had not moved my head at that very last instant, the assassin's bullet would have perfectly hit its mark,» Trump said. «And I would not be here tonight. We would not be together.»

Donald Trump's grand-daughter Kai Trump has lauded the former US President as she claimed that her 'grandpa' was still 'standing' even after going through 'hell'. 17-year-old Kai backed Trump for the upcoming US Presidential election at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, days after assassination attempt against the 78-year-old in Butler, Pennsylvania. Donald Trump Jr. was joined onstage Wednesday night by his daughter Kai Trump as part of an effort to buff the former president's image for undecided Americans who might be open to voting for him but still have their misgivings. «To me, he's just a normal grandpa,» Kai said. «He gives us candy and soda when our parents are not looking. He always wants to know how we're doing in school.»

Authorities haven't established why a 20-year-old Pennsylvania man attempted to assassinate former President Trump last week

Polymarket betters have all eyes on Republican frontrunner Donald Trump as they place his odds on winning the November 2024 election against current U.S. President Joe Biden at 69%, data from the prediction market reveals.

US Secret Service continues to under fire for its alleged security lapses during the Trump rally at Butler in Pennsylvania. The Republican party’s official presidential nominee was shot at by an assassin. The failed assassination attempt on Trump has raised questions regarding the protocol followed by the US Secret Service. Its Director Kimberly Cheatle is in the news yet again for all the wrong reasons. In an interaction with ABC News, she refused to step down and attributed bizarre reasons for the failure to prevent the assassin. She also indulged in a game of blame game and accused the local law enforcement agencies of neglect.

Donald Trump are still unclear two days after the shocking incident, but details about the gunman’s past are slowly starting to trickle in.Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., was shot and killed by the Secret Service after he opened fire on Trump from a rooftop just outside the Pennsylvania venue where the former president was holding a rally. The barrage of gunfire killed an attendee and injured two men.The man who died was former fire chief Corey Comperatore, of Butler County, Pa.

National Convention, security around the venue and the city of Milwaukee has been increased. This comes immediately after the attempted assassination on the presumptive presidential nominee from the Republican Party. Trump was shot at by Tom Crooks in Butler in the state of Pennsylvania. He survived the assassination attempt by a whisker. Many are describing this arrangement as a ring of steel and there will be a multi-layer security. The entire venue of the convention has been secured and the city is also under a thick layer of security. Further, the residents of this small town have mixed feelings about this increased security.

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Donald Trump, having just survived an attempted assassination, enters the Republican National Convention having not yet announced his vice presidential pick — but he said he'd make that choice on Monday. It remains unclear whether the shooting Saturday at his Pennsylvania rally has changed the former president's thinking about his potential second-in-command. He told Fox News Channel host Bret Baier in a call that he planned to make his pick on Monday. After the shooting, Trump's choice carries considerably more gravity. If a bullet had struck just a little bit to the right, Trump likely would have been killed or seriously injured. The close call puts in stark relief the significance of a position that is a heartbeat away from the presidency. Trump has repeatedly claimed that choosing someone who was qualified to take over as commander in chief was his top consideration for the role.

BUTLER, Pa.—The assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump occurred in a largely rural slice of western Pennsylvania that in many ways typifies the regions Trump is leaning on for strong support in the coming election. Butler County, the site of Saturday’s Trump rally, and the surrounding area are home to an economy that has swung significantly in recent decades. The shift, from the decline of steel and manufacturing jobs to the rise of the natural-gas fracking industry, has left many workers displaced and unsettled.