Trump, Democrats and Senate Judiciary Committee
Digest more
Butler' author Salena Zito recounts witnessing the assassination attempt on President Trump, and his belief that God played a role in saving his life.
One year after an attempted assassination in Butler, Pennsylvania, President Donald Trump said, ‘God was protecting me.'
One year ago today, an assassin opened fire on President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. The bullet hit—but by the grace of God, he stood up. Bloodied. Unbowed. And he fought harder. July 13th is a reminder: we fight, we win, AND WE NEVER SURRENDER. pic.twitter.com/0BMUYpGltE
President Trump told reporters one year after surviving an attempted assassination that he doesn't like to think about it. "God was protecting me," Trump said. "Maybe because God wanted to see our country do better—or do really well—Make America Great Again.
Some say Trump is alive because he was lucky. The origin of luck as a concept is worthy of debate, and calling the president lucky isn’t necessarily wrong. Some may call it fate, others kismet, but those are just words people use when there’s no better explanation for events and their outcomes.
The July 13, 2024, shooting in Butler killed 50-year-old firefighter Corey Comperatore and wounded two others. Trump, then the Republican nominee, was struck in the ear as he stood onstage. His bloodied image, fist raised as Secret Service agents rushed him away, became a symbol of survival and, for many, divine intervention.
Trump said amid Israel's strikes that he knew where the Iranian leader was hiding and that he was an "easy target."
Todd Chrisley and his family are beginning a new chapter of their lives after he and his wife Julie Chrisley were fully pardoned by President Donald Trump in May.
According to many prominent legal scholars, the 14th Amendment protects citizenship for all people born on U.S. soil — meaning that legally, Trump does not have the power to revoke New York-born O’Donnell’s citizenship, despite his most recent claim.
Butler County residents and Butler Mayor Bob Dandoy remember the July 13 shooting that rocked this tiny western Pennsylvania town and far beyond.
Stephen Colbert had some fun on Wednesday, devoting almost his entire monologue to the ongoing internecine fighting among Republicans over Jeffrey Epstein. And at one point, he pretended to become completely consumed by conspiracy theorizing,