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FBI Says Trump Was Struck by Bullet or Its Fragment

The FBI has reportedly confirmed former President Donald Trump was indeed shot by a bullet, ending speculation about what exactly bloodied Trump’s ear. The agency told Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich in a statement on Friday afternoon, “What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject’s rifle,” the statement read. The statement was also posted by Fox’s Bret Baier. ...

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Donald Trump says he's returning to Butler for a rally after attempted assassination

Updated on: July 26, 2024 / 5:08 PM EDT PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Former President Donald Trump says he is returning to Butler County for a rally after he survived an assassination attempt earlier this month. In a post on the social media platform Truth Social, Trump said on Friday that he is coming back to Butler County for a rally to honor Corey Comperatore, who was shot and killed during his July 13 rally in Butler Township on the Butler Farm Show grounds, and the two men who were injured. Tr ...

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Trump ally who denies 2020 election results threatens law enforcement

July 26, 2024 at 6:38 p.m. EDT Patrick Byrne, who has funded efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 election, said in an online forum Thursday that law enforcement would face “a piano wire and a blowtorch” if they did not drop a case against an ally. Cut through the 2024 election noise. Get The Campaign Moment newsletter. Byrne, a former CEO of online retailer Overstock, used the phrase half a dozen times Thursday as he participated in a nearly three-hour-long event on X Spaces. His r ...

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Former FBI agent Peter Strzok reaches $1.2 million settlement with DOJ: Lawyers

Former FBI agent Pete Strzok, who was fired from the bureau in 2018 after his disparaging text messages about Donald Trump were made public, has reached a settlement with the Justice Department over his claims that his privacy rights were violated, according to his lawyers. According to Strzok’s lawyers, the U.S. government has agreed to pay Strzok $1.2 million. In his 2019 lawsuit, Strzok and his lawyers argued that the FBI and DOJ unlawfully disclosed his private text messages disparaging Tr ...

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. certified as presidential candidate in Nebraska

CHRIS DUNKER Lincoln Journal Star 1 hr ago LINCOLN — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will appear on November's general election ballot after the environmental attorney and vaccine skeptic collected enough signatures to qualify as a nonpartisan presidential candidate. Secretary of State Bob Evnen said Kennedy's campaign received 4,442 valid signatures from Nebraska voters, far more than the 2,500 needed to qualify for the ballot. "The Elections Division and county election officials worked diligent ...

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Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris for president

(CNN) Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential bid in a video released Friday. "Michelle and I couldn't be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office," the former president told Harris on a phone call joined by his wife, according to the video. Harris thanked the Obamas for their support and expressed gratitude for their decadeslong friendship.

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Trump backs out of debate

(Philadelphia Inquirer) Donald Trump has backed out of a previously scheduled debate that was slated to take place in September. In a statement, Trump claimed it was "inappropriate" to schedule a debate with Harris because she is not yet officially the Democratic nominee, though she has secured the support of enough delegates and does not face any challengers.

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Vance's attack on "childless" Harris becomes rallying cry for women

(Axios) An attack on Vice President Kamala Harris for not having biological children has spurred intense backlash from celebrity voices, the internet's "cat ladies" and her own blended family. A resurfaced 2021 comment from vice presidential candidate JD Vance criticizing "childless cat ladies" on the left — listing Harris by name — has earned him harsh criticism, as a growing share of adults under 50 say they're unlikely to have kids. Kerstin Emhoff, Doug Emhoff's ex-wife, snapped back at "baseless" attacks against Harris, reflecting on their 10-plus years of co-parenting with Harris and the Second Gentleman.

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Trump VP candidate wants federal government to interfere in pregnant women's right to travel

(Kamala HQ) Unearthed audio: JD Vance calls for a "federal response" to block women in red states from traveling to another state to get an abortion.

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JD Vance called for 'federal response' to block women from traveling for abortions

19 min ago - Fri 26 Jul 2024 13.14 EDT Last modified on Fri 26 Jul 2024 14.44 EDT JD Vance, the Ohio senator and Donald Trump’s running mate, promoted a baseless rightwing talking point in 2022 when he warned of George Soros-funded planes transporting Black ... (The Guardian)

Tammy Duckworth eviscerates Trump for painful comments about disabled Americans

53 min ago - 4 hours ago Democrats commemorated the 34th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act by coming out swinging against Donald Trump, after his nephew claimed in a new memoir that the former president once suggested people with disabilities &#1 ... (UK Independent)

Nevada election officials certify enough signatures for Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to appear on ballot

1 hr ago - RENO, Nev. (AP) — Nevada election officials verified enough signatures for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s campaign to appear on the Nevada ballot, the state’s top election official confirmed Friday, likely bringing his insurgent quest to shake up ... (AP)

US judge blocks latest version of labor department's fiduciary rule

1 hr ago - July 26, 2024 1:07 PM EDT Updated 7 hours ago WILMINGTON, Delaware, July 26 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge has blocked a Department of Labor rule from taking effect that would have expanded the types of retirement advisers who are considered fiduciaries, f ... (Reuters)

Harris calls Sonya Massey's family

2 hrs ago - July 26, 2024, 4:14 PM EDT Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday called the family of Sonya Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman who was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy in her Illinois home, according to Massey’s family members who spoke t ... (NBC News)

Trump ally who denies 2020 election results threatens law enforcement

2 hrs ago - July 26, 2024 at 6:38 p.m. EDT Patrick Byrne, who has funded efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 election, said in an online forum Thursday that law enforcement would face “a piano wire and a blowtorch” if they did not drop a case ... (Washington Post)

FBI Says Trump Was Struck by Bullet or Its Fragment

2 hrs ago - The FBI has reportedly confirmed former President Donald Trump was indeed shot by a bullet, ending speculation about what exactly bloodied Trump’s ear. The agency told Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich in a statement on Friday afternoon, “W ... (Daily Beast via Yahoo w reporting by Fox)

Video game actors are now on strike. Here's why

3 hrs ago - By SARAH PARVINI Updated 12:21 PM CDT, July 26, 2024 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hollywood’s video game performers went on strike Friday after negotiations with game industry giants that began more than a year and a half ago came to a halt over art ... (AP)

Former FBI agent Peter Strzok reaches $1.2 million settlement with DOJ: Lawyers

3 hrs ago - Former FBI agent Pete Strzok, who was fired from the bureau in 2018 after his disparaging text messages about Donald Trump were made public, has reached a settlement with the Justice Department over his claims that his privacy rights were violated, a ... (ABC)

Record-breaking Zoom supporting Harris mobilizes white female voters

3 hrs ago - Fri 26 Jul 2024 13.45 EDT Last modified on Fri 26 Jul 2024 14.05 EDT Following the success of a virtual call to mobilize Black women voters for Kamala Harris, a similar event with more than 160,000 attendees was held on Thursday aimed at white women, ... (The Guardian)

Donald Trump says he's returning to Butler for a rally after attempted assassination

3 hrs ago - Updated on: July 26, 2024 / 5:08 PM EDT PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Former President Donald Trump says he is returning to Butler County for a rally after he survived an assassination attempt earlier this month. In a post on the social media platform Tr ... (CBS News)

Group with GOP links praises RFK Jr. as 'pro-choice,' 'progressive Democrat' in swing-state ads

4 hrs ago - July 26, 2024, 2:21 PM EDT Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is the subject of some notable new advertising — from a group with Republican ties and on a subject that is one of the Democratic Party’s key campaign issues. The new group, called “SAG ... (NBC News)

Judge slams Rudy Giuliani's lawyer in fake elector case for 'irrelevant' comparisons to George Washington

4 hrs ago - Jul 26th, 2024, 2:16 pm Even while granting the relief sought for “good cause,” a court didn’t take kindly to the “irrelevant characterizations” that Rudy Giuliani’s defense lawyer included across two pages of a recent ... (Law & Crime)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. certified as presidential candidate in Nebraska

5 hrs ago - CHRIS DUNKER Lincoln Journal Star 1 hr ago LINCOLN — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will appear on November's general election ballot after the environmental attorney and vaccine skeptic collected enough signatures to qualify as a nonpartisan presidentia ... (Omaha World Herald)

Harris campaign: Vance 'already a disaster' as Trump VP pick

5 hrs ago - 07/26/24 11:41 AM ET Vice President Harris’s campaign is dubbing Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) a “disaster” as former President Trump’s choice of a running mate, suggesting Trump could be soon be regretting his decision. In an email with ... (The Hill)

'We're not going back': Some Never-Trump Republicans embrace Harris' 'top cop' persona

5 hrs ago - July 26, 2024, 12:38 PM EDT WASHINGTON — The surge of excitement around Kamala Harris has locked in powerful interest groups and unions, cemented titans of Wall Street and Hollywood, and captured "coconut-pilled" progressives and Joe Biden campa ... (NBC News)

Union Pacific Railway Interfered in Federal Safety Audit, Senator Says

6 hrs ago - July 26, 2024, at 9:47 a.m. (Reuters) - U.S. railroad Union Pacific interfered in a federal safety audit after employees were coached how to respond, prompting the federal rail agency to end the review, the chair of the Senate Commerce Committee sai ... (US News and World Report/Reuters)

Trump's second-term agenda plans a purge of the federal workforce

7 hrs ago - July 26, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT While Donald Trump’s agenda and a massive think tank document clearly indicate his second-term strategy for federal workers, nothing captures those plans as succinctly as a statement made by his running mate. Cut t ... (Washington Post)

US indicts Andrew Left in $16 mln stock market manipulation scheme

8 hrs ago - July 26, 2024 8:36 AM EDT Updated 4 hours ago WASHINGTON, July 26 (Reuters) - A federal grand jury has indicted prominent activist short seller Andrew Left on multiple counts of securities fraud for a long-running $16 million market manipulation sche ... (Reuters)

Israeli hardliners lash out at Harris's call for cease-fire

9 hrs ago - July 26, 2024 11:37 AM By VOA News Far right Israeli lawmakers Friday sharply criticized U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's call for a cease-fire and concern for human suffering in Gaza following her White House meeting Thursday with Israeli Prime M ... (VOA News)

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