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House Speaker Vows ‘Thorough Investigation’ of Trump Assassination Attempt
House Speaker Mike Johnson pledged Tuesday night that the House of Representatives would conduct an “immediate and thorough investigation” into security failures by the Secret Service prior to the assassination attempt Saturday evening on former President Donald Trump. “We are united today as Americans in the wake of the assassination attempt on the life of… -
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Recalling His Own Shooting, Scalise Hails Trump’s Courage and Compassion
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise recalled his own brush with death seven years ago in remarks at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night, just thee days after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. On June 14, 2017, while practicing in Alexandria, Va., for the annual congressional softball game, a gunman shot Scalise,… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Dan Bongino Slams Secret Service for Ignoring Threats to Trump’s Life
MILWAUKEE—Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino tore into his former employer on Tuesday for security failures at the Pennsylvania campaign rally where an attempted assassin shot former President Donald Trump late Saturday afternoon. Bongino, now a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host, sat down with The Daily Signal on Tuesday at the Republican National Convention in… -
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Bongino Open to Serving as FBI Director If Trump Wins and Asks Him
MILWAUKEE—Radio talk-show host and former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino isn’t keen to head back into federal government service, but if former President Donald Trump were to win a second term and asked him to, he said he would consider it. Bongino sat down with The Daily Signal on Tuesday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, where… -
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‘Do You Just Not Say Anything?’: Biden Blames Trump for ‘Rhetoric’ After Admitting ‘Bullseye’ Comment Was a ‘Mistake’
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Joe Biden pointed to former President Donald Trump’s “rhetoric” after a recent assassination attempt while admitting that his “bullseye” comment was a “mistake” in an exclusive interview with NBC News Monday. Within a first clip released of Biden’s interview on “NBC Nightly News,” the president was pressed on his language around Trump and… -
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How Gen Z Responds to Attempt to Kill Trump
THE WASHINGTON STAND—They say “hindsight is 20/20,” and really, only time will tell just how Thomas Matthew Crooks’ attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump stirred (or hardened) the hearts of the American people. It would seem the immediate reactions to the shooting Saturday evening at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania are a mixed bag. In the… -
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Owner of Home Remodeling Business Tells GOP Delegates About Economic Hardships
The owner of a home remodeling business described the financial stress that the economy has put on Americans, including himself, in remarks Monday night at the Republican National Convention. “During the Trump boom, we were thriving. Under Biden, we are surviving,” declared Benjamin Josephn told a convention hall audience in Milwaukee that included former President… -
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‘Feels Like I’m Back in Latin America,’ Peruvian Immigrant Tells GOP Convention Delegates
It’s not just members of Congress and other politicians or TV personalities speaking at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. So-called everyday Americans are taking the big stage in the speaker lineup too. Peruvian immigrant Vanessa Faura told former President Donald Trump and delegates gathered in the convention hall Monday night about her experience as… -
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Jack Smith’s Other Big Trump Case Could Go Down in Flames After Judge Finds His Appointment ‘Unconstitutional’
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A judge’s ruling that the appointment of special counsel Jack Smith was “unconstitutional” almost inevitably will end up before the Supreme Court, potentially dooming Smith’s Jan. 6 case against former President Donald Trump along with the classified documents case that the judge tossed. Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that Attorney General Merrick Garland, President Joe… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Insurance Company Hosts ‘Drag Queen Bingo’ for Employees
A billion-dollar insurance company in Texas threw a “Drag Queen Bingo” event for up to 300 employees during Pride Month, and it featured a drag queen who performs for corporate giants Google and Amazon. Skyward Specialty Insurance invited employees to attend a virtual bingo game at 11 a.m. on a work day, led by a… -
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Sen. Bob Menendez Convicted in Federal Bribery Trial
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, was convicted Tuesday of federal corruption and bribery charges, Fox News reported. Menendez, who was indicted March 5, was convicted by a jury on all counts over his involvement in a bribery and corruption scheme with three New Jersey businessmen and the Egyptian government. The indictment was brought following an investigation and search of… -
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An Assassination Attempt Was Inevitable
There are consequences to virtually every mainstream media, office-holding Democrat, and left-wing academic labeling former President Donald Trump a Nazi, a fascist, a white supremacist, and a mortal threat to American democracy. One consequence is that more than a few people will want Trump dead—killed, if necessary; who would not want such an individual dead? Here is… -
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Illegal Aliens Should Be Deported ‘1 at a Time’ Under Trump, Former Border Official Says
MILWAUKEE—If elected to a second term as president, Donald Trump vows, he will deport the illegal aliens who entered the country during the four years of the Biden administration. How? “One at a time,” Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection during the Trump administration, said Monday at a press conference at… -
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EXCLUSIVE: Don Jr. Shares First Words With His Father Following Attempted Assassination
MILWAUKEE—Donald Trump Jr. says his family didn’t have any real answers as to what had happened to their father and grandfather for almost 90 minutes after former President Donald Trump was shot. Trump Jr. sat down with The Daily Signal at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Monday to discuss the Saturday assassination attempt… -
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‘The President Called Me’: Tuberville Opens Up About Trump Call 37 Hours After Shooting
MILWAUKEE—Former President Donald Trump called Sen. Tommy Tuberville at 7 a.m. Monday, briefing the Alabama Republican about the aftermath of the assassination attempt Saturday evening and his selection of Sen. JD Vance of Ohio as his running mate. “I talked to him this morning, he called me about 7 o’clock, and he said, ‘Well, how… -
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7 States Sue Biden Admin Over New Rule Forcing Doctors to Perform Gender Procedures
THE WASHINGTON STAND—Seven states have come together to fight a new rule that could force doctors into performing gender-transition procedures. The Biden administration has made it clear it wants so-called “gender-affirming care” available to all—including young children. As such, it appears it’s willing to try and make it so that medical professionals are unable to… -
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Did Assassin Hear the Left’s Relentless Chant, ‘Trump Equals Hitler’?
MILWAUKEE—America came within a quarter inch of a national funeral on Saturday. If assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks’ bullet had not grazed former President Donald J. Trump’s right ear but instead struck a pencil’s width nearer his skull, this week’s Republican National Convention here would be a four-day memorial, if that. Rather than working on his acceptance speech right… -
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Republicans Will Be Ready This Time If GOP Wins Presidency and Congress, Lawmaker Says
With the election less than four months away, a lot can happen, but Rep. Andy Ogles says he’s confident Republicans can win back the presidency and the Senate, and retain control of the House in November. “And as Republicans, we’re going to win the White House. They’re going to win the Senate. We’re going to… -
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Teamsters Chief Praises JD Vance, Among Other GOP Lawmakers, at Convention
In a rare occurrence, the head of one of America’s largest and oldest labor unions spoke about corporate greed at a Republican National Convention. “The Teamsters are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party,” Sean O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, told convention delegates Monday night. O’Brien said… -
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Rep. Donalds Rips Democrats for Not Being ‘Pro-Choice’ on Education
Rep. Byron Donalds made a case for school choice in a speech Monday on the opening night of the Republican National Convention. The Florida Republican talked about his own story of growing up poor, while his mother pushed to ensure he had a good education. But he said too many children today are trapped in…