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    ‘GOD SAVED HIS LIFE’: Enes Kanter Freedom Opens Up About Speaking With Trump’s Family After Shooting

    MILWAUKEE—Former National Basketball Association star Enes Kanter Freedom spoke with former President Donald Trump’s family after a 20-year-old man attempted to assassinate the former president. “About the photo, first of all, that’s probably one of the most iconic photos I’ve ever seen in my life,” Freedom, a former basketball and wrestling pro, told The Daily…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    At RNC, 98-Year-Old WWII Vet Says He ‘Would Reenlist’ Under Trump

    A 98-year-old veteran of World War II says if former President Donald Trump were the commander in chief again, he “would reenlist today.” “I would storm whatever beach my country … needs me to,” long-retired Sgt. William Pekrul declared in his speech on the third night of the quadrennial Republican National Convention. Pekrul introduced himself…
    Olivia Pero
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    Are Trump Scandals Just Endless Hours of Noise?

    On July 15, the opening day of the Republican convention, federal judge Aileen Cannon dismissed special counsel Jack Smith’s indictments of former President Donald Trump for misuse of classified documents. Legal arguments aside, it cast a shadow over all the breathless media hype that came before it. Year after year, partisan “legacy media” outlets have…
    Tim Graham
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    ‘Really, Really Difficult’: Bureaucrats Worry Behind Closed Doors They’ll Be Sent Packing Under Trump

    Government workers are reportedly in a state of panic over the prospect of former President Donald Trump winning another term in office, according to E&E News. Bureaucrats up and down the federal hierarchy are concerned that a second Trump administration could cost them their jobs and put an end to liberal programs they worked to…
    Robert Schmad
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    Trump Accepts GOP Nomination With Speech Focused on National Unity

    Donald Trump formally accepted the Republican presidential nomination for the third time Thursday night, less than a week after the attempt on his life.  “We rise together or we fall apart. I am running to be president for all America, not half of America, because there is no victory in winning for half of America,”…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Is Saving American Democracy, Tucker Carlson Tells GOP Convention

    Donald Trump is the key to returning democracy to America, political commentator and veteran talk-show host Tucker Carlson said Thursday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.  “The entire point—from the famous escalator ride nine years ago until today—for Donald Trump’s public life has been to remind us of one fact, which is a…
    Fred Lucas
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    Here’s the Chart on Illegal Immigration That Trump Was Talking About When Shot: The BorderLine

    Everyone my parents’ age remembers where they were when President John F. Kennedy was shot. Their parents remember where they were when imperial Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Last Saturday, July 13, shortly after 6 p.m., I was sitting by the pool reading the news on my phone. I bet you remember where you were, too….
    Simon Hankinson
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    DHS Could Be at Fault in Trump Shooting, Former Secret Service Agent Says

    The investigation into the U.S. Secret Service’s failure to secure the Pennsylvania campaign rally where former President Donald Trump was shot late Saturday afternoon should focus on whether the agency followed preventive protocols, a former member of the Secret Service told The Daily Signal. “If they followed the methodology that the Secret Service uses, that…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘LA LA LAND’: Former Dem Presidential Candidate Slams Democrats for Calling Trump Shooting ‘Staged’

    MILWAUKEE—An influential Democrat who ran against President Joe Biden in the 2024 primary condemned his fellow compatriots on the Left for indulging in conspiracy theories that the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump was “staged,” and he praised Trump’s bravery in the shooting’s aftermath. “I’ve seen so many people, whether it’s the mainstream media…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    More Black Celebrities, Former Democrats Express Support for Trump

    THE CENTER SQUARE—After the failed assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump, support has poured in from now former Democrats and former Democratic donors and celebrities. Black television personality Amber Rose, who used to think Trump was a racist, endorsed him at the Republican National Convention. When explaining her change of heart, she said, “The…
    Bethany Blankley
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    Why Former Obama Fundraiser Now Backs Trump

    Allison Huynh was a fundraiser for then-Sen. Barack Obama before he was elected president in 2008, but she now supports former President Donald Trump.  Huynh (pronounced like “win”) and her husband were attracted to Obama’s message of “hope and change” in 2007.  “It was the hope and the image that he projected” that led Huynh…
    Virginia Allen
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    WATCH the ‘Problematic Women’ Podcast: Trump, Vance, and BIG Moments From RNC

    The Daily Signal’s “Problematic Women” podcast is on-site in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention.  On this week’s edition, we discuss the biggest moments so far from the RNC, the implications of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, and why Trump chose Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, as his running mate. 
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Rewrites Republican Convention Speech to Focus on Unity, Not Biden

    Former President Donald Trump has completely rewritten his convention speech in light of the attempt to kill him and will call Thursday night for a new effort at national unity at the Republican National Convention. In an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner a day after his right ear was grazed by a sniper’s bullet Saturday evening,…
    Salena Zito
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    4 Senators Confront Secret Service Director at GOP Convention About Trump Shooting

    MILWAUKEE—Republican senators confronted the embattled head of the Secret Service on Wednesday at the Republican National Convention here.  “You owe President Trump answers,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., shouted after Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the RNC.  While Cheatle walked through the Fiserv Forum convention center, Blackburn, along with Sens. John Barrasso of Wyoming, James…
    Virginia Allen
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    They Trust Trump to Protect Their Families From Drug Cartels, Border Residents Say

    Jim and Sue Chilton own a ranch in Arizona on the U.S.-Mexico border. Every time Jim leaves the house, Sue fears he won’t come back alive, she said Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. “Our house has been broken into twice,” Sue Chilton told convention delegates. “A Border Patrol agent was shot…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Vivek Ramaswamy Confirms ‘Great Conversations’ With Trump About a Cabinet Position

    MILWAUKEE—Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, an entrepreneur, told The Daily Signal that he has had “great conversations” with Donald Trump about a potential Cabinet position if Trump wins a second term as president in November. When The Daily Signal asked whether he would take a Cabinet position in a new Trump administration, Ramaswamy confirmed…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    House Subpoenas Secret Service Chief Over Trump Assassination Attempt

    House Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., subpoenaed the embattled head of the Secret Service on Wednesday for a hearing about security failures that occurred before the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday.  U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has said that the buck stops with her but said she is…
    Fred Lucas
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    EXCLUSIVE: Speaker Johnson Sets Up ‘Special Task Force’ To Investigate Trump Assassination Attempt, ‘Serious Security Lapses’

    MILWAUKEE—House Speaker Mike Johnson shared Wednesday that he is setting up a special task force to investigate the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. In an interview with The Daily Signal, Johnson, R-La., said he’s spoken with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas; the director of national intelligence, Avril Haines; and the leadership of the…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Biden Administration Stonewalls Congressional Investigation Into Trump Shooting

    The Biden administration has intervened to prevent the Secret Service from briefing a House committee investigating the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, a member of the committee told Family Research Council. “After the Secret Service agreed to brief members of the House Oversight Committee on Tuesday, the Department of Homeland Security took over…
    Ben Johnson
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    God Didn’t Just Save Trump. He May Have Saved United States, Too.

    An inch. One inch, and President Donald J. Trump would be dead. One slight turn of the head. One slight turn of the head saved Donald J. Trump’s life. The fact that Donald J. Trump is alive today is a miracle. There is no other way to see it. His assassin had a clear line…
    Ben Shapiro
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