Trump rally shooting

Acting Director of the US Secret Service, Ronald L Rowe Jr, appears before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the attempted assassination of Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 30, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt
USA

US Secret Service chief says local police warned of gunman at Trump shooting

The first shooting of a US president or major party presidential candidate in more than four decades was a glaring security lapse that led last week to former Secret Service Director Kimberly...

Donald Trump with his bloodied face at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
USA

Trump agrees to sit for interview with FBI as it investigates shooting

Democratic presidential candidate US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to reporters upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, July 25, 2024. Harris is returning to Washington, DC, from Texas, and she is scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Pool via REUTERS
USA

Obamas endorse Harris, Trump vows return to site of assassination attempt

Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump takes the stage to speak on Day 4 of the Republican National Convention (RNC), at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, July 18, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo
USA

Trump doctor disputes suggestion that shrapnel, not bullet, hit his ear

A 2020 High School yearbook shows the photo of Thomas Matthew Crooks, named by the FBI as the "subject involved" in the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump, in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, US July 14, 2024. REUTERS/Aaron Josefczyk/File Photo
USA

Trump shooter searched online for JFK assassination, FBI director says

A man holds a sign with a picture of Thomas Crooks, following a shooting during a rally in which Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump was injured, outside the Republican National Convention (RNC), in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, July 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
USA

Trump gunman Thomas Crooks leaves behind pile of mysteries

Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump is assisted by security personnel after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, July 13, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Politics

US watchdog probes Secret Service handling of rally where Trump was shot

On 14 April 1865 John Wilkes Booth (left) shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln. On 22 November 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald (middle) shot and killed President John F Kennedy. Thomas Matthew Crooks (right) fired shots from an “AR-style” rifle that grazed former US President Donald Trump’s ear on 13 July 2024. PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS, REUTERS
Panorama

Trump assassination attempt: The many motives behind US political violence

Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump is assisted by security personnel after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, July 13, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
USA

We fact-checked some of the rumours spreading online about the Trump assassination attempt

Corey Comperatore, who was killed after a gunman targeted former president Donald Trump at a rally on Saturday. Photo: Facebook
USA

Former fire chief who died at Trump rally used his body to shield family from gunfire

Representations of cryptocurrency Bitcoin are seen in this illustration, August 10, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Global Economy

Bitcoin soars to two-week high after Trump attack

Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk speaks during the Model S Beta Event held at the Tesla factory in Fremont, California October 1, 2011. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
Politics

Shooting conspiracies trend on X as Musk endorses Trump

Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump is assisted by security personnel after gunfire rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, US, July 13, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
USA

US Secret Service faces scrutiny after Trump shooting