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Hatred of politicians deters good people from the job, which makes the government worse, which makes voters hate politicians more
Decision by US district judge Aileen Cannon handed former president another major legal victory
Attack underscored nation’s fractured political landscape ahead of US presidential election
Not many people get to call out Donald Trump out for an idiot and enjoy his good graces afterwards
Evan Vucci of Associated Press, Doug Mills of the New York Times and Anna Moneymaker of Getty Images among those praised for work in Butler
The political calculus has changed after last weekend. Facing a newly revitalised Trump with a visibly and increasingly enfeebled Biden now seems even more likely to end in catastrophe for the Democrats
Republican presidential candidate Trump welcomed the dismissal of the pending classified documents case against him
Former critic of Republican candidate has since become one of his biggest supporters
‘He has done actions that are a match for actions in criminal statutes described as crimes so he should be locked up’
Judge’s ruling on classified documents charges come days after would-be assassin’s bullet grazed his ear
Results offer another boost to ex-president days after he survived attempted assassination
Trump-appointed Judge Aileen Cannon says Jack Smith did not have the authority to bring the case
Thomas Matthew Crooks (20) left few clues about who he was or why he decided to drive to western Pennsylvania and try to kill the former US president
Millions of ‘never Trump’ voters are unlikely to become ‘Yes Trumpers’, however appalled they are by the vile attempted murder
Failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump puts agency under political pressure
It’s starting to dawn on Democrats and Republicans that heightened, embittered language may have contributed to this latest appalling moment in US politics
That Trump became a victim of the very violence he has done so much to validate will not provoke either him or his fans to think again. It will merely serve to fortify a mindset in which America is already at war with itself
Dead suspect identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks (20) while questions asked over US secret service after attack on former president
FBI investigates gunman’s motive for trying to kill former president
Supporters of former US president speak outside Trump Tower with their reaction to attempted assassination
The 2024 US presidential race was always likely to be a defining event but now the stakes – and the dangers – are even greater
Biden says US ‘must unite as one nation’ to condemn assassination attempt that injured presumptive Republican candidate
Shooting has altered expected tone and mood of Republican national convention in Milwaukee
Maureen Dowd: The US president is trying to prove he can hang on to a ledge without falling and taking the House, Senate and American democracy with him
FBI working to determine motive for the attack by 20-year-old, who was a registered Republican but also donated to Democrat action committee
Former US president was injured after several shots were made at him at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania
Investigations into how a person managed to evade Secret Service agents and climb on to the roof of a building near where Trump was speaking
A projection of strength arising from this event may well help Trump win the White House in November
Attempted killing of former president Donald Trump is the latest in a line of incidents in which US leaders have been targeted by gunmen
Republican candidate says he is ‘fine’ after a bullet pierced the upper part of his right ear
Suspected gunman was killed and former US president is ‘fine’ after shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania
Shooting that injured presidental candidate at rally in Pennsylvania resurrects old nightmares of slain American political leaders
When the shooting ceased just a few seconds later, and heads rose again, the grim aftermath came into view
The chaotic US presidential election is in danger of spiralling into something much darker with the attempted assassination of Donald Trump
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