Trump escorted off stage during Pennsylvania rally after apparent gunshots ring out in crowd

By Dana Sukontarak
July 13, 2024 | 6:38 PM

Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, is over after apparent shots rang out in the crowd.

The Secret Service rushed in as Trump ducked behind the podium, footage showed. There appeared to be blood on his right ear and face.

Trump was then escorted off stage by Secret Service as people in the crowd dropped to the ground.

Secret Service confirmed afterwards that Trump is safe.

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US strikes Iran and Tehran fires back as hostilities flare again

By The Associated Press
September 1, 2026 | 4:00 PM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military hit targets in Iran on Tuesday and Tehran fired missiles and drones in response as hostilities flare once again in an intermittent war that has lasted more than six months. The U.S. strikes followed others on Sunday that abruptly ended a month without military action and threatened to fully reignite a conflict that has spiked global oil prices and posed political problems for Republicans in November's midterm congressional elections. The renewed fighting comes after President Donald Trump had appeared to pivot toward trying to bend Iran to his will through economic sanctions. “If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings,” Trump warned on social media. U.S. Central Command said the latest strikes were in response to Tehran trying to attack commercial ships and American forces in the Middle East. Trump offered an additional explanation, telling Fox News in a phone call that U.S. forces struck Iran's radars.

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