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(WASHINGTON) -- The gunman who fired on former President Donald Trump on Saturday should never have been able to get a "direct line" of sight, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said."A direct line of sight like that to the former president should not occur," Mayorkas told ABC News' on Good…

(BUTLER, Penn.) -- FBI investigators said Monday that they have gained entry to the cell phone of the 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a weekend campaign rally in Pennsylvania.An FBI technical specialist gained access to the contents of suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks' phone, allowing…

(BUTLER, Pa.) -- A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man is suspected to be the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Saturday, firing several shots and killing at least one spectator, federal and local law enforcement agencies said.The FBI early on Sunday identified the suspect, who was killed at…

(BUTLER, Pa.) -- As the investigation into the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump intensified Sunday, the U.S. Secret Service was coming under scrutiny as questions mounted on how the alleged gunman managed to fire a barrage of shots from a rooftop with a vantage point of the outdoor…

(BUTLER, Pa.) -- The man killed at a Trump rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday has been identified.Corey Comperatore, 50, was a firefighter and a father of two daughters, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Sunday. He was from Sarver, Pennsylvania.Comperatore "died a hero" when he "dove on his family" to…

(BUTLER, P.A.) -- Federal authorities are investigating after former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt at an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.Blood splattered on Trump's face as Secret Service agents surrounded him and led him off the stage to a waiting vehicle…

(BUTLER, P.A.) -- Dave McCormick, the Pennsylvania GOP Senate nominee who attended former President Donald Trump's rally on Saturday, called the shooting a "scary moment.""The president was taken off the stage, and there was a real confusion of what was going on, whether there were multiple shooters, whether the shooting…

(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden spoke with former President Donald Trump on Saturday night, just hours after a possible assassination attempt on him at his rally in Pennsylvania."I’ve been thoroughly briefed by all the agencies in the federal government as to the situation based on what we know now," Biden…

(BUTLER, Pa.) -- Former President Donald Trump says he was shot in the ear after a gunman perched on the roof of a nearby building opened fire at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday -- a harrowing incident that the FBI called an assassination attempt.The shooting, which set the…

(NEW YORK) -- More than 100 million Americans are under heat alerts from coast-to-coast on Saturday. Record high temperatures are possible in Redding, California; Reno, Nevada; Denver, Colorado; and Grand Junction, Colorado.In the West, there is an extreme heat risk in the California Valley with temperatures up to 115 degrees…