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Trump enters Republican convention with a bandage covering his right ear after assassination attempt

Trump enters Republican convention with a bandage covering his right ear after assassination attempt

Former President Donald Trump, two days after surviving an attempted assassination, appeared triumphantly at the Republican National Convention’s opening night with a bandage over his right ear.
by The Associated Press

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’The temperature has been turned up so high:’ The psychology of political rhetoric during this chaotic moment

’The temperature has been turned up so high:’ The psychology of political rhetoric during this chaotic moment

As the director of the Social and Political Psychology Lab at the University of Minnesota Duluth, Professor John Blanchar looks at the psychology behind fraught political moments.
by Cathy Wurzer and Ellen Finn

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Trump picks Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, a once-fierce critic turned loyal ally, as his GOP running mate

Trump picks Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, a once-fierce critic turned loyal ally, as his GOP running mate

Former President Donald Trump announced his pick for vice president Monday and has become the official Republican presidential nominee after receiving the votes of enough delegates at the Republican National Convention.
by The Associated Press

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Republican convention opens after Trump assassination attempt; Minnesota delegate says 'it gave me chills'

Republican convention opens after Trump assassination attempt; Minnesota delegate says 'it gave me chills'

Dozens of Minnesota Republicans are in Milwaukee for the start of the Republican National Convention. Polling indicates former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are running close in Minnesota. That has Minnesota’s delegates excited about Trump’s chances to flip their state.
by Mark Zdechlik

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What we know about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump

What we know about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump

The speech former President Donald Trump delivers to his party faithful this week will be “a lot different” from the one he had been preparing before a shooting at his rally in Pennsylvania Saturday. His remarks will focus less on President Biden and more on unity, he said.
by Emma Bowman, Joe Hernandez, Ximena Bustillo and Jeongyoon Han

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In primetime address, Biden says country must not go down road of political violence

In primetime address, Biden says country must not go down road of political violence

President Joe Biden says “we can’t, we must not go down” the road of political violence in American after Saturday’s attempted assassination of Donald Trump. In a prime-time national address, Biden said political passions can run high but “we must never descend into violence.”
by MPR News Staff and The Associated Press

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