I was yards from the stage during the attempted Trump assassination — this is what it was like to witness history
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I was yards from the stage during the attempted Trump assassination — this is what it was like to witness history

BUTLER, Pa. — I crammed myself up onto the stairs leading to the risers for the press just yards from the stage as former President Donald Trump arrived at the Butler Farm Show fairgrounds around 6 p.m. Saturday. Equipped with only my cell phone as I anticipated Trump’s signature entrance…

Firefighters remember Corey Comperatore, chief killed at Pennsylvania Trump rally
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Firefighters remember Corey Comperatore, chief killed at Pennsylvania Trump rally

BUFFALO TWP., Pa. — As a would-be assassin took his shot at former President Donald Trump on Saturday evening, 50-year-old Corey Comperatore scrambled to protect his family in the line of fire. It would be his final heroic act, but firefighters in rural Butler County who knew Comperatore say they’re…

Mayor Adams’ key affordable housing ‘City of Yes’ initiative skewered by Council
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Mayor Adams’ key affordable housing ‘City of Yes’ initiative skewered by Council

City Council members are raising concerns about the next step of Mayor Eric Adams’ landmark “City of Yes” plan to bring thousands of apartments to the East Bronx — claiming the chosen area lacks crucial infrastructure. Lawmakers sounded the alarm last week over the Bronx Metro-North Neighborhood Plan, which will…

Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was bullied loner: classmate
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Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks was bullied loner: classmate

The 20-year-old man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania Saturday was described by former classmates as a bullied loner with a penchant for hunting outfits and video games. Thomas Matthew Crooks was killed by the Secret Service on Saturday evening after he opened fire at…

Trump seen for first time after he’s shot by 20-year-old in attempted assassination, arrives at NJ airport
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Trump seen for first time after he’s shot by 20-year-old in attempted assassination, arrives at NJ airport

Donald Trump was seen striding down the steps of his private plane, Trump Force One, in the first image of the former president since a would-be assassin’s bullet nearly took his life. The former president was flanked by Secret Service as he walked down to the tarmac at Newark Liberty…

Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally
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Thomas Matthew Crooks ID’d as gunman who shot Trump during Pa. rally

The gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump Saturday was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, sources told The Post. Crooks, of Bethel Park, Pa., squeezed off shots — one of which grazed Trump in the ear — at an outdoor rally in Butler, just outside Pittsburgh. Sources…

Biden speaks with Trump after assassination attempt
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Biden speaks with Trump after assassination attempt

WASHINGTON — President Biden spoke with former President Donald Trump on Saturday night after the ex-president survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally. Biden, 81, said earlier Saturday that he tried to call the 78-year-old Republican presidential candidate while he was being treated at a Pittsburgh-area hospital. Joe Biden…

Trump says he ‘felt the bullet ripping through my skin’ in first statement since assassination attempt
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Trump says he ‘felt the bullet ripping through my skin’ in first statement since assassination attempt

Former President Donald Trump says he “felt the bullet ripping through [his] skin” during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. “I was shot with a bullet that pierced the upper part of my right ear,” the 78-year-old presumptive Republican presidential nominee said in his first statement after…