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Trump Gives First Interview Since Attempted Assassination

Donald Trump has given his first in-depth interview after miraculously surviving an assassination attempt at his Pennsylvania rally Saturday, insisting 'I'm supposed to be dead'.

Trump revealed how turning his head away from the crowd to look at a video screen may have saved his life at the Butler, Pennsylvania rally and how he wanted to keep talking after gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks struck him in the right ear.

He said Sunday: 'I rarely look away from the crowd. Had I not done that in that moment, well, we would not be talking today, would we?'

After Trump Assassination Attempt, Biden Campaign Pauses Ads, Events, Attacks

President Joe Biden's campaign has spent the past few weeks not only fighting back against growing calls for him to step aside after his disastrous debate performance but attacking former President Donald Trump as a danger to American democracy.

However, after an assassination attempt on Trump at his Pennsylvania rally on Saturday, all of that has come to a halt.

Trump Rally Shooter Identified As Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20-Year-Old Pennsylvania Man. Here's What We Know So Far

The gunman who fired shots at former President Donald Trump in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday night has been identified by the FBI as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks. He was killed by a Secret Service sniper, officials said.

One audience member at the rally, Pennsylvania firefighter Corey Comperatore, was killed in the shooting, and two other men are in critical condition, officials said.

Congress Demands Answers From Secret Service After Trump Assassination Attempt

Top leaders in Congress quickly unified to rebuke a failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a Saturday rally, demanding briefings and planning investigations into the incident that left the former president injured.

“Congress will do a full investigation of the tragedy yesterday to determine where there were lapses in security and anything else that the American people need to know and deserve to know,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said Sunday on the “TODAY” show. “But in the meantime, we’ve got to turn the rhetoric down. We’ve got to turn the temperature down in this country.”

Trump Assassination Attempt Jolts GOP Ahead Of RNC

The assassination attempt against former President Trump has jolted the Republican National Convention, sparking discussions about security, the former president’s presence and a rallying effect heading into the week-long event in Milwaukee.

This week’s convention had been expected to be a relatively tightly-scripted affair where Republicans were hoping to make few major waves as Democrats grappled with infighting over whether President Biden should remain the party’s nominee. The biggest question mark was how and when Trump would reveal his running mate.

But after Trump was grazed by a bullet at a Pennsylvania campaign rally, the calculus has shifted.

Wisconsin Headlines

Bad River Tribe Proposes Plan To Slow Erosion Near Enbridge’s Oil And Gas Pipeline

A northern Wisconsin tribe has proposed a solution to slow riverbank erosion near a Canadian energy firm’s oil and gas pipeline to reduce the threat of a potential spill on tribal lands and resources.

In a July 5 letter to Enbridge, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa proposed a plan to install interlocking and removable logs along the banks of the Bad River, or Mashkiiziibii, near the company’s Line 5 pipeline.

The tribe’s proposal comes amid a contentious, years-long feud over Enbridge’s operation of Line 5 on tribal lands after easements for the pipeline expired more than a decade ago. In 2019, Bad River sued the company to force it to shut down and remove Line 5 from a dozen miles of tribal lands.

Former Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant Pleads Guilty To Smuggling Contraband

United States Attorney Gregory J. Haanstad announced that on July 12, 2024, Johanna Grace (age: 34) plead guilty to providing marijuana and a cellular telephone to an inmate of the Waukesha County Jail.

Publicly filed documents reflect that when Grace committed this offense, she was serving as a Lieutenant with the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office. She coordinated with associates outside the Waukesha County Jail to bring contraband inside the facility, and when she realized her crime would be discovered, Grace shared internal law enforcement reports with those same associates. Grace has acknowledged that as part of her offense of conviction, she obstructed justice.

The 2024 Republican National Convention Begins In Milwaukee

The Republican National Convention kicks off on July 15, with delegates and officials descending on Wisconsin amid the tumult that follows a July 13 attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump as he prepares to become the GOP’s official nominee.

The quadrennial event in one of this cycle’s key battleground states takes place not only as Trump leads a party in lockstep behind him, but as Democrats roil over President Joe Biden’s viability and if they should replace him as their nominee.

Marquette Law School Poll Hosts Event Ahead Of RNC, Impact Attempted Assassination Could Have On Election

The Marquette Law School Poll hosted "Battleground Wisconsin: Politics, Polls and Perspectives" on the eve of the Republican National Convention.

At the event, the panel of speakers were asked how they think the attempted assassination of Former President Donald Trump will change the course of the presidential campaign.

"I don't see how there's any reason to believe this doesn't produce a short term boost for Trump. I think it may produce some shift in rhetoric used in the short term. What it certainly does is heightens the attention to the RNC," Dr. Charles Franklin, Director of Marquette Law School Poll, said.

Wisconsin Elder Abuse Hotline Receives Prestigious Aging Achievement Award From USAging

The Wisconsin Department of Justice in conjunction with the Greater Wisconsin Agency on Aging Resources (GWAAR) is pleased to announce the Wisconsin Elder Abuse Hotline is one of the recipients of a 2024 USAging Aging Achievement Award.

The 2024 USAging Aging Innovations & Achievement Awards recognizes USAging’s Area Agency on Aging members that have found new and innovative ways to support older adults, people with disabilities and caregivers as they live in their homes and communities. The Wisconsin Elder Abuse Hotline has been selected in the Elder Abuse Prevention category.