Combative Biden refuses to debate Trump again before DNC amid plot to oust him: Live

Donald Trump’s campaign manager revealed on Tuesday that he often carries a firearm for his and his boss’s protection when out with the former president on the campaign trail.

John Bowden reports from the convention.

US House majority leader Steve Scalise – who was himself the victim of a “politically motivated” shooting – said that while he was in hospital, Donald Trump was one of the first to console his family.

During practice for the 2017 year’s Congressional Baseball Game, Scalise was shot and seriously wounded by an anti-Trump domestic terrorist who was targeting Republicans.

The Louisiana congressman underwent treatment for several months, returning to Congress on September 28 that year.

Scalise gave remarks at the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Tuesday night, ending by paying tribute to the former president.

“Lastly, I need to say something about Saturday’s attempt on President Trump’s life,” he told convention attendees.

“Many of you know I was the survivor of a politically motivated shooting in 2017 not many know that while I was fighting for my life, Donald Trump was one of the first to come console my family at the hospital.

“That’s the kind of leader he is – courageous under fire, compassionate towards others. Let’s put Donald Trump back in the White House this November. So, we can make America great again.”

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The man who attempted to assassinate former president Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania told his boss that he needed the Saturday off because he had “something important to do.”

They were paired as writing partners for their first major assignment at Yale Law School – a striking high-achiever daughter of immigrants and a Marine veteran “hillbilly” who could trace his family’s Scots-Irish roots back generations in the Appalachian mountains.

It may sound trite and corny, but Usha Chilukuri and JD Vance truly came from vastly different worlds. And they fell in love in yet another – at an East Coast Ivy League across the country from Usha’s childhood California home and across a gaping cultural divide from her future husband’s Rust Belt hometown.

President Joe Biden fired back at questions about his mental fitness and accused news outlets of failing to treat Donald Trump’s false statements during the debate with the same level of scrutiny.

Biden admitted he’s “old” and that concerns about someone his age in the White House are “legitimate.”

A video of Kennedy speaking to Trump on speakerphone appeared online on Tuesday, with Kennedy later apologizing and saying he was “mortified” it had been posted.

Gustaf Kilander has the story.

In her first public comments since Saturday’s shooting, agency director Kimberly Cheatle said the gunman should never have been allowed to get in a position to take his shot and that “the buck stops with [her]”.