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Trump Assassination Attempt |
The FBI is investigating an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The attack took place yesterday around 2 pm ET at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Trump is safe; the suspect, known for expressing pro-Ukrainian views, is in custody. Secret Service agents opened fire on a man stationed in bushes outside the golf course. He was pointing a rifle through the fence, officials said. The man, who was roughly 400 to 500 yards from Trump, fled by vehicle and was later apprehended. An AK-47-style rifle was discovered on-site, along with a rifle scope, GoPro camera, and multiple backpacks. Officials have not publicly identified a motive as of this writing. The incident marks the second near-miss assassination attempt on Trump in two months. See live updates here. |
The trial over the future of the Murdoch empire begins today in Reno, Nevada. Details of the conflict—which draws parallels to the hit HBO series "Succession"—will remain confidential after a judge ruled last week to keep case filings sealed. At the heart of the court battle is 93-year-old Rupert Murdoch's succession plan for News Corp. and Fox Corp., media outlets collectively valued at over $32B. Murdoch owns a roughly 40% stake in each company, with each of his four children set to inherit an equal share. Last year, however, Murdoch petitioned to amend the family trust to allocate all voting rights to his eldest son and current Fox Corp. CEO, 53-year-old Lachlan Murdoch. The Murdochs have donated millions of dollars to conservative causes, while Lachlan's siblings—including brother James—have donated to Democratic groups. Editorial differences surrounding the direction of Murdoch's conservative-leaning news empire (see list of outlets) are believed to have driven the conflict. |
The long-awaited centerpiece of the National World War I Memorial was unveiled Friday, a 25-ton, nearly 60-foot-long relief capturing the human toll of the war. Located just east of the White House in Pershing Park, the relief panel is the largest freestanding bronze sculpture in the Western Hemisphere. The piece depicts more than three dozen figures used to tell the story of a single soldier, or "doughboy"—from leaving America for the war, witnessing death and destruction, and returning home. The sculptor, Sabin Howard, described the piece as emphasizing the process of being human as seen through the lens of war. Watch an interview with Howard and others discussing its creation here. Roughly 118,000 Americans died in the war, with more than 200,000 soldiers wounded (the global death toll is estimated to be as high as 22 million). Read about the decadelong effort to make the larger National World War I Memorial a reality. |
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