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Law enforcement officers move during a Donald Trump rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

GOP blames Democrats for Trump shooting

Nicholas Liu

Republicans quickly tried to pin blame for the shooting on Democratic rhetoric

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) arrives to speak to the media at the Federal Correctional Institution Danbury where Steve Bannon, the former Donald Trump White House strategist, is expected to begin his four-month sentence on July 1, 2024 in Danbury, Connecticut. (David Dee Delgado/Getty Images)

Greene blames "evil" Dems for shooting

Marin Scotten

The Congresswoman’s words come amidst calls from the President to “lower the temperature”

Bill Maher visits The Megyn Kelly Show at the SiriusXM Studios on May 20, 2024 in New York City. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)

Maher: Trump shooting hurts the "left"

Nardos Haile

"MAGA nation has finally found its full martyr," the comedian said during a show

Judge Aileen Cannon | Trump Classified Documents Indictment (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images/US District Court for the Southern District of Florida)

Cannon dismisses Trump documents case

Nicholas Liu

The trial was already on life-support as Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, repeatedly delayed it

Police continue to block off roads around Thomas Matthew Crooks' home as the FBI carries out its investigation into assassination attempt of former US President Donald Trump, in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, on July 14, 2024. (REBECCA DROKE/AFP via Getty Images)

"Conservative" shooter was an "outcast"

Charles R. Davis

"I probably had seen him wear a Trump shirt or something along the lines," Thomas Matthew Crooks' ex-classmate says

Secret service agents cover former president Donald Trump during a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump at Butler Farm Show Inc. on Saturday, July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pa. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Police had spotted Trump gunman

Marin Scotten

The officer retreated from the roof to protect his own life

American Flag and Christianity Cross (Getty Images/Javier Art Photography)

Secret rich Christian group has big plot

Andy Kroll, Nick Surgey - ProPublica

Little-known right-wing organization spends millions on big election push — but it may be violating the law

Former US President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump raises his fist as he walks off stage after participating in a town hall event at Dream City Church in Phoenix, Arizona, on June 6, 2024. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

"Fight!": An instinct to incite

Heather Digby Parton

The most incendiary rhetoric came from Trump himself when he raised his fist and pumped it angrily yelling "fight!"

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to supporters during a political rally while campaigning for the GOP nomination in the 2024 election at Erie Insurance Arena on July 29, 2023 in Erie, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

A moment to shame MAGA dissenters

Chauncey DeVega

"Republicans will exploit the assassination attempt to emphasize Trump’s near-martyrdom," Steven Beschloss predicts

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting about countering the flow of fentanyl into the United States, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House November 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

A wake-up call for the Democratic Party

Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen

The imperative to reduce the chances of a Trump victory remains

A billboard launched by the Democratic National Committee in 10 Milwaukee locations shows former US president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump criticizing the city that will host the Republican National Convention in July, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 14, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

An apprehensive flight into Milwaukee

Bob Hennelly - InsiderNJ

It’s a very open question as to whether or not we can gather as Americans in large crowds

A farm worker walks through one of the barns at the A. Ooms & Sons Dairy Farm Thursday Nov. 2, 2017 in Valatie, NY. (John Carl D'Annibale /Albany Times Union via Getty Images)

Farmworkers at highest risk for bird flu

Marin Scotten

Farmworkers need paid sick leave and widespread testing to help prevent an H5N1 pandemic, experts say

Two FBI investigators scan the roof of AGR International Inc, the building adjacent to the Butler Fairgrounds, from which alleged shooter Matthew Thomas Crooks fired at former President Donald J. Trump, in the aftermath of the attempted assassination at a campaign rally on July 14, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)

"Security failure" at Trump rally

Kelly McClure

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner said there was a “failure of the overall broader net”

Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris delivers remarks during a campaign event at the Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote Presidential Town Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States on July 13, 2024. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Leaders show support after Trump attack

Nandika Chatterjee

“We must all condemn this abhorrent act,” Vice President Kamala Harris said

Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal pose for the movie "When Harry Met Sally" circa 1989. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

What "When Harry Met Sally" makes us ask

Melanie McFarland

As the film hits its 35th anniversary, male and female friendship is more common than meeting new people

Donald Trump posting on Truth Social after the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. (Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Conspiracies flying after Trump shooting

Kelly McClure

There are attempts to blame the shooting on Biden and Zapruder-level suggestions that the shooter didn't act alone

Police cars outside the residence of suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks, Trump Rally Shooter, investigate the area in Pennsylvania, United States on July 14, 2024. (Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Trump rally shooter identified by FBI

Nandika Chatterjee

Thomas Matthew Crooks, who shot at the former president, was killed by Secret Service agents

Shannen Doherty attends the FOX Summer TCA 2019 All-Star Party at Fox Studios on August 7, 2019 in Los Angeles. (MICHAEL TRAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Shannen Doherty dies at 53

Kelly McClure

The star of "Beverly Hills, 90210" and "Charmed" was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015

Former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania ( Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Can America survive what happens next?

Andrew O'Hehir

We traveled to this bad place together, which means, in theory, that we can still decide to go somewhere else

Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito and Antonin Scalia within a John Trumbell painting of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

"Originalism": White supremacy in robes

Paul Rosenberg

Legal scholar Madiba K. Dennie on how the right twisted the Constitution — and how ordinary citizens can fight back

Octopus with diver's hand underwater (Getty Images/Martin Steinthaler)

Plumbing the depths of animal minds

Carlyn Zwarenstein

Vertebrates’ ability to relieve our own suffering is part of the puzzle of consciousness — but only part

This handout screen grab captured from a video shows Yemen's Houthi fighters' takeover of the Galaxy Leader Cargo in the Red Sea coast off Hudaydah, on November 20, 2023 in the Red Sea, Yemen. (Houthi Movement via Getty Images)

A new Middle East war? It's already here

Juan Cole - TomDispatch.com

So far, the US Navy can't defeat the pro-Palestinian Houthis of Yemen. A glance at their history helps explain why

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Secret Service killed Trump shooter

Kelly McClure

The shooter was armed with an AR-style rifle, sources said

Former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Trump injured but "safe" after shooting

Andrew O'Hehir

Alleged shooter and another person killed; former president bloodied in attack, now receiving treatment

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