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Trump stands ‘stronger than ever’ one year after surviving Pennsylvania assassination attempt, staffers say

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In a matter of minutes on a hot summer Saturday in northwestern Pennsylvania, the already unprecedented 2024 election cycle was rocked by an assassination attempt on President Donald Trump’s life that had a sweeping effect not only on the upcoming presidency, but also staffers who witnessed the harrowing moment.
Eight shots rang out at the Butler Farm Show Grounds at about 6:11 p.m. Eastern Time, roughly six minutes after Trump took the open-air rally’s stage. The rally began on its typical lively note, with the former and upcoming president swaying to Lee Greenwood’s «God Bless the USA» and engaging with supporters by pointing at them as they clapped and held up signs declaring, «Joe Biden, you’re fired.»
The rally came to a screeching halt after Trump began his address and was seen grabbing the side of his head before abruptly dropping to the ground. Rally-goers were also seen ducking for cover as confusion gripped the small fairgrounds located just north of Pittsburgh.
Secret Service agents threw their bodies over Trump as shields as they worked to get him off of the stage and to a secure location.
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President Donald Trump was assisted by Secret Service after gunfire rang out during the campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Pennsylvania a year ago. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
Acting Secret Service Director Sean M. Curran, one of the agents who rushed to protect Trump that day, told Fox News Digital that July 13, 2024, has remained at the top of his mind since he was tapped to lead the Secret Service.
«One year ago, I was by President Trump’s side when a lone gunman attempted to assassinate him in Butler, Pennsylvania,» Curran said. «My heart will always be with all those impacted on that day, especially Corey Comperatore, who lost his life while protecting those around him.»
«Since President Trump appointed me as director of the United States Secret Service, I have kept my experience on July 13 top of mind, and the agency has taken many steps to ensure such an event can never be repeated in the future,» he continued. «Nothing is more important to the United States Secret Service than the safety and security of our protectees. As director, I am committed to ensuring our agency is fully equipped, resourced and aligned to carry out our important mission each and every day.»
ONE YEAR AFTER TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, BUTLER WIDOW DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY FROM SECRET SERVICE
Trump emerged into the camera’s view with a trail of blood streaked across his cheek and famously raised a fist before defiantly chanting, «Fight, fight, fight» as law enforcement escorted him from the stage.
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, who served as Trump campaign manager in 2024 and witnessed the harrowing attempt, told the New York Post’s Miranda Devine earlier in July in a podcast interview that she «100%» believes divine intervention protected Trump from a greater tragedy that day.

Trump raised a fist and shouted «Fight, fight, fight» after the assassination attempt against him on July 13, 2024. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)
«The way the rally itself unfolded, the chart he had them put up on the screens… it was always the last chart in the rotation. And it was always on the other side» of the stage, Wiles told Devine in an interview that published Wednesday. «To have him ask for that chart eight minutes in and to have it come on the side that is opposite caused him to look in a different direction… I believe God wanted him to live.»
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Pennsylvania Sen. Dave McCormick, who was in the midst of his election cycle to unseat longtime Democrat Sen. Bob Casey, said in comment to Fox News Digital that he was just feet from Trump when the gunshots rang out.
«I was sitting just 15 feet from the stage at the Butler rally when the shots rang out. Moments before the attempted assassination, President Trump asked me to come on stage to give my remarks. As I was headed onstage, he prompted me to wait until after he spoke to the crowd about an immigration chart. Returning to my seat, I watched as President Trump turned his attention and head towards the chart—a decision that likely saved his life,» McCormick said.
«Moments later, a bullet meant for his head struck his ear. He went down, then stood up and raised his fist in defiance. That moment captured who he is at his core—a strong leader—and marked a turning point in the 2024 election. Strong leadership sets a tone — like a ripple effect. President Trump didn’t panic and stood strong and so did the crowd. Instead of chaos, chants of ‘USA’ rang out.»
The shooting injured three people, including Trump, and killed local father and former fire chief Corey Comperatore.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt reflected on Comperatore’s tragic death in a comment to Fox Digital, underscoring that the president «will never forget Corey and his beautiful family.»

Former Buffalo Township Fire Chief Corey Comperatore pictured with his daughters in an undated family photo. (Helen Comperatore/Facebook)
«One year ago in Butler, Pennsylvania, we tragically lost an American hero, Corey Comperatore, who selflessly laid down his life to protect those around him,» she said. «President Trump will never forget Corey and his beautiful family. On that dark day, God spared President Trump’s life by a miraculous millimeter. Now one year later, President Trump is standing stronger than ever as he continues to ‘fight, fight, fight’ for the American people.»
Comperatore’s widow, Helen, spoke to Fox News in an emotional interview about her husband’s death earlier in July, demanding accountability from the Secret Service over how a gunman was able to fire off shots without intervention.
«We were all sitting ducks that day,» Helen Comperatore told Fox News. «Our blood is all over their hands. I am angry. I lost the love of my life. They screwed up.»
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«Why Butler? Why was that such a failure? Why weren’t they paying attention? Why did they think that that roof didn’t need covered?» she asked. «I want to sit down and talk to them. I have the right to. They need to listen to me.»
McCormick remembered Comperatore as a heroic dad and husband who died protecting his family.
«Corey Comperatore—a Pennsylvanian, volunteer firefighter, and father—was sitting behind me. He died shielding his family. I’m remembering Corey and praying for the Comperatore family on this one-year anniversary,» the Republican Senator said.
Longtime political reporter Salena Zito published a book in July detailing her recollections of the day, and said in an interview earlier this month with Fox Digital that she refused to duck for cover as gunshots rang out.

President Donald Trump honored Corey Comperatore during the RNC just days after the former fireman was shot and killed during the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally in 2024. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
«I didn’t get down,» Zito said in an interview ahead of the book’s release Tuesday. «There was this inner voice that told me, ‘You have a job to do, continue doing it.’»
Zito was located near the stage and the Secret Service’s secure permitter when the gunman opened fire on Trump and the crowds.
«Time has these layers that happen,» Zito added while reflecting on the 2024 events. «It’s not remembering them. It’s experiencing them. It’s this interesting thing that happens. I see a sea of navy blue suits immediately surround him. Then, I hear the second four shots. I still didn’t get down.»
TRUMP TELLS FOX NOTICIAS HE ‘WOULD LIKE TO HEAR THE EXPLANATION’ BEHIND ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS
McCormick told Fox Digital that recent politically-motivated attacks, including the targeted attacks and murder of a Minnesota state lawmaker in June, need to end and be replaced with civility that protects democracy.
«From the attempts on President Trump’s life, to arson at the Pennsylvania Governor’s Residence, to the murder of Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, these politically-motivated attacks are an assault on democracy itself. Regardless of party, we must choose to engage civilly. This anniversary serves as a solemn reminder that for our country, violence borne from political disagreement is never the answer,» he said.Following the assassination attempt, Trump quickly was whisked away from the rally to receive medical attention. Just a day later, June 14, 2024, the Republican National Convention was set to kick off in Milwaukee, with concern initially mounting that Trump might not be able to attend the convention due to the injury.

Former first lady Melania Trump joined Trump in Milwaukee for the RNC following the assassination attempt in July 2024. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The president, however, made his public return in Milwaukee that week while wearing a bandage over his ear. Trump officially accepted the party’s nomination for him to serve as president, and delivered a 93-minute speech that was underscored by how the attempt on his life changed him.
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«There was blood pouring everywhere, and yet, in a certain way I felt very safe, because I had God on my side,» Trump told the crowds of supporters on the final night of the RNC. «The amazing thing is that prior to the shot, if I had NOT moved my head at the very last instant, the assassin’s bullet would have perfectly hit its mark, and I would not be with you tonight.»
Fox News Digital’s Deirdre Heavey contributed to this report.
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Qué leer esta semana: el hermano alemán que le apareció a Chico Buarque (y cómo)

Esta historia la sé de dos maneras: porque Chico Buarque la escribió en una novela hermosa –El hermano alemán– y porque me la contó una tarde en su casa de Río de Janeiro. Detrás de mí, el ventanal que daba al mar y delante, todos esos ojos celestes. La historia del libro y la del cara a cara no son exactamente iguales: Buarque, además de ese cantautor delicioso que te puede estremecer, es un escritor y el escritor sabe cortar acá y cambiar un detalle allá. Pero lo importante, ese hermano buscado de grande, se mantiene. Enseguida te cuento un poco más.
En esta entrega también voy a hablar de dos libros que me llegaron y quiero leer. Uno es Las escuelas, donde Adriana Amante se mete en la cabeza de una mujer que recuerda a su mejor amiga de la adolescencia… la hija del director de una escuela de formación de suboficiales de la Armada, en plena dictadura.
El otro libro es Sin padre, sin marido y sin Estado, de las investigadoras Melina Vázquez y Carolina Spataro. Lo que me interesó es que, como dice la tapa, fueron a buscar a las feministas de las “Nuevas derechas”. ¿Cómo, hay feministas de derecha? Bueno.
Finalmente, un bonus track: Los días de la zona, el libro que el periodista Diego Rojas entregó días antes de morir y donde plantea… un ataque de una guerrilla boliviana a Buenos Aires.
Ahí vamos.

Hay que decir que un poco me temblaron las rodillas cuando me anuncié en la casilla de seguridad de ese edificio -“Voy al noveno”- y me dijeron que pasara y del otro lado de la puerta del ascensor abrió la puerta el autor de Construcción, de Cálice, de La banda. Cuando nos sentamos en la mesa del comedor de ese departamento hermoso que no es una mansión, al costado de su piano. Cuando fuimos a la cocina y él hizo café.
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Cuando abrió los ojos y el corazón para hablarme de ese secreto familiar que todos sabían pero del que no se hablaba. El padre de Chico, Sergio, era corresponsal en Alemania antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y allí tuvo una novia. La novia quedó embarazada pero empezó la guerra y Sergio se volvió a Brasil. De ocho meses estaba ella.
El tema es que el padre no perdió contacto… del todo. Trató de recuperarlo, hizo algún trámite con las autoridades -nazis- de Alemania. Insinuaron que él era judío.. le fue mal. Pasó el tiempo. Sergio se casó con la madre de Chico, nacieron sus hijos…
Chico se enteró a los veintipico, no por su padre sino casi de casualidad: “Tengo la foto de ese día”, me dijo esa vez, entusiasmado como un niño. Se fue, volvió: en la foto está él, está Tom Jobim, está Vinicius de Moraes y hay un hombre algo mayor, el poeta Manuel Bandeira. “Estábamos ahí, cervecita, charlando y Manuel se puso a hablar de mi padre. ‘¿Cómo está Sergio? Hace tanto que no lo veo… Eramos muy amigos, después se fue a Alemania, tuvo aquel hijo…’ Así lo supe. Y yo: ‘¿Qué hijo en Alemania?”. Y Vinicius me dice: “¿Cómo no lo sabés?’”

Él no sabía pero los amigos sabían. Era la década del 70. El padre estaba vivo. Un poco, Chico se recriminaba ese silencio que guardan a veces los hijos para no mostrar que saben lo que no tenían que saber. “Podría haberme acercado a mi padre y preguntado. Podría haberle dicho ‘Sergio, contame todo’”.
Pero no lo hizo, no le dijo nada, dejó que el caudal del tiempo corriera bajo el puente y arrastrara al hermano con su furia. Hasta que después, muchos años después, con el padre y la madre ya muertoa y nadie a quien consultar, Chico decidió escribir una novela que empezaba cuando se encontraba una carta enviada por una mujer en 1931 y escrita en alemán. Allí decía que había nacido el bebé, que se había llamado Sergio, que usaba el apellido de su madre. Sí, iba a escribir la historia de su padre. Con lo poco que sabía la iba a escribir pero lo esperaba una sorpresa: cuando le contó a su hermano mayor la idea, el hermano simplemente dijo: “Ahh, sí, yo encontré unos documentos en alemán que mamá había guardado …”
Era 2012, Chico Buarque ya era Chico Buarque, se lanzaron a buscarlo y lo encontraron. Esto que cuento es la realidad, no la novela: el hermano había vivido en Europa del Este, efectivamente se llamaba Sergio, había sido periodista y.. ¡cantante! Y había muerto.
Chico lo contaba y se emocionaba. Había llegado tarde a su hermano pero le quedaban sobrinas. Otra vez, va, busca fotos, las muestra: las invitó a Brasil.
Esa historia está detrás, pero muy presente, en El hermano alemán. Con estos datos, vas a encontrar la realidad muy fácilmente en la novela.

Cuentan las autoras que todo empezó un 8 de marzo, cuando se encontraron en la marcha del Día de la Mujer con mujeres que habían votado a Javier Milei. ¿Se podía a la vez estar en esa marcha y apoyar a un político orgullosamente antifeminista? Decidieron seguir esas historias de vida.
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Encontraron, estudiando, que eran mujeres incómodas con la crianza tradicional que habían recibido, que las mandaba a la cocina y a cambiar pañales como proyecto de vida. Pero, a la vez, incómodas con sus profesores y muchas compañeras de estudios por sus posiciones, a la derecha de la mayoría. Incómodas con sus compañeros de militancia -por no aceptar aquel rol tradicional- y también en las redes.
“Este libro es sobre mujeres que militan y se organizan en torno a una agenda propia en los espacios que se encuentran más a la derecha en el espectro político de la Argentina”, cuentan en la introducción. Su experiencia habla, dicen, de la masificación del feminismo pero también de la del liberalismo.
No me digas que no es interesantísimo.

La autora lo cuenta así: “Es la historia de una narradora que, cuando tenía trece, catorce años, era la mejor amiga de la hija del director de una escuela de suboficiales de la Armada, que fue centro del horror político y humano del país. Y se llama Las escuelas porque el relato envuelve a esa escuela de suboficiales de la Armada, donde imperaba el horror. Y también porque tiene que ver con la escuela en la que estas dos amiguitas se conocieron, que era una escuela para-huérfanos e hijos de militares, en los que podían entrar un puñadito de civiles por orden de mérito».
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¿Es una historia sobre la dictadura o sobre la amistad? Sobre la amistad, cree la autora pero -como les dijo a Ernesto Tenembaum y Reynaldo Sietecase en la radio- “con mucha ternura”. Porque “hay mucho dolor, hay mucha ternura en esa ignorancia que tenían ambas, cada una a su manera, y en el modo en que pudieron procesar cada cosa y los castigos eventuales que la vida te trae”.
Chicas que empiezan a fumar, que van a Pumper Nic, que gustan de tal chico, que tienen los padres que tienen. Lo personal y la Historia dándose ese abrazo desesperado que tanto les gusta.

Diego Rojas, periodista cultural, periodista de investigación, colaborador de Infobae, nació en Buenos Aires en 1977, de padre y madre bolivianos. Eso -su cercanía con esa cultura- sus años en Bolivia- es uno de los elementos que arman Los días de la zona, una novela de imaginación política en la que gobierna la dictadura en realidad no ha terminado del todo y hay un gobierno de ultraderecha que busca “desbolivianizar”.
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Los inmigrantes bolivianos -y sus hijos argentinos- viven en “La Zona”, una especie de ghetto con checkpoints y humillación permanente. Pero nadie se va a sentar a esperar que lo “desbolivianicen”: desde La Paz llega un líder con discurso indigenista y dispuesto a organizar la resistencia. Una lucha armada, precisa, violenta, en la que las cholas, con trenza y pollera, tendrán un papel central.
Rojas había recibido un trasplante de hígado y, cuando empezó a andar mal, estuvo meses enfermo. Mientras tanto, escribía este canto a la resistencia. Conté más de la novela en esta nota.
Siempre me quedo con las ganas de hablar de otros libros. Tuve que desarmar y volver a armar mi biblioteca y aparecen muchas cosas tentadoras. Pero todo no se puede: hasta la próxima.
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Nancy Pelosi says sex changes for trans kids is something she’s working for ‘at the national level’

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Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that sex changes for transgender children is something she’s working for «at the national level.»
Earlier in the day, Pelosi toured the San Francisco VA Medical Center to review health-system upgrades, research initiatives and—according to a press release from her staff—the threat that House Republicans might slash core veterans’ services.
While speaking with reporters, she was asked how her office was responding to pauses to «gender-affirming care» in California.
«That is something I’m working for at the national level, and we are hoping we can have gender-affirming care for our trans kids,» Pelosi said. «It’s a sad thing for us… I don’t know what effect we can have nationally with what we have going on in the White House and in Congress.»
DEMOCRATIC STATES SUE TRUMP ADMIN OVER ENDING SEX CHANGE SURGERIES FOR MINORS
Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi told a reporter on Aug. 7, 2025, that she was working at the national level to get sex changes for transgender children. (John Lamparski/Getty Images)
She called the situation «really sad, adding that a transgender-pride flag—five horizontal stripes of light blue, pink and white—hangs outside her office. Pelosi also said several colleagues display the same flag.
She acknowledged that many Republicans on Capitol Hill oppose medical transition for transgender youth.
Still, she is not alone in her stance on sex changes for kids.
CHILDREN’S NATIONAL HOSPITAL IN DC TO END GENDER TRANSITION MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS

FILE – Protesters for and against sex changes for transgender minors demonstrate outside the Supreme Court on Dec. 4, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Earlier this month, over a dozen officials from Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit to stop the Trump administration from blocking access to sex change procedures and treatments for people under the age of 19.
The complaint, which was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts, argues that the Trump administration wants to impose a nationwide ban on sex change procedures by threatening providers with «baseless criminal charges» and investigations.
The lawsuit names President Donald Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Justice Department as defendants. It challenges Trump’s Jan. 28 executive order barring government support for sex change operations and treatments and two memos by Bondi and Assistant Attorney General Brett Shumate.
Pelosi’s office told Fox News Digital the Democrat was referring to this lawsuit when she spoke about supporting sex changes for children.
TRUMP’S JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TARGETS DOCTORS, CLINICS WHO PROVIDE SEX CHANGE PROCEDURES TO MINORS

A protester waves a transgender pride flag outside of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 18, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Bondi’s memo directs the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate and prosecute those who offer sex-change treatments to minors. Shumate’s memo directs prosecutors to prioritize investigations against doctors, hospitals and pharmaceutical companies that perform such procedures.
In July, Kaiser Permanente announced that it would pause sex change surgeries for patients under 19 beginning Aug. 29 in response to the Trump administration’s efforts on the matter. The same month, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles shuttered its Center for Trans Youth Health and Development, one of the nation’s largest clinics for transgender young people.
The Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C., also announced that it will no longer provide gender transition-related medical interventions.
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Many states have laws restricting or banning sex change surgeries for children. The states named in the lawsuit – California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin. – allow such procedures.
Fox News Digital’s Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
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Israel Security Cabinet approves plan to occupy Gaza City

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Israel’s Security Cabinet early Friday approved a plan to occupy Gaza City, marking an escalation in Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas.
The announcement comes after an all-night meeting of the security cabinet, following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement that Israel planned to retake control over the entire territory and eventually hand it off to friendly Arab forces opposed to Hamas.
Israel’s Security Cabinet early Friday approved a plan to occupy Gaza City, marking an escalation in the nearly two-year war between Israel and Hamas. (Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Israel has bombarded Gaza City repeatedly since Oct. 7, 2023 in addition to carrying out numerous raids. Today, it is one of the few areas of Gaza that hasn’t been turned into an Israeli buffer zone or placed under evacuation orders.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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