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(The Center Square) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says state officials will conduct an investigation after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump occurred on Sunday. In a social media post, DeSantis announced the investigation and said “The people deserve the truth about the would be assassin and howContinue Reading

(The Center Square) – Federal authorities in Florida on Monday filed two gun charges against the suspect in what the FBI is calling an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, the second in two months. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was charged with possession of a firearm as a felonContinue Reading

(The Center Square) – Members of Florida’s Republican congressional delegation are demanding answers on how the U.S. Secret Service again failed to secure the perimeter of former President Donald Trump’s golf course on Sunday, enabling another shooter to come within several hundred yards of the president armed with an AK-47Continue Reading

(The Center Square) – Former President Donald Trump released a statement responding to the assassination attempt against him over the weekend. “I would like to thank everyone for your concern and well wishes – It was certainly an interesting day!” Trump wrote on TruthSocial. “Most importantly, I want to thankContinue Reading

(The Center Square) – President Joe Biden said in a statement late Sunday that he is “relieved” that former President Donald Trump was unharmed in what the FBI is investigating as a second assassination attempt on his life in two months. A man is in custody after authorities said heContinue Reading

(The Center Square) – The gunman who was arrested Sunday after allegedly wielding an AK-47 like rifle in what the FBI characterizes as a second assassination attempt against the life of former President Donald Trump has been identified. Various media outlets reported the man in custody is Ryan Wesley Routh,Continue Reading

(The Center Square) – The perimeter around the Florida golf course where a gunman with an AK-47 style rifle was perched while former President Donald Trump played nearby was not secure because Trump isn’t the sitting president, authorities said. The FBI is investigating the incident as the second assassination attemptContinue Reading

(The Center Square) – U.S. Secret Service agents shot at and later arrested a man with an AK-47 rifle near Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach, Fla., golf club Sunday afternoon while Trump was on the course. The FBI said it is investigating the incident as an attempted assassination of theContinue Reading

(The Center Square) — The Sunshine State could be facing a significant water shortage as early as next year, according to a report from the Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research. According to the EDR report which was published in June – to maintain the status quo, Florida wouldContinue Reading