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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here.China’s Huang Yuting and Sheng Lihao picked up the first gold medal of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Saturday as they topped South Korea’s Keum Ji-hyeon and Park Ha-jun in the 10-meter air rifle mixed team, 16-12.It’s China’s 68th medal in the sport of shooting and 27th gold medal. It was Huang’s first medal in the sport and Sheng’s second medal. Sheng won a silver medal in the 10-meter air rifle at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Sheng Lihao L and Huang Yuting of China pose for photos after the 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Gold Medal Match of Shooting at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 26, 2023. (Shan Yuqi/Xinhua via Getty Images)The Chinese pair’s win in Paris followed their gold medal victory in the World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan last year.It’s the first Olympic medals for the South Korean pair. Keum won a gold medal in the women’s 10-meter air rifle at the World Cup earlier this year.Kazakhstan’s Alexandra Le and Islam Satpayev were awarded the first medals of the Paris Olympics on Saturday as they defeated Germany’s Anna Janssen and Maximilian Ulbrich.The Kazakhstan team won the match 17-5. Le and Satpayey topped Great Britain’s Seonaid McIntosh and Michael Bargeron on Thursday. Kazakhstan's Alexandra Le and Kazakhstan's Islam Satpayev compete in the shooting 10m air rifle mixed team Bronze Medal during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 29, 2024. (ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)LIVE UPDATES: THE PARIS OLYMPICS' FIRST MEDALS TO BE HANDED OUT AS SUMMER GAMES KICKS INTO HIGH GEARKazakhstan took home eight medals, all bronze, at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. The team had 17 total medals, including 10 bronze, five silver and two gold, at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.The Kazakhstan team only had three medals in the sport going into bronze medal match. The team won two silver and a bronze and now have more bronze to add to their total.Sergey Belyayev had two silver medals in the men’s 50-meter rifle prone and the men’s 50-meter prone meter rifle three positions in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Vladimir Vokhmyanin won the men’s 25-meter rapid fire pistol.China’s Yang Qian and Yang Haoran won gold over the United States’ Mary Tucker and Lucas Kozeniesky. The Russian Olympic Committee’s Yulia Karimova and Sergey Kamenskiy topped South Korea’s Kwon Eun-ji and Nam Tae-yun for the bronze medal. South Korea's Keum Jihyeon competes in the shooting 10m Air Rifle Mixed Team Gold Medal during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at Chateauroux Shooting Centre on July 29, 2024. (ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThese were the first medals handed out in the Olympics.Follow Fox News Digital’s sports coverage on X and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here.An important figure in American history once narrowly escaped with his life after an assassination attempt in western Pennsylvania – but it wasn't former President Donald J. Trump.George Washington, just 21 years old when it happened, was a major in the British Army.The year was 1753. TRUMP FLAG PHOTO JOINS PANTHEON OF IMAGES THAT CAPTURE AMERICAN RESOLVE, ERASE POLITICAL DIVIDESThe United States did not yet exist — and young Washington was traveling from Virginia to western Pennsylvania.His goal? Preventing war. A monument in Evans City, Pennsylvania, recounts the assassination attempt on George Washington's life in Dec. 1753. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital )Washington "was on his way to go up to Fort Le Boeuf, which would be close to Erie," Jack Cohen, president of Butler County Tourism and board member of the 1753 George Washington Trail, told Fox News Digital in a phone interview this week.There, he would meet with French troops "to see if he could stop the French and Indian War," Cohen said. Washington had been tasked with delivering a letter from Virginia Gov. Robert Dinwiddie, requesting that the French leave the area. FAITH LEADERS SHARE URGENT PRAYERS FOR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AFTER PENNSYLVANIA RALLY SHOOTINGBut the French balked at the thought of leaving the area — and a full-blown war would begin about six months after Washington visited Fort Le Boeuf. Yet even before that, on Dec. 27, 1753, Washington and his guide, a surveyor named Christopher Gist, were following the Venango Indian Trail on their way back to Virginia when they stopped for the night at Connoquenessing Creek in Pennsylvania, Cohen relayed. The attempt on Washington's life is memorialized by artist Deac Mong in this 2007 painting called "The First Shot." The painting is hanging in the Butler County Courthouse. (Deac Mong) George Washington, shown in this portrait painting by Constable-Hamilton, 1794, went on to serve as president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)There, the two befriended an "Indian guide" who said he would help them through the wilderness, he said.As it turns out, the "Indian guide" was allied with the French troops — and was not pleased to see Washington.The man "loaded his musket and shot at Washington and just missed him."
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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here.Meghan Markle was spotted out with a Hollywood gal pal.Markle and Kimberly Williams-Paisley had lunch together on Sunday at Tre Lune in Montecito, California."They had a lovely experience, chatting and laughing together," a source told People magazine. "The pair was low-key and was left unbothered by the other guests."MEGHAN MARKLE ‘REMORSEFUL’ OVER KATE MIDDLETON FEUD, BUT ‘FROSTY’ RELATIONSHIP LIKELY BEYOND REPAIR: EXPERTS The Duchess of Sussex is seen leaving swanky Italian eatery Tre Lune in Montecito, California, with Kimberly Williams-Paisley on Sunday. (BACKGRID) Meghan Markle wore an Anine Bing white button-down shirt, a Dior bag, Chanel flats and Ray-Bans. (BACKGRID)While it's unclear when Markle and Williams-Paisley first met, the two have a lot in common.Both graduated from Northwestern University, with Williams-Paisley earning her degree in 1993 and Markle in 2003. The two are also familiar with the Hollywood scene with their acting careers.Williams-Paisley landed her breakout role in "Father of the Bride" in 1991. The actress is also known for roles in "We Are Marshall" and on TV's "According to Jim." Kimberly Williams-Paisley starred alongside Steve Martin in "Father of the Bride." (Touchstone/Getty Images)Markle famously was a briefcase girl during season two of "Deal or No Deal." She went on to star on "Suits" and is also known for her smaller roles in the films "Horrible Bosses," along with "Remember Me." Meghan Markle portrayed Rachel Zane for seven seasons of "Suits." (Shane Mahood/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images)PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE'S UK RETURN UNLIKELY AS HEALTH ISSUES ROCK PALACE: ‘A ROYAL GAME OF CHICKEN’ Meghan Markle began working on "Deal or No Deal" in 2006. (Trae Patton/NBCU Photo Bank)These two ladies also have husbands who are famous in their own right. Williams-Paisley married country music superstar Brad Paisley in 2003. They have two sons: William and Jasper. Markle married Prince Harry in 2018. They also have two children: Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. Kimberly Williams-Paisley and Brad Paisley were married in 2003. (Noam Galai/Getty Images for The Michael J. Fox Foundation)Markle and Prince Harry have been putting down roots in the U.S. after leaving behind royal life in 2020. Markle hasn't returned to the U.K. since Queen Elizabeth II's funeral in September 2022. She attended the funeral with Prince Harry, but left their children in the U.S.Many have speculated that Harry and Meghan might make a return to the U.K. together, but according to reports, that's not happening any time soon.Meanwhile, Markle jet-setted to the Hamptons on Friday to join a group of high-powered women at a summit to reportedly learn tips for her new lifestyle business, American Riviera Orchard, according to Page Six. Gwyneth Paltrow and Reese Witherspoon were among the star-studded names believed to be at the event, the outlet reported. Oprah Winfrey interviewed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for a special in 2021, during which they revealed their struggles with royal life. (Harpo Productions/Joe Pugliese via Getty Images)LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSHarry has returned to the U.K. for a number of events while Markle stayed behind. He attended King Charles III's coronation, and also saw his father after the king was diagnosed with cancer.Prince Harry's trip to England following the cancer diagnosis was short, a royal expert told Fox News Digital at the time."He was there for 24 hours, he saw his father for 45 minutes, he flew — and announced to the press — after the king’s statement was released, even though we later heard that he was told beforehand, and he didn’t see his sister-in-law or nieces and nephews even though they are also dealing with a traumatic health recovery," Shannon Felton Spence explained. "It’s hard to view it as anything other than an image saver for Harry. And that pains me, because I was really hoping this was the news he needed to wake him up and fix it." Prince Harry has returned to the U.K. multiple times since moving to California. (Getty Images)CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERAlthough things haven't been the best between Prince Harry and his family, the Duke of Sussex is reportedly set to receive an inheritance left behind by his great-grandmother on his 40th birthday, Sept. 15. The Queen Mother was 101 when she died and allegedly dumped two-thirds of her estimated $120 million fortune into a trust at the time.The Duke of Sussex will receive $8.5 million for his share, according to the U.K.'s Mirror. The total is reportedly more than the portion Prince William received on his own 40th birthday."It seems Prince Harry has drawn the lucky straw when it comes to the trust," British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital. "The difference in the allocation of monies is attributed to what is thought to be Prince William and Prince Harry’s future financial prospects."Fox News Digital has reached out to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for comment. Prince Harry is set to receive his inheritance from his great-grandmother on his 40th birthday in September. (Chris Jackson)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here."Border czar" Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Houston, Texas, choosing to attend a dinner for a convention for teachers rather than visit the grieving parents of 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who was raped and murdered, allegedly by two migrants.Nungaray was found strangled to death June 17. Authorities identified the suspects as two Venezuelan nationals — Johan Jose Martinez-Rangel, 21, and Franklin Jose Peña Ramos, 26.Authorities previously confirmed the pair illegally entered the U.S. earlier this year.Harris' visit to Houston came as the vice president began a whirlwind campaign tour after President Biden announced he would not seek re-election.DEM WHO CRITICIZED VP HARRIS' HANDLING OF SOUTHERN BORDER ENDORSES HER FOR PRESIDENT Vice President Kamala Harris addresses the members of the American Federation of Teachers at George R. Brown Convention Center Thursday, July 25, 2024, in Houston. (Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) Jocelyn Nungaray, 12, was found strangled to death in a Houston creek. (Fox Houston courtesy of the Nungaray family)Harris began her trip by greeting local leaders to be briefed on the region’s recovery efforts from Hurricane Beryl and then attended the American Federation of Teachers' (AFT) annual convention."And I thank you also for your support over the years and for being the first union to endorse me this week," Harris said. The American Federation of Teachers is the first labor union to endorse Harris for president since she announced her campaign. (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)TRUMP EYES MULTIPLE BORDER VISITS AS HE DRAWS CONTRAST WITH 'RADICAL LEFT' HARRISHarris' address highlighted her campaign hot-button topics, which included key parts of the Democratic Party platform, such as eliminating voter ID to expand mail-in voting, banning assault rifles, protecting LGBTQ+ rights and restoring national access to abortion."In this moment across our nation, we witness a full-on attack on hard-won, hard-fought freedoms," said Harris. "In this moment, we are in a fight for our most fundamental freedoms. And to this room of leaders, I say bring it on. Bring it on. Bring it on." Jocelyn Nungaray's mother, Alexis Nungaray, speaks after Pena Ramos' court appearance June 24, 2024. (KRIV)Harris' visit notably did not include a visit to Nungaray's grieving parents who, since her death, have pleaded for a "safer country" and called for heightened border security to prevent other families from suffering the same fate."We have to stop burying our kids," Jocelyn's mother, Alexis Nungaray, said tearfully on "Hannity." "This isn’t right. We have to have more reinforcement when it comes to letting people in. This is not OK."Jocelyn's grandfather, Kelvin Alvarenga, turned his attention directly to lawmakers."Think about all these little angels that shouldn't have been taken away." — Kelvin Alvarenga, grandfather of Jocelyn Nungaray"I would like the people that can make changes to our laws to just sit back and reflect," Alvarenga said. "I don’t know if we can transmit the pain that we’re having through cameras, but please sit back and reflect and think of all these little angels that shouldn’t have been taken away, and they have for the reason that we’re not doing what we need to, screening these people." Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at Westover High School in Fayetteville, N.C., July 18, 2024. (Allison Joyce/AFP via Getty Images)"Screening these people" fell under Harris' charge as "border czar" for the Biden administration."Border czar" is an informal title widely granted to Harris in 2021 when Biden appointed her to handle the "root causes" of illegal immigration.In July 2021, she introduced a five-point general strategy to combat those "root causes" of illegal immigration. The plan did not include specific policies, but instead called for "diplomacy, foreign assistance, public diplomacy and sanctions" to "establish a fair, orderly and humane immigration system."TRUMP SLAMS BIDEN'S 'TERRIBLE' OVAL OFFICE ADDRESS ON ABRUPT EXIT FROM 2024 RACE: 'IT WAS A COUP'The document emphasized the "push" factors of migration, including natural disasters in Central America, poverty, hunger, and gang violence, each of which contributes to people leaving their homes in search of a better life in America. "In Central America, the root causes of migration run deep — and migration from the region has a direct impact on the United States," Harris said at the time. "For that reason, our nation must consistently engage with the region to address the hardships that cause people to leave Central America and come to our border."WATCH:The Biden administration has pushed back against categorizing Harris as the "border czar," saying the vice president was never formally given that title.BLUE CITY COPS SAY KAMALA HARRIS ‘HELPED’ KILLERS AND RAPISTS, WARN OF ‘DISASTER’ IF SHE BECOMES PRESIDENT"[Border apprehensions] are down by 55%. Not because of Republicans and what they did. It's because of what this president and this vice president did," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told Fox News' Peter Doocy when pressed on Harris' title. "We are going to debunk the false characterization of the vice president. She was not a border czar. And it's not just us. Independent fact-checkers have said the same thing — that that did not exist, and that is not true." Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee July 17, 2024. (Reuters/Callaghan O'hare)Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott torched Harris' visit to Houston, saying she "couldn't trouble herself" to visit the southern border."Kamala Harris flew to Houston for a political rally, but couldn't trouble herself to go a few hundred miles more & see the damage she caused to our border," Abbott wrote in a post on X."She refused to mention Jocelyn Nungaray who was recently killed by illegal immigrants in Houston." Joselyn Jhoana Toaquiza had just turned 21 years old when she was killed. (GoFundMe)Nungaray is among victims killed in migrant-related crime during the Biden administration.HARRIS' BACKING OF BAIL FUND DURING GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS DAMPENS TRUMP ‘PROSECUTOR’ CAMPAIGN PITCHIn July, Jhon Moises Chacaguasay-Ilbis, a 21-year-old illegal immigrant from Ecuador, allegedly murdered Joselyn Jhoana Toaquiza at an Airbnb property in Syracuse, New York. The gruesome crime was reportedly carried out on the victim's 21st birthday. Laken Riley poses for a photo posted to Facebook. Riley, a nursing student at the University of Georgia, was found dead near a lake on campus Feb. 22, 2024. (Allyson Phillips/Facebook)In February, 22-year-old Laken Riley was murdered when taking a run along dirt trails on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. Jose Antonio Ibarra, a 26-year-old illegal migrant from Venezuela, is facing 10 counts following the death of Riley. The 26-year-old recently pleaded not guilty in the death of a college student. Victor Martinez Hernandez, 23, was arrested in the murder of Rachel Morin.
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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here.Today is Bugs Bunny’s 83rd birthday — it was on this day in history, July 27, 1940, Bugs Bunny debuted in "A Wild Hare," a short animated film released by Warner Brothers. The cotton-tailed friend has become known in pop culture for his iconic question: "What’s up, Doc?"The basic plot of "A Wild Hare" chronicles Elmer Fudd's fruitless pursuit of the much smarter Bugs Bunny. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, JULY 26, 1990, PRESIDENT GEORGE H.W. BUSH SIGNS AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACTElmer Fudd peers down rabbit holes, taunts Bugs with carrots and tries (unsuccessfully) to catch him. "Finally, the frustrated Elmer, driven to distraction by the rabbit's antics, walks away sobbing … Bugs then begins to play his carrot like a fife, playing the tune ‘The Girl I Left Behind Me,' and marches with one stiff leg toward his rabbit hole," according to the Looney Tunes Fandom site. Bugs Bunny made his grand debut in the summer of 1940. The animated short, "A Wild Hare," was released on July 27, 1940. (Warner Bros. )The short film was nominated for an Academy Award for "Best Short Subject: Cartoons," according to the Warner Brothers official website.Bugs Bunny was conceived at Leon Schlesinger’s animation unit at Warner Brothers studios, noted Britannica.com. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, MARCH 2, 1965, ‘THE SOUND OF MUSIC’ DEBUTS IN AMERICAN MOVIE THEATERSThe creative unit boasted a variety of top names in animation, including Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Bob Clampett, and Friz Freleng, as well as renowned voice artist Mel Blanc and musician Carl Stalling, the same source indicated. Bugs Bunny was conceived at Leon Schlesinger’s animation unit at Warner Brothers studios.
Olympic organisers have issued a "deep apology" after South Korea's athletes were mistakenly introduced as North Korea at the opening ceremony in Paris.
Liberal outlets, Democrats run defense for VP Harris as she continues to solidify nomination support
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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here.Media outlets, Democratic lawmakers and White House officials defended Vice President Harris this week over her work on the border crisis, her previous support for the controversial Minnesota Freedom Fund and her title as the "most liberal" U.S. senator by a government accountability site. Controversy surfaced this week over whether Harris acted as the "border czar" earlier in the Biden administration despite her statements that she would take the lead on the border and immigration early in the Biden administration. Harris announced in 2021 that she would be taking the lead on diplomatic negotiations with El Salvador, Guatemala and other countries that send migrants to the U.S.WHITE HOUSE COMMS SHOP'S CREDIBILITY QUESTIONED AFTER BIDEN BOWS OUT: 'SCANDAL' Liberal outlets, Democratic lawmakers and White House officials defended Vice President Harris this week over her work on the border crisis, her previous support for the Minnesota Freedom Fund and her title as the "most liberal" U.S. senator by a government accountability site. (REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein)White House staff and Democratic lawmakers reject Harris being called ‘border czar’"Border czar" is an informal title widely granted to Harris in 2021 when President Biden appointed her to handle the "root causes" of illegal immigration.But White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and other members of the president's staff have repeatedly rejected the claim that Harris was ever asked to lead on the border crisis. The media got in on the action in a big way this week, with a flood of reports going out of their way to separate Harris from the border crisis."We are going to debunk the false characterization of the vice president. She was not a border czar. And it's not just us. Independent fact-checkers have said the same thing — that that did not exist, and that is not true," Jean-Pierre said. Axios was grilled Wednesday over a piece insisting Harris wasn’t the "border czar" in a story that seemed to contradict its previous reporting. The outlet later updated the story by admitting it had "incorrectly" called her a "border czar" in the past.Numerous other outlets also reported it was incorrect to call Harris the "border czar," including fact-checker PolitiFact. Fox News Digital asked several news organizations, including CNN, MSNBC, CBS, The New York Times and Axios, about their vocal rejection of the "border czar" label in recent days, pressing why all of a sudden they were doing so and whether the Harris campaign pressured them into resisting the label. Most did not respond. PolitiFact and USA Today both responded to Fox News Digital's requests and said there was no pressure from the Harris campaign and they were independent news organizations.A viral video from NewsBusters showed news organizations going back and forth on using the term before and after Harris' 2024 presidential candidacy. HARRIS EDGES CLOSER TO TRUMP IN NEW POLL CONDUCTED AFTER BIDEN'S WITHDRAWALTRUMP QUICKLY MOVES TO DEFINE HARRIS AS 'MORE LEFT THAN BERNIE SANDERS'Controversy over Harris' previous support for Minnesota Freedom FundJournalists also pushed back on Harris' support for the Minnesota Freedom Fund in June 2020 amid Black Lives Matter riots following the death of George Floyd.During her 2020 campaign for president, Harris posted on X, then Twitter, in support of the fund that helped convicted criminals get out of prison: "If you're able to, chip in now to the @MNFreedomFund to help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota."CBS News attempted to refute the story in an article from Thursday, headlined, "Despite Trump claim and 2020 tweet showing support, Harris never donated to Minnesota Freedom Fund.""One of the dangerous criminals Kamala helped bail out of jail was Shawn Michael Tillman," Trump at a North Carolina rally, per CBS. "You know that name. A repeat offender who, with Harris's help, was set free. He then went on to murder a man on a train platform in St. Paul, Minnesota, shooting him in cold blood six times, lying on the ground.""While parts of Trump's statement are true — Shawn Michael Tillman did murder a man in St. Paul after being released from jail — other parts of the former president's statement are misleading," CBS reported. A local CBS affiliate in Minnesota was also hit with a Commnunity Note on X after claiming Trump "falsely" accused Harris of supporting the bail fund. Harris, according to the organization, did not send any donations herself, but her post urging donations remains live from 2020.Site naming Harris the ‘most liberal’ U.S. senator in 2019 disappears GovTrack, an organization that tracks congressional voting records, confirmed to Fox News Digital it had removed a 2019 web page that ranked Kamala Harris as that year's "most liberal" U.S. senator sometime within the last two weeks. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)GovTrack, an organization that tracks congressional voting records, confirmed to Fox News Digital it had removed a 2019 web page that ranked Kamala Harris as that year's "most liberal" U.S. senator sometime within the last two weeks.The self-described "government transparency website" scored Harris as the "most liberal compared to all senators" in 2019, outranking Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren at the time. But the web page with the ranking, which was widely covered in news reports during the 2020 election, was recently deactivated. In response to that report, a New York Intelligencer columnist advised Harris on how she could best "fight the ‘too liberal’ label." Some media hosts are pitching Harris as a moderate candidate ahead of November. "The View" host Alyssa Farah Griffin said Friday that Harris ran as a liberal in 2020 but now has a "centrist" message. The White House has not yet responded to a request for comment. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPFox News' Anders Hagstrom, Chris Pandolfo, Hugh Hewitt, Kyle Morris and Yael Halon contributed to this report.
Astronauts have been "getting into the Olympic spirit" with a zero-gravity Olympics of their own, according to Nasa.
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Please enter a valid email address. Having trouble? Click here.PITTSBURGH – After Pennsylvania police leaders revealed there were at least two other suspicious individuals besides would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks spotted at the July 13 Trump rally, experts tell Fox News Digital that reports of "suspicious" or "unusual" people at Secret Service events are common.Pennsylvania's State Police commissioner, Col. Christopher Paris, testified before the House Homeland Security Committee this week that at least two other suspicious individuals were identified at the rally before Crooks launched his attempt on the life of former President Trump. Actual "threats" are rare, and the gunman is believed to have acted alone. But the state police commissioner's testimony raised new questions about different aspects of the attempted assassination of Trump.TRUMP SHOOTER WAS NOT ONLY SUSPICIOUS PERSON AT BUTLER RALLY: PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE COMMISSIONER Kevin Rojek, special agent in charge of the FBI Pittsburgh field office, left, speaks as Pennsylvania State Police Col. Christopher Paris looks on during a press conference at a police station in Butler, Pennsylvania, after former President Trump was injured when shots were fired during a campaign rally on July 13. (Reuters/Brendan McDermid)Paris told lawmakers that before the deadly rally, he asked the Secret Service about a building where Crooks would later climb up and open fire. "We were told that Butler [Emergency Services Unit] ESU was responsible for that area, by several Secret Service agents on that walk-through," he said. County leaders have disputed that statement.Legislators spent days grilling law enforcement leaders on the rally’s security failures and several have visited the scene, about an hour's drive north of Pittsburgh, in person. Within days of testifying Monday, U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned.WATCH: Butler Township commissioner says Trump rally police were 'strictly for traffic control'Paris testified in front of the House Homeland Security Committee this week that at least two other people had been deemed suspicious in addition to Crooks. The would-be assassin became "even more suspicious" after authorities saw him with a range finder, he said."The [counter-sniper] teams were not focused in that area because they believed that the building's rooftop/roof access was covered. It wasn’t till he started firing that they then turn their attention over there." — Bill Gage, retired Secret Service agentHe was also wearing a backpack and moving around outside the perimeter, prompting police to keep an eye on him. Officers approached but he ran off."There was a text thread that was going — they took a photo of him at some point when he utilized the range finder," he told lawmakers. "The suspicion was heightened... I know from an interview that was immediately relayed in the command post to the Secret Service."TRUMP SHOOTING: TIMELINE OF ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT Thomas Matthew Crooks is alleged to be the shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)A person can be flagged as suspicious or unusual for a number of reasons, and the Secret Service has investigators in the field to rapidly assess such an individual, experts say."'Suspicious person'? Not uncommon. Very low bar. ‘Genuine threat’? Much rarer, and Crooks progressed to the latter," said Paul Mauro, a retired NYPD inspector. Crooks was initially seen without a weapon, so authorities deemed him suspicious at that time, but not a full-blown threat, Paris testified."They were out looking for him when he began shooting. They were just a few seconds too late." — Bill Gage, retired Secret Service agent"Every single event I worked, which is thousands, there were suspicious people and events that have to be investigated," said Bill Gage, a retired Secret Service agent and a consultant at Safehaven Security Group. Authorities approach the suspected gunman where he fell after the U.S. Secret Service returned fire after an apparent assassination attempt on former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)WHISTLEBLOWER REVEALS WHY TRUMP RALLY OFFICER ASSIGNED TO SHOOTER'S PERCH MOVEDPolice and the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) also may have differing definitions of what exactly constitutes a suspicious person, he said."Why did the director of PSP [Pennsylvania State Police] label them as suspicious? Did they approach an officer and ask for Trump's autograph? A local might think that’s suspicious, but to USSS it’s kinda normal," he said. "Or was someone sort of the proverbial long trench coat on a hot day?" Gage said that while Paris was forthcoming in his testimony, the answers he gave raise entirely new questions."Crooks ‘ran off’ from the officer when confronted? That’s very odd behavior at an event," he said. "Running from the police and you have a backpack? Was that info relayed to the command post? What was the command post told?" A law enforcement officer reacts during former President Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Gage also wanted to know more about the "text thread" that law enforcement officers were said to be using to communicate regarding Crooks’ initial sighting and disappearance.OFFICER REPORTED MAN AT TRUMP RALLY WITH RANGE-FINDER 30 MINS BEFORE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT: SOURCE"And that Crooks was on the roof for three minutes? Three minutes is an eternity for a sniper," he said. "The CS teams were not focused in that area because they believed that the building's rooftop/roof access was covered. It wasn’t till he started firing that they then turn their attention over there." Former President Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)For Mauro, the burning question is about where county personnel were stationed as the Secret Service and local partners tried to track Crooks down once action was deemed necessary."Did anyone remain in that second floor observation post or not?" he pondered, referring to a vantage point near where Crooks opened fire.Releasing the operational plan to congressional investigators would help clear up lingering confusion about who was placed where, and why the security breach was allowed to happen, he added.During her own testimony this week, Cheatle confirmed Crooks had been spotted outside the secure perimeter prior to the shooting and said authorities had been alerted to reports of a suspicious person "somewhere between two and five times." At another point in her testimony, she said she believed Crooks acted alone. FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5, 2023. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Crooks was elevated from a suspicious person to an actual threat "seconds before the gunfire started," she added. Cheatle later stepped down after bipartisan calls for her resignation.FBI Director Christopher Wray also testified on Capitol Hill, revealing some of the information investigators have been able to glean off of Crooks' phone and laptop.Crooks was researching prior presidential assassinations — including by searching Google for the phrase, "how far away was Oswald from Kennedy?" — on the same day he registered to attend the rally."Starting somewhere around July 6 or so, he became very focused on former President Trump and this rally," he said. In a statement, the FBI later said the investigation into Crooks was a top priority.CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"Since the day of the attack, the FBI has been consistent and clear that the shooting was an attempted assassination of former President Trump which resulted in his injury, as well as the death of a heroic father and the injuries of several other victims," a spokesperson said. "This was a heinous attack and the FBI is devoting enormous resources to learn everything possible about the shooter and what led to his act of violence. The FBI’s Shooting Reconstruction Team continues to examine evidence from the scene, including bullet fragments, and the investigation remains ongoing."While the 20-year-old failed to kill the GOP presidential candidate, he did kill a bystander named Corey Comperatore, 50, and wound at least two others in the audience, David Dutch, 57, and James Copenhaver, 74. Trump, who ducked for cover and was later pictured with blood on the right side of his head, said he had been struck in the ear.Trump told Fox News' "Jesse Watters Primetime" this week that the Secret Service allowed him to walk out on stage without warning him there was anyone suspicious lurking on the outskirts of the rally.Fox News' Christina Coulter and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this report.
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MSNBC host Symone Sanders-Townsend suggested she had a bad experience working for her ex-boss, Vice President Kamala Harris. Sanders-Townsend, who served as chief spokesperson and senior adviser for Harris before joining MSNBC in 2022, appeared with fellow Biden administration veteran-turned-fellow MSNBC host Jen Psaki to discuss the attacks against the new presumptive Democratic nominee and how she handles them."The thing about being the first is because you're the first- whether you're the first woman, first person of color, so on and so forth, folks just sometimes don't know how to deal with you. They don't know how to process it," Sanders-Townsend began Thursday. "And so they resort to, unfortunately, sometimes racist, sexist tropes and memes and stereotypes."WHY NOW? MEDIA OUTLETS LARGELY QUIET ON TIMING OF SUDDEN CRACKDOWN OF KAMALA HARRIS' ‘BORDER CZAR’ LABEL Ex-Kamala Harris aide Symone Sanders-Townsend suggested she had a bad experience working for the vice president. (Screenshot/MSNBC)The liberal MSNBC host then pivoted to her own personal experience working with Harris. "It was new for me when I worked for her because I never worked for a high-profile woman before. I had only ever worked for men," Sanders-Townsend told Psaki. She continued, "There was one day at work where I was like 'Ma'am, you might be the last woman I work for because this is- it's a lot that we got to deal with over in here.""There's a story there," Psaki said with a chuckle. NY TIMES EDITORIAL BOARD URGES KAMALA HARRIS TO ‘DO BETTER’ THAN BIDEN IN TAKING QUESTIONS FROM REPORTERS Vice President Kamala Harris has been known for having multiple staffer exoduses during her time in office. (ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images)"But she was always aware of the criticism of her, right?" Sanders-Townsend said. "When I worked there, we didn't hide it from her. But it did not deter her. It was something though that I think any candidate, any candidate, any person in power needs to be aware of the criticism. "Because when you're not aware, the last thing you want is your candidate, your principal, the vice president of the United States of America to be out there and someone says something and they're like ‘Well what’s that all about?' ‘Well, ma’am, we discussed that this morning at 10 a.m.'" she added."Yeah," Psaki agreed. "I mean, it's important for them to be aware, which is such an interesting thing. It's how they respond to it."MSNBC, CNN LEFT ‘BLOWN AWAY,' WITH ‘CHILLS’ AFTER HARRIS' FIRST CAMPAIGN SPEECH: ‘JUMPING OUT OF MY SEAT’ Vice President Kamala Harris swiftly became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee after President Biden announced his exit from the 2024 race. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPDuring her time as vice president, Harris has faced multiple rounds of staff exoduses from her office, fueling criticism of a high turnover rate within her orbit. Harris swiftly became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee after President Biden announced his exit from the 2024 race.