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A Florida judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging former President Trump's handling of classified documents.

Trump faced charges stemming from Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into the possession of classified materials at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. He has pleaded not guilty to all 37 felony charges brought in Smith's investigation, including knowingly retaining national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements.

“Former President Trump's motion to dismiss the indictment based on the unlawful appointment and funding of Special Counsel Jack Smith is granted pursuant to this order,” U.S. District Judge Eileen Cannon wrote in her ruling on Monday. “Because Special Counsel Smith's appointment violates the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution, the indictment is dismissed.”

After the verdict, President Trump told Fox News' Bret Baier, “I'm thrilled that the judge had the courage and the wisdom to make this decision, which has enormous implications not only for this case but for other cases.”

According to reports, some House Democrats have given up on Biden and have given up on Trump getting a second presidential inauguration.

This image included in the indictment against former President Trump shows boxes of records stored in the lake room bathroom and shower at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida. (Department of Justice via Associated Press)

“The special counsel worked with everybody to try to take me down,” Trump added from Milwaukee, where the Republican National Convention is being held this week. “This is a huge deal. This convention will only get more positive. This is going to be a great week.”

The Appointments Clause states that “Ambassadors, other Ministers and Consuls, Justices of the Supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States shall be appointed by the President, with and by the Advice and Consent of the Senate, but the appointment of inferior Officers may be left to the President alone, or to the Courts, or to the Heads of Departments.” However, Smith was not confirmed by the Senate.

“After careful consideration of the fundamental issues raised in the motion, the Court is convinced that Special Counsel Smith's prosecution of this case violates two structural foundations of our constitutional system: Congress' role in appointing constitutional offices and Congress' role in authorizing statutory expenditures,” Cannon wrote.

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“The framers of the Constitution gave Congress a vital role in the appointment of major and minor officials. That role cannot be usurped or dispersed elsewhere by the executive branch, whether in this case or another, in times of national need or not,” she continued.

“In the case of lower-level officials, Congress has the power to determine whether to grant appointment power to agency heads, and in fact Congress has demonstrated the ability to do so in the context of many other statutes. But Congress has clearly not done so, despite the special counsel's aggressive interpretation of the statute,” Cannon added.

An aerial view of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. (Associated Press/Steve Helber, File)

“After all, the administration's increasing familiarity with appointing 'regulatory' special counsels in recent years appears to have followed a haphazard pattern with little judicial scrutiny,” she said.

Earlier this month, President Trump requested a partial stay of the classified documents lawsuit brought against him following a US Supreme Court ruling that the president has broad immunity from liability for official business performed while in office.

Trump's legal team has asked a Florida court to suspend all proceedings in the case until the justices can apply the Supreme Court's immunity ruling to the facts of the case.

Trump, bleeding from the face and surrounded by Secret Service agents, was escorted off stage at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday, July 13. (Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images)

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Smith can appeal Monday's ruling.

Fox News' Brianna Herlihy, Anders Hagstrom and Brooke Singman contributed to this report.

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MSNBC pulls anti-Trump 'Morning Joe' after assassination attempt

MSNBC canceled its flagship AM program “Morning Joe” on Monday in response to the assassination attempt on former President Trump.

Viewers who tuned in expecting a staunchly anti-Trump show hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were instead treated to a continuation of NBC News' special coverage of Saturday's assassination attempt on Trump. A spokesman said “Morning Joe” will return to the air on Tuesday.

CNN reported that a person familiar with the decision said it was made over concerns that one of the show's many guests “might make inappropriate comments live on air and bring criticism of the show and the network as a whole” during the four-hour broadcast.

CNN reported that NBCUniversal News Group Chairman Cesar Conde made the decision to end the show in consultation with MSNBC President Rashida Jones and the show's co-hosts.

Biden calls “Morning Joe” and takes defiant stance on campaign: “I'm not going anywhere”

MSNBC pulled its flagship and staunchly anti-Trump show, “Morning Joe,” from the air starting Monday in response to the assassination attempt on former President Trump. (Screenshot/MSNBC)

MSNBC's move to pull “Morning Joe” shocked political commentators, with some conservatives saying it showed one of the network's most highly-watched programs could not be trusted to cover tense situations with discretion.

“The fact that the Morning Joe network itself cannot be trusted to not spew reckless, inflammatory drivel during breaking news stories tells you everything you need to know about the credibility of the MSNBC lineup,” a veteran Republican consultant told Fox News Digital.

Others shared their opinions on X about MSNBC canceling its flagship morning show on a “big day” for politics.

The news has also upset the left.

Liberal journalist Jeff Jarvis was outraged at X: “What the hell is this MSNBC doing? They preempted a great weekend show and now they've silenced us? [Morning Joe] “Are you in favor of a mediocre streaming news cosplay show called Now? Times like these are when we need the analysis and dialogue (yes, controversy – that's how public discourse works, through debate) that these shows bring. It's shocking that NBC/Comcast doesn't understand their own programming and reason for existence.”

An MSNBC spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Messrs. Scarborough and Brzezinski have a complicated relationship with Trump. They were bullish on his chances of winning in 2015 and 2016 and frequently interviewed him on their shows, but have since become his fiercest critics since taking office.

Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump is escorted off stage following an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The show's hosts and guests have repeatedly described Trump as an authoritarian threat to the country. Known as one of President Biden's favorite shows and beloved by the liberal establishment in New York and Washington, the political talk show has taken on new clout in recent weeks because of Biden's political quagmire.

Biden called into the show this month and adamantly declared he would remain in the presidential race in 2024, despite concerns about his chances of reelection.

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President Trump was shot in the ear by an assassin during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, who killed one protester and seriously injured two others before being shot and killed by police.

President Trump is scheduled to accept the Republican nomination for the 2024 presidential election in Milwaukee this week.

This is breaking news, please check back for updates.

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How TikTok Is Changing and Transforming the Music Industry

Angle down icon An icon in the shape of an angle pointing down. Gia Woods performs at the “Thrive With Pride” concert hosted by LA Pride and TikTok. Rich Fury/Getty Images for LA Pride. TikTok has become a go-to platform for discovering new music. Record labels, music marketers, artists, and other creators are all flooding the app with songs. Here’s a breakdown of Business Insider’s recent coverage of TikTok’s impact on the music industry.

TikTok is an essential promotional tool for music artists and record labels.

Songs can rise up organically on the app even if they’ve been outside the mainstream for decades. Marketers can also hire influencers to help a song take off, sparking a wave of user-generated posts from their fans. And some artists even set up private listening sessions with TikTok influencers in the hope that it will help new songs gain steam on the app. 

The company has a global team that works with artists and record labels, negotiates licensing deals with rights holders, and builds new ways for TikTok to convert its cultural influence into recurring revenue. It showcases charts of “Hot 50” and “Viral” songs in its app and partnered with Billboard in September to rank its most popular songs on the media site. It’s testing a dedicated music-streaming service called TikTok Music in five countries. And in December, it organized its first live, in-person concert in Mesa, Arizona, featuring TikTok-famous artists like Cardi B, Charlie Puth, and Niall Horan.

Read Business Insider’s dispatch from TikTok’s live-music event, where the smartphone was the star, and brands like Paramount and Coca-Cola courted young fans

TikTok’s relationship with the music industry isn’t always rosy. At the start of 2024, the company butted heads with global record label Universal Music Group over licensing rights and AI, removing the company’s vast catalog of songs for several months before the pair reached an agreement in May.

As TikTok breaks into business lines that overlap with record labels, such as artist services, it could also ruffle some feathers. For instance, the company has done direct deals with artists and courted staffers to “identify, sign, and develop new artists”; to help “supervise the production of records and oversee all aspects of the recording process”; and to “design live show and merchandise strategies for artists globally.”

Read more about how TikTok’s push into artists services could end up ‘pissing off’ its music partners

TikTok could avoid tension with the industry by showing its partners how its various experiments in music will lead to paydays for all. Its ability to maintain close relationships with the major rights holders is critical as the parties negotiate over catalog access.

“If they want to be a long-lasting platform, they need to kind of lock arms with artists in the music industry,” Jonny Kaps, cofounder and CEO of the independent label +1 Records, told BI. “There’s money to be made all over the place here if it’s done in collaboration.”

Read more about the ‘complicated’ and codependent relationship between TikTok and music rights holders

For artists, the hyper-focus on TikTok can be draining. Performers like Halsey and Charli XCX have posted videos expressing frustration at being asked to make TikToks by their labels. One performer, the artist Taylor Upsahl, told BI it can be “really stressful” to be expected to balance social promotion with touring and writing and recording new music.

Music artist Upsahl performs in Tempe, Arizona. Steve Jennings/Getty Images.

TikTok’s former global head of music partnerships and programming told BI that the company’s goal is to release products and services that make artists’ lives easier. 

“When we think about certain features like artist verification or certified artists, it is all in the spirit of just trying to make it easier for artists to understand their community on the platform and understand the best ways to grow it,” said ex-TikTok exec Paul Hourican, who left the company in February. “We want to maximize the amount of time artists have to do what artists do and make it as easy for them as possible.”

Read more about how TikTok is building products for artists to make it easier for them to promote work on the app

The industry’s attention on TikTok isn’t unfounded. Songs that trend on TikTok often end up charting on the Billboard 100 or Spotify Viral 50. And 67% of the app’s users are more likely to seek out songs on music-streaming services after hearing them on TikTok, according to a November 2021 study conducted for TikTok by the music-analytics company MRC Data. Nothing showcases the app’s critical role in marketing better than Taylor Swift’s decision to bring her music back to the platform amid her label UMG’s licensing fight with TikTok, seemingly undermining its bargaining position.

TikTok is a hub for labels to promote both new releases and back catalog tracks. And, a new cohort of social-media music marketers has sprung up to support promotional efforts on the app and other short-video platforms like Instagram reels and YouTube shorts. 

Check out BI’s list of 13 innovative music-marketing agencies boosting artists, labels, and brands on social media

“TikTok has really become a critical part of artist storytelling,” Kristen Bender, SVP of digital innovation strategy and business development at Universal Music Group, told BI during a webinar on TikTok’s impact on the music industry. “Our labels have been extremely leaned into the platform.”

Watch a full replay of BI’s webinar on TikTok’s impact on the music industry, featuring execs from TikTok, Universal Music Group, and UnitedMasters

The blending of short-form video with music has spread well beyond TikTok onto other apps like Snapchat, YouTube, and Instagram. YouTube’s top music exec Lyor Cohen told GQ in November 2022 that short-form video is one of his biggest focuses when it comes to the company’s music strategy.

“Every short-format platform’s got music on it now,” Ted Suh, global head of music partnerships at Snap Inc., told BI. “All this engagement on these types of services is really leading to the music industry finding incremental business value, whether it’s leveraging this data to help them get radio play, or more spins on Pandora, to even kicking off national tours.”  

Read BI’s list of 15 music innovators at TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms who are shaping the future of the industry on social media

Elissa Ayadi/Meta/SoundCloud/Roblox/Sydney Bradley/Getty.

Song promo deals between music marketers and influencers have become an important source of income for TikTok creators. Some users can earn hundreds or even thousands of dollars for a single video where they promote an artist’s track. 

“Music marketing on TikTok is huge,” Jesse Callahan, founder of the upstart marketing firm Montford Agency, told BI. “It’s a big way that labels have brought artists into the spotlight the last couple of years. It’s also a big way that creators have made a lot of money.”

Read more about the different rates for song promos for TikTok creators who have a few hundred thousand followers or up to 10 million fans

As TikTok’s user base has grown and content has become more saturated, marketers are turning more to micro influencers over superstars for song campaigns. 

“The price point for mega stars is extremely high,” Zach Friedman, a cofounder at the upstart record label Homemade Projects, which was acquired by 10K Projects, told BI. “The way the TikTok algorithm works, it’s hard to know what’s going to be successful. Instead of paying a premium for a D’Amelio, you could pay a micro influencer $200, and their TikTok could get 10 million views. Because of this, it’s better to cast a wider net.”

Read more about why some marketers are choosing micro influencers to promote new tracks

Working with non-influencer accounts on song campaigns

While the strategy of hiring influencers to spark a music trend is tried and true, record labels also regularly pay general-interest accounts to put songs in the background of videos.

Working with a non-influencer account, like a creator who uploads close-up shots of slime or films a hydraulic press crushing random objects, can be an equally effective way to drive interest in a song, music marketers told BI. 

“Using these accounts like the hydraulic press accounts are helpful with giving the song a chance to sort of work outwards first, and just kind of get in front of people and make the algorithm aware of it,” Acrophase Records’ founder Dan Asip told BI.

Read about why TikTok music marketers are turning to general-interest accounts to promote songs

Creating TikTok music challenges to spark user-generated videos

Some marketers are opening the door for social-media users who wouldn’t traditionally be considered influencers to get paid to promote music.

Platforms like Pearpop and Preffy allow labels and artists to create user-generated video challenges that invite users with any size following to get paid on a sliding scale for participating in a song or artist campaign. TikTok has tested its own in-app challenges product, as well. 

“The initial way influencer marketing would work would be you would go and pay a few people with big followings, but it would be like throwing a few big logs onto a nonexistent fire,” Pearpop cofounder Cole Mason told BI. “With challenges, there’s a way to actually start the fire.”

Read more about how music marketers are using a new TikTok strategy to make song ‘challenges’ go viral

Augmented-reality effects can also help songs take off

In addition to creating music challenges and working with influencers and general-interest accounts, marketers are also building custom AR filters that feature a particular song in order to boost plays for that track in user-generated videos.

Unlike influencer campaigns centered on a dance challenge or comedy skit, adding AR effects to videos is a low-lift way to get users to engage with a song, marketers told BI.

“There’s not always a dance trend or a storyline that makes sense to seed with a song,” said Johnny Cloherty, Songfluencer’s CEO. “If you do come up with a cool AR filter, it’s easier for the regular user to create a TikTok with than to create a dance.”

Read more about how marketers are using AR effects to promote songs on TikTok and other apps

How record labels track performance on TikTok

Many record labels have teams dedicated to monitoring TikTok so they can help fan the flames on a trending song when it starts to take off. 

“Our entire music catalog is effectively tracked on a daily basis,” said Andy McGrath, the senior vice president of global catalog marketing at Sony Music focused on the label’s older releases dating back decades. “We’re constantly monitoring actions, reactions, and trends that happen on TikTok.”

Read more about how Sony’s marketing team jumps into action when an old song begins to trend

RCA Records’ SVP of Digital Marketing, Tarek Al-Hamdouni, said the label relies on a series of signals like an increase in streams on Spotify or shifts in audience numbers on YouTube to track the efficacy of a TikTok song campaign.

“If I see that in the course of a week our audience [on YouTube] went from being primarily 25- to 34-year-old male and a week later the majority is 13-to-24 female, then that’s a pretty easy bridge to connect between those two platforms,” Al-Hamdouni told BI.

Read more about RCA Records’ strategy for promoting songs on TikTok

Writing songs specifically for TikTok

Tiagz. John Arano/Epic Records.

While TikTok is often a go-to platform for promoting a newly released track, some artists incorporate the app even earlier in their creative process.  

The Canadian rapper Tiagz (Tiago Garcia-Arenas) has grown a following of around 6.2 million fans on the app by writing songs that directly referenced the app’s popular memes and trends, effectively gaming its search and content recommendation algorithms. 

“I tried to understand the platform,” Tiagz told BI. “I kept doing these memes because I saw that it worked.”

Read more about how Tiagz used TikTok to land a record deal with Epic Records

Remixes and mashups

Remixes are wildly popular on TikTok. In 2023, the top four trending songs in the US on the app were all sped-up versions of tracks.

Whether sped up, slowed down, layered with a clap track, or mashed up with another track, songs are constantly being remixed on the app.

To tap into the trend, record labels and marketers are collaborating with remix and mashup artists as part of their song release strategies on TikTok. The tactic expands on what artists have long done to get their songs in front of a wider audience.

“Back in the day, you’d go get a bunch of club DJs to remix your records so that you could appeal to the drum-and-bass market, to the techno market, to the underground market,” said Nima Nasseri, the former A&R lead for UMG’s music strategy and tactics team who manages producer Hit-Boy. “You want to be able to have your record get discovered in spaces that it normally wouldn’t be discovered in.”

Read more about the growing business behind TikTok song remixes, which are transforming the way music is discovered on the app

TikTok fatigue among artists is rising

Not all performers are thrilled about spending time on TikTok.

The app’s grip on the music industry has led some artists to speak out about the pressure they feel to be content creators.

“TikTok has now become a whole other part of our job that takes up such a significant amount of time,” performer Taylor Upsahl told BI. “As artists, we’re all still in a transitional phase of like, ‘Okay, cool, how do we find time and energy to now be essentially content creators and influencers?'”

Read more about how TikTok’s influence on music is exhausting artists and marketers alike as the industry grapples with the pressure to go viral

Inside TikTok’s internal music division

Not all song trends on TikTok happen serendipitously or via external music marketing campaigns.

TikTok also has an internal music division dedicated to monitoring music trends on the app. The company’s music team handles artist and record label relations, licensing deals, and newer products such as SoundOn and Resso.

BI in 2022 mapped out the 25 music execs and staffers at TikTok and its parent company ByteDance who are driving the strategy

Ole Obermann, global head of music business development at TikTok and parent company ByteDance. Rita Franca/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

TikTok’s music operations team has a series of “promo levers” that it uses to boost the popularity of songs. The company can add new tracks to playlists in the “Sounds” section of its app and apply keywords on the back end to optimize song discoverability in the app’s search interface. 

TikTok’s editorial team even overrode its own algorithm to boost views for Taylor Swift and Beyoncé when they first joined the platform. 

Read more about how TikTok’s music team shapes trends on the app

Hosting private listening parties with TikTok creators

Some artists and labels work with TikTok’s team to host private listening sessions with creators in order to promote a song ahead of its release.

In the summer of 2020, as Miley Cyrus was preparing to release her single “Midnight Sky,” her team partnered with TikTok to schedule two private Zoom calls with around 15 creators to give them an early listen to the track.

“These creators are needed in the process,” Olivia Rudensky, founder and CEO of Fanmade, a marketing and fan engagement upstart that works on digital strategy with clients like Cyrus and Hailey Bieber, told BI. “They’re just as important as all the relevant stops when you’re doing promo or when you’re going to tastemakers because they really are the audience that’s making or breaking music right now.”

Miley Cyrus performs at Movistar Arena in Bogota, Colombia on March 21, 2022. Guillermo Legaria/Getty Images for MC.

Other artists like Khalid, Demi Lovato, and Marshmello have joined similar events. Running a listening session with creators can help an artist’s marketing team understand the types of videos or snippets of a song that might break through on TikTok. 

Read more about TikTok’s private listening sessions

A dedicated TikTok Music streaming app is born

In July 2023, TikTok stepped deeper into the music business by launching its own dedicated music-streaming app, TikTok Music, in Brazil, Indonesia, Australia, Mexico, and Singapore.

ByteDance had already piloted an app called Resso in India, Brazil, and Indonesia for a few years. Swapping Resso for a TikTok-branded product could help the company better link its main app, known for song discovery, to a full audio-streaming subscription service.

BI tested TikTok Music in Singapore, where it launched in a closed beta, to learn more about how it works. Like TikTok, TikTok Music includes a “For You” feed of recommended content and a variety of social features that set it apart from incumbents like Spotify and Apple Music.

“We find in our consumer surveys that younger consumers are more interested in having a more social streaming experience,” Tatiana Cirisano, a music-industry analyst and consultant at the research firm MIDiA Research, told BI. “Spotify is starting to offer more things in that vein, but I just see it as an opportunity that’s ripe for TikTok’s taking.”

Read our review of TikTok Music here

TikTok has yet to launch its dedicated music app in other markets like the US, though its owner filed a trademark application for the name in May 2022. 

The company is also exploring an AI chatbot called Tonik that can help users learn about artists and songs, discover or generate custom playlists, and get news about upcoming concerts within the music app.

Get an early look at TikTok Music’s AI chatbot Tonik

TikTok threw a live, in-person concert

In December, TikTok stepped deeper into the music business by throwing a live concert in Mesa, Arizona. 

The event, which was also livestreamed on TikTok’s app, sold around 17,000 in-person tickets and cumulatively drew in tens of millions of views via its livestream and replays, per the company. 

Its first big push into live music served as a celebration for its partners and a way to highlight some of the up-and-coming artists that TikTok works with through its artist incubator program, Elevate.

Read more about the live concert, ‘TikTok In The Mix’, here

How streaming and radio have responded to TikTok’s rise

For decades, the radio industry has had to adapt to shifts in how music is consumed, as platforms like MTV, Spotify, and YouTube have changed user habits.

With the arrival of TikTok, many radio stations and their talent have embraced short-form video as both a promotional tool and a resource for discovering new music.

“I wound up on TikTok because I was looking for another way to connect with the listeners of my show, [and] I was looking for a way to expand the listenership of my show,” Jeffrey Ramsay, an on-air personality at iHeart’s Denver station HITS 95.7, told BI. 

Read more about how radio DJs are using TikTok to find new listeners as the app takes over music discovery

SiriusXM, which streams audio over satellite, digital, and via partnerships with auto manufacturers, took it one step further, launching a dedicated TikTok Radio channel in partnership with the short-video app.

“What we do at SiriusXM is very much a complement to some of the other experiences that are available with music digitally,” Steve Blatter, the senior vice president and general manager of music programming at SiriusXM, told BI.

Read more about SiriusXM’s TikTok Radio, a channel where creators are hosts and memes reach parents and Uber drivers

Streaming apps like Spotify and SoundCloud have also adapted to the TikTok era by introducing their own TikTok-style feeds. Both platforms also offer social tools, including user commenting, which could help them compete with TikTok’s main app and music-streaming platform when it comes to music discovery.

Read more about why TikTok-style feeds are surging in music as streamers like Spotify and SoundCloud battle for young listeners

 

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Biden, in a speech after the Trump shooting, said politics should never be a “literal battlefield” or a “killing ground.”

Addressing the nation from the Oval Office on Sunday night, President Biden said the assassination attempt on former President Trump has forced Americans to “take a step back” and called on all sides to “de-escalate the political situation.”

“My fellow Americans, tonight I want to speak to you about the need to de-escalate political tensions,” Biden said. “We may disagree, but we are not enemies. We are neighbors, friends, colleagues, fellow citizens, and above all, we are fellow Americans. And we must come together.”

The assassination attempt on Trump “calls on all of us to take a step back and reflect on where we are,” he added.

President Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office about the attempted assassination of former Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, Sunday, July 14, 2024. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times, Pool via The Associated Press)

Biden said he was “grateful” that Trump was “in good spirits” and that he was “praying for him and his family.” He also offered his “deepest condolences” to the family of Corey Comperatore, who was killed while trying to shield his wife and daughters from bullets.

Biden vows Secret Service will provide 'all resources' to ensure Trump's 'continued security'

The president linked several recent incidents of political violence to attacks on President Trump, including the Jan. 6, 2021, storming of the Capitol, the attack on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, the attempted kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, and “threats against election officials.”

“There is no room for this kind of violence, or any violence, in America. There are no exceptions,” Biden said.

Trump claims he was 'shot by a bullet' in assassination attempt at Pennsylvania rally

The president stressed that “differences are inevitable in our democracy” and “part of human nature,” but incidents like Saturday's shooting cannot be “normalized.”

“Politics should never be a literal battlefield,” Biden said, “but by God, it should never be a killing field.”

President Biden speaks from the Oval Office the day after a shooting at a campaign rally for Republican candidate Donald Trump at the White House on July 14, 2024, in which Trump was injured. (Reuters/Nathan Howard)

Trump was hit by multiple gunshots fired at the stage from an elevated location near an outdoor venue where he was holding a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. The bullets penetrated the top of Trump's right ear, and he was escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents.

The would-be assassin was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, and was shot and killed by a Secret Service sniper shortly after the shots were fired.

However, Crooks killed one of the spectators, Comperatore, a former fire chief from Buffalo Township, Pennsylvania.

Republican presidential candidate and former US president Donald Trump is assisted by security personnel after shots rang out during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. (REUTERS/Brendan McDiarmid)

Two other people were seriously injured in the attack, which authorities said is being investigated by the FBI as an assassination attempt.

“Tonight, I want to talk about what we know: a former president shot and killed simply for exercising the American people's freedom to support the candidate of their choice,” Biden continued. “We cannot and must not go down this path in America.”

Biden said politics should be “a forum for peaceful debate in which justice is pursued and decisions are guided by the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.”

“We stand for an America of civility and tolerance, not an America of extremism and rage,” Biden said. “We all face trying times right now. [the] The election is approaching, and the higher the stakes, the hotter the passions.”

Biden noted that the Republican National Convention begins in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Monday.

“I have no doubt they will criticize my record and offer their own vision for this country,” Biden said. “I'm on the road this week to advocate for our record and my vision, my vision, my vision for this country. I will continue to make a strong case for our democracy, to defend our Constitution and the rule of law, and to call for action at the ballot box.” [not] Violence in the streets. This is how democracy should be.”

Biden said the parties needed to “resolve their differences at the ballot box” and called on Americans to “step out of our silos.”

Republican presidential nominee and former president Donald Trump is surrounded by Secret Service agents during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

“Let's not forget that unity is the hardest goal of all to achieve right now in America,” he said. “Nothing is more important to us right now than unity. We can get this done.”

Biden urged Americans to “never lose sight of who you are.”

The Oval Office speech was Biden's second time speaking about Sunday's assassination attempt on Trump. Earlier in the day, Biden said he had spoken to Trump on Saturday night and that the two rivals had a “brief but meaningful conversation.”

Biden, speaking in the afternoon from the Roosevelt Room at the White House, vowed to ensure the Secret Service provides Trump with “all the resources, capabilities and safeguards he needs to continue to ensure his security.”

Live updates on deadly shooting at Trump rally

“I have directed the Director of the Secret Service to review all security measures for the Republican National Convention, which is scheduled to begin tomorrow,” Biden said.

Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump reacts after suffering a gunshot wound during a campaign rally. (REUTERS/Brendan McDiarmid)

“I am conducting an independent investigation into the security of yesterday's rally to assess exactly what happened, and I will share the findings of that independent investigation with the American people,” Biden said.

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The Biden campaign announced Saturday night that it was suspending all external communications and pulling campaign ads targeting Trump. The campaign is in the midst of a $50 million advertising offensive this month that has seen it run ads in every key battleground state.

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Donald Trump hailed as 'a man ready to give his life' and 'warrior' by celebrities after assassination attempt

Trump's friends and foes condemn the shooting at the rally

Fox News correspondent Anita Vogel reports on the world's reaction to the assassination attempt on former President Trump and the increased security at Trump Tower in New York and the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

A number of prominent figures have offered tributes to former President Donald Trump after he was the target of an assassination attempt on Saturday.

Authorities said Trump was shot in the ear by a bullet fired by suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks.

Political leaders, sports legends and now several celebrities have commented on the horrific event.

Sports stars react to shooting at Donald Trump rally

Jason Aldean called former President Trump “my man” in an impassioned message he wrote on Instagram. (Jason Kempin/Getty Images)

Jason Aldean

“This is what a warrior looks like! This is my man,” country singer Jason Aldean wrote underneath a photo of a bloodied Trump pumping his fist in the air at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.[Donald Trump] We think [you] And I'm praying for you and your family. God has bigger plans for you, my friend, and I think we already know what they are.”

“My sympathies go to the victim's family, who will be the ones to pick up the pieces from the ashes of this despicable act,” he added.

Model, rapper and Republican National Convention chair candidate Amber Rose also posted the same photo to Instagram, writing, “Never stop fighting.”

Donald Trump receives a fiery video endorsement from musician Kid Rock (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images)

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“If you're gonna fuck Trump, fuck me,” Kid Rock said in a video posted to social media. The singer, whose real name is Robert James Ritchie, also posted a link to a GoFundMe page for victims of the shooting, which had raised more than $2 million at press time.

John Richie

“The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him and saves them” — Psalm 34:7,” John Rich wrote on his X account, quoting the Bible verse. “Somewhere there's an angel with a bullet hole in his wing. Thank you Lord for protecting DJT,” he wrote.

George Strait

In a video shared on TikTok, country music legend George Strait sings a song praising first responders following the assassination attempt that occurred during a concert in Detroit.

“Thank you for being there when we needed you, when we called. We really appreciate it, especially after today,” he said.

In response to Strait's remarks, the audience could be heard chanting “USA.”

Country singers John Richie (left) and George Strait both commented on the assassination attempt on President Trump (Getty Images)

Tim Robbins

Actor and director Tim Robbins, known for his starring roles in films such as “The Shawshank Redemption” and “Mystic River,” was dismayed that the assassination of President Trump was being compared to his 1992 film. (Presley Ann/Getty Images via TCM)

Actor and director Tim Robbins (The Shawshank Redemption, Mystic River, Top Gun) blasted those who compared the assassination attempt on President Trump to his 1992 satirical film, Bob Roberts, which follows the shooting of a conservative businessman who was running for Senate.

“For anyone comparing my film 'Bob Roberts' to the assassination attempt on Trump, let me be clear. What happened yesterday was a real attempt on the life of a presidential candidate. Those who deny it happened are completely crazy. A man was shot yesterday. A man was killed. They may not agree with you politically, but shame on you. Drop your blind hatred for these people. They are fellow Americans. This collective hatred is killing our souls and eating away what's left of our humanity,” he wrote to X.

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino

Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino of “Jersey Shore” fame, who posed for a photo with former president and UFC founder Dana White at the event last month, wrote X, “Praying for our country.”

50 Cent

Curtis James Jackson III, known professionally as 50 Cent, shared a meme image in which he Photoshopped President Trump's face onto the cover art of his 2003 debut album, “Get Rich Or Die Tryin'.”

“Trump got shot and now I'm trending,” the rapper wrote to X.

The rapper recently said he believes Trump will be re-elected president in November.

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Former President Trump is photographed hiding from a Secret Service agent after being shot in the ear at a rally in Pennsylvania. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Reality TV star Savannah Chrisley reposted several Trump-related posts to her Instagram Story, and shared a photo of Trump dressed as a Secret Service agent, writing, “I wouldn't give my life for it.”

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“Untold” is this week's favorite new song

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ENHYPEN's “Romance: Untold” topped this week's new song poll, which featured artists from a variety of genres.

Music fans chose the K-pop septet's new album as their favorite new release of the past week in a Billboard poll published Friday (July 12).

Romance: Untold received about 76% of the vote, beating out new releases by Katy Perry (“Woman's World”), Eminem (“The Death of Slim Shady”), Ice Spice & Central Sea (“Did It First”) and Clairo (“Charm”) by a wide margin.

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ENHYPEN released their highly anticipated second album, “Romance: Untold,” on Friday (July 12). The album is the follow-up to the boy band's 2021 debut album, “DIMENSION: DILEMMA,” which debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 chart.

“Since our debut, we have expressed our experiences as artists and honest feelings through our music. ENHYPEN's true growth story is the biggest inspiration for our music,” member Jungwon previously told Billboard.

“Romance: Untold marks the beginning of a new chapter for ENHYPEN. These pioneering storytellers have previously captivated audiences with a series of tales including BORDER, DIMENSION, MANIFESTO and BLOOD in which they cross boundaries, confront themselves in a complex world, take steps to connect with their allies, and make sacrifices for the sake of the one they're connected to by blood,” read a press release announcing details about the project last month.

It's been an exciting year for ENHYPEN. In May, the group, consisting of members Sunghoon, Heeseung, Sunoo, Jay, Jake, Jungwon, and Niki, announced that Hello Sunshine, a multimedia company founded by actress Reese Witherspoon, was producing a feature-length documentary film focusing on their devoted fan group ENGENE. FANMADE: ENHYPEN will reportedly focus on the relationship between the group and their fan community by “celebrating ENHYPEN's fans (ENGENE) and putting them at the center of the concert production process.”

Coming in second to “Romance: Untold” in this week's poll is Perry's “Woman's World,” which received 13 percent of the vote and is the lead track off the pop star's dance-pop album, “143,” due out September 20.

Check out the final results of this week's poll below: For more must-listen releases this week, check out Billboard's Friday Music Guide .

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'Beverly Hills 90210' star Shannen Doherty dies at 53

Actress Shannen Doherty has passed away after a battle with cancer, Fox News Digital has confirmed.

The Beverly Hills 90210 star was 53 years old.

“It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of actress Shannen Doherty. On Saturday, July 13, she lost her battle with cancer after a long battle. A devoted daughter, sister, aunt and friend, she was surrounded by loved ones, including her beloved dog, Bowie,” her publicist, Leslie Sloane, said in a statement.

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Shannen Doherty has passed away after a years-long battle with cancer. (Neilson Barnard/Hallmark Channel via Getty Images)

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“The family requests that their privacy be respected at this time so they can grieve in peace.”

Shannen Doherty revealed in November that her cancer had spread to her brain (Getty Images)

Doherty was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015. At the time, the cancer had spread to her lymph nodes. She went into remission in 2017, but the cancer returned in 2020.

In November, Doherty revealed that her cancer had metastasized and spread to her brain and bones.

The former “Charmed” star has spoken openly about her struggles with the disease, choosing to discuss her treatments and fears. “I'm not afraid of death,” she told People magazine. “I know where I'm going, I know the people I'm going to meet. If I wasn't a good person, I think I would be afraid of death, but I am.”

Shannen Doherty says she had funeral conversations before her brain surgery. (Shannen Doherty Instagram)

“I'm not afraid of death. I know where I'm going. I know the people I'm going to meet. If I wasn't a good person, I would be afraid of death. But I am a good person.”

— Shannen Doherty, November 2023

Doherty, who is launching her podcast in late 2023, spoke candidly about her funeral wishes.

“We'd talked about it a few times, but it really came to a head when I was scheduled to have brain surgery in January,” she told her best friend Chris Cortazzo on her podcast, Let's Be Clear. Doherty underwent surgery to remove the tumor. “I didn't think I was going to survive. I rewrote my will so that everything was super clear.”

Doherty continued to think about her funeral after her surgery, and spoke about what she wanted and didn't want at her funeral.

Shannen Doherty has spoken openly about her funeral wishes in the past. (Getty Images)

“father's [funeral] “I don't know who's going to come. But I started thinking about who's going to come to my party. And I think there are a lot of people I don't want to come,” she admitted, without naming individuals. “I don't want them to come, because the reasons they're coming are not necessarily the best reasons.”

“They don't love me enough to attend my funeral, but they will, because it's the politically correct thing to do, and they don't want to look bad. So I want to take that pressure off them.”

Shannen Doherty claims ex-husband is dragging out divorce because he 'hopes I'll die before he makes me pay'

Shannen Doherty and Kurt Iswarienko were married in 2011. She filed for divorce in April 2023. (Getty Images)

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Doherty's other recent battle is with her estranged husband, Kurt Iswarienko. Fox News Digital obtained documents last month showing that Doherty had filed for spousal support and demanded $15,343 in monthly payments from Iswarienko, who filed for divorce in April 2023. Doherty said she was “unable to work” for health reasons.

“Kurt's average annual income during the last three years of our marriage was $672,916,” Doherty said in the filing. “My average annual income during the last three years of our marriage was $259,708.”

Shannen Doherty stars alongside Alyssa Milano and Holly Marie Combs in “Charmed.” (Paramount Pictures/Distributor: Online Usa, Inc.)

“The majority of my income comes from the television show 'Charmed.' I recently learned that 'Charmed' will no longer be available on any major streaming platform after June 30, 2024,” the actress said. “As a result, my future income will be significantly reduced.”

At the time, Doherty said her monthly expenses were exceeding $54,600 and that her inability to work meant she was no longer eligible for SAG health insurance, which would mean significantly higher medical costs.

Caroline Thayer is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Follow her on Twitter at @carolinejthayer. Send your story tips to caroline.thayer@fox.com.

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Latest Cricket News, Live Updates Today 14 July 2024: Lord's brings out the best and worst of Test cricket

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Breaking News, July 14, 2024: James Anderson played his final Test match at Lord's Cricket Ground last week. (AFP) (ANI-PTI)Disclaimer: This is an AI-generated live blog and has not been edited by Hindustan Times staff.

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Rev. Franklin Graham and other religious leaders say 'God protected him' after Trump shooting

FOX First Report: In exclusive comments to Fox News Digital, Rev. Franklin Graham, CEO of Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, commented on the attempted assassination of former President Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday night, “I join millions of Americans and people around the world in thanking God that former President Donald Trump is safe. It is clear that God's protecting hand was on him.”

He added: “I believe all of this reminds us of the importance of prayer today and in the days to come.”

Gunshots rang out and Secret Service agents covered Trump as he fell to the stage floor, before the former president rose to his feet and pumped his fist into the crowd before being removed from the stage. He was taken to a medical facility and later declared “safe.”

Faith leaders offer urgent prayers for former President Donald Trump after Pennsylvania rally shooting

Graham continued, “Donald Trump has given everything he has – time, energy and money – to fighting for America. And now, as one of his sons pointed out, he's bleeding for America. Even with the blood streaming down his face, he left the rally urging the crowd to keep fighting for America.”

He continued in his comments to Fox News Digital: “As Christians, we know that the most powerful way we fight is to get on our knees and pray. God is the only hope for our country and for us individually.”

Former Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump suffered a gunshot wound and was hurriedly escorted off the stage by U.S. Secret Service agents during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

“I also pray for the families of those in attendance who tragically died and those who were seriously injured,” Graham said.

Other faith leaders and pastors from around the country also spoke to Fox News Digital offering their thoughts and prayers for the former president and all those caught up in Saturday's riots in Butler, Pennsylvania.

“Signs of national division”

Jonathan Cahn, a New York City resident and New York Times bestselling author, told Fox News Digital in an email late Saturday night: “President Trump's shooting is horrifying and shocking, but not surprising. It's a sign of how divided our country is.”

Religious leaders and pastors from across the country spoke to Fox News Digital offering their thoughts and prayers to former President Trump and all those caught up in Saturday's riots in Butler, Pennsylvania. (iStock)

“According to the Bible, such bloodshed is a sign that the nation is in danger. We must pray for the victims and their families, for Donald Trump and for America,” Khan said.

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He added, “America has become a house divided, and according to God's Word, a house divided cannot stand.” Kahn's upcoming book is “The Dragon's Prophecy: Israel, the Return of Darkness, and the End of the World.”

“Let us rely on the Creator”

“It sounds easy to say our concerns and prayers are with President Trump, but it really is,” Alex McFarland, founder and president of Greensboro, North Carolina-based Alex McFarland Ministries, told Fox News Digital.

Former Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is assisted by U.S. Secret Service agents after shots rang out during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024. (REUTERS/Brendan McDiarmid)

He added, “It may be difficult for us to read the signs of the times and take action to repent of our sins and turn away from evil ways, but it is absolutely necessary.”

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“Moments like these teach us to rely on our Creator and Savior on behalf of our families, our country and our nation's leaders.”

“God have mercy.”

“The intense hatred from the atheist sector of our society failed to defeat President Trump today,” Katie Tallent, executive director of the Washington, D.C.-based Coalition for Healthcare Sharing Ministries, told Fox News Digital.

She added: “We grieve for our country but are heartened by his resistance in the face of evil. God have mercy.”

“We will do our best again to turn the situation around.”

Craig Huey, a speaker, commentator and author based in Nashville, Tennessee, told Fox News Digital: “America needs to pray for President Trump, his family and the innocent victims killed at his rallies. We need to recommit ourselves to rebuilding our culture and our politics.”

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“Churches across America should use this Sunday to call the nation to repentance and to thank God that President Trump survived the assassination attempt,” he said.

“Pray for a protective hedge”

The Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, pastor and president of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, wrote on his social media accounts and shared with Fox News Digital Saturday night, “Political violence is evil! I pray for a speedy recovery for President Trump. I pray for a protective wall around President Trump and President Biden.”

He added, “I pray in Jesus' mighty name that all Americans would denounce and reject every vestige of rhetorical and physical violence from our political discourse!”

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Trump rally shooting: Republican candidate survives assassination attempt, FBI investigating

The FBI has identified a 20-year-old man from western Pennsylvania, Thomas Matthew Crooks, as the man who plotted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday.

Crooks reportedly shot Trump above the right ear as the former president was addressing attendees at a rally in the small town ahead of next week's Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

The incident left one attendee dead and two injured, with Crooks being shot dead, the station said. The identities of the victims have not yet been released.

“The FBI has identified Thomas Matthew Crooks, age 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, as a suspect in connection to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13 in Butler, Pennsylvania,” the FBI said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “The investigation remains active.”

Crooks, 20, was from Bethel Park, a suburb of Pittsburgh, about an hour south of where the assassination attempt took place.

Crooks reportedly graduated from Bethel Park High School in the class of 2022. He was one of about 20 students from the school who received a $500 “Star Award” from the National Math and Science Initiative.

A Fox News Digital investigation found that Crooks turned 21 in September. He had no criminal or traffic violations to report, and no bankruptcies, liens or foreclosures.

According to voting records, Crooks was registered as a Republican but because of his age he only participated in the state election on Nov. 8, 2022. Voting records also do not provide details on who voters voted for.

The FBI says it continues to investigate Crooks and any information it has.

Fox News Digital's Scott McDonald and Landon Mion contributed to this update.

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