The 2024 Republican National Convention set to begin on heels of assassination attempt. Here's what to know.
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Former President Donald Trump will officially become the GOP nominee for president at this week's Republican National Convention, days after surviving an assassination attempt.
The four-day event kicks off on Monday, just two days after a gunman opened fire at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, grazing Trump's ear. Rally attendee Corey Comperatore, 50, was killed, and two others, identified as 57-year-old David Dutch and 74-year-old James Copenhaver, were wounded. The shooter, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks, was killed by a Secret Service sniper.
The attack has put federal, state and local law enforcement officials on even higher alert heading into the convention. Changes to the security measures were being...
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