Morning news brief: Trump credits 'border patrol chart' for saving his life; Biden addresses Americans, & more

The US is dealing with the aftermath of an alleged assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican Party candidate for the 2024 US Elections. The Secret Service is on high alert for the Republican National Convention (RNC), which is slated to commence on Monday (Jul14). Meanwhile, President Joe Biden used the Oval Office for his address.

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US President Joe Biden on Sunday (Jul14) used the formal setting of the White House Oval Office to ask Americans to cool down after the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Biden's use of the Oval Office, for only the third time in his term, holds significance, especially as Republicans openly blame him for the attack on the ex-president.

Former US president Donald Trump has credited an immigration chart for saving his life after an assassination attempt was made against him on Saturday (Jul13) in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Trump moved his head 'quarter of an inch' to look at border patrol statistics on the chart during his rally speech which eventually proved to be the difference between life and death for him.

The Republic National Convention (RNC) gets underway on Monday (Jul 15) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, less than 48 hours after Donald Trump narrowly survived an assassination attempt. While guns are not allowed inside the venue, individuals will be allowed to carry them outsidethe convention centre in the outer perimeter.Tennis balls and paintball guns, however, remain a strict no-no.

Following an assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, the US Secret Service is finding itself in the eye of the storm amid claims that they were warned about a man on the roof with a gun by people at the rally. Several eyewitnesses claim to have warned officials about the assassin several minutes before the shots were fired.