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Trump shooter saw rally as ‘target of opportunity,’ FBI assesses

What’s happening: The gunman who opened fire on former President Donald Trump researched several events from both political parties before becoming “hyper-focused” on the campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, as a “target of opportunity,” according to an FBI assessment. Various FBI officials said they have not yet determined what motivated 20-year-old shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks to engage in political violence but found he was not initially fixated on any one political figure. Read more > 

Swing-state voters split on Project 2025: Poll

Poll: When it comes to supporting former President Donald Trump, swing-state voters are divided on the impact of the conservative blueprint known as Project 2025, according to a new Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey. The latest >

What voters are saying: Voters in seven key battleground states were asked if Project 2025 makes them more or less likely to support Trump. Overall, a plurality in all states said it makes no difference or they weren’t familiar with the plan. However, nearly just as many respondents in each state said the conservative road map made them less likely to support the former president.  Read more >

San Francisco giving ‘chill packs’ to homeless meth users

Pilot program launched: The city of San Francisco discreetly instituted a pilot program that gives homeless methamphetamine users “chill packs” containing antipsychotic medication, which has helped reduce the rate of emergency services. The latest >

Bryan Kohberger returns to court

Fight to move trial: Defense attorneys for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, warn that a “mob mentality” against their client justifies the need to move his trial out of Moscow and into Boise, Idaho, instead. The latest > 

Background: The trial for Kohberger is expected to start next June. A court hearing to discuss a potential change of venue is set for Thursday. Kohberger faces four murder charges in connection with the November 2022 stabbing deaths of Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves in their off-campus home in Moscow, Idaho. Authorities in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, arrested Kohberger, then a student at Washington State University, on Dec. 30, 2022. 

Happy Face Killer shares Beatles art with NewsNation

Drawings sent to NewsNation: Keith Hunter Jesperson, commonly known as the “Happy Face Killer,” has been a prolific letter-writer from behind bars. Among those receiving his notes are NewsNation’s Ashleigh Banfield and Laura Ingle. But Ingle got something more than a letter in the mail from Jesperson this week. View the drawings >

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• A Florida man convicted of killing a college freshman in Ocala National Forest in 1994 is scheduled to be executed.

• Here’s where the 2024 presidential candidates are campaigning today. 

NEWS ACROSS AMERICA

An Tennessee man  wanted for murder tried to hide from law enforcement but didn’t quite make it. Where police said he was hiding >

Police in New York released body camera video showing the intense struggle between three officers and a woman who attempted to choke a child. How police rescued the child >

Texas has removed more than 1 million people from the state’s voter rolls since Senate Bill 1 went into effect in 2021, Gov. Greg Abbott announced. What to know >

A group of Colorado teens hoping to make good memories at a Kenny Chesney concert instead left with severe injuries. Latest on the investigation >

The city of Denver has announced the temporary closure of two parks due to crime. What led to that decision >

A Colorado pet owner is grieving after a pit bull jumped out of a moving car and attacked and killed his little dog. How he’s demanding justice >

A 13-year-old West Virginia middle schooler died practicing football when he went for a tackle and took a bad hit to his head, according to his father. Read more >

Shoppers are racing to Target after a TikTok user discovered a $200 household item selling for just $60. The popular item and how you can get it too >

Army veterans gifted a mortgage-free home

A couple who served in the U.S. Army have been gifted a mortgage-free home in East Tennessee. Read more >

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