Trump targeted in attempted assassination

Plus, three hostages were killed by an Israeli airstrike.

View in browser|nytimes.com September 16, 2024 By Jonathan Wolfe Good morning. We're covering a second assassination attempt against Donald Trump and hostages killed by an Israeli airstrike. Plus: A fashion video game hits it big. Outside the club where Donald Trump was golfing on Sunday. Saul Martinez for The New York Times Trump targeted in 'attempted assassination,' the F.B.I. said The F.B.I. said that it was investigating "what appears to be an attempted assassination" of former President Donald Trump after the Secret Service fired on an armed man at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla., yesterday. The episode comes just two months after Trump was wounded during an attempt on his life at a rally in Pennsylvania. Trump was on the course, a few hundred yards away, when Secret Service agents opened fire on a suspect, who fled the scene in a vehicle and was later taken into custody, law enforcement officials said. A rifle with a scope was recovered from the bushes near the property line, officials said. A Secret Service representative said it was not yet clear if the suspect had fired any shots. A U.S. law enforcement official identified the suspect as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Hawaii. The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the investigation is continuing. Here's the latest. Suspect details: Routh was interviewed by The New York Times in 2023 for an article about Americans volunteering to aid the war effort in Ukraine. Routh, who had no military experience, said he had traveled there after Russia's invasion in 2022 to recruit Afghan soldiers for the fight. He told The Times he once visited Washington to meet with politicians to strengthen support for Ukraine. More on the U.S. election Americans head to the polls in less than eight weeks. The claim that Aurora, Colo., has been overrun by gun-toting migrants stemmed from the city's fight with a landlord. Now it is central to one of Trump's anti-immigrant campaign promises. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told Trump supporters at an event on Saturday that he was being investigated over his handling of a whale carcass two decades ago. For many young women, the Trump era has moved their politics to the left, a new analysis shows. Do you have questions about the election? Send them to us, and we'll find the answers. Stay up to date: See our poll tracker. Listen to "The Run-Up" podcast. Sign up for the On Politics newsletter. Posting a photograph of Ron Sherman, one of the hostages likely killed by Israeli soldiers in November. Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times Three hostages were likely killed by an airstrike, Israel says Three hostages were likely killed in November as a result of an Israeli airstrike targeting a senior Hamas commander, the Israeli military said yesterday. The military said that it had conducted an investigation based on where the hostages' bodies were found in December, but that it would not be able to definitively determine the cause of their deaths. According to the investigation, the hostages had been in a tunnel complex used by Ahmed al-Ghandour, a top Hamas official whose death the group later acknowledged. The Israeli military said it had information at the time suggesting that the hostages were in another place. In Israel: The Houthi militia in Yemen claimed responsibility for a rare missile attack, the second time in two months that the Iranian-backed group has successfully penetrated the skies over the country. 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