assassination
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It is tough for Harfuch to connect with ordinary Mexicans, given security concerns in the wake of the assassination attempt.
From Barron's • May 10, 2026
He’d faced two assassination attempts during the campaign, and we saw what happened to the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner a couple of weeks ago.
From Slate • May 7, 2026
Mr. Putin is spending “more time in underground bunkers,” the Financial Times reports, and he is taking other security precautions amid Kremlin concerns “over a coup d’état or an assassination attempt, specifically involving drones.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
“The government’s evidence of the charged offense — the attempted assassination of the president — is thus built entirely upon speculation, even under the most generous reading of its theory,” Allen’s attorneys wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026
The family discussed the assassination with Booth, speculating on why the murderer did it.
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
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