President Donald Trump responded to the latest potential threat against his life with a notably upbeat reaction during his first public comments on the incident.   “Well the only thing I get a little solace from is they say only consequential presidents [are targeted for assassination] and I am definitely consequential,” Trump said when asked by Fox News’s Trace Gallagher about the ongoing concerns over assassination threats. The remarks were Trump’s first public comments on the incident and were notably briefer than his responses to previous threats. The Secret Service is investigating whether the armed man arrested outside of Trump’s National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, on Sunday intended to harm the president.  Jeanine John Taele, 38, was arrested after FBI agents allegedly found him carrying a 16-round magazine in his pocket. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Taele was also seen taking photographs and videos near the property. If investigators determine that Taele was targeting Trump, it would mark the third widely reported threat involving the president this year, following the Secret Service’s fatal shooting of an armed individual carrying a shotgun and gas canister near Mar-a-Lago and the arrest of a man who breached security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Before 2026, President Trump survived an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, in July 2024, when a gunman grazed his ear with a bullet. Weeks later, another armed suspect was discovered hiding with a rifle near Trump International Golf Club in Florida before authorities said he could carry out an attack. Trump said he considers himself “consequential” because of his handling of the economy and Iran. Trump’s comments come after the Justice Department in 2024 charged Farhad Shakeri, whom prosecutors identified as an asset of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in connection with an alleged murder-for-hire plot that included plans to assassinate President Trump.   

Florida law enforcement rushed to the home of media personality Perez Hilton Tuesday night following reports that the gossip blogger appeared to be repeatedly cutting himself and engaging in self-harm during a TikTok livestream.  According to The Sun, viewers who watched the livestream contacted emergency services after Hilton appeared to harm himself on camera. Disturbing and graphic videos on social media, which The Daily Wire is not publishing, appear to show Hilton, the longtime chronicler of Hollywood scandals, bloodied from head to toe.  The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office confirmed it received numerous calls about the incident. “The Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office received multiple calls regarding an individual who was live-streaming acts of self-harm on social media,” the agency said in a statement to The Sun. “Deputies quickly located the individual’s residence, where they spoke with family members on scene, and confirmed he was alone inside.”  The sheriff’s office said deputies opted to use de-escalation tactics rather than immediately enter the residence. “At this time, deputies have tactically disengaged while continuing to monitor the situation,” the sheriff’s office said.  Authorities have not released additional information about Hilton’s condition, and it remains unclear whether he later received medical treatment. Hilton, 48, rose to fame in the 2000s through his celebrity gossip website before expanding into television and other media. He is the father of three children.  This is a developing story. Stay with The Daily Wire for updates.

Former far-Left Squad member Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) failed to reclaim Missouri’s deep-blue 1st Congressional District on Tuesday, losing a rematch against the Democrat who unseated her two years ago. With about 26% of the vote counted, Rep. Wesley Bell (D-MO) held a commanding lead over Bush in their hotly contested rematch of the explosive 2024 Democratic primary, winning 70.7% of the vote to Bush’s 25.8%. The Associated Press called the race at 9:02 pm ET. Since the St. Louis-area district is overwhelmingly Democratic, Bell is heavily favored to win this fall and return to Congress. The race flew under the headlines but served as another test of whether the Democratic Party’s leftist shift — fueled by victories from socialist-aligned candidates in New York, Washington D.C., and Denver — could propel one of the movement’s most recognizable national figures back to Capitol Hill. Bush’s defeat suggests that with the help of the party’s establishment, some popular incumbents can still fend off challenges from Left-wing insurgents. In her bid to return to Congress, Bush tried to exploit the same issue that cost her a House seat: her anti-Israel views. In 2024, Bell defeated Bush in what became one of the most expensive House primaries in American history after pro-Israel groups, led by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, poured $9.3 million into the race. Following the Hamas-led October 7 terror attacks, Bush emerged as one of Congress’s most outspoken critics of Israel and was one of the first to introduce resolutions calling for a ceasefire. Bell, on the other hand, has continued backing military assistance for Israel while arguing the United States must support allies confronting hostile regimes. “I think we have to support our allies not only in Israel, but in Taiwan and in Ukraine,” Bell said during a recent joint appearance with Bush. “They are on the front lines of our sworn enemies.” Over the past year, several socialist-aligned candidates promising to upend the Democratic Party’s leadership have won competitive primaries. Bell’s victory, however, marks a rare triumph for the party establishment, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) all backing his re-election bid. The rejection of Bush comes months after she posted a picture with Christopher Winston, a self-described Maoist streamer who goes by the name “BlackRedGuard.” Winston has a history of violent rhetoric and has argued the United States needs to be overthrown through revolution, The Daily Wire previously reported. The photo, flagged by Manhattan Institute investigative reporter Stu Smith, showed Bush meeting with members of the St. Louis Democratic Socialists of America on July 8. Winston can be seen standing next to Bush wearing a shirt reading “armed minorities.” Sharing the photo, Winston wrote, “comrades.” “I’m so proud to have DSA by my side, united in our fight against price gouging, big real estate, and billionaires influencing our politics,” Bush said.

Authorities arrested an armed man outside President Donald Trump’s Southern California golf course ahead of the president’s scheduled visit Tuesday, officials announced.  Jeanine John Taele, 38, was arrested Sunday outside Trump National Golf Club in Rancho Palos Verdes after FBI agents allegedly found him carrying an illegally modified AR-style rifle, a .45-caliber pistol, and ammunition.  According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Taele was also seen taking photographs and videos near the property. After executing a search warrant at his home in Downey on Monday, investigators said they discovered a notebook containing what they described as “concerning statements.” The Secret Service is reportedly investigating whether Taele posed a threat to the president.   White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said Trump traveled to California Tuesday to highlight what the administration views as the contrast between Republican and Democrat leadership. Trump is expected to attend a Republican National Committee dinner at the club Tuesday evening. “The President will draw a sharp contrast between his commonsense agenda and the radical policies of Democrats like Gavin Newsom, who keep raising taxes, inviting rampant fraud in taxpayer-funded programs, and protecting illegal immigrant drug dealers, rapists, and murderers,” Wales said. The sheriff’s department emphasized that there is “no credible threat to our communities.”   

As 84-year-old Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) enters the twilight of his political career, Democrats on the Left are searching for a successor to lead the movement he built. Some now believe that person could be an unlikely candidate who has never held elected office. Politico reported Tuesday that a behind-the-scenes battle is underway over who will inherit Sanders’ political mantle after the Vermont socialist transformed the Democratic Party with his insurgent 2016 presidential campaign and helped propel a new generation of leftist candidates into office. While names such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) have been viewed as possible heirs, some Democratic insiders question whether either has the broad appeal to unite the movement.  “It’s not certain AOC will even run for president, and right now, just Ro is really out there trying to fill that lane. That leaves a pretty thin field to pull from,” one Democratic operative told Politico. Instead, some on the Left are looking outside elected office and increasingly discussing United Auto Workers (UAW) President Shawn Fain. The 57-year-old Indiana native could appeal to voters seeking change and a Democratic Party desperate to stop the bleeding with the working class. He rose to national prominence after leading the UAW’s 2023 “stand-up strike” against the Big Three automakers, winning sizable raises while becoming one of organized labor’s most recognizable voices. Fain has also become known for his attacks on the “billionaire class,” often delivering speeches in an “EAT THE RICH” T-shirt, according to Politico.   Unlike many of the Democratic Party’s rising stars, Fain has never held elected office, a background that some leftists reportedly view as an asset rather than a liability. In the 2024 election, Democrats continued to win a majority of union households, but President Donald Trump made gains with organized labor. According to AP VoteCast, then-Vice President Kamala Harris won just over half of union household voters, while Trump captured 44% — a two-point increase from his 2020 showing. Four years earlier, Biden carried 56% of union households.  “If he’s willing to run, [he] might be the best candidate for the left,” Bhaskar Sunkara, a 2020 Sanders surrogate and former vice chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, told Politico’s Playbook. “Since he’s progressive but very much says his egalitarian value system comes from his Christianity, [he] can speak in a moral language that can reach more independents than other candidates, and I think it would set a good precedent for labor.” Playbook also reported that Fain was recently approached about a potential presidential run and has not ruled it out privately. “The only presidency I have ever had any interest in is with the UAW to continue to build on the great work we’ve done over the last 3 and a half years,” Fain said in a statement to the outlet.  Fain has aligned himself with the Democratic Party’s far-Left wing. Fain bucked the establishment and endorsed Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over moderate Rep. Haley Stevens, citing what he described as her ties to corporate interests. “I talk all the time about … one of the biggest problems in this country right now … the rich, the corporate class,” Fain told The Lever. “They’ve divided the working class … while we’re busy pointing fingers at each other, they’re taking more and more of the profits we generate.”  “It’s a scam,” he added.