The White House took a moment on Sunday to remember and honor Corey Comperatore, the hero firefighter who was killed on July 13, 2024, when gunman Thomas Crooks attempted to assassinate then-presidential-candidate Donald Trump. When Crooks opened fire from the roof of a building at the Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally, he struck Trump’s right ear — but he also struck and injured two other rally attendees and killed Comperatore, who had moved to shield his family members with his own body when the shots rang out. “One year ago, Corey Comperatore died a hero—shielding his family from an assassin’s bullet in Butler. His courage, love, and sacrifice will never be forgotten. We honor Corey today and always,” the White House’s official account posted via X. One year ago, Corey Comperatore died a hero—shielding his family from an assassin’s bullet in Butler. His courage, love, and sacrifice will never be forgotten. We honor Corey today and always. ?? pic.twitter.com/2WfjOzM7ns — The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 13, 2025 In the days immediately following the shooting, Trump praised the firefighter who lost his life that day shielding his family. During a speech the following week at the Republican National Convention, the still-bandaged candidate kissed Comparatore’s helmet and presided over a moment of silence in his honor. “He lost his life, selflessly acting as a human shield to protect [his wife and two daughters] from flying bullets, he went right over the top of them and was hit. What a fine man he was,” Trump said, walking over to hug the uniform that had been brought to the stage and kiss the top of the helmet. After observing “a moment of silence in honor of our friend Corey,” Trump continued: “There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for others. This is the spirit that forged America in her darkest hours, and this is the love that will lead America back to the summit of human achievement.”

President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he was giving “serious consideration” to revoking actress and comedian Rosie O’Donnell’s American citizenship, claiming that she was a “threat to humanity” and should stay in Ireland. Trump, who has often sparred with O’Donnell over the years, made the comment in a post shared to his Truth Social platform. “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship. She is a Threat to Humanity, and should remain in the wonderful Country of Ireland, if they want her. GOD BLESS AMERICA!” he posted. O’Donnell hit back with a series of photos and video clips shared to her Instagram Stories that included a number of photos of Trump with the late disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Claiming that she lived “rent-free” in Trump’s head, she dared him to “go ahead and try” to revoke her citizenship. “I’m not yours to silence. I never was,” she insisted, signing her name alongside an Irish flag. She followed that with another post along with a caption asking whether he planned to deport everyone who took a stand against him: “the president of the usa has always hated the fact that i see him for who he is – a criminal con man sexual abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself – this is why i moved to ireland – he is a dangerous old soulless man with dementia who lacks empathy compassion and basic humanity- i stand in direct opposition all he represents- so do millions of others – u gonna deport all who stand against ur evil tendencies – ur a bad joke who cant form a coherent sentence.”   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Rosie O’Donnell (@rosie) O’Donnell fled to Ireland following Trump’s decisive electoral victory in November, saying at the time, “I’m trying to find a home here in this beautiful country and when it is safe for all citizens to have equal rights there in America, that’s when we will consider coming back.” Trump questioned Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin about her during an Oval Office meeting months later, asking, “Why in the world would you let Rosie O’Donnell move to Ireland? I think she’s going to lower your happiness levels.”

President Donald Trump reflected on the failed assassination attempt — which took place one year ago during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania — and said that while he trusted and respected the Secret Service agents charged with protecting him, they’d clearly “had a bad day.” Trump addressed the issue during an interview with his daughter-in-law for her Fox News show “My View” with Lara Trump — which aired on the eve of the anniversary — and he made it clear that he still had “confidence” in the Secret Service despite the fact that “mistakes were made” leading up to that fateful event. WATCH: .@POTUS on the Secret Service after last year’s assassination attempt against him in Butler: “Mistakes were made … I have great confidence in these people. I know the people and they’re very talented, very capable. They had a bad day, and I think they’ll admit that.” pic.twitter.com/uK4C9eJKFq — Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 13, 2025 “They briefed me and I’m satisfied with it, I’m satisfied with it,” he said of the after-action reports and reviews from the Secret Service regarding what happened that day. “They should have had somebody in the building. That was a mistake,” he continued. “They should have had communications with the local police, they weren’t tied in, and they should have been tied in — so there were mistakes made, and that, you know, shouldn’t have happened. And that building was a prime building in terms of what they were trying to do.” “So, but I was satisfied in terms of the bigger plot, the larger plot,” Trump continued. “I have great confidence in these  people, I know the people and they’re very talented, very capable. They had a bad day, and I think they’ll admit that, kind of a rough day.” “This is a very dangerous job, being President. You know, I say a race car driver — one percent of one percent, think of that, die. That’s not a lot. A bull rider, I think that’s pretty dangerous, it’s like one tenth of one percent die. And with a president, it’s like five precent. Why didn’t you tell me this?” he asked with a smile. “I could have maybe made a different decision. But I wouldn’t have made a different decision, because we’re doing so well. The country is back.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Sunday outlined a roadmap for congressional Republicans over the next years and a half, following their successful passage of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” championed by President Donald Trump. During an interview on “Sunday Morning Futures” with Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo, Johnson said Republicans have a “responsibility of fixing every metric of public policy” that the Democrats “destroyed” over the four years of the Biden-Harris administration. The speaker also contended that members of his party are “implementing a playbook” designed to take advantage of the GOP controlling the House, Senate, and White House using the budget reconciliation process that allows them to bypass the filibuster. “So, the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ was the first big step in that. But we have multiple steps ahead of us. We have long planned for at least two, possibly three reconciliation bills, one in the fall and one next spring that would continue to allow us to do this on a partisan basis, where we only need Republican votes and we don’t have to drag Democrats along. They are in no appetite to fix any of the mess. We have to do it ourselves. So yes, that’s next,” Johnson said. He added, “In addition to that, we will continue to get the country back on a path to fiscal responsibility by rescissions packages that will come from the White House that we’ll enact, and claw back spending and eliminate fraud, waste, and abuse, in the multiple reconciliation packages, and in appropriating at lower levels of funding. All these things will be done while we’re codifying more of President Trump’s executive orders. He’s been very busy. We will be as well. We have a lot more work ahead of us.” Congress passed the final version of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” which aims to fulfill many of Trump’s spending and tax-cut goals of his second term, by narrow margins. It did so without the support of any Democrats and a couple of GOP holdouts who begrudged its cuts to Medicaid and raised concerns about the debt. Within the legislation’s hundreds of pages, Johnson said, were provisions that already cemented dozens of the president’s executive orders. “Almost 30 of them were included in the ‘Big, Beautiful Bill.’ So that was a lawmaking exercise; the president has now signed them into law and they’re codified. So it’s not a temporary thing, they’ll be permanent in the law. And we’ve done a number, about 15 or 20 additional executive orders that we’ve already codified in the House. We’ll continue that process. We wanted to get as many of them as we could into the reconciliation package because we knew that we were certain that that would actually be signed into law and it wouldn’t just be a feel-good exercise,” Johnson said. He continued, “So more of that will continue going forward. The president’s been one of the most prolific, I think arguably the most successful president in the first six months of this term than any previous president. Look how many things have been accomplished. A lot of it has been done through executive order, so Congress has its role to play now as well.”

Early on Sunday, the White House shared a video marking the one-year anniversary of the failed assassination attempt on President Donald Trump — who, at the time, was running for reelection against former President Joe Biden. The video shared several clips of Trump throughout the years — including a segment with longtime television host Oprah Winfrey in which they discussed his potential future in politics — and one comment that has resonated through many areas of his life: “Donald Trump seems to always get stronger with challenges.” “One year ago today, an assassin opened fire on President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania,” the caption read. “The bullet hit—but by the grace of God, he stood up. Bloodied. Unbowed. And he fought harder. July 13th is a reminder: we fight, we win, AND WE NEVER SURRENDER.” One year ago today, an assassin opened fire on President Donald J. Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. The bullet hit—but by the grace of God, he stood up. Bloodied. Unbowed. And he fought harder. July 13th is a reminder: we fight, we win, AND WE NEVER SURRENDER. ?? pic.twitter.com/0BMUYpGltE — The White House (@WhiteHouse) July 13, 2025 That was what the people saw on July 13, 2024, when shots rang out during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania — and then everyone saw then-candidate Donald Trump go down. But within seconds, it seemed, he was back on his feet. His hand was raised in a fist as Secret Service agents swarmed him, surrounding him and attempting to keep his head down. “Fight! Fight! Fight!” Trump could be seen shouting as he was practically carried from the stage, his face and shirt bloodied from the attack. Just days later, his ear bandaged to cover up the damage done in the shooting, Trump was back in the arena at the Republican National Convention — and by then it was the crowd shouting back at him, “Fight! Fight! Fight!”