More than a half-dozen potential 2028 contenders have personally experienced political violence or had to manage the response to such incidents.

Hours after the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, prominent conservative influencers spun unsubstantiated theories that the suspect was a left-wing extremist who targeted the Democratic-aligned leaders for voting against party lines, and did so with the blessing of the state’s top Democrat, Gov. Tim Walz.

Donald Trump has said he won't be calling Minnesota Governor Tim Walz following the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their families, as he declared 'Why waste time?'

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz implored “leading with grace and compassion” after a madman with a kill list targeted a pair of lawmakers and their spouses in his state — a different tune from two weeks prior, when he urged his fellow Dems to “be a little meaner” and “bully the s–t” out of people like President Trump.

The United States has a long and grim history of political violence, from presidential assassinations to lynchings and violence aimed at Black people in

A gunman shot two Democratic state lawmakers in Minnesota early Saturday, killing one and her spouse and wounding the other, in what the state's Governor Tim Walz said were "politically motivated" attacks.