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Washington considers the need to tone down anti-Trump rhetoric. Senate Democrats are likely to force a second vote on a national right to in-vitro fertilization, and Trump allies repeat falsehoods about migrants amid bomb threats in Ohio.

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Welcome to 2024 talks where we're following our democracy in historic times.

And the agents hyper vigilance and the detailed swift action was textbook and I commend them and our partners for an exemplary response.

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald White says 58 year old Ryan Wesley Ralph suspect in an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Florida never had a line of sight or a chance to fire his rifle.

Texas Republican Congressman Pat Fallon is on the House task force investigating the July Trump assassination attempt.

He agrees with Trump that Democrats rhetoric is to blame.

He's been skewered over the last eight years being compared to Nazis and Hitler and fascist and totalitarianist and racist.

On Monday, President Joe Biden spoke with Trump by phone.

The president is condemning political violence and says the Secret Service needs more resources as Congress continues work on a short term funding bill to keep the government open through the end of the year.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the agency will get what it means.

So as we continue the appropriations process, if the Secret Service is in need of more resources, we are prepared to providing it for them, possibly in the upcoming funding agreement.

Schumer is also expected to force a second vote on a bill granting a national right to in vitro fertilization.

In June, only two Republicans voted with Democrats in favor of Illinois Senator Tammy Duckworth's proposal to do that.

She says Republicans need to back up their rhetoric in support of parents who need to use IVF.

That Republican success come this November would even further imperil their right to try to create a family.

Over the weekend, Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance took heat for promoting the conspiracy theory that Haitian migrants are eating pets in Springfield.

The Ohio senator justified repeating what he knew was a lie as necessary to get media attention.

On Monday, when asked on CNN if the issue would hurt the party down ballot, GOP House Whip Tom Emmer stuck with that line.

What's the problem is the mainstream media refuses to report what caused this problem.

Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine calls the claims garbage and defends the Haitian community but stops short of condemning Trump or his running mate.

As Springfield faces bomb threats on multiple public buildings, DeWine is calling for more law enforcement, especially at schools.

Taking this absolutely extraordinary and extra step to make sure that we have patrol there and that they do sweeps every single day.

Today's National Voter Registration Day.

Ayla Nye is a student at the University of Washington and has worked on youth engagement.

It's just a really great chance to get involved as a citizen and vote on policies that will be directly affecting me and my community.

So I was excited to register.

I'm Alex Gonzalez for Pacifica Network and Public News Service.

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