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A man suspected in an apparent assassination attempt targeting former President Donald Trump was charged Monday with federal gun crimes, making his first court appearance in the final weeks of a White House race already touched by violence.

Butler Eagle journalists Irina Bucur and Morgan Phillips had a relatively straightforward assignment when a Trump rally came to town. That changed in a flash when gunshots rang-out and they found themselves thrust in the middle of a huge national story. (AP video/Joseph B. Frederick)

STORY: :: Newsweek Romania ROUTH: "I think everybody around the globe should be motivated to come here and support the Ukrainians, support the army." The Ukrainian government on Monday (September 16) denied any links to this American accused of trying to assassinate former U.S. President Donald Trump. :: May 17, 2022 Kyiv's comments came after it emerged that the reported suspect, Ryan Routh, had traveled to the country in hopes of volunteering to help Ukraine fight back against Russia's invasion. :: June 14, 2022 :: Kyiv, Ukraine ROUTH: "So me, you know, a lot of the other conflicts are gray. But this conflict is definitely black and white. This is about good versus evil." In this 2022 interview, Routh told Newsweek Romania he'd initially hoped to fight, but was rejected from combat because of his age, and his lack of military experience... ROUTH:: "My initial goal was to come and fight." ... and said he shifted his goals and was instead recruiting others to take up arms. ROUTH: "If you want to fight, come here and see me. And I'll put you in a unit so you can go fight." The U.S. Secret Service on Sunday said it had foiled what the FBI called the second apparent assassination attempt on the Republican candidate for president in two months. The Secret Service said its agents were accompanying Trump on the golf course on Sunday, when one spotted a gun barrel in some bushes near the property line. Agents engaged the gunman and fired at him. The gunman dropped his rifle and fled in a black car. Sheriff's deputies in neighboring Martin County stopped the suspect and took him into custody. JOURNALIST: "So you are working with the International Legion?" ROUTH: "Yes." JOURNALIST: "And you are trying to convince people to help, to donate and to join." ROUTH: "Yeah. Yeah." :: January 3, 2023 Hundreds of non-Ukrainians have been fighting against Russian forces. But the International Legion, where many of these fighters serve, said it had no links with Routh. A Legion official told CNN that Routh had sent emails offering to recruit foreign volunteers, but Ukraine's military thought he was "delusional" and did not take the offers seriously. Ukrainian officials said they had nothing to do with him. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was glad to hear Trump was safe, and that there was no place for violence in politics anywhere.

Threats of violence in Springfield, Ohio, have closed schools and city buildings as former President Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, continue to amplify baseless conspiracy theories about Haitian immigrants eating pets in the city. CBS News' Nikole Killion and Rhona Tarrant have more.

President Biden said the Secret Service “needs more help” following the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in Florida.

President Joe Biden said Monday the Secret Service “needs more help” following an apparent second assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump and he called on Congress to provide more resources to the agency.

A 58-year-old named Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested after Secret Service agents allegedly spotted him with an AK-style weapon near former President Trump at a Florida golf course. He previously volunteered in Ukraine, and CBS News' Holly Williams was in touch with him when he was overseas.

Former President Donald Trump is safe after the Secret Service opened fire on a gunman at his golf club in Florida. Here’s what we know so far.

Former deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service and CBS News consultant A.T. Smith joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the apparent assassination attempt of former president Donald Trump at a Florida golf course and what will happen next in the investigation.

The FBI is investigating an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that comes two months after an attempt at a Pennsylvania rally. Officials say while Trump was playing golf in Florida, a Secret Service agent ahead of him spotted someone along the perimeter in the bushes with a gun. The agent fired off four to six rounds and the suspect took off in a car parked nearby, and was later arrested. CBS News' Robert Costa has more.

ABC News' John Santucci and retired senior Secret Service agent Don Mihalek discuss the former president's security detail.

Former Department of Homeland Security official Marsha Espinosa talks about the resources in place to protect the former president.

The FBI is investigating what it called an "attempted assassination" of former President Donald Trump near Trump's Palm Beach, Florida, golf course on Sunday.

Multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News that the man detained by Florida authorities has been identified as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh.