"Trump's 2024 campaign rally in Waco draws thousands"

Former US President Donald Trump held his first rally of his 2024 presidential campaign in Waco, Texas, where he defended the January 6 insurrectionists and railed against prosecutors investigating him. Trump faces potential indictment for campaign finance violations and allegations of hoarding top-secret documents and masterminding a plot to overturn the 2020 election. He used dark and conspiratorial language to fire up his base ahead of next year’s Republican primary elections, describing the investigations as “something straight out of the Stalinist Russia horror show”. Trump also attacked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and painted the stakes of the next election in apocalyptic terms, speaking of “demonic forces” trying to demolish the country.