A pair of fatal attacks on New Year’s Day have reignited concerns over political violence in the U.S. after an election already marked by multiple assassination attempts. The same day a Tesla Cybertruck exploded in front of a Trump hotel in Las Vegas,

The primary suspects in two deadly attacks on New Year’s Day shared a history of service in the U.S. military, underscoring persistent fears over extremism within the armed services that officials have struggled to uproot.

As right-wing figures blamed factors ranging from Islam to the Biden administration's nonexistent "open borders policy" for the deadly New Year's Day attacks in New Orleans and Las Vegas, progressive observers noted Thursday that the men who carried out those attacks both served in the U.