New Orleans Attack Live Updates: Driver May Not Be ‘Solely Responsible,’ Officials Say

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "Credit...Scott Clause/Usa Today Network, via, via ReutersJan. 1, 2025, 2:41 p.m.
47% : F.B.I. officials, who are typically cautious in public statements until investigators can gather more evidence about a suspect’s intentions, said on Wednesday that as law enforcement officials learned more — including about the discovery of a cooler containing an improvised bomb next to the suspect’s vehicle — they became more certain it was a terror attack.
44% : As federal and state officials investigated the attack, they said part of their focus would be on how the driver was able to barrel into the crowd.
36% : Trump, who will be sworn in on Jan. 20, added in his post, “The Trump Administration will fully support the City of New Orleans as they investigate and recover from this act of pure evil!”Some early reports about the attack said the truck was driven across the border from Mexico into the United States.

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