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Secret Service Inquiry: Agency
Just Isn't Smart Enough
Oct 17, 2024 8:37 AM CDT
Secret Service Inquiry: Agency Just Isn't Smart Enough
Scathing bipartisan report faults 'critical thinking,' calls for outside leadership
(Newser)
- An independent panel has finished its assessment of the Secret Service after the July assassination attempt on former President Trump, and it's as scathing as expected .
Overview:
The "Secret Service as an agency requires fundamental reform to carry out its mission," says the 52-page report, per the
...
Melania on
2020 Election:
'It Was a Mess'
Oct 9, 2024 7:07 AM CDT
Melania on 2020 Election: 'It Was a Mess'
Former first lady dishes on that, her first encounter with husband, son Barron, and more in new book
(Newser)
- Melania Trump's new memoir,
Melania
, dropped on Tuesday, and the reviews range from describing it as one of "graceful grievance" to calling it "truly bad" and "deeply weird." The former first lady's remarks about her stance on abortion rights earned attention before the 256-page...
Melania Trump: There's More
to the July Shooting Story
Sep 26, 2024 11:49 AM CDT
Melania Trump: There's More to the July Shooting Story
Former first lady gives rare interview, discusses assassination attempts
(Newser)
- Melania Trump has given her first TV interview in more than two years, one in which she questioned the narrative surrounding the attempted assassination of her husband in Pennsylvania, reports CNN . The former first lady spoke to Fox News for the interview that aired Thursday, which comes ahead of the...
Trump Blames Democrats'
'Rhetoric' for Latest Scare
Sep 16, 2024 11:45 AM CDT
Trump Blames Democrats' 'Rhetoric' for Latest Scare
Former president says inflammatory language led to another attempt on his life
(Newser)
- With 50 days to go until the election, former President Trump is walking away from the second attempt on his life since July—and pointing the finger at President Biden and Vice President Harris. Suspect Ryan Routh "believed the rhetoric of Biden and Harris, and he acted on it,...
As Trump Readied His Putt,
He Heard 'Pop, Pop' of Gunfire
the rundown
Sep 16, 2024 6:41 AM CDT
As Trump Readied His Putt, He Heard 'Pop, Pop' of Gunfire
'My father is running out of lives here,' says Eric Trump after second apparent assassination attempt
(Newser)
- As the FBI investigates what appears to be a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump, new details are emerging about what unfolded at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday afternoon. Details:
Gun spotted:
Trump was golfing at Trump International Golf Club (not Mar-a-Lago), when a Secret
...
Melania Trump Questions
'Truth' About Rally Shooting
Sep 10, 2024 7:14 PM CDT
Melania Trump Questions 'Truth' About Rally Shooting
'There is definitely more to this story,' she says of assassination attempt
(Newser)
- Melania Trump apparently believes she is not being told the truth about the attempt to assassinate her husband at a rally in Pennsylvania two months ago. In a video posted on her social media accounts on Tuesday, the former first lady says there is "definitely more to this story,...
Trump Gunman Used an
AC Unit to Get on the Roof
Aug 28, 2024 11:05 AM CDT
Trump Gunman Used an AC Unit to Get on the Roof
Security video shows Thomas Crooks using unit to scale the roof next to the Butler Farm Show
(Newser)
- The gunman who tried to assassinate Donald Trump at a July campaign rally in Pennsylvania apparently bought a ladder to be able to scale the roof from which he was able to elude Secret Service agents, fire shots, and injure the former president—but he didn't end up using...
Multiple Secret Service Agents
Placed on Leave
Aug 23, 2024 11:18 AM CDT
Multiple Secret Service Agents Placed on Leave
It's part of the fallout from the investigation into the Trump assassination attempt
(Newser)
- The Secret Service has placed multiple agents on leave as it investigates the assassination attempt on Donald Trump last month in Butler, Pennsylvania, reports CBS News . Those placed on leave include the head of the agency's Pittsburgh field office, which was responsible for planning and coordinating security, per NBC...
In Video From Rally Shooting,
Local Cops Slam Secret Service
Aug 9, 2024 6:56 AM CDT
In Video From Rally Shooting, Local Cops Slam Secret Service
Videos capture frustration in aftermath of Trump assassination attempt
(Newser)
- Body camera footage released by the Butler Township Police Department captures confusion and frustration during the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a July 13 rally. The videos show Butler Township officers discovering Thomas Crooks' location on a roof near the rally and trying to reach him in the minutes...
Jack Black:
Tenacious D
Will Return
UPDATED
Aug 8, 2024 7:23 AM CDT
Jack Black: Tenacious D Will Return
Duo's tour was canceled after Kyle Gass joked about Trump assassination attempt
(Newser)
- Comedy rock duo Tenacious D's tour came to an abrupt end last month after Kyle Gass joked about the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, but they will return, Jack Black says. "We need to take a break. Everybody needs a break sometime," he told
Variety
at the...
Man Shot at Rally Recorded
Video of Person on Roof
Jul 31, 2024 3:51 PM CDT
Man Shot at Rally Recorded Video of Person on Roof
James Copenhaver stopped filming moments before he was shot
(Newser)
- A man who was shot and seriously injured at Donald Trump's Butler, Pennsylvania, rally may have recorded video of the gunman. Fox News reports that James Copenhaver's video shows a figure moving across the roof of the American Glass Research building minutes before the shooting.
Fox reports that
...
Garland: Do I
Look Like I'd
Make a Mistake
About the Law?
Jul 31, 2024 1:30 AM CDT
Garland: Do I Look Like I'd Make a Mistake About the Law?
Attorney general addresses the ruling regarding his special counsel appointment
(Newser)
- Merrick Garland sat down with NBC News for a wide-ranging interview that aired Tuesday, during which the attorney general called the shooting at a Donald Trump rally a "horrific attack" that should never have been allowed to happen. He also said that despite the FBI having not yet determined...
Report: Crooks Stopped Firing
After Shot From Local Officer
Jul 30, 2024 2:54 PM CDT
Report: Crooks Stopped Firing After Shot From Local Officer
His shot didn't kill rally gunman, but it bought Secret Service some time, officials say
(Newser)
- A local law enforcement officer may have played a bigger role than previously known in stopping Thomas Crooks from firing more shots at Donald Trump. The
Washington Post
,
citing officials close to the investigation and analysis of video evidence, reports that Crooks changed his position and stopped shooting after the...
Acting Secret Service Director
'Ashamed' by What He Saw
Jul 30, 2024 11:32 AM CDT
Acting Secret Service Director 'Ashamed' by What He Saw
Ronald Rowe is grilled by 2 Senate committees on attempted assassination
(Newser)
- The acting director of the Secret Service said Tuesday he "cannot defend" why the roof used by the gunman in the assassination attempt of former President Trump was not secured. Ronald Rowe, testifying before two Senate committees, said he recently traveled to the Pennsylvania shooting site and "What...
Trump Rally
Gunman Started
Buying Weaponry
a Year Ago: FBI
Jul 30, 2024 12:00 AM CDT
Trump Rally Gunman Started Buying Weaponry a Year Ago: FBI
FBI says a motive still has not been determined
(Newser)
- The Trump rally shooter who killed one and injured others, including Donald Trump himself, at a Pennsylvania rally earlier this month had been stockpiling bomb-making materials and equipment related to guns for more than a year, according to FBI officials. Starting in spring of 2023, the gunman made 25 purchases...
Trump Agrees to Sit
for FBI Victim Interview
Jul 29, 2024 7:20 PM CDT
Trump Agrees to Sit for FBI Victim Interview
Investigators describe rally shooter as an intelligent loner
(Newser)
- The FBI will conduct a victim interview of Donald Trump as part of its investigation into the attempt to assassinate the former president at a rally in Pennsylvania. The interview with Trump would be similar to those of any crime victim, regardless of the circumstances, an agency official said, per...
Lawmaker Says
Trump Rally Gunman
Had an Escape Plan
Jul 29, 2024 1:39 PM CDT
Lawmaker Says Trump Rally Gunman Had an Escape Plan
He says Crooks planned to create a diversion
(Newser)
- The man who tried to kill Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania earlier this month had a plan to escape, according to the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. On CBS'
Face the Nation
on Sunday, Republican Rep. Michael McCaul told host Robert Costa that Thomas Crooks "...
Text Messages Alter
Timeline of Trump Shooting
Jul 29, 2024 7:37 AM CDT
Text Messages Alter Timeline of Trump Shooting
Local SWAT snipers spotted Thomas Matthew Crooks almost 2 hours prior
(Newser)
- Gunshots were fired at former President Trump at 6:11pm on July 13, and testimony before Congress has indicated law enforcement initially became aware of the shooter's presence about an hour before that. The timeline has now been pushed earlier. Text messages show a member of a local SWAT...
FBI Issues One-Sentence
Statement on Trump Shooting
Jul 27, 2024 7:30 AM CDT
FBI Issues One-Sentence Statement on Trump Shooting
Agency says former president was indeed struck by a bullet on July 13 at Pennsylvania rally
(Newser)
- Nearly two weeks after Donald Trump's near assassination, the FBI confirmed Friday that it was indeed a bullet that struck the former president's ear, moving to clear up conflicting accounts about what caused the former president's injuries after a gunman opened fire at a Pennsylvania rally. "...
FBI Chief: Rally Shooter
Made 'Significant' Search
Jul 24, 2024 1:58 PM CDT
FBI Chief: Rally Shooter Made 'Significant' Search
Crooks looked for info on JFK assassination on the same day he registered for Trump rally
(Newser)
- On the same day that Thomas Crooks registered for the rally where he tried to kill Donald Trump, he conducted an online search "that's obviously significant in terms of his state of mind," FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers on Wednesday. Wray said that on July 6,...
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