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In her first network interview since the assassination attempt on Trump, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said the Pennsylvania rally shooting was "unacceptable."
The president of the Fraternal Order of Police blamed the "command level who failed to secure an obvious weakness in the security of this event."
The bureau is leading the investigation while the Secret Service takes much of the blame for the breach that led to the attempted assassination.
As we grasp for a motive in the shooting of former President Trump, the words of aspiring assassin John W. Hinckley Jr. tell us what we know -- it’s the guns.
The problem extends beyond politics and is a part of our culture. A part of who we are is to be angry, disrespectful and hateful toward one another.
The shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania — which left Trump bloodied, killed one member of the crowd and injured two others — upended the presidential campaign, animating Trump’s base and driving the political conversation across the country.
A Post analysis of the video backs up reports from other witnesses, who have said they tried to alert police in the moments before shots rang out.
The Secret Service had already confirmed the shooting resulted in casualties by the time the Facebook post was shared on July 14.
Judge Aileen Cannon concluded that special counsel Jack Smith’s appointment violated the Appointments Clause of the Constitution.
Shaun Harper, a non-staff contributor, says his piece was mischaracterized. The Forbes Union says it wants more scrutiny of outside submissions.
The Crooks family’s digital footprint is small, but some of their few online tracks tie them to internet marketplaces that buy or sell guns. According to data from a website breach reviewed by USA TODAY,
Judge Aileen Cannon has dismissed the federal criminal case against Donald Trump charging him with amassing highly sensitive national security secrets at his Mar-a-Lago estate and then obstructing government efforts to reclaim them.
The Secret Service director and other officials face pressure to explain if mistakes in planning may have allowed Thomas Matthew Crooks to open fire.
The image was doctored to change the facial expressions of the agents. In the original photo, they are not smiling.
Important questions about the shooting remain unresolved, but the fact that the 20-year-old gunman managed to scale a roof about 200 yards from where Trump was speaking has already prompted calls for a searching investigation of the Secret Service.
The FBI continues to search for a motive and clues in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump by Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pa.
Breaking: Per the Butler Police Department the Trump shooter has been arrested at the scene and has been identified as Mark Violets, an Antifa member.” Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.
His supporters' — many top Republican officials — embrace of divine intervention further solidifies Trump’s position in the party as not just its leader, but as one who is viewed as chosen by, perhaps,
Retired Secret Service agent Jeff James explains what went wrong at Trump rally during assassination attempt on July 13.
Following Saturday's assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the former president's family spoke out condemning the attack. Read their statements.
An attempted assassination on a presidential candidate was almost just a matter of time,” said Rachel Kleinfeld, an expert on political violence and a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
The attempted assassination of Donald Trump has triggered violent rhetoric and misinformation on some online platforms as RNC delegates gather in Milwaukee.
A former Secret Service director tells USA TODAY that protection for Trump should have extended to 1,000 yards. Alleged shooter fired from 150 yards.
Fire and law enforcement officers block off roads near the home of Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, early in the morning of July 14, 2024. Crooks allegedly
A Trump rally victims fundraiser organized by Meredith O'Rourke has huge donations from Dana White, Kid Rock and Ben Shapiro.
Two earlier, instructive precedents suggest that our politics are unlikely to calm down in the wake of the Trump assassination attempt.
Information obtained by law enforcement indicates Trump rally shooter Thomas Crooks 'acted alone' using an AR-style 556 rifle, an FBI official said.
A fundraising platform for conservative candidates now features a black-and-white photo of Trump raising his fist shortly after the rally shooting.
FBI official says there has been “no articulated threat” online to the Republican National Committee or individuals
Three of the finalists to be former president Donald Trump’s running mate have responded in different ways to Saturday’s shooting at a Pennsylvania rally, which the authorities have called an assassination attempt.
There were few signs that calls for greater understanding across party lines had filtered down to the grassroots — or that any softening of divisions would last.
Religious rhetoric surrounding Trump and the assassination attempt is likely to become supercharged at this week's Republican National Convention.
After the Trump rally shooting, Republicans and Democrats need to prove actual civility, actual tolerance and actual respect if they mean it.
Evan Vucci’s photograph for the Associated Press of Trump in the immediate aftermath of a shooting at a Pennsylvania political rally. Trump is seen with blood on his face, his right arm raised to pump a fist at the crowd while the American flag streams above his head.
CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, CBS, NBC and ABC showed restraint in covering a shooting at a Donald Trump rally. Some compared it to Ronald Reagan's shooting.
Republican congressional leaders are vowing to investigate what went wrong and calling on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to account for her decisions.
With an assassination attempt, the word unprecedented seems inadequate to describe where we find ourselves four months before Election Day.
Trump has not made any public remarks since the Secret Service rushed him offstage shortly after shots were fired at his rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday.
Kimberly Cheatle became director of the U.S. Secret Service in 2022. She's worked in various roles for the agency for 27 years.
Four U.S. presidents have been assassinated in the country’s history: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William McKinley and John F. Kennedy. Lincoln was attending a performance at Ford’s Theatre when he was killed.
Meredith O'Rourke of Tallahassee, Trump's top finance person, is listed as the organizer of the online fundraiser.
The FBI is investigating the Pennsylvania shooting as an assassination attempt on Donald Trump. It named Thomas Matthew Crooks, now dead, as the gunman.
The 20-year-old who was killed by U.S. Secret Service was a registered Republican who worked at a nursing home.
The attendee who died was Corey Comperatore, Pennsylvania’s governor said. The shooter, who was killed, was ID’d by the FBI as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.