Politics Jul 13 Questions remain at Secret Service one year after Trump rally shooting By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
Politics Dec 10 Report urges Secret Service to limit protection of foreign leaders in wake of Trump assassination attempts The report's authors noted that the number of people the agency is tasked with protecting has “greatly expanded.” At the same time, the presidential campaign season is getting longer and more intense. By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
Politics Dec 05 WATCH: Secret Service director says agency is ‘reorganizing’ at House hearing on Trump assassination attempt Members of a bipartisan House task force investigating the attempt on Trump’s life pushed Ronald Rowe on Thursday about how the agency’s staffers could have missed such blatant security vulnerabilities leading up to that day in Butler, Pennsylvania. By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
Politics Oct 17 Secret Service needs ‘fundamental reform,’ panel examining Trump assassination attempt says An independent panel investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally says that “another Butler can and will happen again” without major changes in how candidates are protected. By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
Politics Oct 05 WATCH: Trump returns to Pennsylvania rally shooting site to campaign with Elon Musk Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk cast the upcoming presidential election in dire terms during an appearance with Donald Trump, calling the Republican presidential nominee the only candidate “to preserve democracy in America.”… By Meg Kinnard, Julie Carr Smyth, Jill Colvin, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press
Oct 02 Butler still struggles with aftermath of assassination attempt ahead of Trump’s return By Mark Scolforo, Associated Press Donald Trump is returning this weekend to the town where an assassin's bullet grazed his ear in July. Continue reading
Sep 26 WATCH: Congress task force hearing on attempted Trump assassination and local law enforcement By Farnoush Amiri, Rebecca Santana, Colleen Long, Associated Press Members of a bipartisan House task force investigating the Trump assassination attempts emphasized during their first hearing Thursday that the Secret Service, not local authorities, was responsible for the failures in planning and communications that led to a gunman being… Continue reading
Sep 25 Senate report details ‘preventable’ Secret Service failures before Trump rally shooting By Mary Clare Jalonick, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press The interim report from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee found multiple failures on almost every level ahead of the Butler, Pennsylvania shooting, including in planning, communications, security and allocation of resources. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch Vatican Tries to Distance Itself from Scandal, ‘Sensitive’ Leaked Documents Vatican Tries to Distance Itself from Scandal, 'Sensitive' Leaked Documents… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch Witnesses Testify Against Pope’s Butler Who Stole, Leaked Papal Documents Paolo Gabriele, former butler of Pope Benedict XVI, appeared in Vatican Court this week, on trial for stealing confidential papers and leaking them to the press. Though Gabriele already confessed to the crime, the trial must proceed under current Vatican… Continue watching