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JESSE WATTERS: Secret Service makes ‘shocking admission’ after Trump assassination attempt

Fox News host Jesse Watters responded to the Secret Service’s first press conference since the assassination attempt on former President Trump by suggesting the entire Pittsburgh branch should be placed on administrative leave. Jesse Waters: The Secret Service held its first press conference since Donald Trump was nearly executed on live television. After three weeks […]

Secret Service takes more blame for Trump shooting

Welcome to The Hill’s defense and national security newsletter {beacon} Defense andInternational Security Defense andInternational Security Full text   Republican Rep. Perry criticizes prisoner swap: ‘It’s like trading spoons for rifles’ Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pennsylvania) criticized the recent prisoner swap with Russia in an interview on Friday. “I’m glad these prisoners are coming home. They […]

Donald Rowe cut Secret Service threat-assessment teams before Trump shooting: Hawley

WASHINGTON — The acting director of the Secret Service “personally ordered significant cuts to its threat assessment team” ahead of the assassination attempt on President Donald Trump, a Republican senator alleged Friday, citing a whistleblower. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), who confronted Acting Attorney General Ronald Roe at an oversight hearing on the near-assassination on Tuesday, […]

Secret Service Whistleblower Claims Retaliation over Trump Concerns

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) revealed Thursday that a Secret Service whistleblower has alleged that Interim Secret Service Director Ronald Roe cut personnel who could have helped thwart an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and retaliated against people who raised concerns about security at Trump events. August 1, 2024, Letter to RoweHawley said the […]

Confidence in Secret Service plunges after Trump assassination attempt, poll finds

A new poll finds that most Americans don’t trust the Secret Service to protect presidential candidates from violence, following the mass shooting at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania three weeks ago. Only about 3 in 10 Americans have extremely or very confidence that the Secret Service can protect presidential candidates from harm ahead of the […]