I was in a car returning to Washington from Richmond, Va., from a funeral when I learned about the attempted assassination of former President Trump. I was in a car heading to a wedding on Long Island when I learned about the attempted assassination of former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., in 2012. I was on...
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Attendee in front row gives dramatic account of Trump assassination attempt
A Pennsylvania mayor was sitting in the front row, only feet away from former president Donald Trump, the moment a gunman opened fire during a rally on Saturday and details what it was like being so close to the assassination attempt. Jondavid Longo, the mayor of Slippery Rock, told Fox News Digital that he and...
Trump assassination attempt: Fraternal Order of Police blasts Secret Service 'failure'
BUTLER, Pa. – The Fraternal Order of Police is taking issue with the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) response to the attempted assassination against former President Trump at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening. “All of us want answers to our questions. There was, as Secretary Mayorkas said earlier, a security failure—one that nearly...
'Black Widower' Thomas Randolph, convicted in sixth wife's murder, could have more secrets: experts
Thomas Randolph, aka the “Black Widower,” was retried and convicted last year in connection with the murders of his sixth wife and the hit man he hired to get the job done back in 2008. But even though he sits in prison now for those two killings in Las Vegas, Nevada, questions about the deaths...
Trump survives shooting, but the politically charged blame game never fades
The assassination attempt against Donald Trump in Pennsylvania was a chilling and frightening moment in the history of a country that has seen too many such shootings. We are all grateful, of course, that the former president was not wounded more seriously and for the Secret Service agents who protected him. I am especially grateful...
Pennsylvania gun club where would-be Trump assassin was member visited by FBI
CLAIRTON, Pa. – The Pennsylvania gun club where would-be Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks practiced his aim was open Monday after visits from the FBI amid a probe into the deadly security breach that let an armed madman within 130 yards of the former president. It was not immediately clear whether investigators found anything of...
US Secret Service director plans to ‘stay on’ as calls grow for her resignation
U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle tells ABC News she plans to stay on despite growing calls for her resignation over the assassination attempt on formerPresident Donald Trump on Saturday. In an exclusive interview, Cheatle condemned the shooting and said the “buck stops with her.” She also said she has no plans to step down....
Second suspect arrested in deadly ambush attack on Texas deputy: sheriff
A second suspect has been arrested in Texas in connection with the ambush killing of a Houston-area deputy last week, according to officials. Dremone Francis, 26, was charged with capital murder in the death of Harris County Deputy Fernando Esqueda and has been booked in the Harris County Jail, Sheriff Ed Gonzalez wrote on social...
CNN initially downplays Trump assassination attempt, earning conservative lawmakers' ire
CNN initially reported the Saturday assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump as if the former president had merely fallen off a stage – a characterization that swiftly earned condemnation from conservative lawmakers and those commenting on social media. “Secret Service rushes Trump off stage after he falls at rally,” CNN’s headline read shortly after...
Trump shooting witness says he warned authorities of gunman crawling onto roof before assassination attempt
An attendee at former President Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania claimed that he and others warned authorities about a man he said was armed with a rifle and climbing up a roof just moments before opening fire, in an apparent assassination attempt Saturday evening. The witness, who was standing with others just outside the event in...








