The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) is facing heightened scrutiny in the wake of the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Trump, with the shooting raising questions about the agency’s culture and staffing. Current and former USSS employees have voiced concerns about the agency being plagued by understaffing even as its budget has increased to...
BUTLER, Pa. – The 76th Annual Butler Farm Show kicked off Monday in the very same field where an assassination attempt on former President Trump’s life took place just over three weeks ago. Vendors and organizers had been busy setting up Sunday for the event, which runs from Aug. 5-10, while most of the law...
CONNOQUENESSING, Pa. – Newly reported transcripts of law enforcement communications at the Butler, Pennsylvania, Trump rally depict a communications structure that essentially isolated local and federal law enforcement from each other at key times. Communications reported Sunday by the Washington Post also highlight the effect spotty cellular service in the rural Allegheny Valley purportedly had...
Anti-Trump author and New York University history professor Ruth Ben-Ghiat argued that the assassination attempt on former President Trump speaks “to how autocrats can use adversity to strengthen their power,” linking Trump’s situation to an attempt on the life of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. In a column for Politico Magazine, the author noted how both...
MARS, Pa. – A Pennsylvania state lawmaker whose district inculdes the Butler Farm Show grounds called out the national media for throwing local law enforcement and first responders “under the bus” after the attempted assassination of former President Trump last month. State Rep. Aaron Bernstine, a Republican who represents Butler and Lawrence counties, said Saturday...
The United States Secret Service leadership are the “kings of cover-up,” an inside source claims. A veteran agent of the United States Secret Service (USSS) spoke with Fox News Digital about the management of the agency and what he sees as the source of its failures to prevent the assassination attempt on former President Donald...
Authorities have identified the 17-year-old suspect accused of killing three children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event in the United Kingdom. Judge Andrew Menary ruled Thursday that suspect Axel Rudakubana’s identity could be revealed despite being a minor. Rudakubana will turn 18 in six days, according to local reports. “Whilst I accept it is exceptional...
BUTLER, Pa. – A whistleblower told Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley that Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. personally directed cuts to the Counter Surveillance Division (CSD), which led to the threat assessment team failing to perform its typical duties prior to the Butler, Pennsylvania rally. The senator’s report comes after lawmakers grilled agency...
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Former President Trump is expected to meet with the FBI on Thursday for an interview weeks after the failed campaign rally assassination attempt that left him with a minor gunshot injury, killed a supporter and critically wounded two others in the stands. Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old gunman, was killed at the...
EXCLUSIVE: PITTSBURGH —James Copenhaver, one of the two victims critically wounded in the July 13 assassination attempt against former President Trump, is “sad” with the “political division” in the U.S., his attorney told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview Wednesday. Copenhaver, 74, said the shooting that left him hospitalized for weeks with wounds on...
