Secret Service Must Shift From Reactive to Readiness Model: Acting Director

The head of the Secret Service said that following the assassination attempt during the rally in Butler, he had ‘ordered a paradigm shift.’ Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said in a Sept. 16 update on the investigation into the second alleged assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that the Secret Service will adopt

Senate GOP blocks IVF package as Democrats highlight reproductive rights

Washington — Senate Republicans blocked legislation that would protect access to IVF on Tuesday, in a vote that Democrats held to draw attention to the issue after former President Donald Trump’s recent statements supporting the fertility treatments. The package, called the Right to IVF Act, would establish a nationwide right “to receive fertility treatment from

Meta bans RT and other Russian state media outlets

San Francisco — Meta late Monday said it’s banning Russian state media outlets from its apps around the world due to “foreign interference activity.” The ban comes after the United States accused RT and employees of the state-run outlet of funneling $10 million through shell entities to covertly fund influence campaigns on social media channels

Texas’s Abbott declares Venezuelan gang a terrorist group

Officials in Texas on Monday designated a Venezuelan gang called the Tren de Aragua as a “foreign terrorist group” and endorsed former President Donald Trump’s claim that many migrants crossing into the United States were released from prisons in Latin America. The Tren de Aragua is an international criminal organization that operates in several Latin