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

House to Vote on Additional Funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs Amid Shortfall

The White House has not said whether it supports the bill, which would plug a $2.9 billion shortfall for 2024. WASHINGTON—The House is scheduled on Sept. 17 to vote on a bill to give about $2.9 billion in additional funding to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) due to the agency experiencing a budget shortfall,

Congress May Pass More Funding for Secret Service After Trump Assassination Attempt

‘If the Secret Service is in need of more resources, we are prepared in providing it,’ said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. Several congressional leaders have suggested that the U.S. Secret Service could receive more funding soon, following a second assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump on Sept. 15. Trump, the Republican Party’s nominee

Trump Recounts Assassination Attempt, Praises Secret Service in Interview

The suspect is currently being held in federal custody. Former President Donald Trump in an interview on the platform X, recounted his personal experience of the second attempt to take his life a day earlier. “It was quite something,” Trump said from his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. “So I was playing golf with some of

Top Election Officials Tell Congress Voter Roll Accuracy Is Improving but Other Issues Remain

Noncitizen voting, threats to election officials, and voter roll cleanup were some of the issues discussed at a recent hearing before Congress. Fifty-five days before the Nov. 5 general election, six secretaries of state from around the country told a congressional committee that they have made progress in securing elections but more federal funding is

2nd Trump Assassination Attempt Suspect Was Subject of 2019 FBI Tip: Special Agent

‘Following up on the tip, the alleged complainant was interviewed,’ an FBI official says. An FBI special agent on Monday said that Trump assassination attempt suspect Ryan Wesley Routh was the subject of a tip to the federal law enforcement agency in 2019 about illegally possessing a firearm. “Following up on the tip, the alleged