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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is covered by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Mysteries emerge in attempt on Trump’s life; no rationale for bullet hole in hat

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. arrives before President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump parties no fun for neighbors; council mulls limiting events requiring major road closures

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., shown in this June 8, 2022, file photograph taken during a committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Rep. Clay Higgins’ independent probe challenges FBI narrative on Trump assassination attempt

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. responds to questions from Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, during a hearing by the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump on the Secret Service's security failures regarding the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump, in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla. on Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Shouting match sends House task force hearing with Secret Service director off the rails

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Secret Service Acting Director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. prepares to leave as Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., chairman of the House Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump, adjourns a hearing on the Secret Service's security failures during the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump, in Butler, Pa. on July 13, 2024, and West Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 15, 2024, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

House task force recommends Secret Service improvements after probing Trump assassination attempts

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

FILE - Ronald Rowe, acting director of the U.S. Secret Service, speaks to reporters at the agency's headquarters in Washington, Sept. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, Pool, File)

Secret Service head vows accountability for ‘abject failure’ in first Trump assassination attempt

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

U.S. Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe testifies before a Joint Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing examining the security failures leading to the assassination attempt on Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, Tuesday, July 30, 2024 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf) **FILE**

House task force on Trump assassination attempts to grill Secret Service chief

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden holds the ball he was presented with by the Boston Celtics during an event to celebrate the Celtics' victory in the 2024 National Basketball Association Championship, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden welcomes 2024 NBA champion Boston Celtics to White House

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., an ally of former President Donald Trump, arrives as senators go to the chamber for votes ahead of the approaching Memorial Day recess, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, May 27, 2021. Senate Republicans are ready to deploy the filibuster to block a commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection, shattering chances for a bipartisan probe of the deadly assault on the U.S. Capitol and reviving pressure to do away with the procedural tactic that critics say has lost its purpose. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators investigating Secret Service prod Trump to pick an outsider to lead the troubled agency

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents after an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Secret Service ‘mistakenly assessed’ risks in Butler before Trump assassination attempt, review says

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks at a hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, May 4, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Grassley concerned Secret Service ‘interfering’ with watchdog’s probe of Trump assassination attempt

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

House task force says Trump assassination attempt on July 13 was ‘preventable’

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Panel looking into Trump assassination attempt says Secret Service needs ‘fundamental reform’

By Rebecca Santana - Associated Press

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is covered by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Secret Service needs overhaul, director from outside agency, says independent review panel

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

A U.S. Secret Service agent looks at the site before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show, the site where a gunman tried to assassinate him in July, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Congress all over the map with ideas to move embattled Secret Service out of Homeland Security

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is covered by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Protective details have grown in size, responsibility and technology over more than a century of the Secret Service protecting presidents. When the commander in chief leaves the White House, they're accompanied by a phalanx of Secret Service officers and agents. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Two men shot at Trump’s Butler rally blame Secret Service

By Mallory Wilson - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden speaks about the federal government's response to Hurricanes Milton and Helene as as Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm listens, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Biden approves Trump’s request for military aircraft, vehicles amid Iran assassination threat

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, speaks during an Oct. 13, 2020, hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, Pool) ** FILE **

Sen. Grassley questions Secret Service’s resource management amid new whistleblower disclosures

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is covered by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Protective details have grown in size, responsibility and technology over more than a century of the Secret Service protecting presidents. When the commander in chief leaves the White House, they're accompanied by a phalanx of Secret Service officers and agents. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Whistleblower: Secret Service not always providing Trump full protective assets

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

A U.S. Secret Service agent looks at the site before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show, the site where a gunman tried to assassinate him in July, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National security risk exposed: Why were 10 of 12 agents left clueless at Trump’s July Butler rally?

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times