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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents as he is helped off the stage at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Secret Service takes personnel off security duties after Trump assassination attempt

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Members of the Secret Service Counter Assault Team assemble ahead of the arrival of Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump before the scheduled walk-through on the third day of the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Democrat introduces bills to trim Secret Service duties after Trump assassination attempt

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he is helped into a vehicle at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

One month after Trump assassination attempt, key questions remain unanswered

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Secret Service illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

The Secret Service has a cultural problem

By Ronald Kessler

As footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol is displayed in the background, former President Donald Trump stands while a song, "Justice for All," is played during a campaign rally at Waco Regional Airport, Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Waco, Texas. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) ** FILE **

Audit backs Trump on Jan. 6 claim; he did not lunge at agents to grab steering wheel

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Police snipers return fire after shots were fired while Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump was speaking at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) ** FILE **

Butler rally was the first time Secret Service provided its own countersnipers to protect Trump

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

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)

Senators knock Secret Service for making local cops ‘scapegoat’ for Trump assassination attempt

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Secret Service agents scandal Preventative Testing Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Secret Service, FBI’s Trump shooting stonewall

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

U.S. Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe, left, and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate are sworn in before they testify 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)

Acting Secret Service boss says he ‘cannot defend’ why roof in Trump rally shooting was unsecured

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, listens as U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service and FBI officials will testify about Trump assassination attempt in latest hearing

By Eric Tucker - Associated Press

U.S. Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe, left, and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate testify 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)

Secret Service chief blames agency’s faulty drone tech for missed chance to stop Trump shooter

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

U.S. Secret Service acting Director Ronald Rowe, left, and FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate are sworn in before they testify 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)

Secret Service opens disciplinary probe into agents responsible for securing Trump’s July 13 rally

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Police snipers return fire after shots were fired while Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump was speaking at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) ** FILE **

Law enforcement alerted to would-be Trump assassin 90 minutes before shooting: Report

By Matt Delaney - The Washington Times

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Turning Point Believers' Summit, Friday, July 26, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump promises more outdoor rallies after assassination attempt, says security will be tightened

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pauses to speak to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

New Secret Service chief more ‘forthright,’ but questions remain on Trump shooting, senators say

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

The Butler Farm Show, site of a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, is seen Monday July 15, 2024 in Butler, Pa. The gunman who made an attempt on Donald Trump's life used a drone to survey the Pennsylvania rally site possibly days, or even hours, before he took aim at the former president. A Republican senator said Thursday that the Secret Service "repeatedly denied" an offer by a local law enforcement agency to fly a drone to help secure the site of the Trump rally on July 13. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Senator says Secret Service declined to fly drones to protect Trump rally

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Patrick Yoes, National President, Fraternal Order of Police, right, listens as Colonel Christopher L. Paris, Commissioner, Pennsylvania State Police, left, responds to questions during a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing examining the assassination attempt of July 13, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, July 23, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Pennsylvania State Police commissioner tells Congress that planning for Trump rally was normal

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Kimberly Cheatle, Director, U.S. Secret Service, testifies during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Secret Service and the Attempted Assassination of President Donald J. Trump, on Capitol Hill, Monday, July 22, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service director resigns in wake of Trump assassination attempt after pressure from Congress

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is sworn in to testify before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania that also saw one rallygoer killed and two others seriously wounded, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Oversight panel grills Secret Service director on security failures in Trump assassination attempt

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifies before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee about the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign event in Pennsylvania, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Secret Service chief says Trump had full security on day of shooting; thin on answers to House panel

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times