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Senate Panel Calls for Secret Service Reform Following July 13 Shooting at Trump Rally
A Senate committee investigating the July 13 shooting at a Donald Trump rally is calling for Congress to reevaluate the Secret Service’s budget and mandate that security for U.S. leaders and political candidates be based on threat assessments rather than their office status.
DOJ’s Jan. 6 Report Delayed Until After 2024 Election, Watchdog Says
A comprehensive review of the Justice Department’s actions surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, as well as the Trump administration’s involvement leading up to the event, is unlikely to be released before the upcoming November election, according to the department’s top internal watchdog.
Updated: Feds Indict New York Mayor Eric Adams on Charges of Bribery, Fraud and Soliciting Foreign Campaign Contributions
The Times reports that Adams has insisted he will not resign, but if he does, Jumaane Williams, the public advocate, would become acting mayor.
Senate Report: Secret Service Failures at Trump Rally Shooting Were Preventable
A bipartisan Senate investigation released Wednesday revealed that multiple Secret Service failures ahead of former President Trump’s July rally, where a gunman opened fire, were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day.”
Retired Judge Dies in Apparent Suicide During FBI Shootout Over Bribery Charges
A retired upstate New York judge and former prosecutor allegedly shot himself to death Tuesday morning during a shootout with FBI agents attempting to arrest him on bribery and corruption charges, according to law enforcement sources.
FBI Reports Largest Drop in Murders in More Than 60 Years
The U.S. saw the sharpest drop in murders ever recorded in 2023, as homicides continued to decline from the pandemic-era spike, according to a report released Monday by the FBI.
FBI Names New Director of the Criminal Investigative Division
By Steve Neavling B. Chad Yarbrough, who was serving as special agent in charge of the FBI’s Dallas Field Office, has been named director of the Criminal Investigative Division. A native of the Dallas area, he joined the bureau as a special agent in 2006, and was first assigned to the Dothan Resident Agency of…
Public Confidence in Secret Service Drops Sharply After Assassination Attempt on Trump
Public confidence in the Secret Service has plummeted following the July assassination attempt on former President Trump, according to a Gallup poll released Monday, with ratings of the agency’s performance sinking by 23 percentage points.