The assassination attempt against Donald Trump came after months of heated rhetoric aimed at the former president, including from President Biden who a week ago said it was time to put his political rival "in a bullseye."

The attempted assassination Saturday of former President Donald Trump and what some critics see as a harried response by some of the female agents on his detail are spurring new scrutiny of the Secret Service's focus on diversity hires.

Two days after an assassin's bullet came just millimeters from ending former President Donald Trump's life on a rally stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, Republicans on Monday kick off the party's national convention where they will formally nominate the survivor of an assassination attempt to lead the party's 2024 ticket.

The Secret Service said Sunday it is not planning any major changes to security at the Republican National Convention and will not expand the guarded perimeter around the venue.

"Ronald Reagan's legend began after he was shot. With his doctors soon to operate, he quipped, 'I hope you're all Republicans.' He told his wife, 'Honey, I forgot to duck.' The coolness reinforced his image as America's new leading man," writes David Paul Kuhn, who served as a political writer for CBS News and Politico, among other news sources.

During a political rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, former President Donald Trump was injured in an assassination attempt that left at least one audience member dead and others critically injured. Trump was seen raising his fist in defiance as he was escorted from the stage amid the chaos, blood dripping from his right ear after he […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Sunday sharply criticized an anonymous “senior Democrat” who was quoted saying the party was “resigned” to another four years under former President Trump. Ocasio-Cortez, in a post on the social platform X, said Democratic members who feel that way should “absolutely retire” from their posts in Congress. “If you’re a...