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...

President Biden on Sunday night made a primetime plea to lower the temperature in American politics after a gunman shot at former President Trump at a rally the day prior. “The political rhetoric in this country has gotten very heated. It’s time to cool it down,” Biden said in remarks in the Oval Office. “This...

David Axelrod, former senior adviser to then-President Obama, said Sunday that Sen. JD Vance’s (R-Ohio) response to the attempted assassination of former President Trump should be disqualifying for the position of vice president. “If @JDVance1 is on the short list for VP, this Tweet, sent an hour after the assassination attempt in PA, ought to...

For Democrats, the phrase of the day was “proceed with caution.” A day after a gunman attempted to assassinate former President Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, and after the Democratic Party continued to debate whether or not President Biden should withdraw from the presidential election, the president's allies and other party operatives were...

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Sunday called for congressional hearings into the assassination attempt of former President Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Burchett said Republicans should forgo attending the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wis., this week, and, instead, return to Washington to investigate the shooting. “We need to get to...