Stephen Dinan

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

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.

July 25, 2024

‘Throw the book at them’: McConnell demands prosecutions of anti-Israel protesters

The Senate's top Republican urged prosecutors to "throw the book" at protesters who clashed with police on the streets near the Capitol on Wednesday, angry over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress.

July 25, 2024

Republicans say Interior Department refused request for more police for anti-Israel protests

The Department of the Interior refused Wednesday to provide reinforcements for U.S. Park Police officers as anti-Israel protesters ran amok through Washington, congressional Republicans charged.

July 25, 2024

Border Patrol numbers undermine Biden claims in Oval Office speech

Experts challenged President Biden's claim Wednesday that "border crossings" are now lower than they were in the final days of the Trump administration.

July 24, 2024

Trump shooter was ‘avid’ gun hobbyist who zeroed in on former president a week before attack

The man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump was a "loner" gun enthusiast who seemed to be interested in public figures and only recently began to zero in on Mr. Trump as a target for an attack, the FBI said Wednesday.

July 24, 2024

Trump shooter searched for distance of Kennedy assassination

The man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump focused on him about a week before the shooting, and even did an internet search on the distance Lee Harvey Oswald was when he shot and killed President Kennedy in 1963.

July 24, 2024

FBI nervous about Russian-style concert terrorist attack in U.S.

FBI Director Christopher A. Wray told Congress on Wednesday that he's worried that terrorists have sneaked across the border and may be plotting a terrorist attack like the ISIS raid on a concert hall in Russia this year.

July 24, 2024

Trump shooter flew drone just two hours before assassination attempt, says FBI chief

The man who came within an inch of killing former President Donald Trump flew a drone near the rally site just two hours before Mr. Trump took the stage, FBI Director Christopher A. Wray revealed Wednesday.

July 24, 2024

Children exposed to dangerous levels of lead at federal daycare centers

Children in federal government child care centers were exposed to high levels of lead and copper after the pandemic shutdowns because officials rushed to reopen buildings without flushing their water systems, an inspector general's report shows.

July 23, 2024

Harris says she has enough delegates to win Democratic nomination

Vice President Kamala Harris declared herself the "presumptive Democratic nominee for president" on Monday night, saying she's secured enough support from delegates to be the party's pick.

July 22, 2024

Democrats join GOP calls for Secret Service Director Cheatle to resign

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, after refusing to answer a majority of questions Monday in the first congressional hearing on the attempted assassination of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, is facing overwhelming bipartisan calls for her resignation.

July 22, 2024

No second gunman, no foreign influence, no staged shooting: Secret Service nixes conspiracy theories

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday there is no evidence of a second shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

July 22, 2024

Women agents weren’t the problem at Trump shooting, Secret Service director says

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle struggled for answers with Congress on Monday but she did rule out the role of women agents as a factor in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

July 22, 2024

Secret Service bolsters Vice President Kamala Harris’ protection after Biden drops out

The Secret Service has enhanced Vice President Kamala Harris' security protections in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump and President Biden's decision to withdraw from the presidential race.

July 22, 2024

Lawmakers blast Secret Service chief over her testimony spilling to reporters before Hill appearance

Members of Congress blasted the Secret Service director Monday for leaking her testimony to reporters hours before she delivered it to Capitol Hill for her high-stakes testimony.

July 22, 2024

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

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle acknowledged Monday that her agency had disagreed with the Trump campaign over some requests for protection, but insisted no corners were cut on July 13, the day former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated.

July 22, 2024

Rep. Jamie Raskin calls for AR-15 ban in wake of Trump shooting

Rep. Jamie Raskin honed in on gun laws Monday as one of the major reasons why a sniper nearly assassinated former President Donald Trump, saying Congress bears blame for allowing weapons to flow so freely.

July 22, 2024

Mayorkas forms panel to investigate Trump shooting; sets deadline for results

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas empaneled a committee Sunday to investigate the bungles that let a gunman come with a quarter inch of killing former President Donald Trump, giving the panel 45 days to report back on what happened.

July 21, 2024

Biden gives up campaign but holds onto nuclear codes

From the nuclear codes to weighty war decisions, President Biden's decision to end his campaign while still remaining in the White House has sparked pointed questions about whether he should be keeping presidential power.

July 21, 2024

Republicans say Biden must give up presidency now

Republicans said Sunday that President Biden's decision to withdraw from the 2024 campaign doesn't go far enough and he must relinquish the White House immediately.

July 21, 2024