Coverage dated July 9, 2025 to July 13, 2025

Senate panel faults Secret Service over Trump shooting attempt

Headline from Roll Call, on the newest of 3 developments

A Senate report finds the Secret Service unaccountable for failures more than a year after an attempted shooting of President Donald Trump.

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3 dated developments, oldest first, newest marked. Each is named by one outlet's own headline; open its reports to see every outlet that covered it.

Jul 10, 2025
Trump reflects on assassination attempt one year later: Secret Service ‘had a bad day’
Headline from New York Post ·
Jul 12, 2025
Secret Service officials were aware of ‘classified threat’ 10 days before Butler assassination attempt and failed to tell agents guarding Trump
Headline from New York Post ·
Jul 13, 2025Newest
Senate panel faults Secret Service over Trump shooting attempt
Headline from Roll Call ·

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13 articles, oldest first.

New York Post
Trump reflects on assassination attempt one year later: Secret Service ‘had a bad day’ (opens New York Post)
Published Jul 9, 2025
New York Post's feed description
President Trump said the Secret Service "had a bad day" when a would-be assassin's bullet came within a quarter-inch of killing him during a 2024 campaign rally in Butler, Pa. -- but insisted that "I have great confidence in these people."
PJ Media
Secret Service Announces Fate of Agents Who Failed to Protect Trump in Butler. Is It Enough? (opens PJ Media)
Published Jul 9, 2025
PJ Media's feed description
Secret Service suspends six agents after failure to protect Trump, revealing serious security flaws.
RedState
New Report Drops Bombshell About the Secret Service and Trump Assassination Attempt in Butler (opens RedState)
Published Jul 11, 2025
RedState's feed description
New report reveals Secret Service failures in protecting Trump during 2024 assassination attempt.
Fox News
Critical security lapses by Secret Service exposed in new report on Trump assassination attempt (opens Fox News)
Published Jul 11, 2025
Fox News's feed description
New report details Secret Service security failures during President Donald Trump's first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, as six agents face suspensions without pay.
Washington Examiner
Secret Service briefed on threat to Trump ten days before Butler shooting: GAO (opens Washington Examiner)
Published Jul 11, 2025
Washington Examiner's feed description
President Trump said the Secret Service had a 'bad day' at the Butler rally but insisted that he now has great confidence in these people.'
New York Post
Secret Service officials were aware of ‘classified threat’ 10 days before Butler assassination attempt and failed to tell agents guarding Trump (opens New York Post)
Published Jul 11, 2025
New York Post's feed description
Senior-level Secret Service officials failed to share “classified threat information” related to President Trump with agents and law enforcement assigned to protect him at the Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally where he was nearly assassinated last July, according to a congressional watchdog repor…
New York Post
Secret Service failed to discipline agent at the heart of security breakdown in Trump assassination attempt, report finds (opens New York Post)
Published Jul 12, 2025
New York Post's feed description
The US Secret Service failed to discipline the agent at the heart of the security failures that allowed a gunman to take eight shots at President Trump during the July 13, 2024, campaign rally, according to a damning new Senate report.
CBS News
Before Butler shooting, Secret Service denied multiple requests to bolster Trump (opens CBS News)
Published Jul 12, 2025
CBS News's feed description
"This report reveals a disturbing pattern of communication failures and negligence that culminated in a preventable tragedy," Sen. Rand Paul wrote in the report.
The Guardian
Secret Service’s ‘cascade of failures’ allowed Trump assassination attempt, report says (opens The Guardian)
Published Jul 12, 2025
The Guardian's feed description
Highly critical Senate committee report calls for severe disciplinary action against Secret Service in the future
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
U.S. Senate report faults Secret Service discipline after Trump shooting | Honolulu Star-Advertiser (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
Published Jul 12, 2025
Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description
A U.S. Senate report released on Sunday said a “cascade” of failures allowed a gunman to shoot at Donald Trump during a campaign rally last year and faulted Secret Service discipline including the lack of firings in the wake of the attack.
Roll Call
Senate panel faults Secret Service over Trump shooting attempt (opens Roll Call)
Published Jul 13, 2025
Roll Call's feed description
A Senate report finds the Secret Service unaccountable for failures more than a year after an attempted shooting of President Donald Trump.
Rolling Stone
Senate Report on Trump Assassination Attempt Lists 'Preventable Failures' by Secret Service (opens Rolling Stone)
Published Jul 13, 2025
Rolling Stone's feed description
A Senate report said that the Secret Service's "multiple, unacceptable failures" allowed a man to fire bullets at President Donald Trump in July 2024.
Al Jazeera
‘Inexcusable’: US Senate report faults Secret Service for Trump shooting (opens Al Jazeera)
Published Jul 13, 2025
Al Jazeera's feed description
Service accused of pattern of negligence and communications breakdowns in planning and execution of Trump rally.