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Acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said during a Senate hearing Tuesday he was ashamed of the agency's security failures surrounding the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Watch Rowe's full opening statement.
Newly released text messages reveal counter snipers knew about the gunman who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump earlier than previously known. The texts show officers were first informed of a suspicious individual more than 90 minutes before the shooting. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.
Police officers were aware of former President Trump's would-be assassin at least 105 minutes before the shooting, text messages show. The FBI also revealed the gunman's actions were "carefully planned." Scott MacFarlane has the latest.
House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) revealed that Thomas Crooks had plans to blow up his van.
An autopsy report released Friday confirms Sonya Massey, the Illinois woman who was fatally shot inside her home earlier this month by a sheriff's deputy, died from a gunshot wound to the head. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi has the latest from Chicago.
Newly-released police bodycam footage shows officers responding to the rooftop where a gunman opened fire on former President Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Scott MacFarlane has details.
The Trump rally gunman fired eight bullets in under six seconds before he was killed, according to an analysis by two audio experts, video analysis by CBS News and sworn statements from state police.
FBI Director Christopher Wray testified on Capitol Hill Wednesday about the investigation into the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. While Wray didn't divulge too many details about the investigation, he did offer some new information about the shooter. Anna Schecter, senior coordinating producer for CBS News' crime and public safety unit, has the details.
A brilliant Ivy League student is murdered after he went to a California park with a former high school classmate. Was he killed because he was gay and Jewish? CBS News correspondent Tracy Smith investigates for "48 Hours." CASE UPDATE: On July 3, 2024, Sam Woodward was found guilty of first-degree murder with a hate crime enhancement for the 2018 death of Blaze Bernstein.
In the video, a Secret Service agent appears to confirm that a sniper from a local team deployed to assist the Secret Service at the rally had snapped a picture of the gunman.
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday, 10 days after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane has more on her departure. Then, former Secret Service Deputy Director A.T. Smith joins to discuss what the leadership change means for the agency's daily operations.
Law enforcement sources familiar with the federal investigation into the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump say the gunman flew a drone over a field next to the grounds where Trump's Butler, Pennsylvania rally was held on July 13. Meanwhile, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testified Monday on Capitol Hill about the shooting, calling it the "most significant operational failure" at the agency in decades. CBS News' Scott MacFarlane and Anna Schecter have the details.
Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers called on the director of the Secret Service to resign Monday during a hearing centered on the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.
Three people, including two brothers, died, and several others were injured in a shooting at a block party early Sunday morning in the Carroll Park section of West Philadelphia, police said.
The high school where the shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks, attended in Pennsylvania also said it has "no record" of him trying out for the rifle team as it had been widely reported.
Federal authorities are still investigating the events that led up to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. The Secret Service is facing significant criticism for its failure to prevent the tragedy, with its director heading to Capitol Hill on Monday for questioning. CBS News senior coordinating producer for crime and public safety Anna Schecter has more.
U.S. Secret Service was aware of a suspicious person about 20 minutes before he attempted to kill former President Donald Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, three sources from a closed door briefing between lawmakers and federal officials told CBS News. Meg Oliver has the latest.
Federal law enforcement officials say an account on the gaming platform Steam that posted what looked like a message foreshadowing Saturday's shooting at a Trump rally is fake. Anna Schecter, CBS News' senior coordinating producer for crime and public safety, joins to discuss the latest in the investigation.
Secret Service members at former President Donald Trump's rally last Saturday were notified by Pennsylvania State Police officers about a suspicious person with a rangefinder at 5:51 p.m., about 20 minutes before the gunman shot at Trump, according to three sources familiar with a law enforcement briefing to members of Congress on Wednesday. CBS News correspondent Charlie De Mar has the latest on the investigation.
Many questions remain about the possible motive and political views of the 20-year-old who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump.
The Department of Homeland Security has opened an investigation into the Secret Service's security decisions leading up to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the FBI is continuing to try and find every detail it can about the shooter. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga has the latest.
Former President Trump was injured in a shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The FBI has identified the gunman as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
This past weekend's assassination attempt on Donald Trump is raising questions over the Secret Service's preparedness. With more living presidents and first family members to protect than ever before, some say agents' responsibilities have expanded vastly but resources have not. CBS News national security contributor A.T. Smith offered his insight on the issue.
Iran rejects Trump threat allegations after Russia and other foreign powers react to the assassination attempt on the former U.S. president.
CBS News has determined two minutes lapsed between the first warnings about a man with a gun at former President Donald Trump's rally and the use of that firearm. CBS News' Charlie De Mar and Nicole Sganga report.
