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Opinion

It’s not just Biden. There’s a history of presidential health cover-ups

History abounds with examples of presidential maladies being minimized, or kept secret, says columnist Mark Z. Barabak.

May 22, 2025

Secret Service agents and security personnel react moments after shots were fired toward Donald Trump. MUST CREDIT: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post

U.S.

Years of inaction on ‘crisis’ at Secret Service set stage for Trump shooting in Butler

A decade after dire warnings about security weaknesses, an exodus of veteran agents has left the agency relying on those with less experience.

January 1, 2025

Acting Secret Service director Ronald L. Rowe Jr. testifies before a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Government Affairs committees on Capitol Hill in July. MUST CREDIT: Michael A. McCoy for The Washington Post

U.S.

Secret Service seeks funding boost to address dangerous ‘new reality’

Acting Secret Service director Ronald L. Rowe Jr is the first agency head in decades to publicly admit major protective details had shortcomings. But he said the agency has insufficient resources for the “new norm” of rapidly rising violent threats against political leaders.

September 20, 2024

A sniper team is set up next to golfers as Donald Trump speaks during an event at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., on Aug. 15, 2024.

U.S.

Trump’s golf outings have long concerned Secret Service

Donald Trump has insisted his golf clubs are safe and that he will keep playing. However, those preferences have posed problems for his protection that former aides, Secret Service officials and security experts say have only intensified in the years since he left the White House.

September 16, 2024

Secret Service on watch at Philadelphia Airport on Aug. 6. (MUST CREDIT: Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post)

U.S.

Secret Service approves new plan for Trump to continue outdoor rallies

The plan to erect bulletproof glass to surround Trump at outdoor events is a major enhancement in the Secret Service’s standard security planning.

August 15, 2024

The Heritage Foundation building in Washington, D.C. The conservative think tank hosted an event during the NATO summit on July 9, 2024, called “Not Your Grandfather’s NATO.”

U.S.

Project 2025 to end policy work after Democratic attacks angered Trump

Project 2025, a collaboration led by the Heritage Foundation among more than 110 conservative groups to develop a movement consensus blueprint for the next Republican administration, is winding down its policy operations, and its director, former Trump administration personnel official Paul Dans, is departing. The Heritage Foundation also recently distributed new talking points encouraging participants to emphasize that the project does not speak for Trump.

July 30, 2024

U.S. Secret Service agents and counterassault team react moments after shots were fired toward Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday.

U.S.

Secret Service was told police could not watch building used by Trump rally shooter

Local police alerted the Secret Service before former president Donald Trump’s rally Saturday that they lacked the resources to station a patrol car outside a key building where a gunman later positioned himself and shot at Trump, according to local and federal law enforcement.

July 17, 2024

Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump is whisked away by Secret Service after shots rang out at a campaign rally at Butler Farm Show Inc. on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump slumped and injuries were visible to the side of his head. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images/TNS)

Opinion

Assassinations threaten but cannot overwhelm America’s political system

Attempted assassinations of U.S. leaders has been a regular — though not frequent — occurrence in U.S. political history. Ideally, this latest incident fosters rhetorical restraint. Politicians should turn down the heat. This history is grim but also shows the enduring strength of our political institutions.

July 17, 2024

Two FBI investigators scan the roof of AGR International Inc, the building adjacent to the Butler Fairgrounds, from which alleged shooter Matthew Thomas Crooks fired at former President Donald J. Trump, in the aftermath of the attempted assassination at a campaign rally, on Sunday, July 14, 2024, in Butler, Pa.

U.S.

Police snipers were inside building as Trump rally shooter fired from roof above

Local police who were assigned by the Secret Service to help spot threats in the crowd at Donald Trump’s rally Saturday were inside the building where a gunman positioned himself on the roof to shoot at the former president, according to a Secret Service official briefed on the incident.

July 16, 2024

Secret Service agents cover former president Donald Trump after gunfire exploded during a campaign rally on Saturday in Butler, Pa. MUST CREDIT: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post

U.S.

Secret Service under scrutiny over gunman’s access to a clear Trump view

The U.S. Secret Service is investigating how a gunman armed with an AR-style rifle was able to get close enough to shoot and injure former President Donald Trump at a rally Saturday in Pennsylvania, a monumental failure of one of the agency’s core duties.

July 14, 2024

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