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Secret Service leaders meddled in an independent government investigation of the July 13 assassination attempt against former ...

An independent panel called for new leadership at the Secret Service, mostly from the outside, saying the protective agency needs an overhaul.

An independent investigation into the U.S. Secret Service concludes the agency needs reform. Janet Napolitano served as Homeland Security secretary to President Obama. Mark Filip served as deputy ...

The U.S. Secret Service’s own investigation into the failures of July 13 included finger-pointing and an assessment of who might be subject to disciplinary action. In the weeks following the attempt ...

Join us Nov. 21 for a behind-the-scenes panel on how Spotlight PA, the Butler Eagle, and ProPublica revealed long-standing ...

The report largely echoed the findings of other investigations that have faulted poor communication between the Secret Service and local law enforcement helping out that day and the agency's ...

NPR's A Martinez talks to Janet Napolitano and Mark Filip, part of a bi-partisan independent panel, examining Secret Service failures in the July attempted assassination of former President Trump.

A new Secret Service report into the July assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump said multiple staffers knew about clear line-of-sight risks but found them “acceptable ...