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Yesterday — 19 September 2024Main stream

The Secret Service’s Failure to Halt a Tragedy at a Trump Rally

19 September 2024 at 01:00
Communications gaps, unguarded warehouses and a lack of written instructions opened an opportunity for a gunman at a rally in Butler, Pa., in July.

© Kristian Thacker for The New York Times

Inadequately securing the warehouses next to the rally site in Butler, Pa., was a critical misstep. But it was hardly the only problem.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Secret Service Scrambled After Trump’s Short Notice on Golf Outing

The agency did not sweep the area where a gunman lay in wait for the former president at his club in Florida.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

Law enforcement officers blocking the roads at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday.
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