The House of Representatives on Friday approved a Secret Service protections bill in the wake of two failed assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump.

Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service's performance ahead of a July assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, according to a new report that lays out a litany of missed opportunities to stop a gunman who opened fire from an unsecured roof.A five-page document summarizing the Secret Service report's key conclusions finds fault with both local and federal law enforcement, underscoring the cascading and wide-ranging failings that preceded the July 13 shooting at a Butler, Pennsylvania, campaign rally where Trump was wounded in the ear by gunfire. Though the failed response has been well-documented through congressional testimony, news media investigations and other public statements, the report being released Friday marks the Secret Service's most formal attempt to catalog the errors of the day and is being released amid fresh scrutiny following Sunday's arrest in Florida of a man who authorities say wanted to kill Trump.“It’s important that…

A conservative watchdog group is suing the Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security for allegedly concealing records about the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Trump.

America First Legal on Thursday sued the Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security for illegally withholding records on the first assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump.

Some House Republicans are mulling legislation to move the Secret Service out of the Department of Homeland Security after two attempts on former President Trump's life in two months.

Trump was grazed with a bullet at a presidential campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania in July when assassin Thomas Crooks opened fire at the stage.

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Sept. 20 (UPI) -- In a rare unanimous bipartisan vote in the House, the body passed legislation that would increase Secret Service protection for the two presidential nominees and their running mates.

The summary of an internal investigation determined that the agency did not adequately prepare its local partners for their duties at the event in Butler, Pa., in July.

The House unanimously voted Friday to pass a bill bolstering Secret Service protection for major presidential and vice presidential candidates, a move that comes in the wake of two apparent assassination attempts targeting GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump.