Should the Secret Service lose its cyber fraud mission? One lawmaker thinks so

New legislation in the House would strip the Secret Service of its mission to investigate financial crimes and cyber fraud in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Rep. Ritchie Torries (D-N.Y.) last week introduced the “Focus on Protection Act.” The bill would transfer investigative jurisdiction over payment and financial systems from the Secret Service to the Treasury Department. In a statement, Torres said the move would allow the Secret Service to focus more on its protection mission. He called the Secret Service’s role in investigating…

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We Still Need to Trump-Proof America

What will happen if Donald Trump secures a second term as president? Polling remains close—and though a Democratic victory seems far more likely than it did before the Biden-Harris swap, it’s hardly assured. Should Trump pull out a win in November, voters might imagine that they know what to expect: more chaos, more grievance, more all-caps rants on social media. But a second Trump term would be much more dangerous than the first. Trump’s unexpected victory in 2016 left him flailing to staff the executive branch and unequipped with the…

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EXCLUSIVE: Daily Signal on Scene as Protesters Break Through Secret Service Perimeter at Democratic Convention

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Anti-Israel protesters broke through the first fence in the Secret Service perimeter around the Democratic National Convention in Chicago Monday evening. Daily Signal reporters Tim Kennedy and Tony Kinnett were on the scene live as it happened. The reporters captured footage of an anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian protester cutting part of the perimeter fence: ??PRO-PALESTINE PROTESTER cutting part of the Secret Service perimeter for the United Center pic.twitter.com/XyS2YcxFyt — Tim Kennedy (@TimKennedyJr1) August 19, 2024 Protesters began lining the fence and banging against it: Pro-Palestine protesters with @MarchOnDNC2024…

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NEWS: Explosive Reporting on Cornel West’s Corrupt, MAGA-Aided Ballot Access to Help Trump

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today MoveOn Political Action condemns Cornel West’s corrupt ballot access program and collusion with Trump allies to undermine voters and Vice President Harris in key swing states. The Associated Press released a damning story showing that West’s team had fraudulently included the names of unknowing people on its Arizona slate of electors. When contacted, West elector Denisha Mitchell claimed she never agreed to be a West elector, and she didn’t even know what that was – proving a deep level of coordination between the West campaign and Trump’s…

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Sexual misconduct at Coast Guard is a fleet-wide problem, congressional probe finds

Coast Guard’s cultural failings around sexual misconduct are not limited to the service’s academy but extend to the entire service, a congressional probe has found. Nearly a year ago, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subpanel on investigations opened an inquiry into the Coast Guard’s mishandling of sexual assault and harassment cases at its prestigious Coast Guard Academy and the service’s failure to disclose those cases to Congress. The Coast Guard’s own investigation of sexual misconduct, dubbed Operation Fouled Anchor, concluded in 2020, but Congress didn’t learn…

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