Tag: preventing
Senate committee details failures by Secret Service in preventing Trump shooting
By Joe Hernandez A Senate committee report released Sunday blames the U.S. Secret Service for a “cascade of preventable failures” that led up to the assassination attempt against then-presidential candidate Donald Trump during a rally in Butler, Pa., last summer. Trump was injured in the shooting when a bullet whizzed past his head, grazing his…
Trump Quietly Halts Money to States for Preventing Disaster Damage
Trump Quietly Halts Money to States for Preventing Disaster Damage President Trump is the first president in at least three decades to deny governors’ requests for funding that’s meant to protect people and property By Thomas Frank & E&E News President Donald Trump is considering a major overhaul to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. CLIMATEWIRE…
Vehicular attacks are not new. But preventing them has been a big challenge
By Emma Bowman , Jaclyn Diaz Intentional vehicular attacks on crowds of people, like the one that killed 14 revelers in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, are not new. They have been carried out for decades. Although in recent years, they have increasingly been used by terrorist groups and individuals. “Terrorism has changed,” said Devorah…