1Suspends Agents On Trump’s Detail During PA Assassination Attempt
Six Secret Service agents were suspended without pay or benefits following an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania in July 2024.
Matt Quinn, the agency’s deputy director, told CBS News on Wednesday that they “weren’t going to fire [their] way out of this,” but did say they are “laser focused on fixing the root cause of the problem.”
Quinn told the outlet that the agents received penalties ranging from 10 to 42 days of unpaid leave and were assigned to restricted roles with reduced responsibilities upon their return. He added that the disciplinary measures followed a federally mandated process.
The agency faced intense criticism after the security breach that enabled gunman Thomas Crooks to open fire toward the stage at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024.
Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old firefighter, father, and husband attending the event, was killed. President Trump was grazed by a bullet, and two other men were wounded by the gunfire. Crooks was ultimately killed by a Secret Service sniper.
“Secret Service is totally accountable for Butler,” Quinn told CBS. “Butler was an operational failure and we are focused today on ensuring that it never happens again.” He also said the agency is focusing on the “root cause” of the operational failure and fixing “the deficiencies that put us in that situation.”Since the Butler rally, Quinn stated that the Secret Service has deployed a new fleet of military-grade drones and mobile command posts to enhance radio communications with local law enforcement, Fox News reported.
The agency faced renewed criticism weeks later following a second assassination attempt on Trump in West Palm Beach, Florida. Although the attempt was thwarted, then-Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned, and the agency became the focus of multiple investigations and congressional hearings.
In December, a bipartisan House task force released a 180-page report declaring the Butler incident “preventable,” pointing to “preexisting” leadership and training deficiencies that “created an environment” conducive to security failures.
The report also noted that Secret Service did not coordinate well with local law enforcement.
Trump made some comments last week regarding the government’s investigation into one of the assassination attempts against him last year.In response to a reporter’s query on Friday, the president said he’s “very satisfied” with the FBI’s investigation into the assassination attempt against him in Pennsylvania.
Trump made his remarks to Daily Caller White House Correspondent Reagan Reese on Thursday, putting to rest months of speculation and doubt surrounding the case. Until now, Trump had stopped short of giving the FBI a full endorsement, The Daily Caller reported.
In an earlier interview with Fox News, he admitted some parts of the case didn’t sit right. “I’m relying on my people to tell me what it is … The Secret Service, they tell me, is fine. But it’s a little hard to believe,” he said.
Back in March, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino told Fox News there was no evidence of some grand conspiracy against Trump. “In some of these cases, the ‘there’ you’re looking for is not there. And I know people — I get it, I understand. It’s not there. If it was there, we would have told you,” Bongino said.
That same month, Daily Caller’s Reese pressed White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about whether Trump was satisfied with Bongino’s answer.
Leavitt responded, “Well, in the lead-up to your question, you answered your own question with the president’s own words, and I’ll leave it at that.”
In May, Bongino announced investigations into some well-known cases that involve “potential public corruption.”The cases, which appeared to be ignored during the administration of former President Joe Biden, that are getting a new look include the attempted pipe-bombing in Washington, D.C., cocaine that was found at the White House, and the leak of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that ended Roe v. Wade.
AI Model Makes Stunning Prediction of 2028 Presidential Winner
An artificial intelligence model has generated a speculative forecast about the 2028 U.S. presidential election, despite official candidates not yet being known, drawing attention on social media and YouTube.
The forecast was produced using Grok, an AI chatbot developed by the company associated with Elon Musk, after a YouTube channel asked the system to simulate a likely outcome based on a set of hypothetical candidates. The simulation included state-by-state projections, an electoral map, and projected vote totals for chosen figures from both major parties.
As the host explains, “In this video, I asked Grok AI to predict the 2028 presidential election and give us a map forecast.”In the end, Vance was predicted to take 312 electoral votes to Harris’ 212, according to the simulation; 270 are needed to win the presidency.
On the Democratic side, Kamala Harris currently holds the lead in early primary polling with 32 percent of the support, putting her ahead of California Governor Gavin Newsom, who has 23.8 percent. Former Biden Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in third place, just shy of 10 percent, while Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro follow close behind.
The host notes that Harris’s resurgence may surprise some, given that “many people did write Kamala Harris off following her 2024 election defeat.”
Recent polling indicates that she is regaining her advantage. Additionally, the betting markets reflect this positive trend, now suggesting there’s a 56 percent chance she will seek the Democratic nomination in 2028, a significant rise from just 11.2 percent a few months back.
“Today, it is more likely than not that she is going to run again,” the video states.
On the Republican side, Vice President JD Vance leads early polling with 49.2 percent support, significantly ahead of Donald Trump Jr., who is trailing by 29 points. Senator Marco Rubio has 12.5 percent, while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stands at 9.2 percent.
According to the simulation, Vance is the clear favorite for the GOP nomination, with a 46 percent chance of becoming the party’s standard-bearer. Rubio follows with an 18 percent chance.
The host notes: “If nothing big changes, he will very likely become the party’s nominee in the next presidential race.”
Grok’s simulation begins by defining “solid” states as those with a margin of 15 points or more. Vance’s solid column includes the following states: Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, most of Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana, South Carolina, and Ohio.
The inclusion of Ohio marks a significant shift; once a key battleground, the state has trended sharply to the right, Newsner noted.
“It is not difficult to see that he will carry the Buckeye State by a solid 15-point margin,” particularly following Donald Trump’s double-digit win there in 2024, the host said in the video.
Harris’s group of solid states mirrors much of her 2024 coalition, showing some modest gains. She is projected to win the states of Washington, California, Hawaii, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Maine’s first congressional district by at least 15 points. Notably, the model predicts that Connecticut and Delaware will return to solid Democratic margins after experiencing narrower results in 2020.
After accounting for solid states, Vance leads with 139 electoral votes to 108. Additionally, the “likely” category, which contains margins between 5 and 15 points, further enhances his advantage.
He is projected to win in Iowa, North Carolina, Florida, Texas, Arizona, Alaska, and Maine’s second district. Florida and Texas are viewed as firmly Republican due to recent gains by the party, while Arizona, which was narrowly won by Trump in 2024, is expected to remain in Republican hands. With these solidly Republican and likely states counted, Vance would secure 246 electoral votes, leaving him just 24 votes short of the 270 needed to win.
My husband drugged me every night "so I could study better," but one night I pretended to swallow the pill and lay perfectly still. He thought I was asleep. At 2:47 AM, he walked in with gloves, a camera, and a black notebook. He didn't touch me with love. He lifted my eyelid and whispered: "Her memory still hasn't returned."
My name is Valerie Reed, and for two years I thought my husband, Marcus, was just an overly controlling man.
Marcus was a neurologist.
Elegant.
Serious.
One of those doctors who speak softly and make everyone else feel ignorant.
When I started my master's degree at Columbia University, he told me I was anxious.
"You're having trouble sleeping, honey. This little pill will help you rest and focus."
I believed him.
Every night, after dinner, he would leave a glass of water and a white capsule on my nightstand.
"Take it in front of me."
At first, I thought it was sweet.
Then, it became a rule.
If I didn't take it, he got mad.
If I asked what it was, he changed the subject.
If I woke up dizzy, he said it was stress.
The worst part was the gaps.
I would wake up with small bruises on my arms.
Smelling like rubbing alcohol on my skin.
With wet hair, even though I didn't remember taking a shower.
With sentences written in my notebook that I didn't recognize.
One said:
"Don't let Marcus know you remember."
I thought I was going crazy.
He told me that, too.
"Valerie, your mind is making things up. Trust me."
But one night, while washing the sheets, I found a tiny camera hidden inside the smoke detector.
It wasn't pointing at the door.
It was pointing at my bed.
At me.
That same afternoon, I checked the trash in Marcus's home office.
I found empty blister packs, torn-off labels, and a folded piece of paper with my name on it.
"Patient V.R. Stable nocturnal response. Phase 3."
Patient.
Not wife.
Patient.
That night, I pretended to be tired.
Marcus gave me the capsule.
I put it on my tongue.
I drank water.
I smiled.
But I didn't swallow it.
I hid it under my tongue until he turned off the light.
When he went to the bathroom, I spit it out into a tissue and lay back down.
I breathed slowly.
Very slowly.
Just like he had seen me do so many times.
At 2:47 AM, the door opened.
It didn't creak.
He had already oiled the hinges.
He walked in barefoot, wearing black gloves and carrying a small flashlight.
He grabbed my wrist.
He checked my pulse.
Then, he lifted my eyelid.
I wanted to scream.
I didn't.
"Good," he whispered. "No resistance today."
He took out the black notebook.
He wrote something down.
Then he placed his cell phone next to my ear and played a voice recording.
It was a woman's voice.
Sweet.
Older.
Broken.
"Valerie, my daughter... if you are hearing this, wake up. Your husband didn't save you. He found you."
I felt my heart drop into my throat.
Daughter.
That voice wasn't my mother's.
My mother died when I was five years old.
Or so Marcus said.
He turned off the audio immediately.
"Still nothing," he muttered. "She's still blocked."
Then he went to the closet.
He pushed the wooden back panel and opened a door I had never seen before.
A narrow hallway appeared behind my dresses.
Marcus came back to my bed.
He tried to pick me up.
I let my body go limp.
He carried me down that hidden hallway to a cold, white room, lit with hospital lamps.
There were monitors.
Files.
Photographs of me sleeping.
Videos of me walking around the house with a blank stare.
And on the wall, a timeline.
"Accident."
"Amnesia."
"Marriage."
"Pharmacological control."
"Pending inheritance."
Inheritance.
Marcus laid me down on a gurney.
He didn't tie me up.
That scared me even more.
He trusted his drug too much.
He opened a safe and pulled out a red folder.
The cover said:
"Lucy Archer Case. Missing since 2014."
Lucy Archer.
That name pierced through me like lightning.
I didn't know why.
But my body did.
My eyes burned.
Marcus dialed a number.
"She's ready," he said. "Tomorrow she signs the transfer, and we're done."
A woman's voice answered on speakerphone.
"What if she remembers before then?"
Marcus looked at me.
He smiled.
"She won't remember. I've spent two years killing Valerie every single night."
The secret door opened again.
My mother-in-law, Eleanor, walked in wearing a long coat and carrying a bag of documents.
"Don't underestimate that woman," she said. "Her mother didn't seem dangerous either, and look what happened."
Mother.
My mother.
The one who supposedly died of cancer.
Eleanor placed the bag on the table.
Inside, I saw a fake marriage certificate, a power of attorney, and an old photo.
A fifteen-year-old girl.
Me.
But with a different name embroidered on the uniform:
Lucy Archer.
Marcus took a pen and placed it between my sleeping fingers.
"We just need her signature."
Eleanor leaned close to my face.
She observed me.
"And what if she doesn't wake up after the final dose?"
Marcus answered without hesitation:
"Then Valerie Reed dies exactly as she existed: without a family, without a past, and without questions."
I felt a tear escape.
Just one.
I thought they wouldn't notice.
But Eleanor did.
She froze.
"Marcus..."
He turned around.
His face changed.
I opened my eyes.
And before I could scream, a video call lit up on the dark monitor on the wall.
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A woman with a face full of scars appeared on the screen.
It was the same voice from the audio recording.
