U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley is calling on the Department of Homeland Security's inspector general to conduct an investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday. Grassley, a Republican, sent a letter Tuesday to Joseph V. Cuffari, inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security, asking for the investigation. "This was a monumental security failure," Grassley wrote in the letter. "Former President Trump came within a centimeter of death because a gunman was able to get within hundreds of feet and in direct line of fire from...

Thomas Matthew Crooks told his father that he wanted to go to the gun range, so his dad let him use his AR-15-style rifle, sources say Federal authorities are investigating after former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt at an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Blood splattered on Trump's face as Secret Service agents surrounded him and led him off the stage to a waiting vehicle to whisk him away. Trump is "fine," a spokesperson said. The alleged shooter was killed by...

WELL, THE PAST 48 HOURS HAVE BEEN HISTORIC IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE, DONALD TRUMP’S OFFICIALLY NAMED THE NOMINEE CHOOSES HIS RUNNING MATE ALL AFTER SATURDAY’S ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT. WELL, TONIGHT, KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S MADDIE AUGUSTINE SPOKE WITH LOCAL VOTERS ABOUT THIS, AND SHE JOINS US LIVE IN THE NEWSROOM. MAGGIE. ROB. JULIE. MANY VOTERS EXPRESSED SADNESS FOR OUR COUNTRY, SAYING NO MATTER WHO The past 48 hours have been historic in the presidential race. Former President Donald Trump was officially named the Republican Party's nominee. He then chose Ohio Sen. JD...

An independent review of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump will be launched, officials announced Monday. Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced the review would be launched "in days" at a briefing Monday afternoon. "We are, indeed, in the process of selecting who will lead the independent review. The findings indeed will be made public," he said. "It is very important that we achieve transparency so that the American people have confidence in the work of the review and its findings and recommendations. And we need to move with...

BUTLER COUNTY, Pa. — The suspected gunman at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Butler County got onto the roof of the American Glass Research building just outside the Butler Farm Show. The building is less than 150 yards from the stage where Trump spoke Saturday night. Former Secret Service agent John Hudson, who served three presidents and now lives in the Pittsburgh area, says it never should have happened. “How does a long rifle get into a fairgrounds or into an event like this? Much less, ow does...

BUTLER COUNTY, Pa. — In the chaotic moments after several shots were fired at the Butler rally for former President Donald Trump, dozens of people hid for cover. Others ran away. And some ran towards danger, in the direction where people were screaming, badly injured and in need of help. >>> Butler Trump rally attendees describe panic as shots rang out during attempted Trump assassination Along with Trump, three rally attendees were shot and seriously hurt. Seconds after the gunfire stopped, Rico Elmore and Dr. Jim Sweetland ran towards the...

A STORY. YOU WILL SEE ONLY ON FOUR. WE TALKED TO A LOCAL COUPLE WHO WARNED POLICE ABOUT THE GUNMAN MINUTES BEFORE THE SHOOTING STARTED. MIKE AND AMBER, FROM CRAWFORD COUNTY, SAY POLICE COULD HAVE DONE MORE TO STOP GUNMAN THOMAS CROOKS. THEY CAME TO THE POLITICAL RALLY AT THE LAST MINUTE AND WATCHED CROOKS CLIMB UP THE BUILDING AS SOON AS I TURNED AROUND, I COULD SEE THIS GUY SHIMMYING UP THE BUILDING. I DID NOT REALIZE HE HAD HAD A GUN AT THAT POINT. I THOUGHT, THIS IS...

(CNN) — In the 48 hours before he opened fire on former President Donald Trump, 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks made a series of stops in and around his suburban Pittsburgh hometown. On Friday, he went to a shooting range where he was a member, and practiced firing, a law enforcement official told CNN. The next morning, Crooks went to a Home Depot, where he bought a five-foot ladder, and a gun store, where he purchased 50 rounds of ammunition, the official said. Then, Crooks drove his Hyundai Sonata about an...

An investigation has been announced to look into the security failures that led to Saturday’s attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Michigan U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield Twp.), chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, announced the bipartisan investigation Monday along with the committee’s ranking member, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.). “There is no place for political violence in our nation, and Saturday’s shocking attack should never have been allowed to happen,” said Peters.