How the Secret Service failed to prevent the Trump shooting

Jul 14, 2025 15 min

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It’s one year since the assassination attempt against Trump, and a damning Senate committee report just described the event as a “preventable tragedy.” Carol Leonnig at the <a href="https://apple.news/AUwnNq0icQHO1qEXY3P4WNg">Washington Post </a>explains what went wrong and what we know about <a href="https://apple.news/ADhOFprEjRrG2MwDj1aSTOQ">the shooter’s motives</a>. New reporting from <a href="https://apple.news/A3Gr3TXlwQOi-jQS-SBDaTQ">CNN</a> indicates that recently implemented cost controls may have delayed FEMA’s response to the deadly floods in Texas. Scott Peterson was convicted of killing his wife in 2002. He always professed his innocence, and now the Innocence Project is taking on his case. Harriet Ryan at the <a href="https://apple.news/ANmB58PM6R6WR1f0GOXZ9eQ">Los Angeles Times </a>tells us why. Plus, more details emerged about what went wrong in the <a href="https://apple.news/AjvIc9hraRC6S6zD6Qk8PGg">India air crash</a>, and <a href="https://apple.news/At2EYP8Z0TYWgI33fMI25xw">one man died</a> amid the chaos of an immigration raid. And at the <a href="https://apple.news/AxfgGQmO8Tqq_xSBa-DBHlA">Wimbledon finals</a>, one star delivered demolition, and another was dethroned. Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.

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