Eric Trump stands alongside Tiffany and Don Jr. as their father officially wins the Republican nomination to be president

From Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent in Milwaukee

Donald Trump picked Ohio senator J.D. Vance as his running mate on Monday afternoon, choosing a grassroots favorite ahead of more seasoned political operators.

The former president left it until the last possible moment, using all his showman skills to leave the world guessing, before opting for 39-year-old Vance after the Republican National Convention had already begun in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Trump dropped his announcement on Truth Social, listing Vance’s achievements, citing his work ‘brilliantly’ fighting for American workers and farmers.

Vance swept to national attention when he published his bestselling memoir ‘Hillbilly Elegy,’ in 2016, the year Trump was elected president.

He has been a senator for less than two years but has established himself as one of the fiercest defenders of Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ agenda, especially when it comes to foreign policy, trade and immigration.

‘Here’s the deal about J.D. Vance,’ Biden wrote on his political account on X.

‘He talks a big game about working people. But now, he and Trump want to raise taxes on middle-class families while pushing more tax cuts for the rich.’

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell was loudly booed as he tried to nominate former President Donald Trump for his home state of Kentucky.

McConnell was on the Milwaukee convention floor and appeared alongside his wife, Trump’s former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, who quit the administration over the January 6 Capitol attack.

The top Senate Republican appeared to be speaking into a mic that wasn’t turned on but his appearance was overwhelmed by the booing.

McConnell had a falling out with the MAGA movement after criticizing Trump over January 6 but remains the most powerful Republican in the U.S. Senate until early next year, when he’ll step down from that prestigious leadership role.

Biden’s Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorkas, speaking at the White House, said:

Adjustments have been made to the former president’s detail, to the current President’s detail, as well as to the Vice President’s detail.’

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the U.S. Secret Service will provide an ‘appropriate level of security to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s running mate, J.D. Vance.

‘Senator J.D. Vance was born and raised in Appalachia, served our country as a U.S. Marine, and is regarded as one of the most thoughtful Senators in Congress. He possesses a profound understanding of the anxieties of working families and has both the lived experience and the policy expertise to help President Trump deliver a government worthy of the people it is supposed to serve,’ Speaker Mike Johnson said.

‘Trump needs a vice president with innovative ideas and the ability to articulate them to every single American voter and Senator J.D. Vance fits that mold perfectly.’

President Joe Biden has ordered Secret Service protection for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the homeland security chief said Monday. Mayorkas said:

In light of this weekend’s events, the President has directed me to work with the Secret Service to provide protection to Robert Kennedy Jr.

From Rob Crilly, Chief U.S. Political Correspondent

When Donald Trump named J.D. Vance as his pick for vice president it completed an extraordinary journey from former Marine and bestselling author with a neat line in Never Trump rhetoric to the ultimate MAGA loyalist.

It could have been very different, were it not for his wife and her legal background.

Vance met Usha Chilukuri, the child of Indian immigrants, at Yale Law School in 2013. While his career took him into venture capital before embarking on the manuscript that would become ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ and a culture phenomenon, making sense of a forgotten America that mystified the country’s liberal elite, she was pursuing federal clerkships.

First she worked in Kentucky but then she moved to a coveted place at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, DC., where she clerked for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh.

Friends say it was Kavanaugh’s stormy Supreme Court confirmation in 2018 when he had to ride out multiple accusations of sexual assault that pushed Vance into politics.

From Kelly Laco, executive editor of politics in Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

Moments after Donald Trump posted his VP pick to Truth Social, the GOP Convention crowd went wild.

The speaker onstage announced that all delegates will be going to ‘Donald Trump and his newly selected Vice President candidate JD Vance!

A loud ‘JAY-DEE, JAY-DEE’ chant started among the attendees on the convention floor

Cheers rang out throughout the wild MAGA supporters and delegates assembled on the floor.

The state roll call is currently ongoing as they each announce their delegates going to Donald Trump.

Democrats’ concerns over the top of their ticket were put on hold after the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on Saturday.

The jaw-dropping Trump rally brought calls for Joe Biden to step aside to a halt – and now as the momentum for him to go dies out, some Democrats are convinced they’ll lose the election.

A senior House Democrat told Axios: ‘We’ve all resigned ourselves to a second Trump presidency.’

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Vivek Ramaswamy predicted that fellow Ohioan Sen. J.D. Vance is going to be Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick.

Speaking at the CNN-Politico Grill on the sidelines of the Republican Convention on Monday, the former 2024 contender said he’s really the only choice left after both Sen. Marco Rubio and Gov. Doug Burgum were told they are no longer in consideration.

I think JD is going to be a great vice president… He does leave in his wake a big vacuum.

When asked if he would step up if asked to fill Vance’s position as a Ohio senator, Ramaswamy replied:

If asked to serve then I would strongly consider it.

Iowa state party chair Jeff Kaufmann has officially nominated Donald Trump as the Republican nominee. The procedural move brought a big round of cheers inside the Fiserv arena.

The convention is now going through the roll call of votes. Speaker Johnson noted that the order is determined by the convention. The roll call begins with Iowa, and is now going through other states.

By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has seen a late-breaking surge on betting markets as a probable pick for former President Donald Trump’s VP.

Betters looked to Youngkin after multiple outlets reported that Trump had phoned Sen. Marco Rubio and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and informed them they were not his choice.

Fox News’ Bret Baier reported that Trump would make the announcement today.

PredictIt betters found it most probable that Trump would select Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, long considered part of his shortlist alongside Rubio and Burgum.

After Vance and Youngkin, independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. came in third place.

Earlier Monday, Trump said on Truth Social that he wanted to see Kennedy receive Secret Service protection due to the Kennedy family history – both his uncle and father were assassinated – and on the heels of Trump’s own assassination attempt.

Kennedy was spotted at the gym in Milwaukee Sunday and is expected to attend and hold events on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention this week.

In fourth place on PredictIt was Vivek Ramaswamy, a former 2024 rival of Trump’s who’s also attending the RNC.

Ramawamy was speaking at a Politico-CNN Grill event Monday afternoon as roll call voting kicked off, making it unlikely he was the pick.

In fifth is Trump’s former HUD Secretary Ben Carson, also long considered to be in the veepstakes running.

Police cars were stationed outside Ohio Senator J.D. Vance’s home on Monday morning as speculation he will be Donald Trump’s running mate went into overdrive.

The Hillbilly Elegy author was then spotted leaving his Cincinnati home in an SUV with an escort from law enforcement.

With Marco Rubio and Doug Burgum told they are no longer in the running to be Trump’s VP, Vance’s odds skyrocketed.

From Kelly Laco, executive editor of politics in Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

The delegates at the 2024 Republican National Convention broke out in boos when the name of Senator Mitch McConnell was mentioned at the opening of the event.

McConnell is serving as the temporary chairman of the RNC during the week-long proceedings.

Donald Trump, 78,  and McConnell, 82, have had a contentious relationship going back to 2020 when the senator refused to say the election was stolen.

Trump for years has lobbed vicious attacks at McConnell, who he’s described as an ‘old crow’ and even a ‘piece of s**t.’

As a result, McConnell dragged his feet on the endorsement and was the last member of GOP leadership in the House and Senate to get behind the former president by a long shot.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum received a call notifying him he will not be Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick.

Burgum was running for the presidential nominee in 2024 and dropped out in December 2023 after failing to qualify for the third debate.

Since then he has auditioned for a spot in a potential Trump White House.

First came the gavel, opening proceedings in the vast convention call. Then came the moment of silence for the attack on Donald Trump, and then came Lee Greenwood.

As his Trumpist anthem ‘God Bless the USA’ died away, attendees erupted in a new chant: ‘Fight, Fight, Fight.’

They used the words of Trump second after he was shot through the ear. He got to his feet, raised his fist and shouted: ‘Fight, fight, fight’ on Saturday evening.

From Kelly Laco, executive editor of politics in Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

According to multiple reports, Florida Senator Marco Rubio is not Donald Trump’s vice president pick.

He was rumored to be in the final running along with Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum.

But according to reports, he just got a call that he will not be the former president’s No. 2.

Earlier Monday, DailyMail.com exclusively revealed that Trump had not yet offered the gig to anyone yet.

From Kelly Laco, executive editor of politics in Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

The 2024 RNC has officially kicked off at 1:00 p.m. CT by Chairman Michael Whatley.

The opening included a moment of silence for the victims of the shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania, over the weekend.

President Donald Trump narrowly escaped an assassination attempt on his life less than two days ago.

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor for DailyMail.com in Milwaukee

Former Trump national security advisor Robert O’Brien is calling on President Joe Biden to shut down the Trump prosecutions.

‘Maek a grand gesture. Start to unite America again,’ he said in an in interview with Kevin Baron, editorial director of Politico Live being conducted at the CNN Grill Monday.

‘He’s the chief executive. He controls Merrick Garland. And these cases were originally hatched we know in the White House,’ said O’Brien – despite the cases being brought by local prosecutors and a special counsel Garland appointed and Biden denying control.

He also called on Democrats to ‘respect’ Judge Aileen Cannon, who dismissed his classified documents case Monday.

‘This is a time for Democrats to put their money where their mouth is. Respect the judge. Reflect the rule of law,’ said O’Brien, a potential contender for secretary of state in a second Trump term.

O’Brien called for the Pentagon to ‘get away from the wokeness,’ and said Europe would still be protected under a Trump Administration.

‘The United States has been there for Europe. We were there before,’ he said.

A local Pennslyvania sheriff has defended the police officer who confronted Donald Trump’s would-be assassin on the roof moments before he opened fire.

Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe confirmed on Monday that one of his armed officers encountered Thomas Matthew Crooks seconds before he unleashed carnage on the former president’s rally.

The cop, who has not been named, retreated when Crooks pointed his AR-style rifle at him.

Slupe defended the decision and told KDKA he would ‘have done the same thing.’

‘All I know is the officer had both hands on the roof to get up on the roof, never made it because the shooter had turned towards the officer, and rightfully and smartly, the officer let go.

‘I mean, people think the officers are supermen like you hold on the roof with one hand while you are hanging on for dear life and pull a gun out. It doesn’t work that way.

Slupe also said that members of his department were alerted to Crooks’ suspicious behavior before the rally began and started searching for him right away.

Law enforcement and the Secret Service are under intense scrutiny after it was revealed the roof from where Crooks opened fire was flagged as a security risk.

Local police, not the Secret Service, swept the building, but Crooks was still able to climb to the top and take aim at the former president.

He killed a member of the rally crowd and shot Trump in the ear.

Slupe acknowledged that Crooks was in the ‘secondary ring’ of protection when he opened fire.

He said the Secret Service is responsible for the ring immediately around the president, but local police take control of the outer ring.

From Jon Michael Raasch, U.S. politics reporter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin:

By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Former President Donald Trump on Monday called on the Secret Service to start providing protection for independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Kennedy has long requested protection from the Secret Service as both his father, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, and uncle, President John F. Kennedy, were assassinated while in office.

RFK was running for president in 1968 and speaking at a campaign event at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles when he was murdered by an assassin’s bullet.

Trump survived an assassination attempt at his own campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday.

Trump said on Truth Monday:

In light of what is going on in the world today, I believe it is imperative that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. receive Secret Service protection — immediately. Given the history of the Kennedy Family, this is the obvious right thing to do!

Donald Trump’s campaign press secretary Karoline Leavitt has given birth.

She revealed she had welcomed son Nicholas into the world in an adorable Instagram post.

‘July 10, 2024. 11:25PM. The moment our son was born. The moment I officially became a mom. The best moment of my life.

It’s true when they say there’s nothing comparable to the love you feel for your child. My heart has grown bigger than I ever imagined possible. Babies are the ultimate blessing and I’m bursting with gratitude for our beautiful, happy, healthy boy.

Now that I’m a mom, I am also more frightened than ever for the future of our country, especially after the assassination attempt of my boss and former President Trump. We need more love in this world. We need to treat every one of our fellow humans as we want our own children to be treated – with respect.

Nicholas Robert aka Niko. 🤗 My son. I love you. 💙’

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor in Milwaukee

Seasoned Republican congressional investigators are warning about the high stakes for Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who has been called to testify before the House Oversight Committee about the shooting that could have killed former President Trump.

‘Somebody, somewhere has a really, really a lot of serious questions to have to answer,’ House Judiciary and ‘Weaponization’ committee member Kelly Armstrong of North Dakota told DailyMail.com in Milwaukee.

‘I’m not going to guess, I mean, there are 1,000 different ways a screw up can happen. This is a really, really big screw and somebody needs to be held accountable for it really quickly,’ he said, amid new relevations about the failure to secure a building 150 yards away from where Trump spoke Saturday in Pennsylvania.

‘That just can’t happen here. They have to come out and say how this happened. How this was possible?’

Former Oversight Committee chair Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) told DailyMail.com, ‘I went through it with Director [Julia] Pierson. I went through it with Director [Joseph] Clancy both ended up having to resign after he went through investigations because it was not a pretty picture and this seems to feel smell like that.

‘I know the FBI has taken control of the investigation, but Secret Service had control of the perimeter and the security of the president. I think it’s I think it’s quite interesting that they took this away from Homeland Security and gave it to the Department of Justice. That speaks volumes,’ he said.

By Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

DailyMail.com caught the house band at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee Monday morning practicing what is traditionally former President Donald Trump’s walk-on song: Lee Greenwood’s God Bless the USA.

Video also captures the teleprompter set up for Monday’s speeches and balloons hanging from the rafters, ready for a balloon drop.

Trump arrived in Milwaukee Sunday after surviving an assassination attempt Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania.

He’s expected to kick-off the four-day convention by announcing his VP pick sometime Monday, divulging that information to Fox News’ Bret Baier.

Speaker Mike Johnson said it was a ‘great relief’ and a ‘great day for justice’ after Judge Aileen Cannon tossed out the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump.

‘I think it’s a great result, it’s a great relief to us,’ Speaker Mike Johnson told DailyMail.com in an interview on day one of the Republican National Convention.

Special Counsel Jack Smith was ‘beyond the bounds of what you should be doing,’ said Johnson, ‘so I’m grateful that Judge Cannon recognized that. We’ll see what effect this has on the other cases, but it’s certainly a great day for justice.’

Donald Trump lawyer Alina Habba defended Judge Aileen’s cannon after she dramatically threw out Trump’s classified documents case in Florida. ‘At the end of the day, you can criticize Judge Cannon, and a lot of people do, but she’s looking at the Constitution … They’re looking at rights of the executive branch,’ she told CNN.

She didn’t rule out independent counsels being used in a second Trump administration. ‘If and when we win, we are going to have to be transparent with America. We are going to have to make sure that people are appointed special counsel the correct way,’ she said.

President Joe Biden returns to the campaign trail on Tuesday after pausing political operations in the wake of the assassination attempt on rival Donald Trump.

Biden heads to Las Vegas, where he will spend two days talking to black and latino voters as he struggles to reset his campaign in the new political reality.

As part of the trip, he and his team will be testing the waters on how it can push forward with his candidacy without appearing insensitive to Trump. Several conservatives pointed to Biden’s campaign rhetoric as a reason Trump was targeted. Both sides have spoken harshly of the other.

With time ticking down to the announcement of Donald Trump’s running mate, DailyMail.com can reveal that no one has yet been offered the gig.

The party convention in Milwaukee is expected to reveal the former president’s choice of vice president on Monday.

But a source familiar with the process said late on Monday morning: ‘No one has had it offered to them yet.’

Fox News anchor Bret Baier said the president had told him he would be announcing his decision today.

Donald Trump has revealed he will announce his pick to be Vice President today.

He made the announcement to Fox News’ Brett Baier in a phone call on Monday morning.

Former President Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Monday morning to welcome the dismissal of the Florida documents case against him.

He arrived in Milwaukee on Sunday evening for the Republican National Convention a day after surviving an assassination attempt.

The developments in Florida will provide another filip to a campaign that is on the up after weeks of pressure on his opponent President Joe Biden.

Yet the triumphalist tone is a step away from the messages of unity his allies have trailed for this week.

As we move forward in Uniting our Nation after the horrific events on Saturday, this dismissal of the Lawless Indictment in Florida should be just the first step, followed quickly by the dismissal of ALL the Witch Hunts

A lawmaker briefing with the Secret Service will occur on Tuesday, a source familiar tells DailyMail.com.

In addition, based on the House Oversight Committee’s conversations with the Secret Service, Director Cheatle is expected to appear for a hearing on Monday, July 22.

The source added that more details will be announced soon.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter in Milwaukee, Wisconsion

More than 50,000 people are descending on Milwaukee this week for the Republican National Convention in the wake of an assassination attempt on the Donald Trump.

A shooter hit the former president’s ear during his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday before being shot dead by Secret Service. One rally attendee is deceased and two others are injured.

But Trump is still going full steam ahead to Milwaukee this week for the Republican National Convention where he will end the week as the GOP presidential nominee for the third time in a row.

DailyMail.com breaks down all the details of this year’s convention and what to watch as the events unfold and how it’s affected after the historic assassination attempt:

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on Tuesday.

Sanders served as Trump’s White House Press Secretary for two years before she tearfully stepped down from her post to pursue public office in her home state.

The two spoke by phone on Sunday afternoon, a White House official told DailyMail.com.

No other details about the call were available.

The classified documents case against Donald Trump has been dismissed by a federal judge in a bombshell ruling less than 48 hours after he was shot.

The former president was accused of taking highly sensitive files to Mar-a-Lago when he left the White House.

Judge Aileen Cannon threw the case out based on ‘violations’ of the Constitution’s Appointments Clause and Appropriations Clause.

This is a huge win for Trump as he seeks to get his other criminal cases thrown out.

Donald Trump plans to strike a unifying tone at the Republican Convention this week.

He will dial down his rhetoric in a bid to unify America, Axios reported.

Tucker Carlson, who will be speaking at the Convention, told the outlet:

I think it’s real.Getting shot in the face changes a man.

Former President Donald Trump has spoken to one of the odd unanswered questions of Saturday’s assassination attempt: his repeated call for his shoes.

‘Let me get my shoes, let me get my shoes,’ Trump said, as agents secured him and told him his head was bloodied. ‘Let me get my shoes,’ Trump repeated.

He told columnist Michael Goodwin of the New York Post, ‘The agents hit me so hard that my shoes fell off, and my shoes are tight,’ smiling at the observation.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Local Milwaukee businesses protested the Republican National Convention by putting up signs bashing the party.

‘Welcome fiuture fake electors,’ a sign in the window of the Penzeys Spices store reads.

Another on a chalboard outside a local bar says, ‘Horrible city welcomes RNC facists,’ in reference to reports Donald Trump called Milwaukee a ‘horrible city’ during a closed door meeting with Republican lawmakers last month.

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior U.S. Political Reporter

New video emerged Sunday night showing Donald Trump’s supporters outside the security perimeter pointing at the would-be assassin as he bear-crawled on the roof of a nearby building before opening fire on the former president.

A nearly 50-second clip shows people outside the Butler, Pennsylvnia event looking, pointing and questioning why there was a man on the roof of an industrial building just 130 yards from the stage where Trump was speaking.

‘Look, they’re all pointing,’ the man behind the camera is heard saying as it pans from the stage to the warehouse roof where a figure is seen crawling. ‘Yeah someone’s on top of the roof – look.’

‘He’s on the roof!’ a woman yells 40 seconds into the video as Trump is heard in the background continuing his remarks.

Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was killed by U.S. Secret Service after his assassination attempt on Trump at his rally Saturday.

Donald Trump’s would-be assassin purchased 50 rounds of ammunition just hours before the shooting, according to bombshell reports.

The Secret Service also did not sweep the roof where gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at the former president.

The horrifying new developments reported by CNN come as the Secret Service faces mounting questions over how the 20-year-old managed to get just 130 yards from where Trump was speaking in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Crooks shot Trump in the ear with an AR-style rifle his father purchased legally.

Multiple witnesses have said they warned law enforcement that a gunman was crawling on the building, but didn’t respond before he started shooting.

‘Look, they’re all pointing,’ the man behind the camera is heard saying as it pans from the stage to the warehouse roof where a figure is seen crawling. ‘Yeah someone’s on top of the roof – look.’

The roof where Crooks lay down with his weapon was flagged as a security concern, and was swept by local law enforcement not the Secret Service.

When Donald Trump arrived in Milwaukee last night there was one very visible sign of how the Secret Service had changed its posture around the former president.

Trump usually walks down the steps from Trump Force One alone, all the better to appear commanding in photographs and videos.

But yesterday a Secret Service agent was two steps behind, in a sign of how everything has changed in the wake of Saturday’s shooting.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has confirmed Donald Trump’s security detail has been increased for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee this week after the assassination attempt.

Embattled Cheatle is facing calls to resign after gunman Thomas Mathew Crooks managed to crawl on a roof just 130 yards away from where Trump was speaking and open fire.

I would like to start by extending my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Corey Comperatore, who was killed during the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life in Butler, Pennsylvania, Saturday, as well as those who were injured during this senseless act of violence.

Secret Service personnel on the ground moved quickly during the incident, with our counter sniper team neutralizing the shooter and our agents implementing protective measures to ensure the safety of former president Donald Trump.

Since the shooting, I have been in constant contact with Secret Service personnel in Pennsylvania who worked to maintain the integrity of the crime scene until the FBI assumed its role as the lead investigating agency into the assassination attempt. I have also been coordinating with the protective detail for former President Trump and have briefed President Biden on the details of the incident.

The Secret Service is working with all involved Federal, state and local agencies to understand what happened, how it happened, and how we can prevent an incident like this from ever taking place again. We understand the importance of the independent review announced by President Biden yesterday and will participate fully. We will also work with the appropriate Congressional committees on any oversight action.

The incident in Pennsylvania has understandably led to questions about potential updates or changes to the security for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. The U.S. Secret Service, in conjunction with our Federal, state and local law enforcement and public safety partners, designs operational security plans for National Special Security Events (NSSE) to be dynamic in order to respond to a kinetic security environment and the most up-to-date intelligence from our partners.

I am confident in the security plan our Secret Service RNC coordinator and our partners have put in place, which we have reviewed and strengthened in the wake of Saturday’s shooting. The security plans for National Special Security Events are designed to be flexible. As the conventions progress, and in accordance with the direction of the President, the Secret Service will continuously adapt our operations as necessary in order to ensure the highest level of safety and security for convention attendees, volunteers and the City of Milwaukee. In addition to the additional security enhancements we provided former President Trump’s detail in June, we have also implemented changes to his security detail since Saturday to ensure his continued protection for the convention and the remainder of the campaign.

The Secret Service is tasked with the tremendous responsibility of protecting the current and former leaders of our democracy. It is a responsibility that I take incredibly seriously, and I am committed to fulfilling that mission.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has admitted the shooting of Donald Trump was a ‘failure’ by the Secret Service.

The Biden cabinet member also said gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks should have never been able to get into the ‘direct line’ of sight to be able to open fire.

He spoke out on multiple morning shows and pointed to the independent review ordered by President Joe Biden.

On CNN, he rejected the ‘baseless’ and ‘irresponsible’ allegations that requests to increase Trump’s protective detail had been denied.

He was also grilled about a report suggesting the Secret Service didn’t even sweep the roof where Crooks started shooting and left it up to local law enforcement.

Mayorkas deferred to the independent review and said the federal government always works with police in the area.

MSNBC did not air Morning Joe – its signature morning politics show – on Monday, instead airing breaking news coverage of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

The decision was made in part to avoid a potentially embarrassing moment for the network.

There were worries one of the guests on the program’s roundtable might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to attack the network and the program, CNN reported.

The network is known for having guests that tilt toward progressive and Democratic politics.

Some of Trump’s supporters have blamed the ‘liberal media’ for the attempt on the former president’s life.

Cesar Conde, the chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, appears to have been behind the decision to yank the show.

The hosts Joe Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski are vehement Trump critics and have often clashed with the former president

Trump told the New York Post:

The doctor at the hospital said he never saw anything like this, he called it a miracle. By luck or by God, many people are saying it’s by God, I’m still here.

The roof from which gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, shot at Donald Trump had reportedly been flagged as a potential security problem by the Secret Service before the assassination attempt, according to a report by NBC News.

Crooks climbed on to the roof of a building belonging to a glass research company which was 150 yards from where Trump was speaking on a stage in Butler, Pennsylvania. A source told NBC News:

Someone should have been on the roof or securing the building so no one could get on the roof,”

The Secret Service had indicated the building should be under the jursdiction of local law enforcement because it was outside the rally perimiter, according to the report.

Crooks is pictured here in 2021.