United States Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle is expected to be grilled during her testimony before the House Oversight Committee. I have no idea what to expect, and it wouldn’t shock me if Cheatle catches ‘COVID’ or flat-out doesn’t show up. There is nothing that can be done to make up what happened on July 13, when former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated by Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, who was perched on an unprotected rooftop less than 200 yards from the rally stage....

A shooter attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a rally in the western Pennsylvania town of Butler on July 13. A bullet grazed Trump’s ear, and three rally attendees were shot — Corey Comperatore, 50, died, and David Dutch, 57, and James Copenhaver, 74, were injured. Secret Service agents killed the suspect at the scene, and the FBI later identified him as Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old resident of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania...

On the cliffs of Normandy, in a small holding area, the president of the United States was looking out at the English Channel. It was only six weeks ago, on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, and President Biden had just finished his remarks at the American cemetery atop Omaha Beach. Guests had been congratulating him on the speech, but he didn’t want to talk about himself. The moment was not about him; it was about the men who had fought and died there. “Today feels so large,” he told...

Joe Biden did the right thing in ending the charade of asking the American public to believe that he was capable of serving another four years as president. This was preposterous, and the public, as the polling has consistently shown for a long time, didn’t believe it. Now, Biden has issued a statement dropping out of the race and has endorsed his vice president Kamala Harris. Biden should take the next logical step and resign the presidency. It’s possible to imagine a...

Vice President Kamala Harris by late Sunday was consolidating the necessary support to become the Democratic presidential nominee after President Biden’s momentous decision to step aside. But even if she claims that prize, the war to win November’s general election will be much tougher. A party that has endured a collective spasm of trauma since Biden’s debate disaster against former President Trump in Atlanta on June 27 appears to have little appetite for further drama. That...