Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP/Gene J. Puskar) Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP/Gene J. Puskar) The image of a former U.S. president with blood streaming down his face after being shot during a political rally has plunged the nation and Secret Service into a deep void of self-introspection ..read more

On this week’s episode of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,” Fred Burton, executive director of protective intelligence at Ontic, said we may never know why Thomas Matthew Crooks tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Burton also talked about Iran’s plot to kill the former president. toggle audio on and off change volume download audio Fred Burton, executive director of protective intelligence at Ontic, speaks with WTOP National Security Correspondent JJ Green about plots to kill former President Donald Trump. Source ..read more

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)(AP/Gene J. Puskar) Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)(AP/Gene J. Puskar) In the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on Saturday, a former special agent tells WTOP that he has questions of his own about the level of Secret Service protection affor ..read more

The search for answers continues after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on Saturday. Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)(AP/Gene J. Puskar) Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)(AP/Gene J. Puskar) Many questions remain unanswered about how the gunman, identified as Thomas M ..read more

Security measures at U.S. military bases across Europe have been put in place because of concerns that terrorists may be planning attacks. WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green spoke with WTOP anchor Dimitri Sotis about the specifics of the threats and security changes. toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green spoke with WTOP anchor Dimitri Sotis about threats prompting security changes at U.S. military bases across Europe. Source ..read more

Deadly weeklong protests across Kenya are more lethal than previously known. President William Ruto said in an address Tuesday, June 25 that five people had been killed. It was later reported 20 people had died protesting the controversial tax bill. A protester returns back a teargas canister to Kenya police in Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, June 27, 2024. Kenyan police on Thursday clashed with protesters in Nairobi before planned protests against a contentious finance bill, despite the president's decision not to sign it after the plans sparked deadly chaos in the capital and saw protesters stormin ..read more

On June 23, 19 people were killed and many others were wounded in a terror attack in Dagestan, in Russia. In this week’s edition of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,” Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, says the Taliban may be culpable. toggle audio on and off change volume download audio Dr. Hans-Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project says the Taliban may be culpable for an attack in Russia Source ..read more

For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. A bipartisan bill has been introduced in the U.S. Senate to address the type of terrible situation that a high school girl from Texas experienced when she said a fellow student created deepfake images from some of her photos that made it appear she was naked. Elliston Berry and her mother came to Capitol Hill this week and talked about what happened to her last fall, when she was a freshman. Berry said she was in disbelief when she saw the photos, which were posted on ..read more

There are reports of elevated terrorist activity as the UEFA Euro 2024 soccer tournament ramps up in Germany. In this week’s episode of The Hunt, WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green talks with WTOP’s Dimitri Sotis about why officials are so worried and how terror groups are changing their tactics. toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green talks with WTOP's Dimitri Sotis about the possibility of a terror attack during the UEFA Euro 2024 soccer tournament. Source ..read more

There have been a number of warnings from FBI director Chris Wray that the terrorism picture in the U.S. is worsening. The arrest of foreign nationals with alleged links to terror organizations here in the U.S. may prove his point. In this week’s edition of “The Hunt with WTOP national security correspondent JJ Green,” Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, senior director of the Counter Extremism Project, says this is a huge warning that shouldn’t be ignored. toggle audio on and off change volume download audio Dr. Hans Jakob Schindler, says recent arrests of people with suspected ties to ISIS should ..read more