A new report from the federal Government Accountability Office (GAO) outlines the U.S. Secret Service's security failures during the first attempted assassination of then-presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., one year ago.The report, ordered by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, reveals that the Secret Service received classified intelligence regarding a threat to Trumps life 10 daysbefore the rally, but failed to share the information with other key agencies. It also identified a series of procedural and planning mistakes, including "misallocation of resources, lack of training and pervasive communication failures" that led to the near assassination."One year ago, a series of bad decisions and bureaucratic handicaps led to one of the most shocking moments in political history," Grassley said. "The Secret Services failure on July 13 was the culmination of years of mismanagement and came after the Biden administration denied requests for enhanced security to protect President Trump. Americans should be grateful that President Trump survived that day and was ultimately reelected to restore common sense to our country.Trump, whose campaign had requested enhanced security but was denied by the Biden administration, was grazed in the right ear while addressing the crowd. Secret Service agents swarmed him, but he famously rose to his feet as he was being hustled to safety, raised his fist in the air and exhorted horrified onlookers to "Fight, fight, fight." One man in the crowd, Cory Comperatore, was killed protecting his family, while two others were injured. A 20-year-old local man, Thomas Crooks, was shot dead by counter snipers as he crouched on the roof of a nearby building."There were mistakes made, and that shouldn't have happened," Trump told his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, on Fox News.'ABSOLUTE BARE MINIMUM': CALLS FOR MORE ACTION AFTER SECRET SERVICE AGENTS SUSPENDED FOR SECURITY FAILUREThe GAO is the U.S. governments primary auditor. Its nearly year-long probe is the longest review of the attempted assassination to date. Key findings include:Fox News confirmed ahead of the one-year anniversary of Trump's first attempted assassination that six Secret Service agents were suspended without pay after 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire at Trump during a rally in western Pennsylvania last summer.SECRET SERVICE CHANGES THE AGENCY HAS MADE POST-TRUMP BUTLER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTSupervisors and line-level agents were given suspensions ranging from 10 to 42 days without pay in February, the Secret Service confirmed to Fox News.And the news comes as Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., approved a subpoena to the FBI and Justice Department for more information on the Butler assassination attempt.Johnson, who chairs the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, was a co-author of the bipartisan Senate Homeland Security Committee report on the assassination attempt last year. On the House side, the assassination attempt task force released its final report on Dec. 5, 2024, highlighting the "significant failures in the planning, execution, and leadership of the Secret Service and its law enforcement partners."The report concluded the shooting was "preventable," identifying poor advance planning, lack of coordination with local law enforcement and poor Secret Service coordination by the U.S. Secret Service. It proposed 37 "actionable recommendations related both to the security failures on July 13 and to overarching structural changes" the Secret Service should adapt to increase safety measures moving forward.Both Senate and House reports followed congressional testimonies, including from acting FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe, who acknowledged the agency's "failure" in Butler.Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned from the agency less than a week after the attempted assassination of Trump amid mounting pressure, taking "full responsibility for the security lapse."One day after Butler, the FBI announced its federal investigation into the shooting, calling it an assassination attempt and a potential act of domestic terrorism.Fox News' Alexis McAdams and Alex Miller contributed to this report.

NPR public editor Kelly McBride argued in a recent media appearance that she thought accusations of "political bias" from President Donald Trump were just actual examples of "geographic bias."While appearing on the "1A" radio show to discuss the Trump administrations efforts to defund NPR, she heard from a caller who blamed NPRs partisan coverage for Trumps actions."I really do lament the loss of funding for public radio, especially in, like you say, Native American communities," Florida resident Kendra said. "But the only people you have to blame for that are the people at places like NPR. The programming is terrible. It's partisan. It's hacky. It's, you know, people have been warning you guys for a very long time that you need to be more balanced in your coverage, and you have steadfastly refused."TRUMP SAYS HE'D LOVE TO YANK FUNDING FOR NPR, PBS, WOULD BE 'HONORED' TO SEE IT ENDHowever, another caller, Erin Timbers from Indiana, said that NPR was an example of "unbiased news" that she used for her students at a local high school.McBride accused Trump and other critics of "singling out individual stories that seem to be focused on very small communities, trans communities, minority communities, immigrants" rather than looking at NPR as a whole.She suggested perceived bias likely came more from journalists being largely situated on the East and West Coast, claiming that NPR seeks to compensate for that."To the extent that there is a bias, I don't think it is a political bias," McBride said. "I think it is a geographic bias, and I think that NPR has worked very hard to compensate for that. And I think it's unfair to look at, to cherry-pick small stories or individual stories, especially when you go back 10, 12, 15 years."CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE OF MEDIA AND CULTUREShe added, "When you look at the amount of content that NPR puts out in a given week, it's something like 1,800 individual stories, individual topics. So, that really, if you're going to look at bias, you really have to look at a representative sample. And when I do that, I do not find bias the way that the president and other critics find."In a comment to Fox News Digital, White House deputy press secretary Harrison Fields attacked McBride for "unabashedly" denying NPR's "flagrant bias.""NPR has a clear record of flagrant bias, so it's no surprise that its public editor would unabashedly deny this fact. The American people should not be responsible for funding Democrat propaganda, and the President is cutting the cord on the reckless abuse of taxpayer dollars. NPR will have to learn how to survive without federal subsidies," Fields said.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn May, Trump signed an executive order to slash taxpayer funding for NPR and PBS after the White House accused them of spreading "radical woke propaganda."Later that month, NPR and three other Colorado public radio stations sued the Trump administration in federal court, calling it a violation of the Constitution and the First Amendment.

The past few weeks have seen several violent attacks targeting ICE and law enforcement. On June 7, in Los Angeles, left-wing agitators clashed with federal law enforcement and state and local police during anti-ICE protests. A day later, in San Francisco, people were injured and an ICE field office was damaged. On Independence Day in Alvarado, Texas, a group set an ambush at the Prairieland Detention Center, wounding a police officer. In the aftermath, 10 people were charged with attempted murder. Literature found on the scene implored "FIGHT ICE TERROR WITH CLASS WAR" and "RESIST FASCISM FIGHT OLIGARCHY." GUNMAN AMBUSHES BORDER PATROL AGENTS DAYS AFTER HOUSE DEMS REJECT RESOLUTION CONDEMNING ANTI-ICE VIOLENCEThen, three days later, in McAllen, Texas, Ryan Louis Mosqueda ambushed Border Patrol agents, resulting in his death and injuries to law enforcement.Days before this string of death, destruction and violence was unleashed, Washington Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal appeared intent to do the unleashing, referring to ICE as "a terrorist force" on June 2.On Friday, June 27, all but seven congressional Democrats voted against a resolution condemning anti-ICE violence as ICE officials reported a 700% surge in violence directed at federal immigration enforcement officers. ICE AGENTS TARGETED IN 2 AMBUSH ATTACKS IN RECENT DAYSLooking at history provides clues as to where this escalation in violence may lead.When its healthy, Americas two-party, winner-take-all system rewards incrementalism: Winning by a little often bestows the same amount of power as winning by a lot, while losing yields nothing. This isnt the case in parliamentary systems with proportional representation, a system that tends to breed factionalism and often extremism. As a result, Republicans and Democrats tend to gradually shift issues and coalitions over time as they seek electoral advantage. But as these shifts occur, individuals and groups with extreme views can become frustrated. This can build into anger and anger into violence, especially when encouraged by politicians and the prominent. The early 20th Century in America was marked by significant left-wing or anarchist violence. President William McKinley was assassinated by an anarchist on September 6, 1901. Then, from 1919 to 1920, a series of mail bombs targeted government officials and businessmen, culminating in the September 16, 1920, Wall Street bombing which killed 30 people that day and injured hundreds, with another 10 succumbing to wounds later. MULTIPLE ARRESTED AS ANTI-ICE PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE, US TROOPS IN LOS ANGELESThe 1960s and 70s saw a resurgence of left-wing violence. Back then, groups like the Weather Underground and Symbionese Liberation Army, using popular opposition to the Vietnam War and frustrations over the pace of civil rights progress, attempted to trigger a revolution as they carried out bombings and robberies.According to Time magazine, these hit 2,500 bombings over an 18-month period from 1971 to 1972 alone helping to trigger Richard Nixons reelection landslide with 60.7% of the vote on the way to winning 49 states. Nixon campaigned on law-and-order. Recent anarchist and left-wing violence has been largely directed against property an obvious manifestation of the hated capitalist system and against their extremist right-wing counterparts. This is especially true in cities where local law enforcement seemed wholly uninterested in shutting down the riots and arson. Thus, the long, simmering summer of 2020, with Antifa, BLM, and the George Floyd riots occurring over COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, saw up to 16,000 people arrested, $1-2 billion in property damage, at least 25 deaths, and some 62,000 National Guard personnel called up in more than 30 states. Yet, as bad as 2020 was, the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, more an orgy of anger and opportunistic looting than anything ideological, caused as much inflation-adjusted property damage as the 2020 riots, with more than 1,100 buildings destroyed or damaged, up to 63 deaths and 2,300 injured, with some 12,000 people arrested. And that was just in LA.COAST-TO-COAST ANTI-ICE CHAOS CAUGHT ON CAMERABut the recent spate of violence against ICE and other law enforcement officials could be entering a dangerous new phase. The July 4 ambush in Alvarado, Texas, is particularly worrisome. A group of 10 men and women allegedly used fireworks to draw out agents, after vandalizing vehicles with graffiti like "ICE pig" and "traitor." They reportedly ended up firing up to 30 rounds, one of which injured an Alvarado police officer in the neck.CLICK HERE FOR MORE FOX NEWS OPINIONThe suspected domestic terrorists were found with 12 sets of body armor and loaded magazines. Were it not for a jammed AR-style rifle found discarded in the woods, the casualties among law enforcement might have been far worse. Although it was eclipsed by the Texas ambush, the ICE field office in Portland, Oregon, was attacked the same day, with several people damaging the building, attempting to cut its communications links, attacking officers and hurtling incendiary devices at federal law enforcement. Radicalization, coupled with the ease of organizing through social media and the tacit and often explicit approval of high-profile Democrats, will likely result in an increased tempo of violence directed against law enforcement. After all, if ICE is a "modern-day Gestapo" as Democratic Minnesota governor and 2024 vice presidential nominee Tim Walz claimed in May, than any measure to attack it is both moral and necessary.But what is the endgame? Do the perpetrators really think that violence directed against law enforcement will cause a cessation of enforcement of the law? Do the left-wing agitators believe that their rage against the machine will result in electoral victory? History suggests their actions will lead inexorably to a law-and-order landslide in 2028. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM CHUCK DEVORE

FIRST ON FOX:Mahmood Mamdani, the father of socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, sits on the advisory council of an anti-Israel organization that supports boycotts and sanctions of Israel, routinely accuses the Israeli government of committing "genocide", and has expressed sympathy for suicide bombers.The Gaza Tribunal, founded in London in 2024, says its primary goal is "to awaken civil society to its responsibility and opportunity to stop Israels genocide in Gaza,"according to its website.Also on its website, Mahmood Mamdani is listed as a member of the groups "advisory policy council" and is mentioned as having attended the groups official launch in London last year.Richard Falk, the president of the tribunal, outlined the groups support of BDS in anonline post saying, "the aim of the Tribunal is or [sic] legitimize and encourage civil society solidarity initiatives around the world such as BDS."UNEARTHED MAMDANI COLLEGE NEWSPAPER WRITINGS PROMOTE ANTI-ISRAEL BOYCOTT, RAIL AGAINST 'WHITE PRIVILEGE'BDS is described as "an international campaign to delegitimize the State of Israel as the expression of the Jewish peoples right to national self-determination by isolating the country economically through consumer boycotts, business and government withdrawal of investment, and legal sanctions," according to Influence Watch.Zohran Mamdani has also promoted BDS as recently as May, when he declined to say whether Israel has a right to exist and said his support of BDS "is consistent with my core of my politics, which is non-violence."Mahmood Mamdani, the Herbert Lehman Professor of Government at Columbia University, has also faced criticism on social media in recent days over a resurfaced book excerpt where he expressed sympathy for the way suicide bombers are viewed."Suicide bombing needs to be understood as a feature of modern political violence rather than stigmatized as a mark of barbarism," the elder Mamdani wrote in his 2004 book Good Muslim, Bad Muslim: America, the Cold War, and the Roots of Terror."We need to recognize the suicide bomber, first and foremost, as a category of soldier."The Gaza Tribunal's founder and members have deep ties to anti-Israel movements, with at least one being deported from the United States due to terror ties.Falk has a long history of espousing anti-Israel views and was repeatedly accused of using his "Special Rapporteur" United Nations position to "spread unsubstantiated allegations against Israel," according to Canary Mission, a watchdog organization that works to expose antisemitism. In 2011 and 2014, Falk accused Israel of being a "colonialist" nation and claimed it was pushing "ethnic-cleansing goals." He would go on to echo these views as recently as February of this year during an interview.Falk faced backlash in 2007 for comparing Israel's government to the Nazis by accusing them of ushering in a "Palestinian Holocaust" and rhetorically asking, "Is it an irresponsible overstatement to associate the treatment of Palestinians with this criminalized Nazi record of collective atrocity? I think not." The comparison led to backlash and former Israeli U.N. Ambassador Itzhak Levanon opposing his 2008 UN nomination.MAMDANI LANDS ENDORSEMENT OF A TOP CUOMO BACKER IN NYC MAYORAL PRIMARYThe Princeton University professor emeritus also demanded a boycott of corporations in 2012 that do business with Israel, saying they "should be boycotted until they bring their operations into line with international human rights and humanitarian law and standards." However, a spokesperson for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) fired back, warning the UN that Falk "has repeatedly abused his position as special rapporteur to unleash unrestrained hatred and disdain for Israel" and that the "United Nations should not be complicit in this wholly unjustified effort to single out Israel."In a statement to Fox News Digital, Falk said that he advocates for "nonviolent solidarity initiatives with the Palestinian struggle for their basic rights, including BDS.""I believe that Israel's occupation policies in Gaza and the West Bank have persecuted Palestinians on their own homeland," Falk added. "Also, I believe that this pattern of displacing the native population is illustrative of settler colonial political projects that depend for their success on an apartheid-like domination and exploitation of the native population. If such a regime encounters prolonged resistance it almost inevitably relies on genocidal tactics to subdue the civilian population, either by marginalization, ethnic cleansing, or massive killing, all of which have been occurring in Gaza during the 20 months since October 7."Falk added that Jewish voters in New York City "should not worry" about Mamood Mamdani's ties to the tribunal or about Zohran Mamdani's candidacy for mayor."Both father and son are respectful of international law, the UN, human rights of all peoples, and the pacific settlement of political disputes," Falk said.Falk is not the only member of the tribunal with anti-Israel ties. A press release of the group's launch mentioned that Dr. Hatem Bazian, the chairman of American Muslims for Palestine and the co-founder of Students for Justice in Palestine, was also present at the launch. Bazian has been a controversial anti-Israel figure for decades due to his inflammatory rhetoric about Israel and Jews, including during a 2014 convention speech, where he called on attendees to "get to work" on calling for BDS on college campuses and doing sit-ins in Congressional offices.In 2015, Bazian raised alarm bells when he called for an "intifada in this country that changes fundamentally the political dynamics in here," which is widely interpreted as calling for violence against Jews. He would go on to say, "They're gonna say some Palestinian being too radical well, you haven't seen radicalism yet."He has also faced backlash for antisemitic posts on social media, which drew backlash from several student groups, including one that mocked Hassidic Jews, with one saying "Mom, look! I is chosen! I can now kill, rape, smuggle organs and steal the land of Palestinians Yay #Ashke-Nazi." Another social media post insinuated Jews control UC Berkeley, which is a classic antisemitic trope about their "power."Sami Al-Arian, a former University of South Florida professor who admitted to conspiring to aid the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group in 2006, was also present at the Gaza Tribunal launch meeting.He recently posted on X that he was "very honored and proud" to have contributed to the Gaza Tribunal's "The Sarajevo Declaration," which accuses Israel of "genocide, and its decades-long policies and practices of settler colonialism, ethno-supremacism, apartheid, racial segregation, persecution, unlawful settlements, the denial of the right to return, collective punishment, mass detention, torture and cruel and inhuman treatment."The declaration went on to "call for an end of the smearing of UNRWA and other humanitarian workers, for the free and unhindered access of UNRWA," a group that has been slammed for alleged ties to terrorism, including allegedly working with Hamas.Al-Arian, whom a federal judge once called a "master manipulator" and leader in the terror group, spent 30 years in the U.S. before being arrested in 2003, according to the Justice Department. After a 57-month prison sentence, he agreed to be deported to Turkey as part of his plea deal for a single charge on what had begun as a 17-count federal indictment.Then-U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said in 2006 that the disgraced professor had denied involvement with the terror group for a decade before prosecutors had enough evidence to bring charges."In his guilty plea, Al-Arian admitted that, during the period of the late 1980s and early to mid-1990s, he and several of his co-conspirators were associated with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad," the DOJ said in a statement after his sentencing. "He further admitted that he performed various services for the PIJ in 1995 and thereafter, knowing that the PIJ had been designated as a Specially Designated Terrorist and that the PIJ engaged in horrific and deadly acts of violence."Socialist former UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who has long been labeled as antisemitic due to various anti-Israel statements, is also a member of the Gaza Tribunal Advisory Council.In 2020, an investigation into antisemitism by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) found Corbyn's Labour Party had broken the law in the way it handled complaints of antisemitism when Corbyn was in charge.Corbyn was eventually suspended from the Labour Party over charges of antisemitism. He also once referred to "friends" from Hamas coming to address Parliament.A 2019 pollshowed that a whopping 87 percent of Jewish people in Great Britain believed Corbyn was antisemitic, pointing to many incidents and remarks, many of them involving his staunch support for Palestinians and perceived hostility towardIsrael.Zohran Mamdani's stance on Israel has been a widely discussed topic so far during the mayoral campaign, and he sparked controversy by refusing to condemn the phrase "globalize the intifada," which has become a rallying cry for anti-Israel protesters in the United States ever since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 massacre in Israel.Mamdani, who was the co-founder of Bowdoin College's Students for Justice in Palestine chapter during his four years, expressed support for an academic boycott of Israel in the school's paper.Mamdani has been widely criticized by Jewish groups in New York City over his past positions and comments as he tries to position himself to win the general election in November against current Mayor Eric Adams and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who are both running as independents.Fox News Digital's Michael Ruiz, Alec Schemmel and Jeffrey Clark contributed to this report

Sens. Alex Padilla and Cory Booker, two of the leading Capitol Hill critics of President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration, introduced legislation this week that would require immigration enforcement officers to clearly identify themselves without masks, leaving senators divided.Republicans on Capitol Hill dismissed the Democrats' bill, telling Fox News Digital that immigration agents should be allowed to wear masks to conceal their identities and protect their personal safety."I do think they should be allowed to wear masks, because not only have the ICE agents been threatened, but their families and their children are being threatened. When you have those kinds of threats to your family, just because you're doing your job and enforcing the law, you ought to be able to protect your identity," Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., told Fox News Digital.U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers typically wear face coverings during illegal immigration raids and arrests to protect their identity.BORDER PATROL UNION CHIEF BLASTS ANTI-MASKING PROPOSAL: 'TONE DEAF POLITICS'Padilla, who was handcuffed for disrupting Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference last month, and Booker, a consistent critic of Trump, proposed the Visible Identification Standards for Immigration-Based Law Enforcement (VISIBLE) Act of 2025.TRUMP SEETHES THAT DEMS FLOATING BILL REQUIRING THE UNMASKING OF ICE, CBP AGENTS MUST 'HATE' AMERICAFederal immigration law enforcement officers have been targeted since Trump signed his "big, beautiful bill" which includes legislation for robust immigration reform into law last Friday. There have been at least two ambushes in Texas, and protesters clashed with federal officers at the Portland, Oregon, ICE facility.Anti-ICE rhetoric intensified in June, when federal officials descended on Los Angeles to conduct raids to deport illegal immigrants, which was met by protests that devolved into riots last month."When there are other people calling for violent attacks on ICE agents, why wouldn't the ICE agent wear a mask? And it's not just the ICE agents. It's his family. You can follow them home, attack his family," Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said when asked about the new legislation."Let's not be naive," he added. "This is an attempt to intimidate the ICE agent. It's about nothing more than that."But Democrats have a different take."That's what you see in a fascist state," Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., told Fox News Digital about masked agents. "We are not a fascist state. We are We the People and we need to make sure that people are accountable."Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., said, "They should be clearly identified. What's their agency? Who are they?"Booker and Padilla's bill would also require all federal agents to clearly display their agency name or initials and their name or badge number."No masks and clear identification of an ICE agent, I think, promotes safety," Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., added.Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, agreed. "Law enforcement should identify themselves," she said.Trump weighed in on the new legislation this week, telling Fox News' Peter Doocy that Booker and Padilla wouldn't be proposing this bill "if they didn't hate our country.""These officers are doing a tremendous job," he continued. "They're great patriots."But Booker fired back on X, writing, "We love America, and love keeping Americans safe. Which is why we introduced the Visible Act that requires ICE agents to wear identifiable badges and conduct their duties unmasked. Its a fact that policies centered around transparency and accountability are effective in making communities, and law enforcement safer all around."Fox News' Emma Colton contributed to this report.

Bryan Kohberger, a painfully awkward, arrogant introvert and criminal justice student, believed he could have committed "the perfect murders," James Patterson said."One of the things that professor [Dr. Katherine Ramsland] said that with murderers like this, they get tunnel vision they panic, and they miss things," the award-winning author told Fox News Digital."So here was Kohberger who almost committed the perfect murders except [he had] that tunnel vision," Patterson shared. "He left that knife sheath behind. And thats what ultimately led to his arrest."WATCH SAVAGE INSTINCTS: THE MIND OF BRYAN KOHBERGER ON FOX NATIONPatterson, who has sold more than 425 million books, published over 260 New York Times bestsellers, and won 10 Emmy Awards, has teamed up with investigative journalist Vicky Ward to write a new book, "The Idaho Four: An American Tragedy."He is also a producer on the new Prime Video docuseries, "One Night in Idaho: The College Murders," which is based on the book. Several loved ones of the victims spoke out in the film.Fox News Digital reached out to Kohberger's lawyer for comment.Kohberger, a former Washington State University criminology Ph.D. student, pleaded guilty on July 2 to killing four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13, 2022, as part of a deal with prosecutors to escape the death penalty.The 30-year-old faces four consecutive life sentences for fatally stabbing 21-year-olds Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves, as well as 20-year-olds Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin at their off-campus house.For the book, Patterson and Ward conducted more than 300 interviews and took a deep dive into Kohberger's upbringing."He was inappropriate he didnt know how to socialize very well," Patterson explained. " He was a teaching assistant, and he was just turning people off. He graded the women poorly. He had an inability to deal with women, yet he thought he was popular. It was a thought of, why arent these people, these women, loving him? Because he found himself very worthy. And in this documentary, most of this comes out."FOLLOW THE FOX TRUE CRIME TEAM ON XAccording to the book and docuseries, Kohberger may have been inspired by one killer Elliot Rodger. The 22-year-old was obsessed with exacting "retribution" after experiencing what he claimed was a lifetime of social and sexual isolation, The Associated Press reported.In 2014, Rodger killed six people in a stabbing and shooting spree in Isla Vista, California, before turning the gun on himself."No one knows that, like Rodger, Bryan is a virgin who hates women," the book claimed. "No one knows that Bryan copes with loneliness by immersing himself in video games. Like Rodger, he goes for night drives. Like Rodger, he visits the gun range. And, like Rodger, he goes to a local bar and tries to pick up women.""Elliot Rodger wrote that he kept trying to place himself in settings where he could pick up women," the book continued. "But no one noticed him. Bryan must think that surely hell be noticed. Women must spot his looks, his intelligence, and they must want him. They dont."Patterson pointed out that at the Seven Sirens Brewing Company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Kohberger would push his way into unwanted conversations with female bartenders and patrons. He went as far as asking for their addresses. Some women, according to the book, started complaining to the brewerys owner about "the creepy guy with the bulging eyes."Kohberger was adamant that women would notice him. But Patterson noted that to many, he was simply "off-putting.""He made people uncomfortable," said Patterson. "The bartenders and owners remembered him as being this weird duck who would sit at a bar and just weird everybody out and talk inappropriately. He had a lot of trouble socializing."SIGN UP TO GET THE TRUE CRIME NEWSLETTERAccording to the book, Kohberger felt that by going to Moscow, Idaho, across the state border, he could find a girl willing to date him. He read about a place online called the Mad Greek where they sell vegan pizza hes vegan. When he walked inside, he noticed a blonde waitress "Maddie" Mogen.Its been speculated by sources who spoke to Patterson that Mogen rejected Kohberger.The book pointed out an eerie similarity."Elliot Rodger wrote of reuniting with a childhood friend named Maddy in the months before the day of retribution," read the book."She was a popular, spoiled USC girl who partied with her hot, popular blonde-haired clique of friends," Rodger wrote, as quoted by the book. "My hatred for them all grew from each picture I saw of her profile. They were the kind of beautiful, popular people who lived pleasurable lives and would look down on me as inferior scum, never accepting me as one of them. They were my enemies. They represented everything that was wrong with this world."When asked if well ever know Kohbergers true motives for committing the murders, Patterson replied, "Oh, I think we already do [know].""I think he had decided that Maddie You could see it when you went by the house. You could see her room. Her name was up in the window of her room. We think it seems like he went there to deal with her. It seems fairly obvious. Will we know more? I dont know. If he wants to be interviewed at this stage, Im happy to go there and do an interview. And Ive done that before people whove gone to prison, and they decide that, all of a sudden, they want to talk."GET REAL-TIME UPDATES DIRECTLY ON THE TRUE CRIME HUBPast acquaintances described Kohberger asfrustrated by females and even sexist as a result. One woman who met Kohberger on a Tinder date several years ago claimed on social media that her interaction with him was so awkward she pretended to vomit just to get him to leave her apartment. He also appeared to be well-versed in "incels," or "involuntary celibates.""Pretty much everybody we talked to just said, This is a strange man with a strange look couldnt look people in the eye," said Patterson. "If he did look at you in the eye, sometimes people wished that he hadnt. And his impression of himself was totally out of whack with the way other people perceived him."The book describes Kohberger as having once expressed an "offensive, anachronistic view of gender roles." And following the murders, he may have viewed himself as a criminal mastermind.Moscow, Idaho, was overwhelmed by the gravity of his heinous crimes and the public scrutiny that came with it."You've got not only the murders here, but all of a sudden, youve got press from around the world in this small town," Patterson explained."Youve got all of these rumors. One of the things in the book, and one of the saddest things that we discovered in the documentary, is the way that this stuff gets picked up by these true crime people, some of whom are vampires. Theyre awful, they dont care. They dont take responsibility for their actions. And when you write a book or do a documentary, you have to be responsible for it. And we were responsible."WATCH: ATTORNEY FOR MADISON MOGEN'S FAMILY VOWS TO EMBARK ON A NEW PATH FOLLOWING BRYAN KOHBERGER'S GUILTY PLEAAnd it could have been that "tunnel vision" Kohberger had that reportedly made him believe he wouldnt get caught."Dr. Ramsland teaches her students that killers get tunnel vision when they are committing murder," the book shared. "Thats why mistakes get made. Amid the high adrenaline and hyper-focus on the act itself, killers can forget things they otherwise would not."CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPAnd Kohberger's family isn't to blame, said Patterson."I think from everything we can gather, his parents did their best," said Patterson. "They seemed to have done their best with him."Kohbergers guilty plea doesnt end the quest to seek more answers."Look, people talk," said Patterson. " When youre in a big city, like New York, youre kind of used to, unfortunately, to violence. But youve got these two college towns, Moscow, Idaho, and Pullman, Washington, and they dont know what to make of this." Its a story of these families, and these kids And, to some extent the documentary it will make you afraid. It will certainly make you feel what it was like to be in those towns during this period. What it was like the next day the shock, the fear."WATCH: 'BRYAN KOHBERGER: I AM BLANK' ON FOX NATION"It was a hard case to solve," he reflected. "[Investigators] were very fortunate that Kohberger made that one really big blunder He didnt make a lot of mistakes. So it was a tough investigation He mightve never been caught. We mightve been writing about God knows what right now."

Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner are taking their family out to the ball game.The Hollywood exes made a rare appearance on Friday night, as they reunited for a front-row moment at Fenway Park.Affleck, 52, was spotted flashing a smile at Garner, 53, as they watched a game between the Boston Red Sox and the Tampa Bay Rays with their family in the stadiums.JENNIFER GARNER SEEN KISSING BOYFRIEND JOHN MILLER, AS SHE SPENDS TIME WITH BEN AFFLECK FOR EASTERThe "Good Will Hunting" actor sported a green baseball cap and tan collared button-up, as the "13 Going on 30" actress donned a red striped t-shirt, with her hair styled in a ponytail.In a video posted by Major League Baseballs official X page, Affleck was seen nudging Garner at one point during the game, as she looked up, nodded her head and smiled."Great Red Sox family there -- Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner and their kids those are nice seats," the announcers were heard saying in the video clip.It appeared that their children, Seraphina Rose Elizabeth Affleck, 16, and Samuel Affleck, 13, joined them for the family night out.Affleck and Garners eldest child, Violet Anne Affleck, 19, did not show up to the baseball game.The pair were previously married for 10 years, from 2005 until 2015.BEN AFFLECK WARNS AGAINST HANDOUTS, JOINING MARIE OSMOND AND GORDON RAMSAY WITH TOUGH LOVE PARENTINGGarner is currently dating boyfriend John Miller, chairman of CaliGroup.In April, the Hollywood actress was spotted outside of her home, as she shared an intimate kiss before Miller hopped in his truck and drove away.Garner has been romantically linked to Miller since 2018. While the two took a break from dating at one point, they have been going strong since 2023, People magazine reported at the time.LIKE WHAT YOURE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSGarner's kiss with her boyfriend came the day before she and her ex-husband Affleck reunited for Easter Sunday with their son, Samuel.After Afflecks divorce from Garner, he rekindled his relationship with Jennifer Lopez. The couple's marriage lasted roughly two years. Lopez and Affleck married in 2022 and finalized their divorce in January 2025.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTERMeanwhile, Garner and Affleck's co-parenting relationship has recently been at the center of attention as the former couple has been spotted out and about together.In March, Affleck and Garner were seen smiling the whole time during a paintball party for their son. They had "a bunch of good energy around them," a source told Fox News Digital about the outing. "You can just tell they were mainly there for their kid."Fox News Digital's Janelle Ash contributed to this report.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino was outraged this week during a closed-door White House meeting about the Department of Justice's review of Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case files, according to multiple sources.Bongino raised his voice during a discussion with White House chief of staff Susie Wiles before storming out of the meeting, according to two sources close to DOJ leadership. Bongino also exchanged heated words with Attorney General Pam Bondi during the meeting, and the whole ordeal has led him to consider resigning from the FBI, another source said.Another person with knowledge of the meeting disputed the characterization that Bongino yelled at Wiles or Bondi during the sitdown.However, that person agreed that Bongino was "enraged." The source said the deputy director was angry about the Epstein memo rollout and what he viewed as Bondi's "lack of transparency from the start." The memo, a joint product of the DOJ and FBI, said the two agencies had no further information to share with the public about Epstein's case, a revelation that sparked fury among the MAGA base. The memo first appeared in Axios over the weekend, and then the DOJ and FBI published it Monday.FBI'S DAN BONGINO THINKING OF RESIGNING AFTER CLASH WITH AG BONDI: SOURCEAsked about the claim that Bongino yelled at Wiles, a White House official said it was "100% false." Wiles is a veteran of Florida politics who led Trump's campaign, and the president has described her as "universally admired."The fracture in DOJ and FBI leadership spilled into the public on Friday amid fallout from the memo.The memo stated that the DOJ and FBI concluded their review of Epstein's files and did not find any information that could lead to charges against anyone new.Despite Bongino reportedly now breaking with leadership over the memo and weighing resignation, people familiar with the matter said as of Friday that FBI Director Kash Patel and Bondi remained in communication and that Patel is happy with his job.A DOJ spokesman and an FBI spokesman did not respond to requests for comment.JEFFREY EPSTEIN DIED BY SUICIDE, DID NOT HAVE CLIENT LIST: DOJ MEMOBongino, a former Secret Service agent with no prior FBI experience, hosted a popular podcast before Trump tapped him to serve in the No. 2 role at the bureau. On his show, Bongino repeatedly raised alarm over Epsteins "client list," saying "theres a reason theyre hiding it" and that its release would "rock the political world."But in the memo released on Monday, the FBI and DOJ said they uncovered no such list.Bongino, Bondi and Patel are all facing blowback over the Epstein files from a faction of their supporters, who say they reneged on repeated vows to open the curtain on details of Epstein's case.Epstein, a financier who was known to engage with wealthy, well-known figures, was indicted in 2019 over allegations he recruited dozens of women, including minors as young as 14, and had sexual relations with them or sexually abused them. His associate Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of conspiring to sexually abuse minors and is serving a 20-year prison sentence. She has an appeal pending.The DOJ and FBI said in their memo that much of the nonpublic information related to Epstein's case is under court-ordered seals or contains child pornography and private information about victims.10 REASONS DOJ AND FBI FACE BACKLASH AFTER EPSTEIN FILES FLOPBefore joining the bureau, Patel and Bongino both advanced theories that the government was hiding information about the case, including a supposed "list" of unindicted sexual predators.The DOJ and FBI's memo poured cold water on that idea by noting that the agencies found "no incriminating client list.'"Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement on X that DOJ and FBI leadership, including Bongino, were in lockstep during the compilation and release of the memo. The idea that "there was any daylight" between the FBI and DOJ was "patently false," Blanche said.Bongino was not at work on Friday because he was so upset by the fallout from the Epstein memo, sources said. One said Bongino had not anticipated the backlash from his supporters.Fox News' David Spunt and Jake Gibson contributed to this report.

The hallmark of President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trumps week included touching down in Kerrville, Texas, Friday after massive floods in the region took the lives of more than 120 people.Both the president and the first lady met with local officials and first responders who are addressing the fallout and devastation of flash floods that struck the Central Texas community, after the Guadalupe River surged more than 22 feet in just a matter of hours."I've never seen anything like this. This is a bad one," Trump said during a roundtable Friday with the local officials and responders.In addition to the lives lost in the flood, officials report that more than 160 people are missing and unaccounted for in Kerr County, Texas.TRUMP, FIRST LADY MOURN YOUNG LIVES LOST IN TEXAS FLOODS"So all across the country, Americans' hearts are shattered," Trump said. "We're filled with grief and devastation. It's the loss of life, and unfortunately, they're still looking.""My administrations doing everything in its power to help Texas," he said.Those who died in the flooding were at least 27 campers and counselors from Camp Mystic, a Christian summer camp founded nearly 100 years ago for girls."They were there because they loved God," Trump said at the roundtable. "And as we grieve this unthinkable tragedy, we take comfort in the knowledge that God has welcomed those little beautiful girls into his comforting arms in heaven."Heres what also happened this week:Trump held a Cabinet meeting Tuesday where he discussed plans to visit the Texas flood sites."I'll be going down on Friday with the first lady, and we will be taking a trip," Trump said. "And we don't want to get in anyone's way, because, you know, it's what happens. The president goes, and everyone's around focused. I don't want anyone to focus on us, but it's possible they could have."TRUMP SHIFTS TONE ON PUTINTrump also addressed SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musks new pitch for a third political party, following the signing of Trumps so-called "big, beautiful bill" on the Fourth of July. Musk opposed the measure due to concerns it would increase the deficit and raise the debt ceiling.But Trump said he isnt worried about any challenges from Musks new "America Party.""I think it'll help us. It'll probably help. Third parties have always been good for me," Trump said at the Cabinet meeting.Trump also shared details of a recent call he had with Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming he's becoming frustrated with Putin as the war between Russia and Ukraine rages on."We get a lot of bulls--- thrown at us by Putin, if you want to know the truth," Trump said. "Hes very nice to us all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless."Trump also met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday and Tuesday marking the third time Netanyahu has visited Washington during Trumps second term. The visit comes as Trump is seeking to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.Trump signaled one might be on the horizon soon.HAMAS 'SERIOUS' ABOUT REACHING CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT BUT INSISTS ON LONG-STANDING DEMANDS"I will tell you we're getting very close to a deal," Trump told reporters Wednesday. "I don't know if it's secret or not secret, but doesn't matter to me secrets fine if it gets us to where we want to be, we want to have a ceasefire.""We want to have peace," he said. "We want to get the hostages back. And I think we're close to doing it."

While the 2024 assassination attempt against President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, has resulted in a host of changes to bolster the Secret Service's security practices, the agency has its work cut out for it in an era of unprecedented threats against the president, according to former Secret Service agents.Trump faces a plethora of threats, ranging from violent extremists backed by proxy groups, to domestic actors inspired to incite violence amid heightened political rhetoric, according to experts."No U.S. president has been under so much threat of violence," Bill Gage, who served as a Secret Service special agent during Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obamas administrations, told Fox News Digital Wednesday. "The threat on President Trump is the greatest that any president has ever faced."ONE YEAR AFTER TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, BUTLER WIDOW DEMANDS ACCOUNTABILITY FROM SECRET SERVICETwenty-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire on Trump from a rooftop during the rally with one of the eight bullets shot grazing Trump's ear. In addition to injuring two people, the gunman also shot and killed Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old firefighter, father and husband attending the rally.Months later, another man was apprehended and charged with attempting to assassinate Trump at his Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. Both incidents are under investigation.Political rhetoric from the left that paints Trump as a threat to democracy is dangerous and could provide fodder for political radicals to believe assassinating the president is the way to save the country potentially leading to a similar assassination attempt seen in Pennsylvania, Gage said.Other factors contributing to the heightened threat levels include policies related to immigration or funding cuts from the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that are unpopular with the left, as well as hostile proxy groups who are backed by actors like Iran who oppose Trump, Gage said."That increases the threat level on Trump," Gage said. "There's probably dozens and dozens of threats every day, just sort of insider threats, or threats within our own borders that the Secret Service has to run down."Specifically, Gage pointed to comments from leaders like Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who delivered an address to the nation in June where he claimed "democracy is under assault," following the Trump administrations decision to dispatch thousands of National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines to respond to the immigration riots in the Golden State and place them under federal command, rather than state command."Right now there is someone out there reading Newsom's quotes, someone who wishes President Trump harm," Gage said in an email in June to Fox News Digital. "It is up to the USSS to stop them. Hopefully those wishing the President harm will not slip through the cracks."A spokesperson for Newsom did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.Trump isn't the only subject that's a potential target for politically motivated violence.Attacks against federal immigration officials are on the rise and a gunman opened fire against Border Patrol agents Monday at an annex in McAllen, Texas. Authorities have yet to identify a motive.However, lawmakers have not minced their words on Trump's immigration agenda. In June, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., accused ICE of acting "like a terrorist force" comments she has since defended.Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., who oversees the House Homeland Security committees subcommittee on border security and enforcement, said in a Wednesday statement to Fox News Digital that "radical anti-law enforcement rhetoric" has prompted the surge in violence against federal immigration officials. TRUMP CHIEF OF STAFF SUSIE WILES RECOUNTS BUTLER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, THOUGHT PRESIDENT WAS DEAD AT FIRSTMeanwhile, threats continue to change, creating additional challenges for security forces like the Secret Service as they adapt.Although the Secret Service is taking action to enhance its security measures, the agency still faces "considerable vulnerabilities given the rising complexity and sophistication of the threats it faces," Tim Miller, who served as a Secret Service agent during Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clintons administrations, said in an email Wednesday to Fox News Digital."The FBI has consistently warned about homegrown violent extremists, which remains a major concern," Miller said.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPWhile Miller characterized Butler as a "wake-up" call for the Secret Service and said the incident is sharpening the agencys ability to handle threats, there is still a lot of work that must be done, he said."The Secret Service is also still playing catch-up when it comes to adopting critical technology especially in the areas of secure communications, drone surveillance, and real-time intelligence tools," Miller said. "These are not luxuries; they are vital to modern protective operations."A bipartisan House task force that investigated the attack found that the attempted assassination was "preventable," and determined various mistakes were not an isolated incident.At the top of the list of mistakes, the report identified that the Secret Service did not secure a "high-risk area" next to the rally, the American Glass Research (AGR) grounds and building complex. Failure to secure this area "eventually allowed Crooks to evade law enforcement, climb on and traverse the roof of the AGR complex, and open fire."Other faults the task force found included handing over advance planning roles to inexperienced Secret Service personnel, along with various technology and communication breakdowns."Moreover, relevant threat information known by members of the intelligence community was not escalated to key personnel working the rally," the House task force said in its report.As a result, the agency has spearheaded a series of reforms.JOURNALIST WHO REFUSED TO DUCK DURING TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT REFLECTS ON BUTLER RALLY IN NEW BOOKAccording to former Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe, immediate changes to the agency following Butler, Pennsylvania, included expanding the use of drones for surveillance purposes, and also incorporating greater counter-drone technology to mitigate kinetic attacks from other drones.The agency also overhauled its radio communications networks and interoperability of those networks with Secret Service personnel, and state and local law enforcement officers, Rowe told lawmakers on a bipartisan House task force investigating the assassination attempt in December 2024. Updates to these radio communications are a significant change, according to Gage, who noted that he could carry up to five radios at a time because an integrated system didnt exist.TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AFTERMATH, REACTIONS FROM INNER CIRCLE REVEALED IN NEW BOOKRowe also told lawmakers that the Secret Service was aiming to up its staffing in the next year, and had placed more special agents in Trumps security detail. Some of the additional $231 million in funding that Congress approved for the Secret Service in a stopgap spending bill in September 2024 to hire 1,000 new agents and officers in 2025 would go toward these increased hiring plans, Rowe said.A few other changes are in the pipeline, including possibly building a precise replica of the White House. Historically, agents have trained using Tyler Perrys White House replica at his Atlanta film studio.Secret Service director Sean Curran said in an interview on Fox News "My View with Lara Trump" in April that the agency is working with the White House to install such a building at the James J. Rowley Training Center, a 500-acre center in Laurel, Maryland."In order for our officers and agents to train up properly, they have to see what its like to be at the White House," Curran said. "Its an important complex to know. Theres a lot of ins and outs, and something as simple as the local fire department showing up to help with a fire, and they need to know where they are going."Altogether, Congressional oversight bodies issued nearly 50 recommendations to the Secret Service following the assassination attempt, including ones related to better radio communications and planning for events. The agency reported Thursday that it has executed 21 of those recommendations, and is in the process of implementing 16 others."The reforms made over this last year are just the beginning, and the agency will continue to assess its operations, review recommendations and make additional changes as needed," the Secret Service said in a news release Thursday.