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Secret Service to ramp up security on Jan. 6, 2025, to avoid another riot at the Capitol
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The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) will ramp up security on Jan. 6, 2025, in an effort to “ensure the safety and security” of the upcoming Electoral College vote count at the Capitol.
The USSS confirmed the security measures in an email to Fox News Digital. The agency released a statement on Wednesday noting that Jan. 6, 2025, has been “designated a National Special Security Event by the Secretary of Homeland Security.”
“This designation allows for significant resources from the federal government, as well as from state and local partners, to be utilized in a comprehensive security plan,” officials said in a statement. “When an event is designated a National Special Security Event, the U.S. Secret Service assumes its mandated role as the lead agency for the design and implementation of the operational security plan.”
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser had requested the heightened security, the agency said. The 2025 presidential inauguration, which will take place on Jan. 20, had previously been designated a National Special Security Event.
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Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden’s victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
“This marks the first time a National Special Security Event designation has been granted for a Certification of Electoral Votes and follows a request made by the DC Mayor to designate this event a National Special Security Event,” the USSS’s statement read. “Various reports including from the House Select January 6 Committee and the Government Accountability Office also called for the DHS Secretary to consider a National Special Security Event designation for future Certification of Electoral Votes.”
In a statement, Special Agent Eric Ranaghan, who is in charge of USSS’s Dignitary Protective Division, said that the electoral voting session has been designated an event “of the highest national significance.”
“The U.S. Secret Service, in collaboration with our federal, state, and local partners are committed to developing and implementing a comprehensive and integrated security plan to ensure the safety and security of this event and its participants,” he said.
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Capitol police officers stand outside of fencing that was installed around the exterior of the Capitol grounds, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
An Executive Steering Committee, which will consist of “senior representatives from federal, state and local law enforcement and public safety partners,” will convene to start the formal planning process.
The request was made in direct response to the 2021 Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, in which thousands of supporters of former President Trump stormed the Capitol to against the Electoral College vote count.
On Tuesday night, Trump was asked by ABC host David Muir if he had any regrets about Jan. 6 during a presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris.
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In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, violent protesters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
“I had nothing to do with that, other than they asked me to make a speech,” the Republican nominee replied.
The Department of Homeland Security’s designation puts the Secret Service in charge of security instead of U.S. Capitol Police, first reported by the Washington Post.
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House GOP majority would block Iran peace deal efforts under a President Harris, top Republican vows
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EXCLUSIVE: Republicans would pull out every stop to block a Harris administration from negotiating another Iran deal, according to the House’s No. 3 Republican, Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York.
“We would block that at every turn,” the GOP Conference chairwoman vowed in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.
“Biden and Kamala Harris have given hundreds of billions of dollars straight to Iran, the greatest sponsor of terror, and the dollars are going to support proxies like Hamas and Hezbollah, which are attacking Israel every single day.”
Two separate agreements last fall that included a prisoner swap allowed Iran to access up to $16 billion of its previously frozen assets.
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Republicans would pull out every stop to block a Harris administration from negotiating another Iran deal, according to Rep. Elise Stefanik, R–N.Y. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
Middle East watchers have predicted that Vice President Kamala Harris would be much more likely to take to the negotiating table to try to prevent Iran from creating a nuclear weapon than using military deterrence and financial sanctions.
In 2019, Harris said she favored rejoining the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) aimed at limiting Iran’s nuclear programs.
“President Trump’s unilateral withdrawal from an agreement that was verifiably preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon — against the warnings of our closest allies and without any plan for what comes next — was beyond reckless,” she said.
She said she would seek to rejoin the deal “so long as Iran also returned to verifiable compliance.”
Iran has a growing stockpile of uranium enriched to just below weapons-grade, and some fear it could create a nuclear weapon before the end of the year.
Trump recently warned that sanctions should be used “as little as possible” to “continue to have [the U.S. dollar] be the world currency.”
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei alongside a look inside a Uranium plant. Iran has a growing stockpile of uranium enriched to just below weapons-grade. (Getty Images)
“I use sanctions very powerfully against countries that deserve it, and then I take them off because, look, you’re losing Iran, you’re losing Russia. China is out there trying to get their currency to be the dominant currency.”
In a wide-ranging interview on the House GOP’s national security priorities, Stefanik, a member of the Intelligence and Armed Services committees, said if the GOP keeps control of the House next Congress, it would continue to work to defund the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) and “address these foreign dollars going into universities, put a stop to that.”
President Biden signed an appropriations package in March that banned funding to UNRWA for one year after some of its employees were found to have ties to Hamas.
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The chairwoman declined to say whether the House would authorize more funding for Ukraine or Taiwan once this year’s foreign aid packages dry up but noted concerns about oversight of U.S. aid in Ukraine.
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A firefighter walks through the rubble of the twin towers of the World Trade Center as a U.S. flag hangs from a traffic light post Sept. 11, 2001. Stefanik said she is “not confident” the U.S. is secure from another 9/11-style attack. (Doug Kanter/AFP)
“I have major concerns about the lack of accountability for the billions of dollars that have gone to Ukraine,” she said. “We are continuing to get more reports from the Pentagon that they can’t account for — to the tune of billions of dollars.
“The only person who can solve that conflict is Trump,” Stefanik added. “If you look at modern-day presidents, [Russian President Vladimir] Putin invaded other countries during every modern president except for President Trump.”
And on the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, Stefanik revealed she is not confident the U.S. is equipped to prevent another similar tragedy.
“If you look at the attack against Israel, the Iranians [are] on the march. The same terrorists that are chanting ‘Death to Israel’ are also chanting ‘Death to America,’” she said. “We have individuals on the terrorist watch list who have crossed our open borders. … That is a national security threat.”
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Video: Ohio Dad Asks Trump Ticket to Stop Using Son’s Death for ‘Political Gain’
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I wish that my son, Aiden Clark, was killed by a 60-year-old white man. I bet you never thought anyone would ever say something so blunt. But if that guy killed my 11-year-old son, the incessant group of hate-spewing people would leave us alone. They make it seem as though our wonderful Aiden appreciates your hate. Using Aiden as a political tool is, to say the least, reprehensible for any political purpose. And speaking of morally bankrupt politicians, Bernie Moreno, Chip Roy, JD Vance and Donald Trump, they have spoken my son’s name and used his death for political gain. This needs to stop now. They can vomit all the hate they want about illegal immigrants, the border crisis and even untrue claims about fluffy pets being ravaged and eaten by community members. However, they are not allowed, nor have they ever been allowed to mention, Aiden Clark from Springfield, Ohio.
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Trump, Harris shake hands in show of unity at Ground Zero for 9/11 commemoration
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Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris both traveled to New York City following their first presidential debate showdown, to put politics aside and commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Wednesday marks the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. Nearly 3,000 people died as the result of a group of terrorists launching coordinated attacks against the U.S. by hijacking and crashing commercial airline planes at the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in what became America’s most deadly terrorist attack.
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Trump and Harris participated in their first presidential debate Tuesday night before they both traveled to New York City.
President Biden; Harris; Trump; and his running mate Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, attended the 9/11 memorial at the World Trade Center site, also known as Ground Zero, in lower Manhattan to commemorate 23 years since the terrorist attacks.
From left to right: New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Biden, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former President Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance pay their respects to 9/11 victims at Ground Zero in New York City on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. (Adam Gray/AFP via Getty Images)
President Biden, former President Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris and Ohio Sen. JD Vance were seen standing side by side Wednesday during the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Ground Zero.
Trump and Harris were seen shaking hands Wednesday at Ground Zero ahead of a remembrance ceremony for 9/11 victims.
After the ceremony, Trump is expected to visit New York Fire Department Engine 4, Tower Ladder 15.
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Vice President Kamala Harris shakes hands with former President Donald Trump as former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg and President Biden look on during a remembrance ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero, in New York City on Sept. 11, 2024. (ADAM GRAY/AFP via Getty Images)
He is then set to travel to Shanksville to the Flight 93 Memorial.
Biden and Harris are also expected to travel to Shanksville for a wreath-laying ceremony at the Flight 93 Memorial.
Later, Biden and Harris will participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
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The Twin Towers in 1994. (Stephan Schulz/picture alliance via Getty Images)
More than 400 first responders gave their lives on Sept. 11, 2001, including 23 New York City police officers, 37 Port Authority workers and 343 New York City firefighters.
The 40 passengers and crew members of Flight 93, all of whom lost their lives, are believed to have prevented a larger attack by fighting back against the terrorists who hijacked the plane. The field in Shanksville where the plane crashed is just a 20-minute flight from the U.S. Capitol.
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The “Tower of Voices,” part of the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on May 26, 2021. (Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images)
The Biden-Harris administration on Aug. 31, 2021, withdrew all U.S. military assets from Afghanistan, after having a presence for nearly 20 years following the 9/11 attacks.
Amid the withdrawal, the Taliban took over Afghanistan and formally announced the formation of its new government. The Taliban’s government before 9/11 was the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan before militants were ousted by U.S.-led forces in the wake of the attacks.
The 9/11 attacks were orchestrated by al Qaeda while it was being sheltered by the Taliban.
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