Hearing from the Israeli Prime Minister | Director Cheatle’s Resignation

Headline: Secret Service Director Cheatle’s Resignation

.As more facts are uncovered about the assassination attempt of former President Trump, one thing is clear – it was a massive failure by the Secret Service.

Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle admitted to the House Oversight Committee that failing to protect a former president and current presidential candidate from an assassination attempt was a colossal failure that resulted in the death and injuries of innocent rallygoers. And, both Congressional Republicans and Democrats agreed that she failed to be transparent in the days following the assassination attempt of former President Trump and is at fault for the shortcomings of the agency she led on that day, which is why I'm glad that she heeded the calls of Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle and resigned.

But more work and more accountability are still needed to ensure nothing like this ever happens again, especially as the election draws near. To that end, the House passed a resolution to establish the bipartisan Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald Trump. The vote to establish the task force was 416 to 0.

The Task Force will be empowered with all investigative authority of the House of Representatives, including subpoena authority, as it seeks to understand what went wrong on the day of the attempted assassination and ensure accountability to prevent such an agency failure from ever happening again.

Headline: Reining in D.C. Bureaucracy & Empowering Kansans

.The effort to ensure local control over conservation efforts in Kansas continues. Last week, the House passed the 2025 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which contains measures to prohibit funding to list the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act and to defund the Environmental Protection Agency’s rule on meat and poultry producers' wastewater discharges. The bill also substantially reduces the budgets for the EPA and the Department of the Interior to ensure efficient and responsible use of Kansans’ hard-earned tax dollars.

Kansas farmers, ranchers, and energy producers are responsible stewards of the land, and they don’t need D.C. bureaucrats to issue regulations that make their vital work harder. Passing these measures puts us one step closer to restoring control to Kansans, and I will encourage my colleagues in the Senate to take up this vital legislation quickly for final passage.

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.Interested in pursuing an education at a U.S. service academy but don’t know where to start? Cadet Dominic Dickerson recently stopped by my office to reflect on his experience at West Point and share tips on the application process, which potential applicants will find helpful. You can watch Dominic’s remarks below.

The U.S. service academies include the U.S. Military Academy, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. All these, excluding the Coast Guard Academy, require a Congressional appointment to apply.

If accepted, students receive a world-class education on a full-ride scholarship and the chance to serve our country following graduation and commissioning. To learn more about this opportunity and how to apply, visit my website at estes.house.gov/service.