There have been 45 men elected president since the country’s founding. And 40% of them have experienced known attempts on their lives.

Former President Donald Trump and other Republicans are blaming comments made by Democrats that he is a threat to democracy for the unprecedented attacks on him, the latest coming over the weekend

WASHINGTON - Look for President Donald Trump to make the two recent assassination attempts a major part of his campaign. “These encounters with death have not broken my will," Trump said at the top of a rally Wednesday on Long Island in New York.

FBI agents and sheriff’s deputies responded to businesses near Trump International Golf Club in Florida to seize surveillance video within two hours of a Secret Service agent firing at a suspected would-be assassin,

The situation has caused a grim mood on the campaign, especially in the wake of a second assassination attempt Sunday at his West Palm Beach, Fla., golf course.

Virtually everyone on Capitol Hill agrees that the Secret Service needs to do a better job. But Democrats and Republicans are at odds over whether to increase the agency’s budget.