News Brief: Secret Service Director Makes Significant Admission, RFK Jr. Responds to Biden Exit, New Hampshire Bans Transgender Procedures for Children

Published on July 23, 2024

Good morning, and welcome to The Epoch Times News Brief for Tuesday, July 23, 2024. I’m Bill Thomas, we have a number of critical stories to share with you today, and here’s what’s going on. The director of the Secret Service says her agency failed; the 20-year-old who tried to kill former President Donald Trump wasn’t bullied; and RFK Jr. wants the party elite to allow Democrats to select their candidate. Also, another state is banning transgender procedures for minors, and the IRS has some new rules regarding certain retirement accounts. We’ll get to each one of these very pressing stories, but first up, officials on both sides of the aisle are calling for the head of the U.S. Secret Service to step down....

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