News Wrap: Secret Service admits it denied past Trump campaign requests for more security

In our news wrap Sunday, the Secret Service acknowledged it had turned down requests from Trump’s detail for extra federal resources over the past two years, Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen, and more than a thousand people are still without power amid stifling heat nearly two weeks after Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas.

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John Yang : There is other news, new details are emerging about the assassination attempt against former President Trump as the House prepares to interrogate the head of the Secret Service. A week after denying it the Secret Service acknowledged that it had turned down requests from the Trump detail for extra federal resources over the past two years.

Now lawmakers in both parties are demanding answers, with many Republicans calling on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheadle to resign.

Rep. Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House : We need the Secret Service to do one simple thing, protect our presidents and former presidents in these cases, that’s not happening. And the initial excuses that she has given for the lapses that happened last Saturday are just are just unbelievable. I mean, the Democrats are just as concerned as the Republicans are about this because the agency is not a partisan agency.

John Yang : Speaker Johnson said also has questions for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas whose department oversees the Secret Service.

Tensions in the Middle East are escalating. The Israeli military said intercepted a missile fired today by Houthi rebels in Yemen. The Houthi said they were trying to hit the Israeli resort city of Eilat on the Red Sea. In recent days, Israeli fighter jets hit the Yemeni port of Hodeidah, in response to a drone attack that killed a man in Tel Aviv.

Nearly two weeks after Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas more than 1,000 people are still without power amid stifling heat. More than half of the 23 storm related deaths are now being blamed on heat. CenterPoint Energy, Houston’s power provider faces two class action lawsuits, including from restaurant owners who say they’ve lost income and paid for food that’s now spoiled.