Editorial report, im paul gigot. Former President Donald Trump is back on the Tam Campaign Trail this weekend after the apparent second attempted assassination in florida. The Secret Service says it had increased the degree of protection for trump since the first attempt in butler, pennsylvania. Heres former President Trump praising his security team. The Secret Service did a great job. They saw the barrel of a gun, big gun, and it came out through bushes. And how many people would see that . You know, he really was very exceptional, to have cone can it. To have done it. And weve been going through a lot of it. Were getting very good at it. Paul Members Of Congress briefed by the Secret Service say the increase in security worked, but one top Democrat Questions whether more money for the Secret Service is the answer. This issue is not about money, its about management. Its about using resources productively and effectively. And the lapses and failures that the will be documented in our
widespread doubt and uncertainty, the united states government seems to have assumed a role similar to an orwellian ministry of truth. white house from press secretary karine jean-pierre responded on wednesday. we certainly disagree with this decision. we re going to continue to promote responsible actions to protect public health, safety and security when confronted by challenges like a deadly pandemic. our view remains that social media platforms have a critical responsibility to take action or to take account of the effects of their platforms are having to the american people. paul: let s bring in our panel, wall street journal columnists dan henninger, kim strassel and iowaly shah finley. alicia, tell us who sued the government and what they re alleging. louisiana and missouri joined by scientists and conservative activists sued the government for infringing on their free speech rights. they claim that they put pressure and coerced the platforms such as youtubing
president to be able to see this to a conclusion. i mean, you do one term and they reverse it when they come in [applause] youn t can t have it be reversed. you got to have humility. you can t be prideful, it can t be just about you. when he says eight years, every time i hear it i wince, because i say if it takes eight years to turn this around, then you don t want him as your president. paul: let s bring in wall street journal columnists and fox news contributor carl karl rove, he served as southeastern adviser the president george w. bush. karl, well co. the former president, president trump, was banging on ron desantis for months. now that the governor s in and fighting back, it s really fast and furious, a lot earlier than i can recall in previous campaigns. how is desantis doing so far? i think pretty well. you know, for example, you just showed that display and president trump dismissed desantis saying eight years by saying, you don t want that guy, because i c
move that could change the trajectory of the war. let s bring in retired four-star general jack keane. he s chairman of the institute for the study of war and a fox news senior strategic analyst. general keane, welcome. so let s, we ve got a year into the war. what lessons have we learned, and what to do they tell us about what comes next? well, certainly we all welcome success that ukraine has had, and i think the center of gravity for that success has been the iron will of its soldiers and its people. and certainly the u.s.-led western coalition has been providing all the arms and ammunitions. but also while that is commendable in terms of the support provided, we have actually handcuffed the success of the ukrainian forces because we slow-rolled so much of weapons that they needed. we sent them in their piecemeal, and they arrived mainly after the fact. as an example, the ukrainians began an offensive in july after russia s offensive had talled in thalled in the east. an
up a dramatic night and early morning on capitol hill. reporter: out took 14 failed votes, intense negotiations to flip more than a dozen holdouts in a final tally that took place well after mid might. it ended with speaker mccarthy being handed the gavel. he was met with a standing to ovation. from the great state of california and the next speaker of the 118th congress, kevin mccarthy. [cheers and applause] that was easy, huh? [laughter] i never thought we d get up here. ing. reporter: speaker mccarthy squeezed by with 216 votes, 212 democrats backed congressman hakeem jeffries. six republicans in total voted present. since they weren t nos, the threshold for majority was lowered to 215. one moment showed just how impassioned things had become. congressman-elect at the time mike rogers of alabama was physically restrained by other members after attempting to confront congressman matt gaetz. the victory came after that,s just one more round later. i may not know al