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From trained assassins to rally stage-rushers, here’s every known attempt on Trump’s life since 2016

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Another assassination attempt targeting Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner adds to a mounting list of threats since he entered politics — a total that now equals what two hands can count.
Just days before the most recent assassination attempt, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Democrats are in an «era of maximum warfare,» prompting criticism from Republicans that the political rhetoric is pushing citizens to commit political violence. Since the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, calls from politicians and activists on both sides to «lower the temperature» have grown into an ongoing national conversation.
Ever since Trump first entered the political sphere in 2015, prominent public figures have referred to him as a «fascist,» a «Nazi,» and he’s been likened to Adolf Hitler. Comparisons to Trump and members of his administrations to Nazi Germany have only grown since he took office in January 2025. Many of Trump’s attempted attackers or assassins have pointed to their belief that Trump was a «White supremacist,» a «bully,» as rationale for their planned attacks.
«President Trump remains completely undeterred, despite the multiple attempts on his life by cowardly individuals,» White House spokeswoman Allison Schuster said. «The President will not allow deranged lunatics to change the fabric of this Country and dictate the American way of life. President Trump and the entire Administration will continue to stand strong and fight for the American people.»
Here is a timeline of all the known attacks on President Donald Trump’s life:
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Former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being grazed by a bullet during a rally in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024. The shooter was killed, one audience member died, and another was injured in the incident, Butler County District Attorney Richard Goldinger said. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
March 12, 2016 — Dayton, Ohio
During his 2016 presidential campaign, Trump held a rally at Wright State University. A 22-year-old protester named Thomas DiMassimo jumped a security barrier and attempted to charge the stage, but he was stopped by Secret Service. DiMassimo claimed he wanted to «bully the bully» and was going to make «some remarks» to Trump and his followers. He was charged with a misdemeanor and was sentenced to a year of probation.
June 18, 2016 — Las Vegas, Nev.
Michael Steven Sandford, a British national, attempted to grab a police officer’s gun while in attendance at Trump’s rally in Las Vegas. Sandford, who is diagnosed with autism, told an arresting officer that he intended to «shoot and kill Trump.» He was sentenced to 12 months and a day in U.S. federal prison, and he was deported back to the United Kingdom after he completed his sentence.
Sept. 6, 2017 — Mandan, N.D.
During President Trump’s visit to Andeavor Mandan Refinery where he delivered a speech on tax reform, Gregory Lee Leingang attempted to drive a stolen forklift into the presidential motorcade. He intended to «flip» Trump’s limousine and kill him, but the forklift got stuck. Leingang was sentenced to 20 years in prison.
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Law enforcement personnel detain Cole Tomas Allen, a suspect in the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2026. (Donald J Trump via Truth Social/Handout via Reuters)
November 2017 — Manila, Philippines
During Trump’s visit to the Philippines for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ ASEAN 50 Summit, ISIS operatives planned to kill the president, having released several videos threatening Trump’s life. One of the videos includes a picture of Trump with several bullet holes. Just twenty minutes before Trump’s plane landed, Secret Service agents tracked down and apprehended one of the ISIS operatives, who was parked a mile away from Trump’s hotel.
September 2020 — Canada
A Canadian woman mailed to the White House and eight Texas state law enforcement officials a slew of threatening letters and homemade ricin — a deadly toxin. Pascale Cecile Veronique Ferrier, 55, called in the letters for Trump to end his presidential candidacy, and made calls on Twitter that «someone please shoot ‘Trump in the face.’» Border patrol agents stopped Ferrier at the Peace Bridge Border Crossing in Buffalo, N.Y., on Sept. 20, 2020. She was in possession of a loaded firearm and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. She was sentenced to over 21 years in prison.
April 2024 — Iranian plot
Asif Raza Merchant, a Pakistani national and a trained operative of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was sent by the terrorist force to plan and execute political assassinations with intended targets including President Donald Trump, former President Joseph Biden, and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, according to the Eastern District of New York. Merchant arrived in the United States in April 2024 and met with a purported hitmen in June, but in reality were undercover U.S. law enforcement officers. Merchant was convicted in March 2026, but has not yet been sentenced.
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Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump during a 2024 campaign rally before being shot and killed by Secret Service agents. (Obtained by Fox News Digital)
July 13, 2024 — Butler, Pa.
Positioned roughly 150 yards atop a building outside the security perimeter at Trump’s Butler rally, assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks fired approximately eight shots from his AR-15 rifle — hitting Trump in the ear and killing an attendee, Corey Comperatore, 50. It was the closest attempt on Trump’s life. Crooks, 20, was killed by a member of the Secret Service counter sniper team. Little is known about Crooks, who acted alone with no criminal history. The attempted assassination has intensified scrutiny over the Secret Service.
Sept. 15, 2024 — West Palm Beach, Fla.
A little more than two months after Butler, a Secret Service agent found Ryan Wesley Routh hiding in a bush near a fence surrounding Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course after noticing the barrel of a rifle poking out. Routh fled and was later apprehended. Routh was sentenced to life in prison in February after being convicted for his assassination attempt on Trump. In a letter outlining his reasoning for assassinating Trump, Routh accused the president of being a threat to democracy, and accused Trump of being a «pedophile» and a «rapist.»
February 2026, Palm Beach, Fla.
Austin Tucker Martin, a 21-year-old from North Carolina, breached Mar-a-Lago’s perimeter carrying a gas can and shotgun. Secret Service agents confronted Martin, ordering him to lay down his weapons, but he refused. Martin was fatally shot by the Secret Service agents. At the time of the incident, Trump was at the White House. Martin’s motive remains unknown.
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Ryan W. Routh, suspected of attempting to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course, stands handcuffed between two Martin County Sheriff’s deputies after his arrest during a traffic stop near Palm City, Fla., on Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office/Handout via REUTERS)
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April 25, 2026, Washington, D.C.
The most recent alleged attempted assassin, Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old school teacher from California, rushed the lobby doors leading to the Washington Hilton Hotel ballroom where the dinner was held. He fired several shots before Secret Service agents tackled him to the ground, stopping Allen from breaching the ballroom. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that based on the evidence collected, which includes a manifesto, investigators suspect that Allen sought to kill as many high-ranking cabinet officials as possible, including President Donald Trump.
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Insurance companies put on notice for stranding trans patients who want to reverse surgeries

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Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., a lawmaker with a background in pharmacy, is introducing a bill that would require health insurance companies that provide transgender procedures to also pay for detransitions and adverse effects.
Harshbarger fears that under many current plans, transitioners who consider reversing their sex-reassignment procedures are stuck with what is effectively a financial one-way door.
«It’s outrageous that a health plan can cover sex-rejecting procedures but refuse to cover the restorative care patients need to address the harm they cause. That’s not a fair deal for patients who want to restore healthy bodily function,» Harshbarger said.
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UNITED STATES – MAY 19: Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., speaks during the Republican Study Committee news conference to introduce a «Women’s Bill of Rights» outside the Capitol on Thursday, May 19, 2022. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Although unlikely to become law over Democratic opposition in the Senate, the bill, titled the TRUTH in Coverage Act, draws attention to a growing number of patients who have regretted sex-reassignment procedures and lawmaker concern over barriers to addressing their fallout.
It would require insurers that cover «sex-rejecting procedures» to also cover items and services needed to address the complications or adverse effects resulting from them. The bill would enact the requirement regardless of state or local laws that mandate such procedures.
If passed, the bill would go into effect Jan. 1, 2027. It has 12 cosponsors, including Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., the former chairman of the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health.
In its current form, Harshbarger’s bill would amend three federal statutes governing private health insurance coverage to create a uniform federal coverage requirement: the Public Health Service Act, employer-sponsored health plans and group health plans. The bill would also prevent insurers from adjusting copays, deductibles or implementing treatment limitations.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a similar bill into law last year, addressing a similar concern at the local level.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott arrives during a press conference for Eli Lilly and Company in Houston, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. (Antranik Tavitian/Reuters)
Senate Bill 1257, sponsored by Texas Sen. Bryan Hughes, published a statement with the Texas Senate Research Senate, arguing the need for his bill.
«Many of these individuals require extensive medical care to manage or reverse the effects of previous treatments, yet they are frequently denied insurance coverage, leading to insurmountable out-of-pocket expenses. Without this coverage, patients face significant health risks, including hormone imbalances, surgical complications, and psychological distress,» Hughes wrote.
According to the National Library of Medicine, it’s difficult to determine exactly how many detransitions there are or at what point someone would be considered a detransitioner. Researchers noted that stopping hormones, reversing surgeries or changing legal documents could all be triggers for what it means to begin the detransition process.
By casting a wide net and including adverse effects, Harshbarger’s bill would circumvent those technicalities.
«Patients should never be abandoned after undergoing life-altering, harmful medical interventions once reality sets in,» Harshbarger said.
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Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., speaks during the news conference on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
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«As a pharmacist, I’ve seen insurance companies find every excuse in the book to avoid paying for the care patients actually need. My TRUTH in Coverage Act restores fairness, promotes transparency and ensures patients aren’t left paying the price for care their insurance should cover.»
It’s unclear when and if Harshbarger’s bill would reach the House floor for a vote.
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Iran calls on Houthis to prepare to cut off Red Sea gateway — can the terror group do it?

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Iran has reportedly instructed Yemen’s Houthi terrorists to prepare to close a critical Red Sea gateway if the United States attacks Iranian power infrastructure, Reuters reported, a threat experts warn could sharply disrupt global shipping even if the group cannot completely seal the waterway.
«This threat should be taken seriously,» Nadwa Al-Dawsari of the Middle East Institute told Fox News Digital. «With recent escalation and U.S. strikes on Iran, Tehran has already signaled that the Bab al-Mandab could become part of its response.»
Three sources told Reuters on Thursday that Iran’s leadership had discussed using the Houthis to shut the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and recently conveyed the request to the group. A source close to the Houthis said missiles and drones had been deployed near the waterway and that the group was awaiting an order to begin attacking shipping.
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A Houthi follower during a pro-Iran demonstration, in Sanaa, Yemen, April 6, 2026. (Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)
Edmund Fitton-Brown, a former British ambassador to Yemen and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, warned in a recent Fox News Digital report that a full resumption of the Houthi maritime campaign could trigger wider fighting.
«It will be interesting if the Houthis do go all in, and resume their campaign against Red Sea shipping with full intensity,» Fitton-Brown said. «This will draw international anger and likely result in Israeli and U.S. strikes on Sana’a and Hodeida.»
«There is potential for a general escalation if this happens, albeit one in which the allies have a clear military advantage,» he added.
Al-Dawsari said the Houthis have continued developing the weapons needed to threaten the narrow shipping corridor despite largely refraining from maritime attacks over the past year.
«While the Houthis have largely refrained from attacking shipping for about a year, they have continued to advance their maritime capabilities, including missiles, drones and sea mines,» she said. «They may not be able to fully close the strait, but they could significantly disrupt shipping and raise costs and risks for commercial traffic.»
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This photo released by the Houthi Media Center shows Houthi forces boarding the cargo ship Galaxy Leader on Nov. 19, 2023. (Houthi Media Center via AP)
But the group would not necessarily need to physically control the waterway. Its previous missile and drone campaign demonstrated that repeated attacks — or even a credible threat of them — can push major shipping companies to reroute vessels around Africa, driving up insurance, fuel and freight costs.
The Bab el-Mandeb connects the Gulf of Aden to the Red Sea and Suez Canal, making it one of the world’s most important maritime choke points. The consequences of renewed attacks would be especially severe because Iran has already disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, historically the principal route for roughly one-fifth of global energy supplies.
A substantial volume of Gulf oil has consequently been redirected through Saudi Arabia to the Red Sea port of Yanbu. Reuters reported that the Bab el-Mandeb route now carries approximately 7% of global energy supplies and that Saudi Arabia has shifted about 70% of its energy exports through Yanbu.
The reported instructions also raise new questions about how much control Tehran exercises over major Houthi military decisions.

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, the amphibious dock landing ship USS Carter Hall and amphibious assault ship USS Bataan transit the Bab al-Mandeb strait on Aug. 9, 2023. (Mass Communications Spc. 2nd Class Moises Sandoval/U.S. Navy via AP)
«Any decision to escalate in the Bab al-Mandab would be strategic and tied more to the interests of Iran and the Axis of Resistance than to Houthi interests alone,» Al-Dawsari said. «Decisions of this magnitude are likely coordinated through the Axis’ joint operations room under IRGC oversight.»
A source close to the Houthis claimed representatives of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Yemen would control the timing of any move against the strait, Reuters reported.
The latest warning follows earlier Houthi threats against maritime traffic. In the June 12 report, Fox News Digital reported that the group had announced a complete ban on Israeli-owned ships in the Red Sea and declared them «legitimate targets.»
EXPERT WARNS OF ‘GENERAL ESCALATION’ OF FIGHTING IF HOUTHIS RESUME RED SEA CAMPAIGN

A satellite imagery shows Bab el Mandeb Strait, a key shipping waterway and the gateway to the Red Sea, in this handout picture dated July 12, 2026. (Nasa Worldview/Handout via Reuters)
A State Department spokesperson told Fox News Digital at the time that the actions of Iran and the Houthis were «unacceptable» and «dangerous,» warning that they could inflame regional tensions and further disrupt global supply chains.
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres has «repeatedly condemned» Houthis attacks against ships in the Red Sea and called on all parties Thursday to avoid further escalation, his spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, told Fox News Digital.
«Any disruptions or attacks would endanger the safety and security of seafarers, freedom of navigation and the stability of global supply chains and have a negative impact on the economic and humanitarian situation in Yemen and beyond,» Dujarric said. «The Secretary-General underscores that U.N. Security Council Resolution 2722 (2024) must be fully respected in its entirety,» he said on the resolution condemning at least two dozen Houthis attacks on commercial vessels since November 2023 and demanding an immediate end to the attacks.
The emerging threat has also renewed scrutiny of the Iranian weapons networks that helped build the Houthis’ missile and drone arsenal.
Amr Al-Bidh, foreign affairs chief of the Southern Arabian Transitional Council, said that the reported threat also exposed broader failures in the handling of Yemen’s security crisis. «The fact that individuals convicted of trafficking Iranian weapons to the Houthis and leading terrorist operations are now being released under a U.N.-brokered deal only underscores how poorly the Yemen crisis is being managed,» he said, «the main beneficiary of this vacuum is Iran, as seen in its credible threat to close the Bab al-Mandab Strait.»
In a July 15 letter obtained by Fox News Digital, the Southern Arabian Transitional Council formerly known as the Southern Transitional Council, a southern Yemeni separatist movement that seeks greater autonomy or independence for the territory of the former South Yemen, warned U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen Hans Grundberg that a U.N.-facilitated detainee agreement may include people the council says were convicted of assisting Iranian weapons transfers to the Houthis.

A missile is launched from a warship during the U.S.-led coalition operation against military targets in Yemen, aimed at the Iran-backed Houthi militia that has been targeting international shipping in the Red Sea, in this handout picture released on Jan. 12, 2024. (US Central Command via X/Handout via REUTERS/ File Photo)
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An annex identifies individuals the council alleges were members of a cell that smuggled drones, aviation fuel and heavy and medium weapons from Iran to Sanaa.
The Office of the U.N. Special Envoy for Yemen said it received the letter only after the agreement had already been signed and stressed that it does not determine which detainees are released.
«We have received the letter after the agreement was signed,» spokesperson Ismini Palla told Fox News Digital. «The United Nations – as well as the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) – do not decide who is released and who remains in detention. Our role is limited to mediating the negotiations and ICRC leads on the implementation of the release operation.»
Palla added that «the names of those released are proposed and agreed between the parties under the framework of the Stockholm Agreement on prisoners’ exchange of 2018.»
Fox News Digital reached out to the State Department and the Iranian Mission to the United Nations on the latest developments.
Fox News’ Paul Tilsley and Reuters contributed to this report.
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