Rep. Andy Harris, R-Md., is calling on U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle to resign from her post, following the failed detail that was in place when a man attempted to assassinate former President Trump.

Cheatle acknowledged during an interview with ABC News on Monday that "the Secret Service is responsible for the protection of the former president," adding, "the buck stops with me."

"The responsibility of the Secret Service is to make sure that that venue was safe," Harris told Fox News Digital on Tuesday. "Obviously, this venue was not safe. Obviously, they didn't have adequate communication with the local law enforcement. And the buck does stop with her. She should take full responsibility, and that's why I've asked that she tender her resignation." 

Harris is a member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, which is responsible for funding the operations of the Secret Service.

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On Saturday, Thomas Matthew Crooks somehow reached the rooftop of a building in Butler, Pennsylvania, used to stage a tactical team overseeing a presidential rally for Trump.

As Trump spoke to the Pennsylvania crowd, shots rang out from on top of the building, and one of the bullets grazed his right ear.

The Secret Service has since taken strong criticism for allowing the shooter to have a clear line of sight of the president from about 150 yards away.

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Harris said he first heard about the shooting in a text from his wife, and the two of them searched for any news they could, to find out what happened.

Days have passed since the shooting, and Harris said the news he is hearing is "not very flattering" to the law enforcement officials and Secret Service.

Secret Service sources have confirmed that local law enforcement officers were stationed inside the AGR building while Crooks was on the roof. During her interview with ABC News, Cheatle said a decision was made not to put officers on the roof because it was sloped "at its highest point."

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"And so, you know, there's a safety factor that would be considered there, that we wouldn't want to put somebody up on a sloped roof," Cheatle said.

Multiple law enforcement experts have told Fox News that it is ultimately the Secret Service’s decision whether a particular building is put within the security perimeter. The Secret Service also makes the final call on how to protect a building that has a line of sight to a protectee.

"Obviously, the sniper didn't think it was too steep, or the angle was too acute," Harris said. "I think at this point, honestly, I'm disappointed in her response. It sounds like she's making excuses."

Harris also said, "The facts speak for themselves."

"The fact that the president was almost assassinated, you know, in a venue where numerous experts have looked at it and said this should never have happened, means that she should take responsibility," the congressional representative said. "She should resign, even as the investigation goes forward because we have to find a director of the Secret Service… [who would take] her or his role in protecting the former president as well as any other protectee, much more seriously."

Fox News' Jake Gibson and David Spunt contributed to this report.

Baseball purists aren't going to love this one.

Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Tuesday he's aiming to test an automated strike zone at spring training next year so the system can be a full go for 2026.

"We need '25 to do the spring training test if we can get these issues resolved, which will make '26 a viable possibility," Manfred said. "Is that going to be the year? I'm not going to be flat-footed on that issue."

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Automated strike zones were a hot topic on an episode of the now-defunct "Real Sports" on HBO in 2017, but Major League Baseball finally acted in 2019.

The automated balls and strikes (ABS) system started on an experimental basis and, beginning last year, has been used at all Triple-A ballparks.

The league toyed with two different systems — a challenge system where umps would call the game as normal while teams have a certain number of challenges and a full ABS system. Manfred said players were "almost 100%" in favor of the former.

But, he says, "when you bring something to the big leagues, you got to make sure you've got it right," and there are "technical issues surrounding the definition of the strike zone."

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Balls and strikes have been called by humans for nearly 150 years, and many are afraid of change. However, officiating in all sports is under increasing scrutiny.

This would be far from the first major change Manfred has made to the game. He has been at the forefront of major changes to baseball, most notably those he made ahead of the 2023 season to quicken the pace of play by adding a pitch timer, larger bases and pickoff limitations. To his credit, they have worked.

According to Baseball Reference, the average nine-inning game last year took two hours and 39 minutes to complete, more than 31 minutes faster than the all-time longest time of 3:10 in 2021. It was the first time the average nine-inning game took less than three hours to complete since 2015.

And the 2:39 duration was the fastest since 1985, when the average nine-inning contest took the same amount of time. This year, nine-inning contests last two hours and 35 minutes on average. 

Only 0.4% of games took over 3½ hours, as opposed to 18.7% in 2021. And 30.5% of games in 2023 took less than 2½ hours versus 2.5% three years ago.

The rule changes also led to an increase in attendance despite cries from fans that the game was changing too much. MLB drew 70.7 million fans to its stadiums in 2023, the most since 2017.

This year's attendance numbers are on pace to finish lower than that number, but it should be noted that there is still plenty of summer left.

Manfred has said he will retire from his role after his contract expires in 2029.

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