White House Launches "Oops Tracker" to Grade 191 Years of Presidential Close Calls

Press Release | Published May 15, 2026

In a move officials are calling "historic transparency with better charts," federal archivists unveiled the Presidential Assassination Attempts Explorer, a searchable record of every known attempt, plot, and suspicious incident targeting U.S. presidents since 1835.

The project includes confidence ratings, timelines, maps, and filters that let visitors sort events by target, method, and outcome. One staffer called it "part history lesson, part reminder that security briefings are written in all caps for a reason."

Historians praised the archive for adding context to each incident, while data nerds reportedly applauded the long-term trend charts with the same reverence usually reserved for baseball statistics and Supreme Court dissents.

The site also features an AI guide styled as a presidential history scholar, ready to answer questions and compare incidents without requiring anyone to read 40 footnotes before lunch.