Writer Jeff Guinn draws on new interviews with federal agents and surviving Branch Davidians in his account of the confrontation, which left scores of people dead, including more than 20 children.

"It's kind of the perfect place to send a message": A new Trump rally and the history of the federal raid on the Branch Davidian compound.

More than 80 Branch Davidians died during the standoff at their compound outside Waco. Tim Roberts/AFP via Getty Images Mr. Trump has not linked his Waco visit to the anniversary.

Federal agents attempted to serve warrants at the Mount Carmel Center near Waco. That raid, at what is more commonly known as the Branch Davidian Compound, turned into a deadly shootout and set in ...

Charismatic "cult" leader David Koresh was the head of the Branch Davidians, and was killed in April 1993 by government agents during a raid on his Waco, Tx. compound following a 51-day standoff ...

I just spoke to a longtime Branch Davidian minister about the significance of Trump’s rally in Waco, during the 30-year anniversary of the standoff. He said Trump is clearly signaling.

The FBI's 1993 siege of the Branch Davidian community compound in Waco, Texas, ended in the deaths of 80 people die, including leader David Koresh.

Who are the Branch Davidians? AP Photo/Rick Bowmer Two unidentified women leave the Branch Davidian compound to go to the McLennan County Jail on March 21, 1993 in Waco, Texas.

David Koresh in an image from Netflix's "Waco: American Apocalypse." Koresh and his followers were killed during an FBI standoff at the Branch Davidians compound in Waco, Texas in April 1993.

The Branch Davidians call Donald Trump "the battering ram that God is using to bring down the Deep State of Babylon," as his Waco, Texas, rally nears.

WACO — Former President Donald Trump’s supporters, including the leader of the infamous Branch Davidian sect, say they’re undeterred by his myriad and looming legal issues.

Features Waco: Who Were David Koresh and the Branch Davidians? Netflix docuseries Waco: American Apocalypse unpacks a historic siege but not the cultish events leading up to it.