U.S. Secret Service

White House ballroom funding a matter of presidential safety for US Republicans - report

Of the $1 billion budget for the renovation, $220 million was allotted for “hardening” security at the White House and $500 million will go to funding the Secret Service .

US President Donald Trump talks to members of the media while holding up renderings of the planned White House ballroom, aboard Air Force One en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, March 29, 2026.
Members of the Secret Service Police gather at the scene of an officer-involved shooting in Washington, DC, US, May 4, 2026.

Secret Service says it exchanged gunfire with armed suspect near White House

US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro points at pictures showing the weapons carried by Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the shooting incident in Washington at the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner Washington, DC, US, April 27, 2026.

Legal filing raises questions about who shot Secret Service officer at press dinner

Law enforcement personnel detain Cole Tomas Allen, a suspect in the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, in Washington, D.C., U.S. April 25, 2026.

Suspect in Washington dinner shooting charged with attempting to assassinate Trump


US Secret Service chief resigns following Trump assassination attempt - report

Kimberly Cheatle resigned after failing to prevent an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally.

US Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle exits after testifying before a House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing on the security lapses that allowed an attempted assassination of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, July 22, 2024.

US received intel of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump, CNN reports

During this election cycle, the campaign stopped holding spontaneous off-the-record events where guests weren’t swept by Secret Service beforehand due to security concerns, CNN reported. 

 Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump walks during Day 1 of the Republican National Convention (RNC) at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, July 15, 2024.

Secret Service violated Federal Records Act by not preserving texts, says House Comm.

The purging of nearly all cellphone texts from the time of the insurrection was discovered last February by the Inspector General Department of Homeland Security’s Office.

 A general view of the Public hearing of the US House Select Committee to investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 12, 2022.

US Secret Service agent returned to US after attacking woman in Jerusalem

Agent's Secret Service access blocked, flown back to US pending investigation • Woman was physically attacked by one agent, released by other

 US president Joe Biden arrives for a visit at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on July 14, 2022.

US vice president's husband ushered out of event after reported security threat

VP Kamala Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff, was ushered out of an event in Washington, DC after a threat was reported by the school to the secret service.

 Grassroots Fundraiser with Vice President Biden, Dr. Biden, Senator Kamala Harris, and Doug Emhoff - Wilmington, DE - August 21, 2020.

Press members evacuated from White House by Secret Service - report

Members of the White House press corps were told to leave the White House grounds by Secret Service personnel while a demonstration was taking place in Lafayette Square.

Demonstrators raise their fists in the air near the White House, during a protest against racial inequality in the aftermath of the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Washington, U.S., June 6, 2020

Jewish community to receive security training from U.S. Secret Service

The training event in Memphis, Tennessee, is organized by the Secure Community Network.

U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers detain a man in front of the White House during a Fourth of July Independence Day protest in Washington, D.C., U.S.