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3 Suspended in Secret Service Misconduct Probe

Source tells CNN that one of them is agency's chief of communications

(Newser) - Three civilian Secret Service employees are off the job as the agency investigates potential misconduct, a spokesperson confirmed Tuesday. The internal probe is being run by the Office of Professional Responsibility, but officials have not disclosed what the three non-law-enforcement staffers are accused of or how the matter surfaced, the...

Secret Service Is 'Aware' of Iran Threat on Barron Trump

Video from Iranian state TV offers $10M bounty on life of president's youngest son

(Newser) - Iranian state TV has broadcast a video that appears to solicit ideas for killing Barron Trump, and the Secret Service says it's taking a hard look. The roughly three-minute clip, aired by state-run IRIB, opens in English with the line "Where to kill Barron Trump?!" and uses stylized graphics to...

Existing Bunker May Weaken Trump's Case for Ballroom

Washington Post reports the White House complex already has an underground site

(Newser) - The Washington Post is out with a story that appears to undercut President Trump's argument in favor of his combo ballroom and military bunker. Trump has increasingly emphasized the bunker aspect of the project, saying the underground component is vital for national security. But the Post reports that the...

Trump Asks Supreme Court to Approve His Ballroom

Administration files emergency appeal after a lower-court ruling

(Newser) - President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to weigh in on his White House ballroom. The Trump administration on Friday asked the justices to sanction construction of the 90,000-square-foot facility, despite lower-court rulings that the president overstepped by demolishing the East Wing and pushing ahead without congressional approval, reports...

CIA Was Skeptical of Israeli Tip About Iranian Threat to Trump

Information led to plane swap in Turkey

(Newser) - President Trump's covert plane swap in Turkey last month was triggered by an Israeli warning about an Iranian plot to kill him—intelligence that some US officials doubted. Current and former officials tell the Washington Post that the CIA assessed the Israeli tip as "low confidence" and "...

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Trump Explains Air Force One Ruse

'Any consequential president has a lot of threats,' he says

(Newser) - President Trump confirmed Tuesday that he left Turkey last month in a highly unusual manner—via an elaborate decoy-plane scheme because of security threats, reports the BBC . "It's up to Secret Service," he told reporters, per USA Today . "I just follow what they'd like to...

Feds: Suspect Claimed to Be on Trump Security Detail

California man arrested at Trump golf course faces federal weapons charges

(Newser) - A California man who was arrested at President Trump's Los Angeles-area golf course was pretending to be part of the security detail preparing for Trump's visit and had a stash of illegal weapons in his car and home, authorities said. Jeanine John Taele, 38, was due in court...

Comey Lawyers: Agents Asked Mobster, AI About '86' Meaning

AI tool told Secret Service that claims it was a mafia term were an 'urban legend,' lawyers say

(Newser) - James Comey's lawyers say the Secret Service didn't just question their client over his photo of seashells, it swiftly looped in the president himself. In a new court filing seeking to toss a criminal case against the former FBI director, they say agents who interviewed Comey about his...

Secret Service Agent Charged in Brutal Fraternity Hazing

Beatings left 2 pledges hospitalized with kidney injuries, authorities say

(Newser) - A federal law enforcement officer is at the center of a violent hazing case that prosecutors say left two fraternity pledges hospitalized. Miami US Secret Service agent Marquez Christopher Pinder, 29, was arrested Sunday on multiple felonies, including attempted manslaughter with a deadly weapon and hazing causing serious bodily injury,...

Report: Trump's Rush for New Air Force One Drove Up Risks

Push for quick retrofit of Qatari-donated jet raised costs and security concerns

(Newser) - President Trump's impatience with aging presidential jets put a luxury 747 from Qatar in the Air Force One rotation—at a steep cost and with notable security compromises, the New York Times reports. After touring the opulent 747-8 in early 2025, Trump pushed to have it retrofitted in time for...

Correspondents' Dinner Gets a Do-Over

Event moves to Waldorf Astoria with heightened security after a shooting interrupted April 25 dinner

(Newser) - President Trump is heading back to the mic at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner, reports ABC News , three months after gunfire cut the event short. The president will appear Friday night at a do-over of the April gathering, which was halted when authorities say Cole Allen opened fire inside...

Secret Service Agent on Leave Amid Leaks on Vance

Agent is accused of sharing details of vice president's aborted travel plans

(Newser) - A security scare may be brewing around Vice President JD Vance's protective bubble. A Secret Service agent assigned to his detail has been placed on administrative leave and is under internal investigation, accused of feeding details about Vance's movements to the press, two sources familiar with the matter...

Secret Service Probes Soaring Threats Against Protectees

Investigations surge 40% as agency counters drones, mental health risks

(Newser) - Threats against the president and other top officials are surging, according to the Secret Service, which says it has opened more than 10,000 threat investigations this year—a jump of about 40% over last year, NBC News reports. Director Sean Curran described the current political climate as unlike anything...

Trump: New Air Force One Headed Back to the Shop

Qatar-donated jet lacks full defensive countermeasures of old planes, will get 'maxed out'

(Newser) - President Trump says the new presidential jet is headed back to the shop to be "maxed out." Speaking to reporters after landing in Washington on the Qatari-donated Boeing 747-800 he's been using, Trump was asked why he was flying on a plane that, as a reporter noted,...

For First Time in 150 Years, the Second Lady Gives Birth

Baby Alec's arrival makes Usha Vance first postpartum second lady since 1870s

(Newser) - The vice president's household just got bigger. JD Vance announced Sunday that his wife, second lady Usha Vance, has given birth to the couple's fourth child, a son named Alec Neel Vance, NBC News reports. "Usha and the baby are happy and healthy, and our kids are...

Looks Like WH Ballroom to Rely on Taxpayers' Millions After All

Trump moves $352M from Secret Service for 'White House Security Measures'

(Newser) - Money meant to beef up the Secret Service after two attempts on President Trump's life is instead being diverted to a White House makeover. A federal budget database shows the Office of Management and Budget shifted about $352 million—more than 10% of the Secret Service's recent annual...

East Wing Rebuild Is No 'Gift' to Taxpayers: Report

Taxpayer-funded sources expected to cover half of estimated $600M build: WaPo

(Newser) - President Trump has promised that the White House ballroom project won't cost taxpayers a dime, but the Washington Post has obtained internal cost estimates that tell a different story. The estimates show the East Wing rebuild—ballroom, bunker, and security upgrades—was projected to run about $600 million as...

After Shooting, Feds Step Up Push for Ballroom

Blanche says president 'cannot safely conduct the business of the United States' without it

(Newser) - A weekend shooting just outside the White House has given the Trump administration new fuel in its fight to build a controversial presidential ballroom. In a Sunday court filing, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche argued the incident "underscores" the need for what he called a state-of-the-art secure facility for...

Shooter Near White House Had a Previous Run-In

Assailant reportedly was arrested near the complex last year claiming to be Jesus

(Newser) - The man killed in a shootout with Secret Service officers steps from the White House on Saturday had been arrested previously at a security checkpoint. Multiple outlets, including the Washington Post and the AP , have identified the gunman as 21-year-old Nasire Best. Court records show that Best was taken into...

Man Charged in DC Shooting Was Walking Path of Vance Motorcade

Texas man Michael Marx hit teen when he fired at Secret Service officers, authorities say

(Newser) - A man accused of firing a gun at Secret Service officers near the Washington Monument this week was walking along the path of Vice President JD Vance's motorcade before the shooting and made a vulgar remark about the White House after the confrontation, according to a court filing Wednesday....

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