Panel Urges 'Zero-Fail Mission' To Overhaul Secret Service
An independent panel called Thursday for new leadership at the Secret Service, hired mostly from outside the agency, saying it needs a...
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Oct 42 min read
Secret Service Faces Staffing Crisis As Many Agents Left Before 2024
The Secret Service knew it would face an avalanche in 2024. There would be presidential campaigns, political conventions, and a NATO...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 271 min read
Secret Service Shortage Moves Trump’s Wisconsin Rally Indoors
Donald Trump's presidential campaign canceled an upcoming outdoor rally in Wisconsin due to a lack of necessary personnel from the Secret...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 231 min read
Secret Service Will Get $231M More As Its Approval Rating Falls
The Secret Service's approval rating fell 23 points in a new Gallup poll largely conducted before the second assassination attempt on...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 202 min read
Secret Service Head Seeks Funds To Combat Dangerous 'New Reality'
Acting Secret Service director Ronald Rowe is urging Congress to invest heavily in the agency after two apparent assassination attempts...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 163 min read
More Scrutiny For Secret Service After New Trump Shooting Threat
Two assassination attempts in two months have turned two of Former President Trump's favorite places — the rally stage and his West...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 101 min read
Trump Security Failure Not A Budget Issue, Secret Service Says
The acting director of the Secret Service told senators scrutinizing the agency’s budget that the near assassination of former President...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 301 min read
Pentagon Approves Support to Secret Service for Presidential Campaigns
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin approved a request to provide the Secret Service with additional military support capabilities for...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 282 min read
House Panel Demands Records On Planning Before Trump Shooting
A bipartisan House task force escalated its investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump on Wednesday,...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 192 min read
Trump Team Argues With Secret Service Over Lack Of Protection
Just before Donald Trump held a rally in Doral, Fla., on July 9, Secret Service officials told his campaign that the former president...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 52 min read
Secret Service Plagued With Tech Failures At Trump Shooting
Spotty cellular service, malfunctioning technology and unused equipment contributed to a major communications breakdown during the rally...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 22 min read
In Jan. 6, 2021, Probe, Watchdog Urges Secret Service Improvements
The Department of Homeland Security's watchdog issued its long-awaited findings on the Secret Service's handling of the January 6, 2021,...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 232 min read
Cheatle Quits As Secret Service Head After Sharp House Criticism
Kimberly Cheatle resigned as Secret Service director after the assassination attempt against former President Trump unleashed...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 222 min read
Mayorkas Names Panel To Review Trump Assassination Attempt
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appointed a bipartisan, independent panel to review the assassination attempt on former...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 13, 20231 min read
Secret Service Agent Opens Fire While Protecting Naomi Biden
A Secret Service agent protecting President Biden’s granddaughter opened fire after three people tried to break into an unmarked Secret...
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Crime and Justice News
May 17, 20232 min read
Agents Missed Intoxicated Intruder At Biden Security Adviser Home
The U.S. Secret Service is investigating how an intruder made his way into the home of President Biden’s national security adviser, Jake...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 12, 20232 min read
'Apolitical' Secret Service Vows To Bolster Agent Training
On the fourth floor of Secret Service headquarters, a panel of video screens offers a window into the agency's future – long on hold. A...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 18, 20221 min read
Secret Service Spent 'Exorbitant' Rates At Trump Properties
President Trump’s private company arranged for the Secret Service to pay for rooms at his properties above government-approved rates at...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 25, 20221 min read
Biden Names Kimberly Cheatle Second Female Secret Service Chief
President Biden has appointed Kimberly Cheatle to be the next Secret Service director, calling her “a distinguished law enforcement...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 2, 20221 min read
Man Admits to Posing As Federal Agent, Giving Gifts to Secret Service
Arian Taherzadeh, who was accused of posing as federal law enforcement and cozying up to U.S. Secret Service agents inside luxury...
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