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Security is upgraded in aftermath of Trump supporters breeching the US Capitol

Nation Aug 03

Key takeaways from Homeland Security watchdog’s report on Secret Service’s Jan. 6 actions

By Laura Barrón-López, Claire Mufson

Politics Jul 22

House Oversight Committee Questions USSS Director On Attempted Trump Assassination
Secret Service director says ‘we failed’ during congressional hearing after Trump assassination attempt

In her first congressional hearing over the July 13 assassination attempt, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle called the attempt on Trump’s life the Secret Service’s “most significant operational failure” in decades.

By Alanna Durkin Richer, Farnoush Amiri, Claudia Lauer, Associated Press

Nation Jul 21

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a campaign rally in Butler
Watch 1:49
News Wrap: Secret Service admits it denied past Trump campaign requests for more security

In our news wrap Sunday, the Secret Service acknowledged it had turned down requests from Trump’s detail for extra federal resources over the past two years, Israel’s military said it intercepted a missile fired by Houthi rebels in Yemen, and…

Politics Jul 21

U.S. government report on "mass attacks in public spaces”, which examines targeted violence from 2016-2020
Director of the Secret Service faces calls to resign in aftermath of Trump rally shooting

The Secret Service and its director, Kimberly Cheatle, are under intense scrutiny following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a July 13 rally in Pennsylvania that wounded his ear.

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

Nation Jul 16

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather in Washington
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News Wrap: Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Secret Service over text messages

In our news wrap Saturday, the Jan. 6 panel served a subpoena to the Secret Service for records and text messages surrounding the Capitol attack, people experiencing a mental health crisis can now call or text 988 to reach the…

Jun 22

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News Wrap: 900 Secret Service employees tested positive for COVID-19 since March 2020

In our news wrap Tuesday, records show some 900 U.S. Secret Service employees tested positive for COVID-19 from March 2020 to March 2021. About half were agents protecting the president, vice president and their families. The White House acknowledged that…

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Jun 22

Watchdog says almost 900 Secret Service employees were infected with COVID

By Josh Boak, Associated Press

The group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington says that 881 people on the Secret Service payroll were diagnosed with COVID-19 between March 1, 2020 and March 9, 2021.

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Oct 24

What we know about the ‘possible explosive devices’

By Joshua Barajas

Suspicious packages containing “potentially destructive devices” were sent to at least five public officials across the country this week, all of them similar in appearance, FBI officials said Wednesday.

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