Obama to appoint Joseph Clancy to head Secret Service
The Week - President Obama will name Joseph P. Clancy to lead the Secret Service as the agency prepares to revamp itself after a series of embarrassing lapses, the White House confirmed Wednesday....
View ArticleHouse passes 1-week stopgap bill to fund Homeland Security
The Week - The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday night passed a one-week stopgap bill to fund Homeland Security, after the Senate had passed the one-week extension earlier in the day, Reuters...
View ArticleSecret Service agents under investigation after crashing car into White House...
The Week - Two Security Service agents are being investigated for driving a government vehicle into White House security barriers following a night of drinking at a party last week. Sources told The...
View ArticleSecret Service agents drove car through White House crime scene after party
The Week - Two senior Secret Service agents suspected of being drunk plowed through a crime scene and may have driven over a suspicious package during an active investigation, according to The...
View ArticleObama tells Kimmel about daily life as president, makes a birth certificate joke
The Week - If you've ever wondered what it's like to be president of the United States on a day-to-day basis, Jimmy Kimmel has you covered. At least for the things Kimmel is interested in. President...
View ArticleHere's how well it pays to be an ex-president
The Week - Back in 1958, former President Harry Truman had left the White House and found himself in financial difficulties, so to ensure he had enough money to hire office staff, Congress passed the...
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View ArticleWhite House intruder pleads to guilty assault, illegal entry
The Week - Omar Gonzalez, an Iraq war veteran who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, pled guilty on Friday to illegally entering and running through the White House while armed with a knife....
View ArticleLetter sent to White House tested, returns a presumptive positive for cyanide
The Week - A letter sent to the White House was chemical tested by the Secret Service, and has returned a presumptive positive for cyanide. An initial biological test came up negative, the Secret...
View ArticleOnly in America: Secret Service wants millions to build White House replica
The Week - Battered by security failures and scandal, Secret Service Director Joseph Clancy is asking Congress for $8 million to build a detailed replica of the White House to train agents. "Right now,...
View ArticleCan a media correction ever really match the mistake?
The Week - On Jan. 26, Shawn Usman, a 31-year-old employee of the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, lost control of his drone in downtown Washington, D.C. It crashed on the White House lawn,...
View ArticleFormer federal agents in Silk Road case expected to be arrested after facing...
The Week - Two former federal agents, Carl Mark Force IV and Shaun Bridges, are expected to be arrested Monday on charges of stealing money. A 50-page criminal complaint unsealed Monday details the...
View ArticleTaxpayers spent more than $100,000 on the Clintons' Christmas vacation
The Week - The Clinton family partied in the Dominican Republic over Christmas, and the Secret Service hotel bill alone came out to $104,093 for a single week. Though the Clintons' own expenses were...
View ArticleAnthony Doerr wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for All the Light We Cannot...
The Week - Anthony Doerr on Monday was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for All the Light We Cannot See, a historical novel set in occupied France. Other winners included Elizabeth Kolbert for...
View ArticleMan arrested after flying toy drone near White House
The Week - A videographer from California is in custody after the toy drone he was flying on Thursday was detected above Lafayette Park, in front of the White House. Man arrested for flying small drone...
View ArticleObama talks trash during golf games, says NBA star Steph Curry
The Week - President Obama is known to take his sports (and, presumably, his politics) very seriously, and he carries that competitive streak to the golf course, Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry...
View ArticleA handwriting expert analyzed the 2016 candidates' signatures. The results...
The Week - Politicians aren't known as the most honest bunch, but their handwriting might reveal the truth they don't want to share: Politico Magazine asked a Secret Service-trained handwriting expert,...
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