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First Female Secret Service Director Sworn In

AP | Posted 03.27.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson has been sworn in as the agency's first female director. During an Oval Office ceremony, Pre...

Obama Reportedly Naming New Secret Service Chief

Reuters | Posted 05.04.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has chosen a veteran Secret Service official who oversaw criminal investigations to head the ...

Jason Linkins

NRA Ad Targeting Obama Family Called 'Repugnant And Cowardly'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 01.16.2013 | Politics

The National Rifle Association pre-empted Wednesday's White House announcement on the results of Vice President Joe Biden's task force on gun violence...

NRA Blasts Obama As 'Elitist Hypocrite'

The Huffington Post | Mollie Reilly | Posted 01.16.2013 | Politics

A video released by the National Rifle Association on Tuesday sharply criticizes President Obama for his skepticism about placing armed guards in scho...

DEA Agent Arranged Prostitute For Secret Service Agent

AP | ALICIA A. CALDWEL | Posted 03.12.2013 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A Drug Enforcement Administration agent arranged to hire a prostitute for a Secret Service agent in Colombia in advance of a presidentia...

DEA Agents Arranged Prostitute For Secret Service Agent

NBC News | Posted 01.10.2013 | Politics

Two U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents “facilitated a sexual encounter” between a prostitute and a U.S. Secret Service agent days before ...

New Rules After Scandal Mean Chaperones For Some Secret Service Agents

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN and ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 04.28.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Embarrassed by a prostitution scandal, the Secret Service will assign chaperones on some trips to enforce new rules of conduct that make...

Obama Speaks Out On Secret Service 'Knuckleheads'

AP | Posted 06.24.2012 | Politics

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- President Barack Obama said the Secret Service prostitution scandal was "a little distracting" but that employees at the center o...

White House Fires Back At Palin Secret Service Criticism

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 04.21.2012 | Politics

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney fired back at Sarah Palin's criticism of the Secret Service after a recent prostitution scandal, saying "it is ...

Secret Service's Proud Culture Takes A Blow

Reuters | Posted 06.20.2012 | Politics

* Defenders say Colombia incident an anomaly * Agents screened carefully, face stress and danger * Service's reputation ...

Secret Service Prostitution Scandal Deepens

AP | By BEN FELLER | Posted 04.21.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- A White House official says President Barack Obama has been briefed by the director of the Secret Service on the investigation into the ...

At Least Three More Expected To Lose Jobs In Secret Service Scandal

AP | KEN THOMAS and ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 06.20.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — Three more Secret Service officers resigned Friday in the expanding prostitution scandal that has brought scorching criticism of ag...

Those Secret Service Cowboys

Lauren Ashburn | Posted 06.19.2012 | Politics
Lauren Ashburn

Secret Service has started to clean house: Out of 11 agents placed on administrative leave, three are gone. One was allowed to retire, one resigned and one fired with cause on Wednesday.

The Daily Szep -- A Secret Service

Paul Szep | Posted 06.19.2012 | Comedy
Paul Szep

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GOP Senator Blames Obama For Scandals

AP | LAURIE KELLMAN | Posted 06.19.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON — A Southern Republican is raising questions about whether President Barack Obama is capably leading the government. Sen. Jeff Sessi...

Ted Nugent's Obama Comments Earn Him Scrutiny From Secret Service

Posted 04.17.2012 | Politics

UPDATED BELOW: Rocker Ted Nugent has reportedly earned himself the scrutiny of the Secret Service after saying over the weekend that he would be "d...

Summit of the Americas: Despite Political Arguments We Are Getting Closer As A Hemisphere

Stephen Keppel | Posted 06.17.2012 | Latino Voices
Stephen Keppel

Despite some of the lingering political divisions, which often make the most news, we are getting closer as a hemisphere. The US is becoming more Latino and Latin America is becoming more developed.

Issa: Lawmakers Will Be Looking Over Secret Service's Shoulder

AP | Posted 06.15.2012 | Politics

The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Secret Service scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia that has overshadowed President Barack Obama's d...

Antonio Banderas' Given Code-Name, 'Zorro', By Obama's Secret Service

Posted 12.12.2011 | Latino Voices

It seems Antonio Banderas' portrayal of Zorro in "The Mask of Zorro" made a lasting impression on President Barack Obama's Secret Service agents. ...

Michelle Obama Reveals White House Family Feud

AP | Nancy Benac | Posted 12.05.2011 | Politics

BY NANCY BENAC, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — This is what passes for dinner table conversation in the Obama White House: Sasha wants Sco...

Massachusetts Airport Sues Secret Service Over Obama Visit

AP | Posted 11.29.2011 | Travel

BOSTON -- The owner of a small Massachusetts airport has sued the Secret Service for $676,000 for damage he says was caused by President Barack Obama'...

Secret Service Agent Arrested For DUI

AP | Posted 10.17.2011 | Politics

DECORAH, Iowa (Associated Press)-- A Secret Service agent on assignment in Iowa to help with presidential security has been arrested on suspicion of d...

Obama On Secret Service: I Trust Them 100 Percent

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says "the system didn't work the way it was supposed to" at last week's White House state dinner, where an u...

Obama's Chicago Home Losing Police Protection

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago

The Chicago Police Department is pulling its overtime detail that guards President Barack Obama's Kenwood home on Oct. 1, department officials announc...

Two Women, Two Potential Assassins Out On the Street

Geri Spieler | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Geri Spieler

Two women, two potential presidential assassins, are free today, 34 years after they attempted to assassinate Pres. Gerald Ford.