Obama On Secret Service: I Trust Them 100 Percent
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...
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...
Huffington Post | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago
The Chicago Police Department is pulling its overtime detail that guards President Barack Obama's Kenwood home on Oct. 1, department officials announc...
Geri Spieler | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics
Two women, two potential presidential assassins, are free today, 34 years after they attempted to assassinate Pres. Gerald Ford.
Alexander Dresner | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics
It has been said that the mark of good leadership are those who try to predict the future. What the Secret Service needs are individuals who attempt to predict various futures.
washingtonpost.com | Aaron C. Davis | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics
Downtown Washington resembled a militarized zone last week for the inauguration of President Barack Obama, but some major contributors who had direct ...
Washington Post | Posted 02.15.2009 | Politics
From the steam grates of Pennsylvania Avenue to the porticoes of the city's grand buildings, homeless Washingtonians who live inside the nation's tigh...
Chicago Tribune | Jon Hilkevitch | Posted 01.01.2009 | Chicago
Chicago drivers have been adjusting to a new reality since the Nov. 4 election: Wherever President-elect Barack Obama goes, traffic disruptions follo...
Details | Posted 12.26.2008 | Politics
Let's face it: The audacity of hope is about to be tested by the tenacity of fear. Yes, it's amazing to witness the historic, anything-can-happen triu...
Huffington Post | Posted 12.19.2008 | Style
President-elect Obama is still adjusting to life with the Secret Service and the loss of privacy that it entails. When Steve Croft spoke with him on S...
AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 12.15.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Threats against a new president historically spike right after an election, but from Maine to Idaho law enforcement officials are s...
Stacy Parker Aab | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics
Barack Obama, his staff, and his agents were brave enough and smart enough to figure out how to make him as accessible as possible without sacrificing his security.
Chicago Tribune | Deanese Williams-Harris and Steve Schmadeke | Posted 09.29.2008 | Chicago
As the U.S. Secret Service steps up security for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, parking restrictions in the area around his South Side...
AP | CURT ANDERSON | Posted 09.07.2008 | Home
MIAMI — A man who authorities said was keeping weapons and military-style gear in his hotel room and car appeared in court Thursday on charges h...
AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The Secret Service has asked for an extra $9.5 million to cover unexpected costs of protecting the presidential candidates during w...
Mayhill Fowler | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home
Hillary is going to give it everything she's got, but an Obama spring is in the air. You could feel it on the bus tour.
ABC News | Mattew Jaffe | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Last May, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., was issued a full-time Secret Service detail, an unusual event so early in the election season, but one that refl...
The Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
UPDATE (via TPM): Bill O'Reilly is offering a rather high-flown explanation for the incident in which he shoved the Obama staffer in order to get acce...
AP | Posted 12.03.2009 | Politics