https://www.scmp.com/rss/523433/feed The latest news and top stories on the Secret Service. A prominent Washington DC-based federal law enforcement agency, the US Secret Service is dedicated to two primary missions: protecting the US President, Vice President and other dignitaries, and investigating financial and cyber crimes. Its main areas of focus include protective operations and safeguarding the nation’s financial infrastructure. Established in 1865 to combat counterfeiting, its protective role expanded after 1901. The agency... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump on Tuesday ⁠revealed previously undisclosed details ⁠about his new bunker-like White House ballroom, ⁠saying it would have a drone base on the roof and a military hospital as part of a six-storey subterranean complex. Amid the bang and clang of construction, Trump took a group of reporters on a tour of the project to try to bolster his argument ‌that the US Congress should allocate US$1 billion to pay for security enhancements to the building. Democrats and some... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3354170/trump-reveals-details-his-bunker-ballroom-drone-base-underground-hospital?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3354170/trump-reveals-details-his-bunker-ballroom-drone-base-underground-hospital?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 20 May 2026 03:28:02 +0000 Nayan Seth Nayan Seth Even before US President Donald Trump touched down in Beijing on Wednesday, the first act of the China-US summit was playing out in the skies above the Chinese capital. Hundreds of professional photographers and residents lined up across various points near Beijing Capital International Airport to capture one of the most recognisable symbols of the American presidency – Air Force One. Within minutes of its appearance, Chinese social media was flooded with videos and photos of the aircraft’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3353494/flying-white-house-trumps-air-force-one-fuels-fascination-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3353494/flying-white-house-trumps-air-force-one-fuels-fascination-china?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 14 May 2026 03:22:38 +0000 Reuters Reuters The ⁠man accused of attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump at a White House reporters’ gala last month pleaded not guilty ‌to all charges on Monday. Cole Allen, 31, of California, did not speak in court as his lawyer Tezira Abe entered the plea on his behalf. The charges include attempted assassination of the president, assault on ⁠a federal officer and firearms offences. Prosecutors allege Allen fired ‌a shotgun at a US Secret Service agent and stormed a security checkpoint ‌in a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3353184/trump-gala-shooter-pleads-not-guilty-all-charges?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3353184/trump-gala-shooter-pleads-not-guilty-all-charges?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 11 May 2026 14:01:08 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse An armed man was shot by US Secret Service (USSS) agents in downtown Washington on Monday, officials said, prompting a brief lockdown of the nearby White House. The shooting near the National Mall took place just after a motorcade carrying Vice-President J.D. Vance had passed by the area, USSS Deputy Director Matthew Quinn said. Quinn told reporters he did not believe that the vice-president was an intended target and said he could not speculate if it was related to recent attempts on the life... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3352419/person-shot-officers-near-washington-monument-secret-service-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3352419/person-shot-officers-near-washington-monument-secret-service-says?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 04 May 2026 21:56:37 +0000 Agencies Agencies US President Donald Trump and the head of the Secret Service said on Thursday the federal agent injured during the attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner had not been hit by friendly fire, as authorities released a video of the incident. Jeanine Pirro, the US Attorney for the District of Columbia, posted the nearly six-minute video on social media amid lingering questions over whose bullet struck the officer. Pirro noted that the security footage captured suspect Cole Tomas... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3352091/trump-says-secret-service-agent-not-shot-friendly-fire-attack-video-released?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3352091/trump-says-secret-service-agent-not-shot-friendly-fire-attack-video-released?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Apr 2026 23:18:44 +0000 Reuters Reuters The man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at a black-tie press gala in Washington agreed on Thursday to remain in custody while his case moves forward. The suspect, Cole Allen, 31, would ‌not immediately contest prosecutors’ arguments that he was a danger to the community and should remain in jail, his lawyer, Tezira Abe, said during a court hearing. Allen allegedly stormed a security checkpoint and fired a shotgun outside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3352080/man-charged-trying-kill-trump-agrees-remain-custody?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3352080/man-charged-trying-kill-trump-agrees-remain-custody?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Apr 2026 15:50:34 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The man charged with trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner and kill US President Donald Trump took a picture of himself in his hotel room just minutes earlier, outfitted with an ammunition bag, a shoulder gun holster and a sheathed knife, authorities said on Wednesday in a new court filing. Cole Allen wore black pants, a black shirt and a red tie as he snapped the image in his room at the Washington Hilton, where Trump and hundreds of journalists were meeting for a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3351907/man-charged-trying-kill-trump-dinner-took-photo-knife-hotel?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3351907/man-charged-trying-kill-trump-dinner-took-photo-knife-hotel?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:35:08 +0000 Reuters Reuters The man accused of opening fire at a Washington dinner attended by Donald Trump was charged on Monday with attempting to assassinate the US president and could face life in prison if convicted. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, wore a blue jail-issue V-neck shirt and pants at his first appearance in Washington federal court, two days after authorities said he launched an unsuccessful attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, an annual black-tie gathering of journalists and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3351624/suspect-washington-dinner-shooting-charged-attempting-assassinate-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3351624/suspect-washington-dinner-shooting-charged-attempting-assassinate-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:32:13 +0000 Reuters Reuters US law enforcement officials are reassessing security arrangements after ⁠a gunman opened fire near the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, raising questions about ⁠how he was able to get so close to an event attended by President Donald Trump, cabinet members and lawmakers. Two former Secret Service agents and three senior US officials told Reuters on Sunday that federal agents appeared to carry out their plan to protect the president effectively on Saturday night, stopping the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3351538/washington-hotel-shooting-exposes-gaps-security-protocols-trump-and-other-vips?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3351538/washington-hotel-shooting-exposes-gaps-security-protocols-trump-and-other-vips?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 Apr 2026 06:32:30 +0000 Reuters Reuters The shooting on Saturday night of a Secret Service agent at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner raises questions yet again about the protection afforded to America’s political leaders at a time of increased political violence. Hundreds of agents from several law enforcement agencies were tasked with protecting the annual bash, which US President Donald Trump headlined this year. Yet a suspect with a shotgun and other weapons ‌managed to get just a floor above the Washington... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3351466/us-press-dinner-shooting-casts-fresh-spotlight-trumps-security?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3351466/us-press-dinner-shooting-casts-fresh-spotlight-trumps-security?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:58:40 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse It was meant to be a glitzy Saturday night at a Washington ballroom featuring President Donald Trump, but the glamour was shattered by gunshots that left guests diving to the floor and the US leader bundled out by security personnel. Trump was seated on the dais at the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner – the first time he is attending as president – when loud bangs disrupted the revelry and caused him and others on stage to look up in alarm. Video captured by news outlets... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3351450/how-gunfire-threw-trumps-glitzy-washington-hilton-dinner-chaos?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3351450/how-gunfire-threw-trumps-glitzy-washington-hilton-dinner-chaos?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:06:09 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press An armed man drove into the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, US President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida, before being shot and killed early Sunday morning, according to a spokesman for the US Secret Service. Although Trump often spends weekends at his resort, he was at the White House when the breach occurred around 1.30am. The man had a fuel can and a shotgun, authorities said. Investigators identified him as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin of North Carolina, according to a... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344275/us-secret-service-kills-armed-man-entering-trumps-mar-lago?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3344275/us-secret-service-kills-armed-man-entering-trumps-mar-lago?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 22 Feb 2026 15:03:48 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Demolition workers have finished tearing down the White House’s entire East Wing to make way for US President Donald Trump’s giant new US$300 million ballroom, satellite pictures showed on Thursday. The completion of the wrecking work came as the White House released a list of donors to the ballroom including Apple, Google and Meta. A grey and brown patch of rubble could be seen in the area that used to be occupied by the iconic building, according to the images shared by Planet Labs PBC and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3330010/trump-confirms-full-demolition-white-house-east-wing-huge-ballroom?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3330010/trump-confirms-full-demolition-white-house-east-wing-huge-ballroom?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:03:37 +0000 Reuters Reuters US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the Secret Service was investigating what he described as “sabotage” at the United Nations, alleging that an escalator malfunction, a teleprompter failure and sound problems disrupted his appearance at the world body a day earlier. Trump, in a social media post, said an escalator carrying him and his wife Melania “came to a screeching halt” on the way to the main floor, nearly causing them to fall. He called for the arrest of whoever was... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326748/trump-says-secret-service-probing-sabotage-escalator-un?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326748/trump-says-secret-service-probing-sabotage-escalator-un?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 23:38:45 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course last year tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen shortly after being found guilty of all counts on Tuesday. Officers quickly swarmed him and dragged him out of the courtroom. The jury of five men and seven women found Ryan Routh guilty on all counts that he was facing after about two hours of deliberation. The jurors were on their way out of the courtroom after the verdict was announced when Routh grabbed a pen off... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326599/ryan-routh-found-guilty-trying-assassinate-trump-florida-golf-club?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326599/ryan-routh-found-guilty-trying-assassinate-trump-florida-golf-club?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Sep 2025 19:13:19 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The US Secret Service on Tuesday said it had dismantled a network of more than 100,000 SIM cards that could have crashed New York’s telecommunications network ahead of the UN General Assembly, linking the threat to “nation-state” actors. “In addition to carrying out anonymous telephonic threats, these devices could be used to conduct a wide range of telecommunications attacks,” the agency said in a statement. “This includes disabling cell phone towers, enabling denial of services attacks and... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326582/secret-service-thwarts-massive-sim-card-plot-ahead-un-assembly-new-york?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326582/secret-service-thwarts-massive-sim-card-plot-ahead-un-assembly-new-york?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 23 Sep 2025 12:24:09 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press The man charged with trying to assassinate Donald Trump while he played golf last year in South Florida stood before a group of potential jurors in a Florida courtroom on Monday and said he was “sorry for bringing you all in here”. Ryan Routh is representing himself in the trial that began with jury selection on Monday in the federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida. “Thank you for being here,” Routh told the first group of 60 jurors who were brought into the courtroom after US District Judge... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3324809/man-accused-trying-assassinate-trump-apologises-potential-jurors?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/3324809/man-accused-trying-assassinate-trump-apologises-potential-jurors?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Sep 2025 23:09:16 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press US President Donald Trump was loudly booed at the men’s final of the US Open on Sunday, where extra security caused by his visit led to lines long enough that many people missed the start of play, even after organisers delayed it. Wearing a suit and long, red tie, Trump briefly emerged from his suite about 45 minutes before the match started and heard a mix of boos and cheers from an Arthur Ashe Stadium that was still mostly empty. No announcement proceeded his appearance, and it was brief... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324675/trumps-us-open-visit-sparks-boos-and-long-security-queues?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3324675/trumps-us-open-visit-sparks-boos-and-long-security-queues?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 07 Sep 2025 21:42:47 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse A congressional inquiry into the attempt to assassinate US President Donald Trump at a campaign rally a year ago on Sunday lamented “inexcusable” failures in the Secret Service’s operations and response, and called for more serious disciplinary action. On July 13, 2024, a gunman shot the then-Republican presidential candidate during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazing his ear. One bystander was killed and two other people in addition to Trump were wounded before a government sniper... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318060/inexcusable-failures-led-trump-assassination-attempt-senate-report?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3318060/inexcusable-failures-led-trump-assassination-attempt-senate-report?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Jul 2025 16:39:19 +0000