Secret Service has investigated 10,000 threats in 2026
Officials said the agency is using new counter-drone and interdiction tools as online threats and mental-health cases drive a 40% rise in investigations.
- On Wednesday, the U.S. Secret Service reported 10,000 threat cases against government officials in 2026, representing a 40% increase over the same period last year.
- Mental health committals for individuals suspected of threatening protectees have spiked by a factor of 10, reflecting broader political violence concerns documented by law enforcement officials in recent years.
- The FBI detected 1,600 drones around U.S. stadiums during the World Cup and seized more than 700 illegal drones, with officials warning that consumer drones pose rapidly growing threats to protected venues.
- This Friday, President Donald Trump attends the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria, where agents have reevaluated security protocols following an April gunman's attempt to breach the event.
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Trump Facing Unprecedented Threat Surge as Secret Service Opens 10,000 High Risk Intelligence Cases
President Donald Trump is facing what the US Secret Service has described as an unprecedented threat environment, with the agency revealing on Wednesday that it has opened roughly 10,000 protective intelligence investigations since January. The figure, disclosed just days before the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner, marks a nearly 40 per cent increase compared with the same period last year, according to agency officials. The discl…
Secret Service Says Threats Against US Officials Hit Record High
The U.S. Secret Service says the threat environment facing President Donald Trump and other senior government officials has reached unprecedented levels, according to remarks by Director Sean Curran reported ahead of the rescheduled White House Correspondents' Dinner. 💡Curran said the agency has recorded its highest threat level in decades, while another senior official revealed that nearly 10,000 threats against government officials and Suprem…
Secret Service has probed 10,000 threats to Trump, other US officials so far this year, director says
The Secret Service has investigated approximately 10,000 threats to its protectees -- including President Trump -- in the first half of this year, the head of the agency revealed Wednesday.
The Secret Service has a new problem: More threats, more drones, more lone actors
The U.S. Secret Service has opened about 10,000 protective intelligence investigations since January, a 40% increase from the same period last year, and agency leaders say the cases arriving on their desks look very different than they did even a year ago. More begin online, more involve lone actors and foreign adversaries, and agents are intervening far more often when someone shows signs they could become violent. At a Wednesday press conferen…
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