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Secret Service probes El Salvador prostitution claims

WASHINGTON — The Secret Service told US lawmakers Thursday it is investigating new accusations of misconduct in El Salvador, where agents of a presidential advance team reportedly partied at a strip club and paid for sex. “Earlier this week the US Secret Service received a call concerning the allegations,” the…

Man arrested in White House shooting incident: official

WASHINGTON — A 21-year-old man was arrested in Pennsylvania on Wednesday in connection with a shooting in which a White House window was struck by a bullet, the US Secret Service said. Oscar Ortega-Hernandez was arrested by state police at a hotel near Indiana, Pennsylvania, the Secret Service special agent…

Man arrested after jumping over White House fence

WASHINGTON — An unidentified man jumped the White House fence in an apparent security breach but was quickly stopped by the US Secret Service. Two Secret Service agents on Tuesday cautiously approached the dark-skinned man, who could not immediately be identified, their rifles pointed at him as he lay face…

Secret Service Twitter page laments having to watch ‘blathering’ Fox News

The official Twitter account of the U.S. Secret Service posted a tweet on Wednesday afternoon that blasted Fox News. “Had to monitor Fox for a story. Can’t. Deal. With. The. Blathering,” the tweet said, before being deleted almost immediately, according to the Huffington Post. “An employee with access to the…