On Wednesday, the U.S. Secret Service announced security changes that will keep the public further back from the White House on the south end of the property.The sidewalk next to the fence that ...

With the White House in the background, people stand against a fence Thursday, June 4, 2020, in Washington as demonstrators protest over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police ...

A Secret Service police officer walks outside the White House in Washington, Oct. 23, 2014, as a maintenance worker performs fence repairs as part of a previous fence restoration project.

Washington: A video circulating widely online shows construction crews setting up substantial anti-scale barricades around ...

It may be the first successful intrusion onto the complex since the White House fence was doubled in height to roughly 13 feet (3.96-meters) in recent years after a series of security breaches.

It may be the first successful intrusion onto the complex since the White House fence was doubled in height to roughly 13 feet in recent years after a series of security breaches.

Access to the White House was temporarily restricted after a small intruder triggered the complex’s security system. On Tuesday, the Secret Service apprehended a toddler who slipped through the ...

It also appears to be the first baby breach at the White House in eight years. In 2015, a 4-year-old made it into a secured area as well, causing security officers to draw their weapons on the ...

May 23, 1995 – Leland W. Modjeski is shot by the Secret Service after climbing over a security fence and running toward the White House with a handgun that was later determined to be unloaded.

May 23, 1995 – Leland W. Modjeski is shot by the Secret Service after climbing over a security fence and running toward the White House with a handgun that was later determined to be unloaded.

May 23, 1995 – Leland W. Modjeski is shot by the Secret Service after climbing over a security fence and running toward the White House with a handgun that was later determined to be unloaded.

The White House grounds include 18 acres of land. That and the adjacent 52-acre Ellipse to the south belong to President’s Park, a national park. The Secret Service is in charge of White House ...