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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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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.
·New York, United States
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Secret Service reports sharp rise in threats against Trump and other protectees
The US Secret Service says it has opened more than 10,000 investigations into threats against people under its protection this year, marking a 40 per cent increase compared with the same period last...
·Karachi, Pakistan
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