Chronic problems with the U.S. Secret Service have been investigated for years, but a recent report revealed that understaffing at the protective agency might be even worse than many people realize.

The internal watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security issued the first of several reports evaluating the U.S. Secret Service in the wake of the attempted assassination of President Trump in ...

A report from the Department of Homeland Security inspector general shows counter sniper teams have “chronic understaffing.” At the same time, the demand for counter snipers at the Secret Service ...

The demand for counter snipers increased 151% from 2020 to 2024. More than a year after a Secret Service counter sniper team killed a would-be assassin targeting President Donald Trump in Butler, ...