Secret Service logs 10,000 threats before July 24 dinner

The U.S. Secret Service is confronting the most severe threat environment in its history as it prepares to secure a rescheduled White House Correspondents Association dinner on Friday, July 24, agency officials said Wednesday. The event follows a string of violent incidents, including a shooting that disrupted the original dinner in April, and comes amid a dramatic surge in threats against President Donald Trump and other protectees.

Secret Service Director Sean Curran, speaking at a briefing on July 22, described the current threat level as the highest of his 24-year career. A senior agency official, speaking anonymously, said the Secret Service has logged roughly 10,000 threat cases so far in 2026, a 40 percent increase from the same period last year. The agency has also recorded a tenfold increase in mental-health-related interventions for individuals suspected of threatening protectees.

Friday's dinner at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington was rescheduled after an armed attack on April 25 at the Washington Hilton. In that incident, a man identified as Cole Tomas Allen fired a shotgun after rushing through a security checkpoint on a floor above the ballroom. Allen was...