Edwin Donovan

US President Barack Obama lost his first choice of wheels on Wednesday, after one of his hulking armoured limousines broke down in Israel.

The US Secret Service said Thursday it was investigating a police officer in Washington after he allegedly made a death threat against First Lady Michelle Obama.

Embarrassed over a Colombia sex scandal, the US Secret Service has released new conduct guidelines that forbid agents from visiting "non-reputable establishments" or bringing foreigners to their hotel rooms.

Embarrassed over a Colombia sex scandal, the US Secret Service has released new conduct guidelines that forbid agents from visiting "non-reputable establishments" or bringing foreigners to their hotel rooms.

Embarrassed over a Colombia sex scandal, the US Secret Service released new conduct guidelines Friday that forbid agents from visiting "non-reputable establishments" or bringing foreigners to their hotel rooms.

The Secret Service was embroiled in a new row Saturday after it was revealed that about 12 agents protecting US President Barack Obama in Colombia were sent home amid rumors of a sex scandal.

Leaders of the American continent will open a two-day summit here Saturday anxious to expand regional trade, but dogged by controversial issues like contraband of illegal drugs and policy toward Cuba.

US President Barack Obama was to open summit talks with fellow leaders of the Americas in this Colombian resort city Saturday hours after four small blasts occurred here and in the Colombian capital.

Fears of violence marred Saturday's opening of a summit gathering US President Barack Obama and Latin American leaders when four bombs went off in Cartagena and in the Colombian capital.

Two F-16 fighters were scrambled Thursday to intercept a light aircraft over Los Angeles, during a visit by President Barack Obama for a fundraising trip, officials said.

George W. Bush's Secret Service bodyguards questioned then released a man who dropped by the former president's Dallas, Texas home uninvited with a firearm in his vehicle, an official said Tuesday.

US presidential hopeful Herman Cain has become the first Republican to get Secret Service protection in the 2012 election campaign, officials said Friday.

A 21-year-old Idaho man who allegedly called US President Barack Obama the "devil" and the "anti-Christ" was charged with attempting to assassinate him by firing shots at the White House.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police arrested a 21-year-old man on Wednesday suspected of shooting at the White House last week, after federal agents found two bullets that had hit the mansion, including one that struck a window.

A 21-year-old man was arrested in Pennsylvania on Wednesday following a shooting near the White House and the discovery of a bullet that struck a window of one of the world's most closely guarded buildings, authorities said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police arrested a 21-year-old man on Wednesday suspected of shooting at the White House last week, after federal agents found two bullets that had hit the mansion, including one that struck a window.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police arrested a 21-year-old man on Wednesday suspected of shooting at the White House last week, after federal agents found two bullets that had hit the mansion, including one that struck a window.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police arrested a 21-year old man on Wednesday suspected of shooting at the White House last week, after federal agents found two bullets that had hit the mansion, including one that struck a window.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police arrested a 21-year old man on Wednesday suspected of shooting at the White House last week, after federal agents found two bullets that had hit the mansion, including one that struck a window.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two bullets that hit the White House, one a window and the other the building's exterior, have been found, the Secret Service said on Wednesday. No one was hurt in the shooting.