The new fence will replace the White House’s old gate with a 13-foot steel barrier that features “anti-climb and intrusion detection technology.”

The National Park Service is planting trees at the behest of the Secret Service to increase security around the White House, according to a letter from Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton.

A D.C. police officer has been placed on administrative duty while he is being investigated for making a threat earlier this week against Michelle Obama.

A pair of Secret Service agents yesterday helped an adorable family of ducks through the fence surrounding the White House.

Upset by a new law they say would curtail their ability to demonstrate, members of Occupy D.C. last night marched on the White House that sharpened long-standing regulations about Secret Service-protected areas.