White House Incident Today

A vehicle traveling "at a high rate of speed" crashed into a gate at the White House late Saturday, killing the driver, a U.S. Secret Service spokesperson said. A driver was in custody Monday after crashing a vehicle into an exterior gate of the White House complex, a spokesman for the Secret Service wrote on X.

The Secret Service briefly placed the White House's front lawn on lockdown on Tuesday following a security incident near the front gate. According to news reports, an unidentified object was thrown over the fence onto the North Lawn. The latest transcripts, proclamations, executive orders, and press releases from The White House.

A Facebook post falsely claiming the White House caught fire on Friday has gone viral, sparking confusion and concern across social media. The post, shared by a page called Today Story around 11 p. The White House North Lawn was evacuated after a tourist allegedly threw a phone over the fence; press sheltered as Secret Service responded.

The Secret Service put the White House 's front lawn on a brief lockdown after a security incident near the front gate. Secret Service took a man into custody outside of the White House Monday afternoon after he scaled an outer fence on the South Grounds. A toddler slipped through the White House fence on Wednesday, the Secret Service said in a post on the social platform X.

"Just after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, U.S. Secret Service Uniformed.

A lockdown was ordered at the White House following a security incident. (IMAGE: AFP FILE) The front lawn of the White House has been locked down by the Secret Service, and members of the press were rushed to the briefing room on Tuesday following a security incident, according to several reports.