By The Daily Caller (U.S.) | Created at 2026-07-23 17:31:46 | Updated at 2026-08-04 12:19:45
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The U.S. Secret Service has investigated 10,000 threats to its protectees in 2026, the agency said, according to CBS News.
The agency has seen a 40% increase from last year in the number of nationwide threats it has probed, according to CBS News. In addition, the agency has conducted almost 10 times as many mental health interventions, including both voluntary and involuntary commitments, involving the individuals who are allegedly making the threats.
The agency uses behaviors such as obsessive fixation, stalking, paranoia, and delusions to conduct threat assessments. Besides mental health, ideological grievances, lone actors, and foreign threats have contributed to the increase in threat probes. Most threats originate online, according to the agency.
The agency treats threats as credible as they work to determine whether an individual is actually planning to carry out an attack.
U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran reacted to the increase in threats, according to CBS News.
“The numbers are numbers that this agency and certainly I have never seen in my 24-year career,” Curran said.
“The environment has become very volatile, and that’s just across the board. The threat picture and environment is as large as I’ve ever seen it,” he added.
The Secret Service is responsible for protecting the president, vice president, and their immediate families, as well as anyone in the presidential line of succession. (RELATED: Secret Service Agents Tasked With Protecting JD Vance’s Family Appear To Be Leaking Their Private Affairs to Left-Wing Media)
One of the recent threats the agency thwarted was an alleged attack on the UFC 250 event that took place at the White House. Multiple suspects were arrested for allegedly planning to use explosives to force the crowd to flee and push them toward a sniper team.
The agency also prevented a gunman from carrying out a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner back in April, with one Secret Service agent tackling the alleged suspect.
Ahead of the re-scheduled dinner at Washington’s Waldorf Astoria, Curran said, “We do expect bad people to show up. It’s just a reality of where we are,” according to CBS News.
Checkpoints and specialized response teams will be utilized in the event that dangerous individuals reach event screening locations.
Additionally, Curran said he could not get into specific details about the agency’s measures to protect President Donald Trump against threats from Iran, the outlet reported.
The Daily Caller contacted the U.S. Secret Service, who did not immediately comment.
