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Note that the White House maintained a broadly open door policy until the 1880s. August 24, 1814 – During the War of 1812, the British Army raided and set fire to the White House, along with the Capitol and many other Washington, D.C. structures. The reconstruction took until 1817.
An intrusion of the White House occurred on September 19, 2014, when Omar J. Gonzalez, an Iraq War veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder, jumped over the White House's fence and entered the building's front door, overpowered a security officer, was stopped by another who was off-duty, then later by multiple security officers, and arrested.
At about 2:12 p.m., an Infiniti G37 driven by Carey allegedly struck one of the White House barriers at the intersection of 15th St. NW and Pennsylvania Avenue NW. [17] At 2:13 p.m. she drove into a restricted White House checkpoint at 15th and E Streets NW, without authorization and without stopping.
2023 White House cocaine incident Date July 2, 2023 ; 19 months ago (2023-07-02) Location White House, Washington, D.C., United States Cause Discovery of a small plastic bag with cocaine Outcome Evacuation Investigation No charges or arrests In July 2023, the United States Secret Service found a small plastic bag containing less than a gram of powder cocaine inside the White House. The initial ...
Dramatic video captured a man dressed all in black getting stuck climbing tall security fencing outside the White House — with witnesses hearing him say “F–k it” before trying to climb over.
As President Donald Trump moved last month to free the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol, his newly appointed top prosecutor in Washington put his name on a request that a judge drop charges ...
An aerial view of the White House, showing the Constitution Avenue intersection at the bottom right, from where the shots were fired. On November 11, Ortega-Hernandez parked his vehicle on Constitution Avenue, 750 yards (690 m) directly south of the White House. He aimed his semi-automatic rifle from the car's passenger seat and fired.
Arson investigators have yet to present a case to Ventura County prosecutors. Residents similarly detained a man suspected of starting a brush fire Monday afternoon near the Chatsworth Reservoir ...