U.S. secret agents 'refused polygraph'

In Colombia, Obama's 11 agents from the secret service sent home for what the House Homeland Security Committee Chairman said was misconduct likely involving local prostitutes.

Julia Pierson was sworn in as director of the Secret Service on Wednesday, making her the first woman to take the helm of an agency tarnished by scandal.

If a married corporate executive threw a party, sexually assaulted a female guest while she slept, got convicted of sexual assault by a jury of his peers — only to have his conviction overturned by the chairman of the board — everyone would call that crazy.

Secret Service Agents have long been presumed to be "the best of the best." This select group was deemed to be the best field agents, most physically fit and definitely the smartest at protection detail. Their shield was untarnished until last week when agents were on assignment protecting President Obama and other government officials visiting ...

Secret Service agents sent to Colombia ahead of President Barack Obama have been relieved of duty and returned home amid allegations of misconduct, officials said.

The White House defended the Secret Service and its director Tuesday amid an embarrassing investigation into whether several agents brought prostitutes back to their hotel in Colombia ahead of a presidential visit.