Dan Mangan via CNBC:

‘A senior U.S. Secret Service official said the “threat environment” for the agency’s protectees, who include President Donald Trump, “is the highest we’ve ever seen.”

There have been about 10,000 cases involving threats to government officials, including Supreme Court justices, so far in 2026, the official said. That represents a 40% increase in such cases over the same period last year.

The briefing came ahead of Friday’s rescheduled annual dinner for the White House Correspondents’ Association at the Waldorf Astoria in Washington. Trump is set to attend.

The WHCA dinner in April was interrupted when a gunman stormed through a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton. The man, Cole Tomas Allen, faces charges of trying to assassinate Trump….’