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'It's Becoming a Fortress': Trump Backs Secret Service Plan for More Permanent Fences Around White House

The proposal for permanent fencing around Lafayette Square, supported by President Trump, sparks debate over security needs versus public access to this historic protest site.

International Business Times UK · Sep 4

Trump now wants to install fences near the White House to help keep crowds further back

Secret Service officials have previously suggested adding more fencing near the White House

The Independent UK · Jul 10

‘People around me are almost universally concerned’: Bishop who begged Trump to have ‘mercy’ talks threats

Bishop Mariann Budde previously condemned Trump’s 2020 decision to clear Black Lives Matter demonstrators in Lafayette Square and then pose there for a photo-op

The Independent UK · Jan 26, 2025

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Thousands Gather Outside White House For A Pro-Palestinian Protest

During the protest, multiple statues in Lafayette Square were vandalized with spray paint, graffiti, and painted red handprints.

International Business Times · Jun 9, 2024

WH crasher had Nazi flag, threatened Joe

Former top FBI official immediately linked the incident to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack

Salon · May 23, 2023

A suspect is charged after crashing a truck into barriers near the White House

U.S. Park Police say a preliminary investigation indicates that 19-year-old Sai Varshith Kandula of Chesterfield, Mo., plowed into the bollards around Lafayette Square on purpose.

WEKU · May 23, 2023

Country’s oldest taxidermy shop calls St. Louis home, with roots to Germany and Busch family

AFFTON, Missouri — Seventeen years old and fresh out of high school, Frank Wagner Jr. wanted to be a taxidermist. He went to Schwarz Studio Taxidermists, then in the Lafayette Square neighborhood of St. Louis, and asked for a job, but they weren't hiring.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch · Jan 25, 2023

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Jill Biden honors Jacqueline Kennedy's preservation legacy

First lady Jill Biden has paid tribute to predecessor Jacqueline Kennedy for her pivotal role in preventing the teardown of historic buildings on iconic Lafayette Square near the White House decades ago

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

Washington DC: Four people injured after lightning strike outside White House

Four people have been critically injured after a lightning strike in a park outside the White House in Washington DC.Two men and two women were taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after the incident in Lafayette Square on Thursday evening (local time).The lightning struck the four people near a tree…

Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2022

Four people critically injured after lightning strike outside White House

Lightning struck near a tree in Lafayette Square as thunderstorms hit the US capital

Evening Standard · Aug 5, 2022

DOJ and civil rights groups reach settlement over Lafayette Square protesters

The U.S. Park Police and Secret Service are revising their protest policies as part of the agreement.

Axios · Apr 14, 2022

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