Which presidential candidate gets Secret Service protection comes down to a few factors: ANALYSIS. Laws changed after Robert Kennedy was killed. By Donald J. Mihalek. April 20, 2019, 8:50 AM.

Secret Service officials are strained and stretched “to the breaking point” as the 2024 presidential campaign enters its final month, according to a report.

The U.S. Secret Service on Thursday began protecting U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, a Democrat running for president, at the candidate's request, officials said.

Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who ran into the line of fire to shield President John F. Kennedy and the first lady in Dallas on November 22, 1963, died Friday. He was 93 years old.