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At A Breaking Point: Stretched Secret Service Says It Needs Help To Protect Trumps

The agency charged with protecting the president is seeking help from Congress to cover excess overtime costs. Officers put in a lot of extra hours, keeping up with Trump and his well-traveled family.

The U.S. Secret Service is bumping up against statutory limits on overtime pay, as it struggles to provide protection for President Trump and his globe-trotting family.

Agency officials estimate more than 1,000 agents

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