DHS designates Jan. 6 a National Special Security Event

The Secret Service said Thursday that the upcoming Jan. 6 “has been designated a National Special Security Event by the Secretary of Homeland Security.”

“The 2025 Counting and Certification of Electoral Votes in Washington, DC on Jan. 6, 2025, has been designated a National Special Security Event by the Secretary of Homeland Security,” a press release on the Department of Homeland secretary’s decision, first reported by The Washington Post, from the Secret Service said.

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