Rogue Party Balloons Trigger White House Lockdown

On Sunday, the White House was briefly placed under unofficial lockdown after two stray, possibly radicalized “party balloons” landed on the North Lawn, NBC News reports.

On Sunday, the White House was briefly placed under unofficial lockdown after two stray, possibly radicalized “party balloons” landed on the North Lawn, NBC News reports.

In a move that’s sure to spice things up for the building’s endless stream of intruders, the Secret Service has proposed almost doubling the height of the White House fence, from 6 feet tall to over 11, NBC News reports.