Secret Service Leak Investigation, Meta’s $18B Settlement, Deadly Flooding in Nepal: AM Update 8/27

Good morning. The Secret Service’s top spokesman has been escorted from headquarters and stripped of his security clearance, with the FBI and CIA now joining an investigation into leaks about President Trump’s movements. In a separate major development, Meta agreed to pay roughly $18 billion and overhaul how its platforms treat young users, settling allegations that it deliberately designed addictive products. And catastrophic flash flooding along the Himalayan border between Nepal and Tibet has killed at least 160 people, with dozens of Americans among the missing.

Secret Service Leak Investigation Escalates

Three employees in the U.S. Secret Service Communications Office were reportedly escorted from the agency’s Washington headquarters Monday amid an investigation into possible disclosure of classified or sensitive information to the press. According to RealClearPolitics, the employees were removed, stripped of their security clearances, and designated “do not admit,” barring them from Secret Service facilities. The group reportedly includes Anthony Guglielmi, the agency’s top spokesman since 2022 and the public face throughout the fallout from the attempted assassination of President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. The Secret Service confirmed only that three non-law enforcement employees have been placed on administrative leave while its Office of Professional Respons