White House suspends public tours, but first family trips in full swing

Friday, March 08, 2013 TOP STORIES 1 White House suspends public tours, but first family trips in full swing Visitors to the nation's capital looking for a White House public tour are out of luck starting this weekend, courtesy of what the Secret Service says is its own decision to deal with the sequester cuts. But while the agency said it needed to pull officers off the tours for more pressing assignments, the budget ax didn't swing early or deep enough to curtail a host of recent Secret Service-chaperoned trips.  2 US cancels award for Egyptian woman due to anti-US tweets 3 Justin Bieber curses at paparazzi in London 4 Park ranger: Supervisors pushed sequester cuts that visitors would see 5 'Secret energy revolution' could hasten end to dependence on foreign oil TOP VIDEOS 1 Disturbing situation involving John Kerry and Michelle Obama Talking Points 3/7 2 Bombshell in George Zimmerman case 3 What do jury's questions to Jodi Arias reveal? 4 Did White House 'jump the sequester'? 5 Joe Trippi on Obama's new strategy with GOP FOX News Newsletters Just one click to sign up. FoxNews Breaking News Alerts Get alerted the moment major business or economic news breaks! View All Newsletters » Manage Subscriptions | Unsubscribe | Privacy Policy ©2013 Fox News Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.