A planning agency has approved the design of a taller, stronger fence around the White House.
The Secret Service says Thursday's approval by the National Capital Planning Commission means the agency can move forward with contracting to build the new fence.
The changes were proposed after a series of people managed to scale the current 7-foot-tall barrier. In the most serious security breach, a man got over the fence in 2014 and ran deep inside the White House while carrying a...