Lawyer and activist Kerry Kennedy, the sister of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) late Saturday for protecting her during the fallout from a live shooter at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner. “I hit the floor at the White House...
The U.K. will seek to smooth over its "special relationship" with the U.S. next week, when it deploys King Charles III for a state visit with President Trump. The royal tour comes Trump has lambasted the country’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer for not being supportive of the U.S. war in Iran and its reluctance to help Washington...
KHARTOUM, Sudan – One year since the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) retook the capital, large parts of the ravaged city are a ghost town. The shell of the grand presidential palace is stained black from fire and smoke, its windows and floors blown out, its Islamic-style arches and columns crumbling. Posters of martyred soldiers, some...
On average, Americans are receiving larger tax refunds this year. So, how will they spend them? The Treasury Department said in a release on Tax Day that as of April 14, the average tax refund this filing season was more than $3,400, an increase of 11 percent from last year. Filers can check the status...
A heavily armed man interrupted Washington’s annual White House Correspondents Association dinner on Saturday, forcing the evacuation of President Trump and first lady Melania Trump and shaking up a crowd of journalists and government officials from both parties. The gunman exchanged fire with law enforcement before being subdued as the Trump and members of the...
I've covered the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner at least a dozen times. Over the years, I've detailed just about every angle. Filed countless stories. But I've never covered the Correspondents' dinner from underneath a white linen table at the Washington Hilton hotel. I've never gripped the carpet to steady myself while crouching down...
President Trump on Saturday released a video and two photos in connection with a shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, not long after the president himself was evacuated from the event. Trump shared two separate posts on Truth Social with photos of the suspected shooter with his wrists bound behind his back, shirtless and...
President Trump was conciliatory toward the media Saturday night as he briefed the press after a shooter was apprehended at the White House Correspondents Dinner. Trump gave remarks in the White House briefing room after returning from the Washington Hilton. The dinner did not resume after the incident. “This was an event dedicated to the...
President Trump said that the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday highlights the need for a ballroom at the White House. “I didn't want to say this but this is why we have to have all of the attributes of what we’re planning at the White House. It’s actually a larger room,...
Allies and political foes of President Trump, along with world leaders, gave thanks on Saturday for the president's safety after shots rang out at the White House Correspondents Dinner, prompting the president, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President Vance and others to be evacuated. U.S. Secret Service members took the president, first lady and Cabinet...
President Trump is expected to make remarks from the White House, shortly after he, Vice President Vance and other Cabinet members were evacuated from the Washington Hilton when a man started shooting in the hotel's lobby. It was the first such dinner that Trump was attending in either of his terms.
President Trump thanked law enforcement on Saturday after shots were fired at the White House Correspondents Dinner and he, the first lady and Cabinet members were evacuated. "Quite an evening in D.C. Secret Service and Law Enforcement did a fantastic job. They acted quickly and bravely," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "The shooter has been...
President Trump, first lady Melania Trump and the Cabinet were evacuated from the White House Correspondents Dinner on Saturday night after shots were fired in the Washington Hilton's lobby. Three or four loud bangs were heard, according to reporters from The Hill who were attending the dinner. People immediately dove under their tables to take...
