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Inside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner as shots fired, Trump rushed from the stage

Shots fired. Guests ducking for cover. Secret Service with guns drawn. Washington Times correspondent John T. Seward was inside the ballroom when chaos erupted at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

WATCH: Accused gunman identified, seen sprinting through security check at Washington dinner

The accused White House Correspondents' Dinner gunman is identified as a 31-year-old man armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives who sprinted through a Secret Service checkpoint and attempted to storm a ballroom inside the Washington Hilton, where President Trump and other high-ranking officials were seated.

Trump strikes conciliatory tone with press after WHCA shooting incident

President Trump struck a conciliatory tone with the press Saturday after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents Association dinner, forcing him to scrap a speech in which he promised to be "rough" on reporters.

Trump praises Secret Service for taking down shooter at White House Correspondents’ Dinner

President Trump praised the Secret Service for taking down a gunman who fired several shots inside the Washington Hilton, where Mr. Trump and most of his Cabinet were sitting in the ballroom at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

Cole Tomas Allen identified as suspect in shooting at White House correspondents’ dinner

President Trump is addressing reporters at the White House after he and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after a shooting incident outside the ballroom.

Pope Leo responds to Trump’s attack: ‘I’m not afraid of the Trump administration’

Pope Leo XIV shot back at President Trump after the president went after him on his Truth Social platform Sunday, saying he does not fear Trump. “I’m not afraid of the Trump administration or of speaking out loudly about the message of the Gospel, which is what the Church works for,” the pope said Monday,...

The Iran war may be on pause but the political fallout is not 

The political consequences for President Trump and congressional Republicans are far from over. 

Janelle Stelson hauls in over $2.1M in Q1 in House race against Rep Scott Perry 

Democrat Janelle Stelson’s campaign announced on Monday that the former broadcast journalist hauled in over $2.1 million in the first quarter of fundraising this year as she eyes a rematch against Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) this November, according to figures first shared with The Hill.  Stelson’s campaign said it has received contributions from 9,000 unique donors; she starts off the second...

How Trump’s made-up emergencies could subvert the midterm elections 

The real national emergency is the prospect that Trump, his administration and his supporters will declare an electoral emergency and either rig or try to overturn the midterm results. The history of midterm elections and Trump’s tanking poll numbers are motivation. 

Forty years after Batson, racial bias in jury selection persists

Will the constitutional promise of equal protection under the law be meaningfully enforced, or quietly set aside?

Trump’s Strait of Hormuz gambit approaches zero hour

In today’s issue: President Trump’s threatened blockade on the Strait of Hormuz is set to come into force at 10 a.m. EDT on Monday, a maneuver meant to disrupt Iran’s chokehold on the crucial corridor for global energy trade. Trump announced the plan on Sunday, after no agreement was reached during talks in Islamabad, Pakistan, the day before, the first direct...

Journalists keep burning leakers

Once or twice might be bad luck. More than that, however, and it begins to look like a trend.

Sudden GOP infighting explodes over bipartisan immigration reform bill

Sudden outrage over a long-shot bipartisan immigration reform bill sparked a public battle among House Republicans, fueled by an onslaught of online activists, that’s putting GOP divides over immigration policy squarely into the spotlight. The bill in question, the Dignity Act, is not new and has little chance of getting a vote in this Congress....

Fans express outrage as US World Cup ticket prices soar  

It will be more expensive than ever to attend World Cup matches held in the United States this summer, a trend that has soccer fans in the U.S. and around the world frustrated about who will have access to watch historic clashes on the pitch in person.   The record-breaking prices are a clear representation of soccer’s growing popularity in North America and are being seen as a...

This Week on the Hill: 6 big fights Congress faces as it returns

Lawmakers are returning to Washington after a two-week recess to a packed and politically fraught agenda. The weekend saw a growing wave of bipartisan calls for Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) to resign from Congress amid sexual assault allegations, which he has denied. Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) said she would file a motion to expel...

Oil prices surge above $100 as US Navy to blockade Iran’s ports after peace talks fail

Oil futures were at over $100 per barrel in the wake of President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. military would start blockading ships looking to enter the Strait of Hormuz. Prices of U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude hovered just above $104 per barrel late Sunday night, with Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, prices...

US military says 5 killed in Eastern Pacific boat strikes

The U.S. military said Sunday that five people were killed in boat strikes in the Eastern Pacific, stating that “intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the” region. “On April 11, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted two lethal kinetic strikes...

Ex-CIA Director: ‘I think the 25th Amendment was written with’ Trump ‘in mind’

Former CIA Director John Brennan said Saturday that he believed the 25th Amendment “was written with” President Trump “in mind,” comments that come after multiple Democrats pushed for Trump’s ouster following his intense threats toward Iran. “I think the 25th Amendment was written with Donald Trumps in mind, because allowing someone like this to continue...

Swalwell suspends campaign for California governor

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) announced on Sunday that he would be suspending his campaign for governor — just over 48 hours after initial reports alleging that the congressman, and one of the frontrunners for California governor, had twice sexually assaulted a former aide. "I am suspending my campaign for Governor," Swalwell wrote in a post...

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