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.
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.
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.
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.
Democratic lawmakers and one Republican colleague on Friday demanded answers from Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about why sanctioned Russian lawmakers visited the U.S. and toured the U.S. Capitol building this week, a visit organized by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.). The letter, signed by Reps. Dina Titus (D-Nev.), Brian...
The North Pole's sea ice has reached its lowest level for the winter season as increasing temperatures break records across the continents, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), based at the University of Colorado Boulder, on Thursday. The center's scientists "stress that the Arctic sea ice extent number is preliminary —...
President Trump, appearing before a Saudi business forum in Miami on Friday, touted what he said were U.S. wins in its war against Iran and warned Cuba would be “next.” Trump’s remarks touched on a range of issues, largely centered on the Middle East but he also brought up the island nation as his next...
Idaho lawmakers approved legislation Friday that would criminalize transgender people for using bathrooms and changing rooms associated with the gender they identify with, whether inside a government or privately owned building. The bill, which senators approved in a 28-7 vote, states that any person who knowingly and willfully uses the space designated for use by...
The Houthis on Friday warned that if three lines are crossed by the U.S., Israel or other Middle East countries, they will join the Iran war and fight back. The Yemen-based group backed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps released five points, issued by the Yemeni Armed Forces, regarding the conflict. They include demands for...
Former White House strategist and podcaster Steve Bannon on Friday said at Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) that the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran could result in U.S. service members fighting on the ground at Kharg Island. Bannon told CPAC attendees in Grapevine, Texas, that the U.S. is "probably [at] the start of a war," but...
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi pledged his country will “exact HEAVY price” after he said the Israeli military violated the Trump administration’s pause on strikes against Iranian energy infrastructure. “Israel has hit 2 of Iran's largest steel factories, a power plant and civilian nuclear sites among other infrastructure. Israel claims it acted in coordination with...
President Trump said Friday he is not on board with the Senate-passed funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) because it does not fully fund the agency, which has been a sticking point with congressional Democrats. Trump, in a phone interview with Fox News, said the bill "wasn't appropriate” because it does not...
Stocks closed the week with sharp losses Friday as Wall Street sought refuge from the financial blowback of the war in Iran. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with a loss of nearly 800 points Friday, falling 1.7 percent on the day. The index closed at 45,166.64 points, down more than 10 percent from its...
The Education Department announced Friday that student loan borrowers will have to get out of the Biden-era Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan by the end of the summer. More than 7.5 million borrowers are still in the SAVE Plan after a court officially terminated what had been called the most generous student loan repayment option available. On July 1,...
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is investigating a helicopter that crossed in front of a commercial plane in California, the agency said in a statement. United Airlines Flight 589 was on its way to John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, Calif., on Tuesday around 8:40 p.m. when a Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopter crossed its path....
President Trump will attend and speak at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) summit Friday evening in Miami. FII is run by Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, focusing on social and economic investments. Late last year, Trump designated the Arab nation a major non-NATO ally as part of a strategic defense agreement. He has also maintained...
