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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.

Europe’s newest leader faces tough tests — pay heed, America and Ukraine

When citizens of the Czech Republic voted in their country’s crucial parliamentary elections last weekend, they were deciding more than their own democracy’s future....

Hochul absolutely has to kill the macabre doctor-assisted-suicide bill

Fans of "assisted suicide" pretend it's purely about respecting the wishes of terminally ill patients seeking a dignified exit, but medicalized killing never stops...

Trump deflates ‘racist’ hustle, Dems losing their souls and other commentary

“These are dark days for the climate movement. Indeed, the whole movement is falling apart in front of our eyes,” snarks The Liberal Patriot’s Ruy...

Give me liberty: America doesn’t need a Trump coin — or any other presidential currency

George Washington refused to allow his image on the nation’s coins because it would be too “monarchical.” But will the Trump administration rise above...

Zohran Mamdani talks big on his rent-freeze promise — but he can’t legally keep it

Zohran Mamdani’s rent-freeze vow rests entirely on a legally shaky premise: He’s telling voters that he’ll force the city to break its own law...

The Left’s most fervent, and most wrong, attack dog: NY’s Rep. Dan Goldman

Rep. Dan Goldman is an example of how the wrong type of ambition can destroy Congress if it becomes widespread among members.

Animal-rights loons are quietly WINNING their wacko war on pet stores

Eight states now ban retail sales of dogs, cats and rabbits, and animal activists want the bans extended to all states. Yet pet-store bans...

Spoiled leftists despise Columbus Day— but what they really hate is America

Christopher Columbus deserves honor and respect: He was an archetypal American, an enterprising immigrant who risked everything for a new hope.

Jay Jones’ hateful texts: Letters to the Editor — Oct. 13, 2025

NY Post readers discuss texts from Virginia AG candidate Jay Jones fantasizing about the killing of a GOP lawmaker.

Trump must escalate to de-escalate the war in Ukraine

Fresh off his triumphant Gaza peace deal, President Donald Trump is now weighing a different sort of path to peace in Ukraine. Having masterfully blended incentives and consequences to broker the Gaza agreement, Trump is now considering selling Tomahawk long-range missiles to Kyiv, a step long requested by President Volodimyr Zelensky to finally end the […]

Europe continues to guzzle Russian gas

Three and 1/2 years into Russia‘s full-scale war against Ukraine, Europe is still helping pay for it. Since the invasion, the European Union has imported more than €213 billion ($247 billion USD) worth of Russian energy supplies, according to data from the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air. That is more than the […]

Trump gets it right on AI

Artificial intelligence defines this decade and will shape the 21st century. This technology enhances our lives and our businesses through improvements in advanced manufacturing, education, health, and mobility. We already see a surge in productivity tempering inflation and boosting economic growth.  The open question: Who will win the AI race? Across many sectors, American businesses lead […]

Letitia James and an eye for an eye

LETITIA JAMES AND AN EYE FOR AN EYE. There’s no doubt Letitia James still wants to destroy Donald Trump. New York’s Democratic attorney general, who won office on a campaign pledge to pursue Trump, who filed a meritless lawsuit to destroy Trump’s business empire and with a sympathetic judge won a $454 million verdict, who cheered […]

Michael Goodwin: Trump bringing peace to the Middle East is the real prize

In hindsight, it was clear all along that President Trump didn’t have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

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