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Correspondents’ dinner chaos hits high-profile guests already marked by political violence

Trump spoke about repeated assassination attempts after chaos broke out Saturday, with RFK Jr. and Steve Scalise among those escorted from the room.

We must pass voter ID — it is simply common sense

Voter ID has qualified for the California ballot — and it should be an...

Shots fired at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Trump rushed from the stage

Shots were fired Saturday night at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington, forcing guests to duck under tables in the Washington Hilton ballroom.

Trump thanks press, commends WHCA leader after shooting

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...

WATCH: Trump reveals flashy new color for National Mall’s reflecting pool makeover

Trump reveals the National Mall reflecting pool is being repainted in "American flag blue," with repairs expected to be finished in three weeks.

Neo-Nazi,, Klan ‘Cyclops’ and ‘Sadistic’ biker: Here’s who SPLC paid in its informant network

A sprawling federal indictment accuses the Southern Poverty Law Center of using millions in donor funds to covertly pay informants linked to white supremacist groups and neo-Nazis.

Mike Minogue heads to Mass GOP convention ready to take on Maura Healey: ‘She’s bankrupting our state’

Mike Minogue, GOP gubernatorial candidate in Massachusetts, brings military and business executive experience as he challenges incumbent Maura Healey

House Republican would ‘100%’ leave the GOP if red state changed primary rules

Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, a moderate Republican in a purple Pennsylvania district, says he'd leave the GOP if the state conducted open primary elections.

Theft as Social Justice

If a violent social revolution were truly to break out, and Piker and Tolentino became its victims, one assumes they’d find crime less fun.

Virginia Is for Hypocrites

We’re noticing a pattern here.

Trump DOJ Bows to Inevitability and Drops the Powell Probe

The case was baseless, and for Trump, the cost-benefit analysis of lawfare abuse had turned decidedly negative.

The Powell Investigation Was Everything Wrong with Trump’s Second Term

The Powell investigation ought to be an object lesson in how not to imitate the Trump approach, and specifically the hubristic follies of the second...

Trump prods Congress to curtail intoxicating hemp ban, preserve access to full-spectrum CBD products

President Trump is calling on Congress to reverse a ban on intoxicating hemp-derived products that lawmakers enacted last year to preserve access to CBD.

Kushner, Witkoff to travel to Pakistan for renewed talks with Iran

President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and special envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Pakistan on Saturday to resume peace talks with Iran, according to the White House.

Feds bust network that smuggled migrants from Iran into U.S.

Prosecutors announced charges against an Iranian man they say operated a smuggling network that specialized in helping illegal immigrants from Iran sneak into the U.S.

GOP lawmakers urge Trump to pardon soldier accused of winning big bets on Maduro’s capture

Several GOP lawmakers have urged President Trump to pardon the U.S. Army soldier accused of using classified information about former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's capture to win more than $400,000 through bets placed on online prediction markets.

GOP senators huddle at D.C. bar to plot America’s path to winning the AI race

For Washington, much of the allure of the White House Correspondents' Dinner is all the action outside the ballroom -- and fittingly for "Nerd Prom," that means deep policy sessions timed to coincide with the big event.

Appeals court strikes down Trump’s speedy deportation rules, affirms right to apply for asylum

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration went too far in trying to create its own deportation rules to speed up the process, ditching core protections Congress put in place to ensure people weren't sent to countries where they faced danger of persecution.

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