There’s a lot of buzz about Monday’s visit of Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla to the White House. Literally. At the beginning of the royal couple’s four-day visit to the United States, President Trump and Melania Trump, the first lady, are scheduled to show off a new White House beehive to the king and…
Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, was arraigned today in U.S. District Court on charges stemming from the April 25, 2026, shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, announced the Department of Justice. Allen is charged by complaint with one count of attempt to assassinate the President of the United States, transportation of a firearm & ammunition in interstate…
The spring pea and burrata appetizer course had been distributed and the schmoozing hour of Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner had begun when a small commotion occurred toward the back of the Washington Hilton ballroom shortly past 8:30 p.m. It might have been an upturned catering cart, or perhaps a scuffle with protesters. Then…
US President Donald Trump takes questions during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, shortly after a shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026. Mandel Ngan | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Sunday renewed his calls for construction to…
Weijia Jiang, WHCA president and CBS News’ Senior White House Correspondent, has released a statement following last night’s shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Taking to X, she wrote, “I know many of you are still processing what happened last night. Thank you to the USSS and all the law enforcement agencies who kept…
Following a gunman’s attempted assault on the annual White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, forcing the evacuation of the president, first lady and members of the Cabinet, the head of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference denounced the violence and called for all to resort to prayer. “We are grateful the lives of the President, those who protect…
The White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, held to celebrate press freedom, quickly descended into panic on Saturday evening when a man carrying multiple weapons charged past a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton and exchanged fire with law enforcement officials before being taken into custody. President Trump, attending the dinner for the first time in…
A California man has been identified as the suspect in the attempted shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night. The Associated Press identified 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen as the suspect. Ahead of a press conference at the White House after shots were fired at the Washington Hilton ballroom on Saturday night,…
A man armed with multiple weapons charged a security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night before being “taken down” by U.S. Secret Service agents, President Donald Trump said hours after he was evacuated from the event. One officer was shot, but he was “saved by the fact that he was wearing…
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were rushed off stage and evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner after shots were reportedly fired at the Washington Hilton ballroom on Saturday night. Trump announced on Truth Social after the evacuation that he and Melania were safe, and that the event will be rescheduled…
