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Cole Allen, WHCA accused gunman, charged with attempt to assassinate Trump

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 6:11 pm

The alleged gunman at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner is charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump, Justice Department prosecutors said Monday at an initial court appearance. Cole Allen, 31, faces three federal charges over his alleged efforts to violently disrupt the annual black-tie dinner for journalists and public officials. He's accused of storming a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton, where the dinner was...

Leavitt dismisses 'crazy nonsense' suggesting WHCA dinner shooting was staged

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 5:53 pm

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt brushed aside conspiracy theories that spread across social media over the weekend suggesting a shooting outside the annual White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner over the weekend was staged. "It's very important to us that we get the truth and the facts about this case and any case out...

Musk vs. Altman: Tech titans face off in court 

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 5:39 pm

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are poised to face off in court Monday, as the years-long feud between the two tech titans comes to a head at a trial over the ChatGPT maker’s corporate structure.  Musk, who helped found OpenAI in 2015 before leaving and later launching his own AI company,...

Congress must modernize asylum policy before the justices upend it

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 5:30 pm

The Supreme Court is hearing a case that could impact asylum policy, and ultimately it is up to Congress to decide how to manage asylum at the border in a way that balances security and human dignity.

WHCA shooting suspect’s motivations emerge: What we know 

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 5:23 pm

Details about the alleged gunman at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner have started to emerge ahead of his initial court appearance Monday. The suspect has been identified as Cole Allen, 31, a teacher and game developer who law enforcement says traveled from California to Washington, D.C., to disrupt the annual black-tie dinner for...

Budget airlines ask Trump for $2.5 million bailout: bad idea! 

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 5:23 pm

This debate isn’t just about airlines. It’s about how far we’re willing to go when global conflict starts hitting Americans at home, in their wallets, in their jobs, and in the costs of everyday life.  

Cole Tomas Allen manifesto revealed: WHCD suspect motivated by Epstein files? 

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 5:14 pm

Another would-be assassin has failed, thank God. Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old engineer and teacher from California, attempted to target President Trump and administration officials at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night. He brought guns and knives to the dinner’s venue, the Washington Hilton Hotel, where he had checked in as a guest. Thankfully the Secret Service apprehended...

Live updates: Leavitt calls DHS shutdown 'shameful' in wake of WHCA dinner shooting

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 5:14 pm

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt opened Monday's press briefing by calling for peaceful debate and protest, an end to "the hateful and constant and violent rhetoric against President Trump" and for Congress to fund the Department of Homeland Security, which has been shut down for two and a half months. She described the shutdown...

Obama calls on Americans to reject violence after WHCA dinner shooting

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Published on: April 27, 2026, 5:13 pm

Former President Obama on Sunday urged Americans to reject violence following a shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner over the weekend.  “Although we don’t yet have the details about the motives behind last night's shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner, it’s incumbent upon all us to reject the idea that violence...

Supreme Court grapples with use of 'geofence warrants' by law enforcement

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Published on: April 27, 2026, 5:07 pm

The Supreme Court dove into a digital age issue on Monday as it grappled with how to apply constitutional protections against unreasonable searches to cellphone location data.  Across two hours of arguments, the justices questioned whether the government violated a man’s Fourth Amendment rights when it used a geofence warrant during a bank robbery investigation to...

How HUD is restoring fairness to housing

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Published on: April 27, 2026, 5:00 pm

HUD is restoring equality and sanity to fair housing enforcement by eliminating disparate impact liability and focusing on actual violations of the Fair Housing Act, while also investigating municipalities and programs that exclude certain people based on race or religion.

Watch live: Trump welcomes King Charles III to White House

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Published on: April 27, 2026, 4:56 pm

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will welcome Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the White House on Monday. Buckingham Palace said over the weekend that the trip would proceed after Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. “Following discussions on both sides of the Atlantic through the day, and...

Agent shot during Reagan assassination attempt: Secret Service did 'hell of a good job' protecting Trump

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Published on: April 27, 2026, 4:51 pm

A Secret Service agent shot during former President Reagan’s 1981 assassination attempt said Monday that law enforcement did a “hell of a good job” protecting the president during the White House Correspondents' Association dinner shooting on Saturday. Reagan was targeted after leaving a speaking event at the Washington Hilton in 1981. The former president was...

WHCA shooting latest: Suspect due in court; dinner security hotly debated 

By: The Hill

Published on: April 27, 2026, 4:33 pm

It’s Monday. Well, this is definitely not the newsletter edition I expected to post after White House Correspondents’ Association dinner weekend. I’m so thankful no one was hurt. In today’s issue: 🚔 News of the morning  The suspect’s first expected court appearance: The alleged gunman who tried to enter the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday is expected to make his first court appearance today. 💻 Livestream outside the courthouse Several media...