For the third time in three years, Donald Trump has come under threat by an attacker. Many facts remain unclear after a gunman stormed the Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026, during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

As the investigation into the shooting continues, Alfonso Serrano, The Conversation’s politics ...Read more

According to President Donald Trump, Cole Allen, the man accused of the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner shooting, had also authored a “manifesto” before the attack, which he had shared with family and which his brother had flagged to local law enforcement in Connecticut.

The New York Post reported on Sunday that Allen ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man taken into custody after gunfire rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday was identified by law enforcement sources as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, a city in Los Angeles County.

Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times the FBI is examining Allen’s electronics and...Read more

Tufts Medical Center has received approval to perform living donor liver transplants effective immediately, the health care provider announced.

“By offering living donor liver transplantation, we are opening new pathways to life-saving care and providing hope to patients with end-stage liver disease who might otherwise face extended — and ...Read more

DENVER — The number of children abused or neglected in Colorado dropped more than 40% in four years, meaning roughly 4,600 fewer kids experienced known maltreatment in 2025 than in 2021.

Last year, the Colorado Department of Human Services reported 6,116 children were victims of substantiated abuse or neglect, down from 10,779 in 2021, which ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Expert veterinary staff at the Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens report that 13 sloths, donated from planned International Drive attraction Sloth World, have survived the first 24 hours in their care, according to a press release on the zoo’s website.

Upon arrival at the zoo, all of the animals were examined for ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A man taken into custody after gunfire rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night was identified by law enforcement sources as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, a city in Los Angeles County.

Law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times the FBI is examining Allen’s ...Read more

Few Americans knew the exact timing of the ouster of Venezuela’s leader, but for one military insider it was a sure bet.

In the new world of prediction markets, a U.S. Special Forces operative was recently arrested and accused of using secret, classified military information to bet that Nicolas Maduro would be removed from office by a certain...Read more

LOS ANGELES — More than a dozen journalists and a dozen more residents and onlookers were gathered outside the Allen family’s house in Torrance, California, on Sunday morning.

It was a far quieter scene than the night before, when at one point over 100 journalists and curious people stood behind lines of yellow police tape at each end of ...Read more

The future of the National Science Foundation is in question after a slew of scientists who serve on the National Science Board, an independent body that promotes the progress of American science and provides advice to the U.S. president and Congress, were abruptly dismissed from their positions Friday by the White House.

All 22 current members...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump jumped on Saturday night’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to add a security rationale to his case for building a massive White House ballroom that he has wanted for years.

“The one good thing is now everybody knows how badly needed it is,” Trump said Sunday on Fox News.

Trump,...Read more

The armed suspect who tried to enter a Washington ballroom where President Donald Trump was speaking was likely targeting administration officials, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said.

Blanche said Sunday on NBC’s "Meet the Press" that the man is believed to have acted alone after traveling by train from California and had been staying ...Read more

The man accused of storming the White House Correspondents’ Dinner spent years quietly acquiring his arsenal, purchasing a shotgun from a Torrance, California, firearms dealer eight months before the attack and a semi-automatic pistol two years earlier, according to a law enforcement intelligence profile reviewed by Bloomberg.

Cole Tomas ...Read more

President Donald Trump jumped on Saturday night’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to add a security rationale to his case for building a massive White House ballroom that he has wanted for years.

“The one good thing is now everybody knows how badly needed it is,” Trump said Sunday on Fox News.

Trump, who has been ...Read more

Political leaders in California expressed relief that no one was hurt Saturday at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attended by President Donald Trump as a gunman fired shots while trying to enter the ballroom.

Both Democrats and Republicans said they were grateful no one was seriously injured.

A man identified as Cole Tomas Allen of ...Read more

Cole Tomas Allen, the suspected gunman who rattled the nation’s top leaders by exchanging gunfire with federal authorities after racing through the secure perimeter of a press gala in Washington late Saturday, had made a long journey from Southern California and written a “manifesto” threatening Trump administration officials before the ...Read more

The man accused of storming the White House Correspondents’ Dinner spent years quietly acquiring his arsenal, purchasing a shotgun from a Torrance, California, firearms dealer eight months before the attack and a semi-automatic pistol two years earlier, according to a law enforcement intelligence profile reviewed by Bloomberg.

Cole Tomas ...Read more

While some Americans wish Barron Trump would enlist in the military to help fight President Trump’s war in the Middle East, the 20-year-old college student appears more interested in following his father’s lead in another way — by becoming a business mogul.

However, Barron Trump’s follow-up to making millions investing in cryptocurrency...Read more

President Donald Trump jumped on Saturday night’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner to add a security rationale to his case for building a massive White House ballroom that he has wanted for years.

“The one good thing is now everybody knows how badly needed it is,” Trump said Sunday on Fox News.

Trump, who has been ...Read more

Political leaders in California expressed relief that no one was hurt Saturday at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attended by President Donald Trump as a gunman fired shots while trying to enter the ballroom.

Both Democrats and Republicans said they were grateful no one was seriously injured.

A man identified as Cole Tomas Allen of ...Read more