Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was on “Fox News Sunday” with host Shannon Bream to discuss the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night. Cole Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, stormed the lobby of the Washington Hilton on Saturday night and opened fire. President Trump, First Lady Melania, Vance, and others were safely evacuated as the Secret Service took Allen into custody. Blanche weighed in on the shooting on Sunday morning. “Let me ask you where we are in this investigation?” Bream asked. “Do we know anything more about ideology, motive, if he was working alone?” Bream…
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The moment news broke of a shooter who burst through a security checkpoint outside the WHCD … the profile almost wrote itself: a young, highly intelligent, well-educated man. The post Who is Cole Allen, the Suspect Accused of Opening Fire at the WHCD? first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
It was a dark and looming morning in Washington DC when the studio lights slowly glowed brighter and Margaret Brennan took that last sip of her grande mochaccino before taking her seat, after narrowly escaping the danger of a raging gunman who attempted to enter the dining room last night. The opportunity for a best dramatic media performance award in a supporting role is before her. This is her moment. With a confident pause and deep breath, Brennan delivers her best dramatic voice in combination with outwardly nervous appearances. “You got this,” a producer says in her ear, as Ms.…
Cole Allen dubbed himself the “Friendly Federal Assassin” in a manifesto he fired off to relatives roughly 10 minutes before storming a security checkpoint at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. The document, which a family member provided to law enforcement, outlined Allen’s plan to target Trump administration officials in order of rank while carving out an exception for FBI Director Kash Patel, The New York Post (NYP) reported. “I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes,” Allen wrote in the manifesto, according to the NYP.Allen noted in the…
The 31-year-old California man arrested after opening fire while charging a Secret Service checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner on Saturday had a public Bluesky account filled with aggressively anti-Trump rhetoric, criticism of Vice President JD Vance, strong support for Ukraine, and imagery implying violence. Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California, faces federal charges after the attempted assassination at the Washington Hilton, where President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, and other administration officials were in attendance. In a manifesto sent to relatives, and since made public, Allen admitted to targeting Trump…
The Georgia Record was relaunched in June of 2021 and has been extremely successful fighting corruption in the state named after King George of England. The original paper was started in 1899 and published into the early 20th century. In 2020, CDM (Creative Destruction Media) acquired Johns Creek Post and brought back The Georgia Record to better represent the state rather than just Johns Creek News.
Guests take cover after shots were fired at the Hilton Hotel where the annual White House Correspondents Association Dinner was held in Washington on April 25, 2026. According to reports, President Donald Trump and other government officials were evacuated from the Hotel. Nathan Howard/Getty ImagesThe suspect who was arrested following a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner that President Donald Trump and other administration officials were attending was identified by a senior administration official as a California man who also wrote an manifesto.A White House official confirmed to the The Epoch Times Sunday that the suspect had been identified as…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech A recent survey found that millions of Americans are asking AI chatbots for medical advice, often instead of consulting human doctors. That’s despite researchers continuing to find severe flaws plaguing large language model-based tools that can purportedly offer summaries of medical records and dole out health advice based on simple text prompts. For one, hallucinations remain a massive unsolved problem, from AI models generating detailed clinical findings based on images they were never provided to falling for fake diseases that were invented by…
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) speaks during a Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs confirmation hearing for Kevin Warsh, President Donald Trump’s nominee for Chair of the Federal Reserve, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on April 21, 2026. Andrew Harnik/Getty ImagesSen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said Sunday he is ready to confirm President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Federal Reserve, saying he will no longer stall the proceedings.“I am prepared to move on with the confirmation of Mr. Warsh,” Tillis said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I think he’s going to be a great Fed chair.”We…
Jimmy Kimmel, host of the Disney-owned ABC late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, put on a mock White House Correspondents’ Dinner roast during Thursday night’s broadcast in which he fanaticized about President Donald Trump’s death in a joke aimed at First Lady Melania Trump. Firing off one-liners about President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Stephen Miller, among other White House officials, Kimmel set his sights on the First Lady. “And of course, our first lady, Melania, is here. Look at So beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow,” Kimmel said to the delight of the studio audience. [embedded content] Kimmel’s…
President Trump on Sunday called into Fox News and went off on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter. The would-be assassin, Cole Allen sent an anti-Trump manifesto to his family members right before he stormed the lobby of the Washington Hilton and opened fire on a Secret Service Agent. President Trump, First Lady Melania, Vice President Vance and others were rushed out of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner after an armed man exchanged gunfire with Secret Service agents. The President and his entire Cabinet were safely evacuated after shots were fired in the lobby of the Washington Hilton at the…
The suspected shooter at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner wrote a manifesto and attended a No King’s protest, according to a senior Trump administration official. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, had a manifesto detailing his intention to target officials in the Trump administration, a senior Trump administration official confirmed to Breitbart News. Fox News’s Jacqui Heinrich first reported on the details. Allen allegedly shared a manifesto with family before he allegedly stormed the Washington Hilton — where the dinner was being held in the ballroom—with what NBC News reported was a shotgun, a handgun, and several knives. His brother alerted authorities…
In an interview with CNN’s Dana Bash, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said that the suspect from last night’s attempted mass shooting appeared to be targeting members of the Trump administration. He also aggressively shared anti-Trump messages on social media. According to another report, Allen had a manifesto, which the brother told New London police was sent to some family members before the crime. 🚨 JUST IN: AG Todd Blanche reveals the WHCA shooter came from LA to Chicago to DC — and had plans to target ADMIN OFFICIALS with his weapons He checked into THAT VERY HOTEL a day…
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the White House correspondents’ dinner shooting “would never have happened” if there was a White House ballroom.”What happened last night is exactly the reason that our great Military, Secret Service, Law Enforcement and, for different reasons, every President for the last 150 years, have been DEMANDING that a large, safe, and secure Ballroom be built ON THE GROUNDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE. This event would never have happened with the Militarily Top Secret Ballroom currently under construction at the White House,” he wrote on Truth Social. “It cannot be built fast enough! While…
Peter Mattis, president of Jamestown Foundation, speaks to EpochTV’s “American Thought Leaders’ on April 20, 2026. Screenshot via The Epoch TimesMore than 1,000 U.S.-based organizations have individuals involved in collaboration with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) through its “United Front” influence network, according to a China expert.Peter Mattis, president of Jamestown Foundation, said that China’s United Front system is “basically a way in which the party tries to control and mobilize the people that are outside” of the country, in an interview with “American Thought Leaders” that aired on April 25.We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript…
While President Trump, First Lady Melania, Vice President Vance, and top administration officials were being rushed to safety after several shots rang out at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night, President Trump suggested it was a “lone wolf” event. But was it? The suspected shooter’s name is Cole Thomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California. And before he allegedly charged a Secret Service checkpoint armed with a shotgun, handgun, and multiple knives, the Torrence, CA, “Teacher of the Month” was a golden boy of the academic world. The suspected shooter is arrested on the scene of the White House Correspondents’…
“Let’s not let people like this change the course of our country… we’re not going to let that happen. So hopefully you guys can get it on and get it together.” The post Trump Tells Fox News WHCD Shooting Won’t Change Course first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
The Iran war is not only threatening global energy prices, but also the U.S. dollar’s reserve currency status.
CNN’s Jake Tapper recently denounced Trump administration judicial nominees because, at their confirmation hearing, they refused to say “yes” when asked, “Did Biden win the 2020 election?” Instead, the nominees replied, “Biden was CERTIFIED as the winner.” Advertisement For Tapper, this was an unacceptable dodge. He said: “What oath is going to be administered in those judges’ courtrooms? Will it be, ‘Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help me God… unless they are truths that offend Donald Trump?'” On…
Democratic Maryland Rep. Jamie Raskin appeared confused when CNN’s Dana Bash asked whether he “thinks twice” about his and his party’s “heated” anti-Trump rhetoric just hours after an apparent third assassination attempt against the president. Raskin, the top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, was in attendance at Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner where a man tried to breach a security checkpoint and fired multiple shots. The ensuing chaos saw the successful evacuation of President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and multiple members of the administration. Raskin appeared Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union with Jake Tapper and…
President Donald Trump explained to “The Sunday Briefing” co-host Jacqui Heinrich why the Secret Service insisted he return to the White House after a gunman allegedly targeting his administration was thwarted Saturday night. Trump initially declared in a Truth Social post that he intended to return to the stage and that the White House Correspondents’ Dinner would continue despite the shooting, before making a second post 19 minutes later announcing that he was returning to the White House after law enforcement agencies asked him to leave “consistent with protocol.” Trump explained the rationale behind the decision to Fox News’ Heinrich,…
The Secret Service officer who took a round to his bulletproof vest as a gunman rushed the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday night is “in great shape,” President Donald Trump said. However, taking a bullet in body armor is not without consequences. People who have experienced it say it can be like being hit by a heavyweight prize fighter. [embedded content] “One officer was shot but saved by the fact that he was wearing obviously a very good bulletproof vest,” Trump said in a press conference on Saturday night, noting the officer was being treated at a local hospital.…
Many are calling for a re-examination of political rhetoric in the wake of yet another attempted assassination attempt against President Donald Trump (and, for the first time, members of his Cabinet). But will this call for self-examination trickle down to the darkest corners of the Elitist Media? That remains to be seen. As you now know, late night Resistance Comic Jimmy Kimmel did a mock White House Correspondents’ Dinner monologue- in a manner similar to Jen Psaki’s bit where she does fake news conferences on MS NOW. Our own Alex Christy took a look at one of Kimmel’s gags- a…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech When a person or company is hit with a ransomware attack, it’s common to hire a third-party negotiator who specializes in handling the back-and-forth with the cybercriminals. In an ideal scenario, the negotiator will fight as hard as they can for their client and reduce the financial damages while keeping additional data leaks to a minimum. In a staggering new criminal case, it turns out the negotiator was in cahoots with the hackers. On Monday, the US Department of Justice revealed that a…
Cole Allen during an appearance on ABC7. The man suspected of attempting to assassinate President Trump and potentially other members of his adminstration has an interesting background. During Saturday night’s White House Correspondents Dinner (WHCA), 31-year-old Cole Allen attempted to storm the event while armed with a shotgun, handgun and knives. Allen has since been identified as a Californial teacher who recently won a “Teacher of the Month” award. The suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, Calif. pic.twitter.com/NexIXXpnev — Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) April 26, 2026 However, the Wall…
Armed agents moving to the stage after loud bangs were heard during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington on April 25, 2026. Danny Kemp and AFPTV teams/AFP via Getty ImagesThe gunman who attempted to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington on Saturday night “never came close” to the hotel ballroom, President Donald Trump said during an interview on April 26.The suspect, Cole Allen, was seen on surveillance video sprinting past Secret Service agents inside the security perimeter of the Washington Hilton as the event to celebrate freedom of the press was underway.We…
A self-described MAGA Iranian appealed to Europeans on X to stop the regime executioners. We are seeing a lot of these appeals on X. “The Islamic Republic hanged Amer Ramesh this morning! He wrote, “To the European politicians watching us die: We don’t want your empty lectures. We want your governments to stop shaking hands with our executioners! “It’s very easy to say ‘democracy takes time’ when it’s not your blood paying for the clock.” Personally, I thought Europe would help us, since the Strait of Hormuz is far more important to them. Why do we have joint bases in…
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is one government agency that remains largely hidden from the American public. It operates with a secret federal budget and appears to run independent activities, even having the means to generate its own revenue. By now most people who follow politics understand how the CIA and State Department operate collaboratively in most foreign endeavors. Many CIA operatives have State Department covers. The CIA also works jointly with the State Dept on influence operations through USAID, which makes some recent events a little uncomfortable. Against revelations about the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) funding violent domestic…
Shortly after a gunman stormed the Washington Hilton Hotel, where the 2026 White House Correspondents’ Dinner was hosted, Fox News reporter Aishah Hasnie conducted a phone interview with Fox News detailing her account of events that occurred moments before the intruder attempted to enter the event. In the interview, Hasnie stated, “I just want to quickly tell you I was sitting next to Karoline Leavitt’s husband, he was one of our guests, he was sitting right next to me, and right as the dinner was starting, the National Anthem happened, and then he kind of leaned over and said “I…
(L–R) White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, First Lady Melania Trump and President Donald Trump attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington on April 25, 2026. Mandel Ngan/AFPPresident Donald Trump on Sunday morning said that First Lady Melania Trump is doing “doing great” and that he is “fine” after a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington on Saturday evening.During an interview with Fox News, the president was asked about his wife, who was seen sitting next to him during the event when shots rang out.We had a problem loading this article. Please…
IDF continues uncovering and destroying Hamas tunnels within the Gaza ceasefire line. The post Israel Eliminates Hamas Terror Cell Commander Who Participated in October 7 Massacre first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
This past week, Pope Leo XIV has been speaking out against reviving firing squads for death row prisoners. He is also preaching against the Middle East war, not Ukraine, though he occasionally touches upon it. Another issue he repeatedly comes back to is the unity of Catholics and Islamists. Not every prominent Catholic agrees with the Pope on the latter. Sister Miriam, who is supportive of Israel, is very concerned that he is claiming that Allah and the Catholic God are one and the same. Islam does not embrace Jesus Christ or conversion by force. Sister Miriam believes uniting with…
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission building in Washington on Nov. 13, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch TimesThe U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) warned investors recently that fraudsters use phishing, smishing, and vishing scams to attempt to compromise their financial, investment, or personal accounts.“Phishing, smishing, and vishing are types of scams where a fraudster tries to trick you into providing sensitive personal or financial information by posing as an entity you know or trust, such as an investment firm, bank, or some other personal service that you use,” the SEC said in an April 23 alert.We had a problem loading this…
Humanity is beginning to wake up to the frightening reality that the war against toxic microbes that conquered widespread pestilences has gone too far. In the effort to protect human health, we are now sterilizing ourselves into chronic illness. Children are the most vulnerable, but with this awareness, people can take steps to reclaim their health and the all-important microbial world that invisibly protects it. What Lurks Behind Technology Science is almost always a double-edged sword. With each innovation comes unanticipated negative impacts. The discovery of antibiotics saved millions of lives. The advent of agricultural chemicals that kill weeds, insects,…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Even the best self-driving cars keep getting confused and crashing into stuff, sometimes with fatal results. Here’s a thought: maybe the simulations being used to test them aren’t wacky enough. A team of researchers have unveiled a new benchmark for testing autonomous vehicles that subjects them to all sorts of “unseen” and truly random scenarios — such as an elephant lumbering across a city street. “Why did the elephant cross the road? To expose how fragile your model is,” Andreas Geiger, head of…
Just hours after President Donald J. Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and key members of his Cabinet were rushed to safety during a shocking shooting scare at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner last night, one Democrat Wisconsin brewery owner couldn’t hide his disappointment. Minocqua Brewing Company – a far-left operation in Minocqua, Wisconsin – allegedly took to Facebook (his Facebook post has now been deleted) to share his outrage that the latest attempt on President Trump’s life didn’t succeed. They even dusted off their disgusting “free beer all day the day he dies” promotion, with posts…
Rumiyah (Arabic: رومية, meaning “Rome”) was an online propaganda and recruitment magazine published by ISIS, first released in September 2016 in multiple languages. The magazine and various videos released by ISIS taught tactics such as knife attacks, vehicle ramming, arson, and bomb-making. No similar right-wing extremist magazine or propaganda campaign exists. Photo courtesy of U.S. Army University Press. President Donald Trump is actively working to protect Christians in Nigeria who are being killed and abducted by radical Islamists, while Democrats in Congress are not only denying the religious nature of the violence but framing counterterrorism resources directed at Islamic extremism…
A.F. Branco Cartoon – Ilhan Omar’s $30 Million worth has somehow disappeared and is under investigation by those dastardly Republicans By Cassandra MacDonaled – April 25, 2026 Democrat House Leader Hakeem Jeffries was extremely dismissive when directly confronted about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s reported net worth bizarrely plummeting from $30 million to under $100,000 in a matter of days, followed by the sudden dissolution of a mysterious “ghost winery.”When asked about the scandal point-blank by a Lindell TV reporter, Jeffries immediately waved it off as a “right-wing conspiracy theory.”The reporter asked whether Omar’s financial implosion and the closure of her reported…
Representative Thomas Massie claims that he has 6 to 12 Republicans who will buck Donald Trump on a number of issues if Massie wins his primary and the election. He said it’s an underground shadow network of Republicans, and they would vote with constituents’ wishes rather than party dictates. That doesn’t really wash because Massie’s views are not in line with the majority of voters. Donald Trump is frustrated that Massie has been voting against his most significant agenda bills. He asked Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein to primary Thomas Massie, and the primary comes up on May 19. My problem…
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) called for Democrats to “drop” their Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) after a shooting at the Washington Hilton Hotel on Saturday, and called for Democrats to support building the White House ballroom. Fetterman shared a screenshot of a Mediaite article from reporter Joe DePaolo about how security at the hotel, where the Washington Correspondents’ Dinner took place, was “awful.” In a post on X. Fetterman expressed that the venue at the Washington Hilton Hotel “wasn’t built to accommodate an event with the line of succession” of the United States government in attendance. “We were there front and…
Suspected White House Correspondents’ Dinner attacker Cole Tomas Allen bought his handgun and shotgun legally, according to the Los Angeles Times. The Times noted that the two guns “were legally purchased in California.” CBS 12 indicated that officials said, “Allen had no known criminal record and was not previously on law enforcement’s radar.” WATCH — “He Was Like a Blur” President Trump Says Attempted Assassin “Was Fast”: U.S. Attorney for Washington, DC, Jeanine Pirro, said that Allen “will be charged with two counts of using a firearm during a violent crime, along with a separate charge of assaulting a federal officer…
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Reporter Sunday, April 26, 2026Sophie Cunningham is a veteran guard for the Indiana Fever in the WNBA. | YouTube/ Indiana FeverVeteran Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, who recently re-signed with the WNBA team on a one-year, $665,000 contract, said she was baptized for the second time earlier this month, recommitting her faith as an adult after being initially baptized as a child.In an April 14 post on TikTok, the eight-season WNBA veteran shared a video of herself being baptized at Christ’s Church of the Valley, a nondenominational Evangelical megachurch based in Phoenix, Arizona.“I got baptized when…
President Donald Trump moments before he was evacuated from the building. President Donald Trump was the apparent target of another assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday night. The event was safely evacuated after shots were fired in the lobby as a man attempted to breach the Secret Service protection. The suspect has since been identified as 31-year-old Cole Allen, a school teacher from Torrance, California. A Secret Service Agent was shot and injured during the incident. However, the miserable leftists over on Bluesky are absolutely convinced that the event was a “staged theatrical event.” Among…
Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. In a classic example of lucky metal detectorists triggering an archaeological investigation, a group of metal detecting enthusiasts in England discovered a rare hoard of early medieval Anglo-Saxon coins in the parish of Bickmarsh, Worcestershire. Members of Go Detecting (Midlands) Ltd informed relevant authorities, and Worcestershire Archaeology jumped in following an initial investigation. The team conducted a second metal-detector survey, geophysical survey, and then a more targeted archaeological excavation. The dig revealed two more concentrations of coins, which expanded the excavation area even more. The…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech As if air travel in the United States wasn’t cursed enough, the Trump Administration wants to ease the burden of air traffic scheduling with the help of some private-market AI solutions. US Department of Transportation secretary Sean Duffy — the same guy who was briefly in charge of NASA, weirdly — recently confirmed that the government is working on integrating AI software into the air traffic management system. At a Semafor event last week, Duffy said the software, called Strategic Management of Airspace…
The horrid White House Correspondent’s Dinner shooting was, as is to be reasonably expected, top of mind across the Sunday show dial and on the minds of the respective hosts. For some of their guests, it was an opportunity to weave partisan talking points into concern over the shooting and its aftermath. Such was the case for U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) who, while on CBS’s Face the Nation, took a question from Margaret Brennan on the need for Democrats to dial down their rhetoric and used it as the basis for his defense of the recently-indicted Southern Poverty Law…
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., on Sunday called on Democrats to support building the White House ballroom given the shooting that occurred at the White House correspondents’ dinner.”We were there front and center. That venue wasn’t built to accommodate an event with the line of succession for the U.S. government,” Fetterman wrote Sunday on X, referencing “Trump Derangment Syndrome.” “After witnessing last night, drop the TDS and build the White House ballroom for events exactly like these,” he added.
A recalled Rex110 Youth ATV from Lil Pick Up, Inc. Courtesy of the CPSCCalifornia-based Lil Pick Up Inc. is recalling around 4,900 Youth All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV) sold across the United States, citing the risk of serious injury or death due to burn and crash hazards, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) said in an April 23 statement.The recall is applicable to ATVs sold under the model names Rex110 and Sierra110. Some ATVs were branded under the names MOTOTEC, OFFROAD MALL, EXTREME, and Seangles. These vehicles failed to comply with the mandatory federal ATV safety standards, thereby risking harm to users.We…
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This morning’s Gospel reading is John 10:1–10:Jesus said:“Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever does not enter a sheepfold through the gate but climbs over elsewhere is a thief and a robber. But whoever enters through the gate is the shepherd of the sheep. The gatekeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice, as the shepherd calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has driven out all his own, he walks ahead of them, and the sheep follow him, because they recognize his voice. But they will not follow a stranger; they…