Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday urged lawmakers to create a bipartisan national commission for political violence following the shooting at the annual White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner. “To see journalists like you and others ducking under tables was just horrifying,” Khanna said during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with Kristen Welker. ...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday urged lawmakers to create a bipartisan national commission for political violence following the shooting at the annual White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner. “To see journalists like you and others ducking under tables was just horrifying,” Khanna said during an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press” with Kristen Welker. ...
The suspected shooter at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner was likely targeting President Trump and other administration officials on Saturday when he opened fire at the Washington Hilton hotel. “What was supposed to be a fun night at the @WHCA dinner with President Trump delivering jokes and celebrating free speech was hijacked by...
The suspected shooter at the White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner was likely targeting President Trump and other administration officials on Saturday when he opened fire at the Washington Hilton hotel. “What was supposed to be a fun night at the @WHCA dinner with President Trump delivering jokes and celebrating free speech was hijacked by...
Questions raised about political violence, security and gun control after brazen attack at event attended by top officialsWhite House press dinner shooting aftermath – latest updatesA stunned Washington faced searching questions about political violence and gun control on Sunday after shots were fired at a prestigious media gala attended by Donald Trump and senior White House officials.A man targeted a Secret Service agent at a security checkpoint in the Washington Hilton hotel the previous nigh
A stunned Washington faced searching questions about political violence and gun control on Sunday after shots were fired at a prestigious media gala attended by Donald Trump and senior White House officials.
A man targeted a Secret Service agent at a security checkpoint in the Washington Hilton hotel the previous night before being tackled and arrested. Trump and Melania Trump were rushed out of the annual White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner as guests dived for cover under tables.
World leaders expressed shock after a shooter charged a glitzy media gala in Washington on Saturday night attended by U.S. President Donald Trump — and relief that there were no casualties. Read More
World leaders expressed shock after a shooter charged a glitzy media gala in Washington on Saturday night attended by U.S. President Donald Trump — and relief that there were no casualties. Read More
President Trump on Sunday said the annual White House Correspondents Dinner shooting was spurred by a “religious thing” as investigators work to uncover additional details tied to the suspect’s motive. Investigators have not yet released a motive for the shooting. “He had a lot of hatred in his heart for quite a while. And he...
President Trump on Sunday said the annual White House Correspondents Dinner shooting was spurred by a “religious thing” as investigators work to uncover additional details tied to the suspect’s motive. Investigators have not yet released a motive for the shooting. “He had a lot of hatred in his heart for quite a while. And he...
Acting attorney general says suspect was believed to have been targeting top Trump administration officialsWhite House press dinner shooting aftermath – latest updatesThe gunman who tried to breach the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night is believed to have been targeting Donald Trump and senior members of his administration, the acting US attorney general, Todd Blanche, said on Sunday, although his exact motive has not yet become cle
The gunman who tried to breach the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner in Washington DC on Saturday night is believed to have been targeting Donald Trump and senior members of his administration, the acting US attorney general, Todd Blanche, said on Sunday, although his exact motive has not yet become clear.
The suspect, who is in custody after being subdued by members of law enforcement as he rushed through the hotel venue, could be charged with trying to assassinate the US president, Blanche said.
Law enforcement agencies name Cole Tomas Allen as Trump posts video of man sprinting through checkpoint US politics live – latest updatesThe suspected gunman in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner that has roiled Washington has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old man from southern California.Allen, of Torrance, a suburb of Los Angeles, has no record of criminal charges or a civil court history in Los Angeles county, according to a records search. Continue readin
The suspected gunman in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner that has roiled Washington has been identified as Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old man from southern California.
Allen, of Torrance, a suburb of Los Angeles, has no record of criminal charges or a civil court history in Los Angeles county, according to a records search.
Shooting reveals how political violence has become feature of American life on a night dedicated to press freedomAhead of this year’s White House correspondents’ dinner, conversations centered on the role of the media and freedom of the press as journalists prepared to dine with the president.Instead of a speech stacked with heated barbs against the media, the event ended like many in the US do: with gun violence. Continue reading...
Shooting reveals how political violence has become feature of American life on a night dedicated to press freedom
Ahead of this year’s White House correspondents’ dinner, conversations centered on the role of the media and freedom of the press as journalists prepared to dine with the president.
Instead of a speech stacked with heated barbs against the media, the event ended like many in the US do: with gun violence.
Buckingham Palace says visit will go ahead after talks during day in wake of shooting incident at Trump dinnerUS politics live – latest updatesKing Charles’s security is being reviewed before his state visit to the US this week, Buckingham Palace has said, after a gunman attempted to storm a dinner attended by Donald Trump in Washington DC.Guests at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night hid under tables when gunshots were heard as the Secret Service evacuated the president and
King Charles’s security is being reviewed before his state visit to the US this week, Buckingham Palace has said, after a gunman attempted to storm a dinner attended by Donald Trump in Washington DC.
Guests at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday night hid under tables when gunshots were heard as the Secret Service evacuated the president and other members of his administration from the scene.
Lawyer and activist Kerry Kennedy, the sister of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) late Saturday for protecting her during the fallout from a live shooter at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner. “I hit the floor at the White House...
Lawyer and activist Kerry Kennedy, the sister of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. praised Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) late Saturday for protecting her during the fallout from a live shooter at the Washington Hilton Hotel during the annual White House Correspondents Association dinner. “I hit the floor at the White House...
This blog is now closed. See our full report: Trump tells 60 Minutes he ‘wasn’t worried’ during correspondents’ dinner shootingDonald Trump took to Trump Social on Sunday to repeat his statement from the night before in which he said the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner was why a White House ballroom was necessary.“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
DonaldTrump took to Trump Social on Sunday to repeat his statement from the night before in which he said the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner was why a White House ballroom was necessary.
“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,” Trump wrote.
It does appear the suspect was targeting members of the administration … We don’t have specifics yet about particular members of the administration, except that we do understand that that was his goal and his target.
Men in tuxedos and women in dresses dove under tables, like a scene from a dozen Hollywood movies, but now it was happening to meShocking. Unnerving. Unpredictable. Violent. For a decade I have been following the twists and turns of Donald Trump’s America with the privilege of journalistic distance. On Saturday night I felt the darkness come viscerally close.Bang! Bang! What was that? Where was it? At 8.36pm panic and pandemonium reigned in the cavernous ballroom at the Washington Hilton hotel.
Men in tuxedos and women in dresses dove under tables, like a scene from a dozen Hollywood movies, but now it was happening to me
Shocking. Unnerving. Unpredictable. Violent. For a decade I have been following the twists and turns of Donald Trump’s America with the privilege of journalistic distance. On Saturday night I felt the darkness come viscerally close.
Bang! Bang! What was that? Where was it? At 8.36pm panic and pandemonium reigned in the cavernous ballroom at the Washington Hilton hotel. There were men running and cries of “Get down!” and “Stay down!”
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