Washington — Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday that investigators believe the armed man who charged a security checkpoint outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was targeting members of President Trump’s administration. “We do believe, based upon just a very preliminary start to understanding what happened, that he was targeting members of the
The attempted attack at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Saturday by a “lone man” will “not stop” President Trump from doing his job and appearing in public before the American people, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Sunday. In an interview with “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” the morning after shots were fired at the
Gunfire at the Washington Hilton Saturday night abruptly halted the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. A man allegedly armed with two firearms and knives breached a Secret Service checkpoint outside the ballroom. He was stopped by law enforcement before he could reach the dinner where President Trump and 2,600 guests had gathered. A Secret
The following is the transcript of the interview with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that aired on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” on April 26, 2026. MARGARET BRENNAN: We go now to acting Attorney General, Todd Blanche. Welcome, good morning, and I’m glad you are safe, sir. It was a harrowing– ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL
The suspect, Cole Tomas Allen of Southern California, contributed to Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign. On social media, he also slammed the First Amendment pocket square journalists were donning at last night’s dinner. An image of the suspect that President Donald Trump posted to his Truth Social platform. The suspected White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooter,
Gunfire at the Washington Hilton Saturday night abruptly halted the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner. A man allegedly armed with two firearms and knives breached a Secret Service checkpoint outside the ballroom. He was stopped by law enforcement before he could reach the dinner where President Trump and 2,600 guests had gathered. A Secret
In his 1994 survey of Lincoln in American Memory, Merrill D. Peterson identified five themes which have summed-up the meaning of Abraham Lincoln for Americans since Lincoln’s death in 1865. Those five themes hold little surprise—Lincoln as Savior of the Union, Lincoln as the Great Emancipator, Lincoln as the Man of the People, Lincoln as