The authorities say the California man stormed a black-tie gala on Saturday seeking to kill the president.Todd Blanche, the acting attorney general, said on Monday that investigators were working to determine if the suspect had any connections to left-wing activists.
Federal authorities are looking into whether Cole Tomas Allen posted on Bluesky as “coldforce,” who wrote and promoted liberal views that did not stand out on the left-leaning platform.Federal authorities searched a house connected to Cole Tomas Allen in Torrance, Calif.
The joke was recorded two days before the White House correspondents’ dinner, where a gunman tried to storm the press gala.Melania Trump, the first lady, at a press briefing at the White House on Saturday night following the shooting at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner.
The attack on a press dinner in Washington, which is being called an attempted assassination of President Trump, has also renewed the fight over reopening the Homeland Security Department.An aerial view of the construction site for President Trump’s planned ballroom.
Also, Trump hosts King Charles III and Queen Camilla. Here’s the latest at the end of Monday.The Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Oakland.
The proposal would have set aside questions about what to do with Iran’s nuclear program.Ships in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman, on Monday. Many have been stranded since the start of the war.
A trade group for the airlines is seeking $2.5 billion to help offset the big jump in jet fuel costs since the start of U.S.-Israeli attacks against Iran.A trade group that represents low-cost carriers including Frontier Airlines is seeking $2.5 billion from the Trump administration to offset some f
After months of tensions and pressure from both the U.S. and Iran, Ali al-Zaidi, a businessman, was named as prime minister-designate.The ceremony in Baghdad on Monday at which Ali al-Zaidi was announced as prime minister-designate. The photograph was released by the president’s media office.
After once backing liberal causes, the Google co-founder has praised President Trump, donated to Republicans and spent $57 million to try to block a California billionaire tax.Sergey Brin and his girlfriend, Gerelyn “GG” Soto, at a White House artificial-intelligence dinner last year.
The Republican-controlled Legislature is meeting in Tallahassee this week to vote on the map, which would apply for the 2026 midterms if passed.Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida proposed a redraw of the state’s congressional districts that could result in as many as four new Republican seats.
Oral arguments on Monday morning lasted about an hour. It was not clear how justices would rule.A person votes early in the Virginia redistricting referendum at the Fairfax County Government Center in Fairfax, Va., earlier this month.
Representative Thomas Kean Jr. of New Jersey, who has missed nearly two months of votes in Washington, said he expected to fully recover from a “personal medical issue” but gave no other details.Concern had increased over the mysterious absence of Representative Thomas Kean Jr. from Washington and f
Presidents use state visits to show off all that is appealing about American culture. But the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner has cast a shadow over the visit.President Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, welcoming King Charles III and Queen Camilla to the White House
The state visit of King Charles III comes at a moment of tension over the war in Iran between President Trump and Prime Minister Keir Starmer.President Trump and King Charles III will meet privately on Tuesday before the king addresses Congress.
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The agency’s prestigious research office spent decades doing scientific work insulated from political pressure. Now it’s being dismantled.Bryan Hubbell, former head of the air, climate and energy program at the Environmental Protection Agency’s research office. “I knew I wasn’t going to be able to k
An appeals panel ruled that the Defense Department can require escorts for reporters in the building while it fights an earlier decision that overturned many of the department’s press rules.An aerial view of the Pentagon, the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense.
The Trump administration had said it needed the information for an antisemitism investigation.The University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia.
The case could help determine the future of thousands of lawsuits against the maker of a popular herbicide over claims that it causes cancer.Bayer, the German conglomerate that acquired the maker of Roundup in 2018, argued that federal rules requiring herbicide safety labeling should bar people from
The sovereign wealth fund announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney will be far smaller than ones in other oil producers like Norway and the Middle East.Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada announcing a sovereign wealth fund on Monday in Ottawa.
Canada has opened a route to citizenship for people who can prove they have a Canada-born ancestor. Millions could qualify, and Americans are already lining up to apply.A citizenship ceremony for new Canadians last year in Montreal.
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The widening movement is pulling in people from all walks of life, united by a worry that Big Tech will cash in while average Americans bear the costs.From Indiana to Idaho, a Backlash Against A.I. Gathers Momentum By Tripp Mickle
Families in New York City expressed concerns about the rapid adoption of the technology. The schools chancellor also canceled a plan to close two Upper West Side schools.Demonstrators rallied in April against the use of generative artificial intelligence in New York City schools.
