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48min ago

Revisiting the scene of the crime at the correspondentsโ€™ dinner venue

On the wall one floor above the ballroom entrance, bullet holes and square cutouts provided a glimpse of ballistic testing where the gunfire landed.

2h ago

Conspiracy theories thrive amid chaos of correspondentsโ€™ dinner shooting

Within minutes of the shooting, baseless โ€œfalse flagโ€ claims flooded social media โ€” claims that were propelled in part by President Donald Trump himself.

9h ago

Terror overtakes Trumpโ€™s first White House Correspondentsโ€™ Dinner as president

Tension was expected to center on First Amendment speech protections. Instead, the night was derailed by gun violence, another growing threat to Americaโ€™s democracy.

14h ago

โ€˜We are less-thanโ€™: Americans fear more cuts to healthcare programs after RFK Jr. hearings

The Trump administration is poised to eviscerate Medicaid access for millions. RFK Jr. offered little to soften the incoming blow.

14h ago

Marco Rubio’s rising star is a very specific sign of the times

Rubio is growing more popular among Trump voters. It suggests a yearning for pre-Trump political sensibilities.

14h ago

The U.K. banned tobacco products for anyone born after 2008. Hereโ€™s what could go wrong.

From black markets to an erosion of civil liberties, history shows how prohibition tends to go sideways.

18h ago

What stands out after diving under a table at the White House Correspondentsโ€™ Dinner

The annual gathering of journalists, with Trump in attendance, began as it had in years past โ€” until Saturdayโ€™s security scare.

19h ago

Trump evacuated after security incident at White House Correspondentsโ€™ Dinner

The president was uninjured and one officer was wounded after a man with multiple weapons ran through a checkpoint at a D.C. hotel, authorities said.

1d ago

Trump cancels U.S. officialsโ€™ trip to Pakistan for Iran negotiations

Steve Witkoff, a U.S. special envoy, and Jared Kushner, Trumpโ€™s son-in-law, were set to travel Saturday to Pakistanโ€™s capital for peace talks.

1d ago

DNC chair says releasing full 2024 election autopsy would cause โ€˜navel-gazingโ€™

โ€œIโ€™m not here to protect anyone, right? What Iโ€™m here to do is win elections,โ€ Ken Martin told MS NOW.

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