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Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting​

By ERIC TUCKER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Updated 7:47 PM CDT, April 27, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives was charged Monday with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump as federal authorities suggested an attack that disrupted one of Washington’s glitziest events had been planned for at least several weeks.

Cole Tomas Allen appeared in court to face federal charges after the chaotic encounter Saturday that resulted in shots being fired, Trump being hurried off the stage unharmed and guests ducking for cover underneath their tables. He was ordered to remain jailed pending additional court hearings, and faces up to life in prison if convicted of the assassination count alone.

An FBI affidavit filed in the case Monday revealed additional details about the planning behind the assault, with authorities alleging that Allen on April 6 reserved a room for himself at the Washington hotel where the event would be held weeks later under its typical tight security. He traveled by train cross-country from California last week, checking himself into the Washington Hilton one day before the dinner with a room reserved for the weekend.

The dinner had barely begun when officials say the 31-year-old Torrance, California, man tried to race past a security barricade near the cavernous ballroom holding hundreds of journalists and their guests, prompting an exchange of gunfire with Secret Service agents tasked with safeguarding the event. Allen carried with him a 12-gauge pump action shotgun he bought last year and a .38 caliber semi-automatic pistol he purchased in 2023, authorities said. ...

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Both President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, are calling on ABC to fire Jimmy Kimmel after the late-night comic joked last week that the first lady had “the glow of an expectant widow.”
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Top presidential line of succession leaders at DC dinner during attack

For the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on Saturday, a designated survivor was not chosen, said White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt.
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U.S. 'is being humiliated' by the Iranian leadership, Germany's Merz says

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday criticized the United States for going into the Iran war without any strategy, saying this also makes it harder to end the conflict.
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82nd Airborne soldiers train on drone-countering maneuvers used in Ukraine

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DeSantis and Florida Republicans push to flip four US House seats in what Democrats call a ‘dummymander’

The Republicans who control Florida’s legislature on Tuesday will take up a new map proposed by Gov. Ron DeSantis to give GOP an edge in four seats now held by Democrats – in what is likely the final ...
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Watchdog report exposes teachers' union 'political machine' funneling more than $1 billion to liberal causes

New reports reveal teachers unions poured over $1 billion into left-wing political causes in the past decade, according to Defending Education.
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Live updates: Correspondents' dinner shooting suspect charged with attempted assassination of Trump

Follow live coverage as the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen is arraigned in court and President Donald Trump reacts.
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Reporters covered the correspondents' dinner shooting in real time. Conspiracy theories still spread

Conspiracy theories flooded the internet minutes after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attended by President Donald Trump.
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Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz if US lifts its blockade and the war ends, officials say

Iran has offered to end its control over the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade and ends the war. That's according to regional officials.
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Congressional Republicans are split on using taxpayer funds to build Trump's ballroom

Despite renewed GOP calls for funding the ballroom after a shooting Saturday at a dinner attended by the president, the project continues to face a steep uphill climb in Congress.
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Correspondents' dinner shooting rekindles DHS funding fight: What to know

The shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner has renewed calls from lawmakers to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene questions release of WHCD shooter manifesto

Former congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene weighs in on the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting, questioning the manifesto release and motive.
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