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Secret service agents respond during the White House Correspondents Dinner, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

White House correspondents’ dinner shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family

April 27, 2026 at 6:25 a.m.

The accused gunman who tried to storm the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives traveled across the country before the event and is believed...

President Donald Trump walks from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

Trump says Pam Bondi, loyalist who oversaw Justice Department upheaval, out as attorney general

April 2, 2026 at 12:28 p.m.

President Donald Trump says Pam Bondi is out as his attorney general, ending the contentious tenure of a loyalist who upended the Justice Department’s culture of independence from the White...

A bird flies above Alcatraz Island on Sunday, May 4, 2025, in the San Francisco Bay, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

The federal Bureau of Prisons has lots of problems. Reopening Alcatraz is now one of them.

May 6, 2025 at 12:21 p.m.

The Bureau of Prisons already struggles with short staffing, chronic violence and crumbling infrastructure.

A New York City Police officer walks through brush and foliage in Central Park near 64th Street and Central Park West, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, in New York, while searching for a backpack police believe was dropped in the park by the person suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey)

Days after shooting, police push to identify gunman that killed UnitedHealthcare CEO

December 7, 2024 at 10:30 a.m.

The gunman who killed the CEO of the largest U.S. health insurer likely left New York City on a bus soon after the brazen ambush that has shaken corporate America,...

This image provided by the New York City Police Department shows a man wanted for questioning in connection to the investigation of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (New York City Police Department via AP)

Police believe the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare’s CEO left NYC on a bus after the shooting

December 6, 2024 at 5:44 p.m.

As the hunt for a masked gunman who stalked and killed the head of the largest U.S. health insurer moved into its third day Friday, surveillance footage provided more clues about the...

Police release new photos as they search for the gunman who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO

December 5, 2024 at 4:11 p.m.

The masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest U.S. health insurance companies outside a Manhattan hotel used ammunition emblazoned with the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose,”...

FILE – Sean “Diddy” Combs arrives at the LA Premiere of “The Four: Battle For Stardom” at the CBS Radford Studio Center on May 30, 2018, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Authorities launch ‘interagency operation’ at federal jail in New York housing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs

October 28, 2024 at 3:10 p.m.

Investigators from various federal agencies launched an “interagency operation” on Monday at the troubled lockup in New York City where Sean “Diddy” Combs is being held.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Chinese hackers targeted phones of Donald Trump, JD Vance, people associated with Kamala Harris’ campaign

October 25, 2024 at 6:05 p.m.

Chinese hackers engaged in a broader espionage operation targeted cellphones used by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, his running mate, JD Vance, and people associated with the Democratic campaign of...

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage by U.S. Secret Service agents after being shot at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024.(Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)

At least 5 Secret Service agents have been placed on modified duty after Donald Trump’s assassination attempt

August 23, 2024 at 4:41 p.m.

At least five Secret Service agents have been placed on modified duty after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump in July.

President Joe Biden speaks, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Rehoboth Beach, Del., addressing news that gunshots rang out at Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump's Pennsylvania campaign rally. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

President Biden pushes party unity as he resists calls to step aside, says he’ll return to campaign next week

July 19, 2024 at 5:50 p.m.

President Joe Biden’s campaign is insisting anew that he is not stepping aside as he faces the stark reality that many Democrats at the highest levels want him to bow...

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