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Shooter’s path to White House press gala prompts security questions
WASHINGTON — An attack on the White House correspondents’ dinner by a gunman who came within feet of the ballroom where President Trump sat raised immediate questions about the night’s security protocol — and the future of large, high-profile events in a country with easy access to firearms and increasingly high political tensions. The man breached metal
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Ex-MSNBC host sues Todd Blanche over Epstein files
On Monday, former MSNBC host Katie Phang filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia asking the court to compel acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to release the entire Jeffrey Epstein files. According to Phang, a former prosecutor turned legal analyst at MSNBC (now MS NOW) the DOJ has illegally
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London’s housing crash is a cautionary tale for NYC as Mamdani eyes second-home tax
London’s battered luxury housing market is emerging as a cautionary tale for New York, as far-left Mayor Zohran Mamdani pushes a pied-à-terre tax that critics warn could trigger a similar exodus of wealthy homeowners. A wave of taxes on second homes in the British capital has already cooled what was once a red-hot market, with
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Elon Musk Boosts New Yorker’s Sam Altman Exposé on X as Trial Begins
Elon Musk is boosting a post on X promoting The New Yorker’s extensive investigation into Sam Altman’s allegedly deceptive behavior, WIRED has confirmed. The move comes just as Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI and Altman heads to a jury trial in a federal courtroom on Monday morning. People scrolling X on Monday reported seeing an April
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Bosses Are Blowing More Money on AI Agents Than It’d Cost Them to Just Pay Human Workers
Mindlessly unleashing AI agents to take over employees’ jobs can be pretty costly, it turns out. Some companies are learning the hard way that paying for the incredible volume of AI agent requests is costing more than what they’d pay their human employees, Axios reports. AIs can perform all sorts of tasks, ranging from the
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King Charles III heads to Washington on a delicate mission to restore the U.K.-U.S. relationship
WASHINGTON — Two and a half centuries after the American colonies declared independence from Britain under King George III, his descendant King Charles III arrived in the United States on Monday with trans-Atlantic ties under strain and security in the spotlight. A shooting at a Washington dinner attended by President Trump on Saturday sparked a last-minute security
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Secret operation to fast-track Trump ballroom revealed by ex-MAGA loyalist: columnist
A former MAGA loyalist claimed there was a coordinated strategy among Republicans to fast-track President Donald Trump‘s ballroom after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner this weekend, according to an analyst on Monday. Salon‘s Sophia Tesfaye described how in the wake of the shooting, the right immediately pivoted to repeating Trump’s talking points
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Dr. Dre, 61, holds hands with ‘The Valley’ star Michelle Saniei, 37, during unexpected date night
Dr. Dre and “The Valley” star Michelle Saniei appear to be dating. The legendary rapper, 61, and the real estate agent, 37, were snapped holding hands at celeb hotspot Nobu in Los Angeles Saturday. Dre dressed comfortably in a black hoodie, jeans and white sneakers, while Saniei rocked a fancier getup consisting of a long
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Can We Make Events Like the White House Correspondents’ Dinner Safer?
On Saturday night, a heavily armed shooter was able to easily access areas close to the ballroom where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was being held, leading to a rushed evacuation of the president and senior officials and a hectic, scary evening for attendees. Why wasn’t the event safe from this kind of a situation?
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What’s driving political violence, and what will quell it
The violence at the White House Correspondents’ Assn. dinner on Saturday underscores how dangerous this political moment is in the United States. For the past several years — certainly since Jan. 6, 2021 — the U.S. has been experiencing a period of increased political violence. Researchers at the Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab