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1 hour ago

Suspect charged with attempting to assassinate Trump at press dinner

Cole Tomas Allen was charged with attempting to assassinate the president and other firearm-related crimes after a failed attack at a White House event.
US Elections
fromIrish Independent
2 hours ago

Suspect in Washington dinner shooting charged with attempting to assassinate Trump

Cole Tomas Allen faces serious charges for attempting to assassinate President Trump at a high-profile event.
California
fromFortune
1 day ago

What we know about the man charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner | Fortune

Cole Tomas Allen faces charges for attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
Washington DC
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 hour ago

Suspect charged with attempting to assassinate Trump at press dinner

Cole Tomas Allen was charged with attempting to assassinate the president and other firearm-related crimes after a failed attack at a White House event.
US Elections
fromIrish Independent
2 hours ago

Suspect in Washington dinner shooting charged with attempting to assassinate Trump

Cole Tomas Allen faces serious charges for attempting to assassinate President Trump at a high-profile event.
California
fromFortune
1 day ago

What we know about the man charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents' Dinner | Fortune

Cole Tomas Allen faces charges for attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents Dinner.
#trump
fromwww.mediaite.com
20 hours ago
US Elections

I Have Been Through This a Couple of Times': 60 Minutes Gets Trump's Reaction to Frenzied Moment Shots Were Fired at WHC Dinner

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22 hours ago
US Elections

I Wanted To See What Was Going On': Trump Tells 60 Minutes He Held Up Secret Service From Rushing Him Out of Chaotic WHCD Shooting

US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

WHCD Shooter's Manifesto Showed Epstein-Related Stories Fueled Attempted Killing of Pedophile, Rapist' Trump

A man attempted to assassinate Trump, motivated by conspiracy theories linking him to Epstein's crimes against children.
Washington DC
fromFortune
1 day ago

Trump says shooting by 'would-be assassin' points to need for White House ballroom as questions are raised about security at correspondents dinner | Fortune

President Trump faced another assassination attempt during the White House correspondents dinner, highlighting ongoing security concerns.
Washington DC
fromIrish Independent
3 hours ago

Suspect in Washington dinner shooting set to appear in court

A man was arrested for planning an attack at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, with potential charges including attempted assassination.
US Elections
fromwww.mediaite.com
20 hours ago

I Have Been Through This a Couple of Times': 60 Minutes Gets Trump's Reaction to Frenzied Moment Shots Were Fired at WHC Dinner

Trump expressed a lack of worry during an assassination attempt at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, citing his past experiences with similar threats.
US Elections
fromwww.mediaite.com
22 hours ago

I Wanted To See What Was Going On': Trump Tells 60 Minutes He Held Up Secret Service From Rushing Him Out of Chaotic WHCD Shooting

Trump delayed evacuation during an assassination attempt to assess the situation at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

MS NOW Analyst Slams Trump's Post-Shooting Speech: Admin Has Worked so Hard to Divide This County'

Del Percio criticized Trump's claim of being targeted due to his success, attributing threats to his divisive administration and acceptance of violence.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 day ago

WHCD Shooter's Manifesto Showed Epstein-Related Stories Fueled Attempted Killing of Pedophile, Rapist' Trump

A man attempted to assassinate Trump, motivated by conspiracy theories linking him to Epstein's crimes against children.
Washington DC
fromFortune
1 day ago

Trump says shooting by 'would-be assassin' points to need for White House ballroom as questions are raised about security at correspondents dinner | Fortune

President Trump faced another assassination attempt during the White House correspondents dinner, highlighting ongoing security concerns.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
3 hours ago

Completely Deranged': Karoline Leavitt Goes Off on Jimmy Kimmel Over Melania Trump Widow' Joke

Karoline Leavitt criticized Jimmy Kimmel for a joke about Melania Trump, calling it deranged and inappropriate given recent assassination attempts against President Trump.
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5 hours ago

Hateful and Violent': Melania Trump Condemns Jimmy Kimmel, Urges ABC to Take Action After Host Cracks Joke' About First Lady Becoming a Widow

Kimmel's hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn't comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America.
Left-wing politics
#conspiracy-theories
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9 hours ago
Right-wing politics

It's Insane': Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade Rips Suggestion Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged' So His Approval Ratings Can Go Up'

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1 month ago
Right-wing politics

WH Spox Torches Conspiracy Theorists Claiming Assassination Attempt on Trump Was Staged: Need to Have Their Heads Checked'

Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
9 hours ago

It's Insane': Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade Rips Suggestion Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged' So His Approval Ratings Can Go Up'

Brian Kilmeade criticized conspiracy theories suggesting the assassination attempt on Trump was staged to improve his approval ratings.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

WH Spox Torches Conspiracy Theorists Claiming Assassination Attempt on Trump Was Staged: Need to Have Their Heads Checked'

White House communications director Steven Cheung rebuts staged assassination attempt conspiracy theories by sharing eyewitness testimony from a MAGA influencer present at the Butler, Pennsylvania rally.
#security
Washington DC
fromwww.mediaite.com
7 hours ago

Daily Beast Editor Who Booked Room Next to WHCA Dinner Shooting Suspect Says Nobody Even Looked at My Luggage'

Security measures at the Hilton Washington hotel were inadequate, allowing a potential assassin to stay undetected next to President Trump.
#secret-service
fromwww.mediaite.com
9 hours ago
Washington DC

Secret Service Agent Who Took Bullet for Reagan Says Security Did Hell of a Good Job' Protecting Trump From Would-Be Assassin

US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
9 months ago

Six Secret Service agents suspended over Trump assassination failings

Six Secret Service agents face suspensions for operational failures during an assassination attempt on President Trump.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
9 months ago

Six Secret Service agents suspended over 2024 Trump assassination attempt

Six Secret Service agents suspended without pay after an assassination attempt against Donald Trump, citing security failures at a Pennsylvania rally.
Washington DC
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9 hours ago

Secret Service Agent Who Took Bullet for Reagan Says Security Did Hell of a Good Job' Protecting Trump From Would-Be Assassin

Tim McCarthy praised the Secret Service's response to an armed incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, emphasizing effective security measures.
Washington DC
fromwww.theguardian.com
12 hours ago

White House Correspondents' Dinner suspect to be charged as Trump prepares to welcome king US politics live

A meeting will assess Secret Service protocols after vulnerabilities were exposed during an attack on Donald Trump.
World news
fromFortune
10 hours ago

A manifesto, a train ride, and gaps in security that let a shooter get near Trump | Fortune

Tech stocks are in focus this week with major Q1 earnings calls from leading companies.
London politics
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

How gangland target James 'Nellie' Walsh has been living a secret life in Scotland

James 'Nellie' Walsh, a criminal, was convicted in Glasgow after fleeing Ireland due to a failed assassination attempt.
#iran
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Iran's ex-foreign minister Kharazi gravely wounded' in attack on his home

Kamal Kharazi was seriously injured in an assassination attempt that killed his wife amid ongoing US-Israeli air strikes on Iran.
NYC politics
fromTruthout
4 weeks ago

Activist Nerdeen Kiswani Speaks Out After Being Targeted in Assassination Plot

An assassination attempt against Palestinian activist Nerdeen Kiswani was foiled, highlighting the threats faced by pro-Palestine voices.
Books
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Salman Rushdie on why tyrants fear artists

Salman Rushdie remains optimistic and continues to write after surviving an assassination attempt, exploring themes of life and death in his latest work.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Salman Rushdie says he is tired of being free speech Barbie' after 2022 attack

Salman Rushdie expresses frustration with being defined by his 2022 assassination attempt rather than his literary work, emphasizing his identity as a working writer.
US politics
fromwww.amny.com
1 month ago

Murder-for-hire plot at center of Brooklyn terrorism trial over alleged scheme to kill Trump | amNewYork

A Pakistani man with Iranian ties is on trial for allegedly plotting to assassinate Donald Trump and commit terrorism, with an FBI informant testifying about his requests to hire hit men who were undercover agents.
US news
fromABC7 Chicago
2 months ago

Mar-a-Lago shooting: NC man shot, killed never interested in politics, guns, family says

A 21-year-old North Carolina man was shot and killed after entering Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun; investigators have not identified a motive.
#gustavo-petro
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fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

Senior Russian general shot multiple times in an assassination attempt - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

A senior Russian military general has been shot multiple times in Moscow in an assassination attempt. Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev, deputy head of the Defence Ministry's Main Directorate of the General Staff was shot several times on Friday and has been rushed to hospital. The general was accused of playing a major role in the Salisbury poisonings in the UK of the former double Russia n agent Sergei Skripal for British intelligence.
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fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
2 months ago

Officials: Top Russian Intelligence General Shot, Wounded In Attempted Assassination

The No. 2 officer at the Russian military intelligence agency known as GRU was shot and wounded in Moscow, in what investigators called an assassination attempt. Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev was hospitalized on February 6 after being shot several times, including in the back, the Investigative Committee said in a statement. He was hospitalized in unknown condition. The gunmen fled the scene, the committee said. Unconfirmedmedia reports said Alexeyev was shot on the stairwell of his apartment building as he was leaving.
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US politics
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

US: Would-be Trump assassin gets life without parole

Ryan Routh received life without parole for attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, found guilty on multiple federal charges after planning the attack.
#donald-trump
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

The Flower Bearers by Rachel Eliza Griffiths review a powerful portrait of loss and violence

The night before her wedding to Salman Rushdie in 2021, the American poet and novelist Rachel Eliza Griffiths was fretting about her best friend. Kamilah Aisha Moon was due to read a poem at the ceremony, but no one had heard from her. Her phone was going straight to voicemail and staff at her hotel said she hadn't checked in. We'll find her. She wouldn't miss your wedding, Griffiths's sister, Melissa, assured her.
Books
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 months ago

Internet Shreds MAGA State Senator for Attacking Governor Over Security Spending After Assassination Attempt

Governor Josh Shapiro's private-home security upgrades drew criticism despite prior arson and an assassination attempt, with state police recommendations and ethics approval.
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Violent protests in Bangladesh after pro-democracy figure dies in hospital

Violence broke out in Bangladesh's capital early on Friday after a youth leader of the country's 2024 pro-democracy uprising who was injured in an assassination attempt died in a hospital in Singapore. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Dhaka after the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, 32, was announced, to demand that his killers be arrested. Several buildings in the capital, including those housing the country's two leading newspapers, were set on fire, according to authorities, with staff trapped inside.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 months ago

Leader of 2024 Bangladesh student protests dies in a Singapore hospital

Sharif Osman Bin Hadi, a 32-year-old Inqilab Mancha leader, died in Singapore after being shot in the head during an assassination attempt in Dhaka.
#sara-jane-moore
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5 months ago

FBI Insists 'No Cover-Up Here' In Trump Assassination Probe

In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital, FBI Director Kash Patel and FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino shared findings from the large-scale investigation and insisted there is no cover-up to be found in the Butler case. We have reviewed this case over and over looked into every nugget. We have spoken to the families, the president there is no cover-up here. There is no motive for it, there is no reason for it, Bongino said.
US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
5 months ago

Tucker Carlson: Trump Shooter Was a Trump-Backing Radical and the FBI Covered It Up

screenshot Tucker Carlson is now openly alleging that the Trump-era FBI not just Biden's is lying about critical details of the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. That is the core, explosive thrust of his just-released video (embedded below): that the very federal law-enforcement leadership now serving in Trump's second term including his newly installed FBI team led by Kash Patel and Dan Bongino is obscuring what really happened on the rooftop where Thomas Crooks nearly killed a former president.
US politics
World news
fromThe New York Sun
5 months ago

'I Was Treated as a Business Transaction': Brooklyn Woman Marked for Death by Iran Tells Court of 'Humiliation' as Would-Be Assassins Get 25 Years

Two Russian mobsters received 25-year sentences for accepting a $500,000 Iranian-regime bounty to attempt to assassinate Masih Alinejad in Brooklyn.
#argentina
World news
fromwww.dw.com
6 months ago

Ecuador: Government decries 'assassination attempt' on Noboa DW 10/08/2025

Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa's convoy was attacked by protesters; the government calls it an assassination attempt amid escalating political tensions and Indigenous-led protests.
US news
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 months ago

California resident who tried to kill Brett Kavanaugh jailed for eight years

Sophie Roske admitted attempting to assassinate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh and was sentenced to eight years and one month in federal prison.
fromBoston.com
7 months ago

Sara Jane Moore, would-be assassin of President Ford, dies at 95

Sara Jane Moore, the middle-aged radical and mother of four who fired two errant shots at President Gerald R. Ford outside the St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco on Sept. 22, 1975, with a vague notion of igniting a leftist revolution in America, died Wednesday at a nursing home in Franklin, Tennessee. She was 95. Demetria Kalodimos, a reporter for the Nashville Banner who had developed a friendship with Moore, confirmed the death, which was first reported by the Banner.
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US politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
7 months ago

JUST IN: Ryan Routh Found Guilty of Trying to Assassinate Trump

Ryan Routh was convicted on five charges for an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course.
History
fromwww.mercurynews.com
7 months ago

Today in History: September 22, President Ford survives assassination attempt

Sept. 22 marks multiple significant historical events, from assassination attempts and wartime actions to presidential decrees, major conflicts, disasters, and notable births.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
7 months ago

Prosecutors rest their case in trial of man accused in attempted Trump assassination

A Secret Service agent stopped Ryan Routh's alleged attempt to shoot Donald Trump on Sept. 15, 2024.
#political-violence
fromwww.mercurynews.com
10 months ago
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Dad went to war': Vance Boelter tried three lawmaker homes before killing Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and husband, charges say

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10 months ago
Black Lives Matter

Dad went to war': Vance Boelter tried three lawmaker homes before killing Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and husband, charges say

fromwww.aljazeera.com
7 months ago

Trial begins in US for man accused of Trump assassination attempt

The criminal trial for a man suspected of trying to assassinate United States President Donald Trump last year has started, coming at a time of heightened alarm over political violence in the US. The trial began with opening statements on Thursday as the defendant, 59-year-old Ryan Routh, took the unusual step of representing himself. Routh faces five charges, including trying to assassinate a presidential candidate, and faces the possibility of life in prison if found guilty.
US politics
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fromwww.npr.org
7 months ago

Attempted Trump assassination trial begins. And, South Korea to fly 300 workers home

Jury selection begins for Ryan Routh, accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump; a contested 12-page letter, political reactions, and tense Chicago atmosphere follow.
US politics
fromSFGATE
7 months ago

50 years ago, a would-be presidential assassin struck in Sacramento

A 14-year-old Karen Skelton witnessed Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme point a pistol at President Gerald Ford during his Sept. 5, 1975 Sacramento visit.
fromwww.mediaite.com
7 months ago

Man Accused of Plotting to Assassinate Trump Filed Bonkers Motion Challenging Him to a Round of Golf for the Presidency

To present new evidence two weeks before court when it has been almost a year for them to gather all they needed, need I say more it is absurd. The deadline has passed. If you would like to trade admitting the evidence for my subpoena of that baboon Donald J. Trump, bring that idiot on; it is a deal. If you do not want to trade for dumbass, then give me all the others on my recent subpoena list,
US politics
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
9 months ago

The eight days that changed US history (and the course of the world)

Vince Fusca documented Donald Trump's near-assassination at a July 2024 rally, exploring the potential consequences had the attack succeeded.
World politics
fromeuronews
9 months ago

Iran publishes details of June 26 Israeli attack on Security Council meeting

An Israeli attack targeted a National Security Council meeting in Tehran, leading to an investigation into potential infiltration by the Islamic Republic of Iran's agencies.
#colombia
fromeuronews
10 months ago
US politics

Colombian senator Uribe in critical condition after shooting at rally

Miguel Uribe critically injured after assassination attempt, raising alarms over political violence in Colombia.
fromwww.npr.org
10 months ago
US news

Colombian Presidential hopeful shot at Bogota rally

Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot during a campaign event, marking a significant act of political violence in the country.
Left-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
10 months ago

Assassination attempt in Colombia sparks fears of return to bloody past: It's a devastating moment'

The assassination attempt on Uribe highlights deepening political violence in Colombia, echoing fears of a violent past.
Left-wing politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
10 months ago

Four killed in wave of bomb, gun attacks across southwest Colombia

Colombia faces a surge in violence marked by coordinated attacks on police, following a recent assassination attempt on a presidential candidate.
US news
fromwww.npr.org
10 months ago

Colombian Presidential hopeful shot at Bogota rally

Colombian senator Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot during a campaign event, marking a significant act of political violence in the country.
US politics
fromwww.dw.com
10 months ago

Suspected Minnesota shooter intended to kill other lawmakers DW 06/16/2025

The suspect in the Minnesota lawmaker shooting was arrested after a two-day manhunt, highlighting serious threats to political figures.
US politics
fromFuturism
10 months ago

The Man Who Attempted to Assassinate Trump Was Reportedly "Having Conversations With Someone That Wasn't There"

The attempted assassination of President Trump reveals deep mental health issues and raises concerns over understanding the motivations behind such violent acts.
US Elections
fromwww.npr.org
11 months ago

Ryan Routh, charged with trying to assassinate Trump, asks to have charges dropped

Ryan Routh seeks dismissal of charges claiming violation of his Second Amendment rights regarding firearm ownership despite felony convictions.
NYC politics
fromwww.amny.com
11 months ago

Brush with death: Bronx woman left traumatized after stranger tried to shoot her in the head on street | amNewYork

A woman was nearly assassinated in the Bronx, leaving her traumatized and fearful of the streets.
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