Anonymousabout 3 hours ago
On April 25, 2026, Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old California teacher with no criminal record, rushed a security checkpoint at the Washington Hilton during the White House Correspondents' Dinner carrying a shotgun and pistol, firing shots that struck a Secret Service agent's ballistic vest before being subdued. The attack — the fourth known attempt on Donald Trump's life — has exposed a structural security gap in which the dinner was never designated a National Special Security Event, fueled rapid conspiracy-theory proliferation on social media, and raised urgent questions about press access, political violence, and the future of the annual tradition.