A security incident that might have involved gunfire occurred outside the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night and led to the evacuation of President Donald Trump and other political leaders. So far there are no reports of injuries. C-SPAN video shows security escorting Trump away from the head table.
Advocates for the refugees, many of whom fought the Taliban alongside U.S. forces, say the plan is intended to pressure them to return to Afghanistan at great personal risk. read more
"Gannon Ken Van Dyke (38) allegedly made more than $400,000 trading on Polymarket ... read more
The Trump family's World Liberty Financial crypto venture is being sued by one of its billionaire backers over allegations of extortion. read more
The Justice Department's internal watchdog is launching an investigation into the DOJ's production of files and documents related to Jeffrey Epstein as controversy continues over the handling of the case of the convicted sex offender. read more
Administration officials on Wednesday softened their predictions of an end to the Iran war and its turbulent effects on energy prices. read more
An American millionaire big-game hunter has died after being crushed by a group of elephants during a hunting expedition in Gabon. Ernie Dosio, a 75-year-old vineyard owner, was hunting yellow-backed duiker, an antelope species, in the central African country of Gabon when the incident occurred last Friday. While in the Lope-Okanda rainforest, he and his guide unexpectedly came across five female elephants accompanied by a calf.
Rep. Tom Kean Jr. represents New Jersey's most competitive district this November -- but nobody, even his GOP colleagues, can say where he's been for the past month. read more
Close to half of the children in the United States -- more than 33 million kids -- live in counties with dangerously high levels of toxic air pollution, according to the American Lung Association's annual air quality report out Wednesday. read more
Above The Law's Joe Patrice writes about GW Law professor Jonathan Turley. read more
Hospitals in Mississippi -- already strained under the costs of caring for a high rate of patients without health insurance and with low-reimbursement plans, such as Medicaid -- are expected to lose $1 billion over the course of the next decade as a result of President Donald Trump's sweeping tax and spending bill signed into law in July. read more
The Editorial Board: Reversing the new vaccine skepticism will require a dedicated effort. read more
Meduza outlines what Hungary's new leader, Peter Magyar, is planning when he officially takes office on May 9.
Millions more Americans might qualify for dual Canadian citizenship under a recent change to Canada's requirements that has led to a surge in applications from its southern neighbor. ... Previously, Canadian citizenship by descent could only be passed down to one generation, from a parent to a child. But the new law opened up citizenship to anyone born before that date who could prove they have a direct Canadian ancestor -- a grandparent, great-grandparent or even more distant ancestor. read more
As Trump's son-in-law returns to Pakistan for more talks with Iran, major news outlets are largely ignoring an egregious conflict of interest. read more
The Department of Justice on Friday dropped its criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell ... read more
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