A gunman charged the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. A Secret Service agent took a bullet. And within minutes, half the internet had decided it was theater. The conspiracy isn’t the story; the conspiracy reflex is.
A gunman identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of California opened fire near the security checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, prompting Secret Service to rush President Trump from the ballroom. Allen is alive and in custody. One officer was shot but saved by a protective vest. No attendees were injured.
The most significant federal marijuana reform in 50 years is about to happen. It’s good policy. It’s smart politics. And it still doesn’t address the communities the war on drugs destroyed.
A federal grand jury indicted the SPLC on 11 counts of fraud and money laundering over its paid informant program. The charges are serious. The timing is suspicious. Both things can be true.
The Onion has reached a deal to take over Alex Jones’ InfoWars for $81,000/month, with comedian Tim Heidecker as creative director and all profits flowing to Sandy Hook families. A judge must approve the arrangement at an April 30 hearing. Jones is vowing to fight, but the satirical takeover represents a novel form of media accountability.
Newly released FOIA documents reveal the U.S. Marshals Service deputized Elon Musk’s private security team as federal agents, then waived basic training requirements so they could carry weapons in government buildings. The waivers were approved in three days. The implications for federal law enforcement standards are staggering.
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With Pam Bondi out and Todd Blanche in, Trump has installed the attorney who defended him in his criminal trials as the nation’s top law enforcement officer. The appointment raises urgent questions about DOJ independence, the Epstein files, and whether the Justice Department now functions as the president’s personal legal team.
President Donald Trump told Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday that her time leading the Justice Department
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Trump became the first sitting president to attend Supreme Court oral arguments, and what he witnessed was a bipartisan demolition of his birthright citizenship executive order. Even his own judicial appointees weren’t buying it. A new study reveals the policy would disproportionately harm Asian immigrants, not the communities the administration has centered in its messaging.
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Tiger Woods rolled a Land Rover on a residential road in Jupiter Island, Florida, on Friday afternoon.
At least 33 pardoned Jan. 6 defendants have been arrested, charged, or sentenced for new crimes since Trump’s mass clemency, including child molestation, child pornography, kidnapping, and conspiracy to murder FBI agents. Two March 2026 sentencings put the pattern in sharp focus.
The Supreme Court hears oral arguments Tuesday in Trump v. Barbara, the administration’s challenge to birthright citizenship under the 14th Amendment. Every lower court has struck down Trump’s executive order. But the stakes of even a partial ruling for the government could create what legal scholars are calling constitutional chaos for proving who is and isn’t an American.
A Los Angeles jury found Meta and YouTube liable on all counts for deliberately engineering addiction in young users. The $6 million verdict is small. The 2,000 lawsuits behind it are not.
A Los Angeles jury found Bill Cosby liable for drugging and sexually assaulting Donna Motsinger in 1972 and awarded her $59.25 million, the largest judgment the 88-year-old comedian has ever faced. His attorney says they will appeal.
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority signaled it will strike down state laws allowing mail-in ballots to arrive after Election Day. With 14 states and D.C. affected, the ruling could reshape how millions vote in the November midterms.
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An NPR investigation reveals federal immigration officers are collecting DNA from American citizens arrested during protests, building a biometric database of political dissent across at least three states.
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House Democrats walked out of Attorney General Pam Bondi’s closed-door briefing on the Epstein files Wednesday, accusing her of staging a fake hearing to dodge a bipartisan subpoena demanding sworn testimony.
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A federal judge in Boston blocked RFK Jr.’s overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule, finding his hand-picked advisory committee was “unlawfully constituted” and his changes “likely illegal.” Here’s what it means for parents and the future of American public health policy.
