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The suspect at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner reportedly charged a magnetometer and took a shot at a Secret Service agent, according to reports. Speaking to Fox News, Sean Hannity detailed what they know about the reports of shots fired and subsequent evacuation of President Donald Trump and Cabinet officials at the Saturday night dinner. Noting that he spoke with top White House officials, Hannity said that the shooter “charged the magnetometer closest to the front door [and] took a shot at a uniformed division service agent.” “The shooter took a shot at a secret service member just at…
The Trump administration is urging lawmakers to fund the Department of Homeland Security after a gunman breached security at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner over the weekend. President Donald Trump on Monday took to social media to press Republicans to forge ahead with a party-line budget maneuver called reconciliation to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol by June 1 despite Democrats’ objections. “The Senate passed this Blueprint last week on Thursday morning, and now, House Republicans must UNIFY, and pass the same Blueprint to get the Bill done,” the president said in a post on Truth Social. “I’ve…
An explosion outside a police station near Belfast has been linked to the dissident republican splinter group and is being treated as “attempted murder” Police in Northern Ireland have foiled a suspected car bomb attack, evacuating residents moments before an explosion outside a station in Dunmurry, southwest of Belfast. The authorities suspect the New Irish Republican Army (New IRA), a dissident republican splinter group, was behind the blast.The incident occurred late on Saturday, when a hijacked vehicle carrying a gas cylinder device was parked outside the station. At a press conference on Sunday, PSNI Deputy Chief Constable Bobby Singleton said…
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon announced a major win for American artificial intelligence (AI) dominance after her department intervened in a lawsuit challenging a new Colorado law that prohibits “algorithmic discrimination” during an interview on Breitbart News Saturday. Speaking with Breitbart News political editor Bradley Jaye, Dhillon revealed details on the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent success at getting the state of Colorado to agree not to enforce SB24-205, which requires AI developers and deployers to satisfy certain disclosure, reporting, and prevention requirements when creating algorithm products designed for services like mortgage lending, student admissions, and job-candidate…
Acting President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez condemned Saturday’s apparent assassination attempt against President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. On Saturday, a man identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen attempted to attack the White House Correspondents Dinner at the Washington Hilton, which Trump was attending for the first time as President of the United States in the company of his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other senior members of his administration. A Secret Service official received a gunshot round to his bulletproof vest, but is presently in “great shape,” President Trump later detailed. A senior…
A bill to fight against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) discrimination by prohibiting federal agencies from awarding contracts on the basis of race or sex has been introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), who stated that his goal is to “restore merit-based partnerships” in government contracting. The legislation, titled the “Ending Discrimination in Government Contracting Act,” would eliminate existing quotas, mandates, and programs that steer government contracts to companies based on the race and/or sex of the company’s owner. Specifically, federal DEI programs like the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise and the Minority Business Development Act of 2021 would be eliminated, along…
President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that authorities directed him and other officials to leave the venue “consistent with protocol,” adding that he would address the public within 30 minutes from the White House Press Briefing Room and that all senior officials, including the first lady and Cabinet members, were safe. Trump posted on Truth Social: Law Enforcement has requested that we leave the premises, consistent with protocol, which we will do, immediately. I will be giving a press conference in 30 minutes from the White House Press Briefing Room. The First Lady, plus the Vice President,…
Speaker Mike Johnson said Monday that language in a Homeland Security funding bill the Senate passed unanimously near three weeks ago is “problematic” and will have to be changed to pass the House. The bill as written, Johnson said, would “orphan” funding for key immigration enforcement agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Passage of that measure is part of a two-track DHS funding approach that won President Donald Trump’s endorsement but has faced skepticism from some conservative hard-liners. The failure of the House and Senate GOP to align on a plan threatens to further delay the passage of DHS funding,…
Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have combined their parties ahead of elections planned for later this year Former Israeli Prime Ministers Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid have formed a unified party in a bid to oust Benjamin Netanyahu’s government in elections later this year.Right-wing Bennett and centrist Lapid on Sunday confirmed the merger of their parties, Bennett 2026 and Yesh Atid, into a single list titled ‘Together, Led by Bennett’, which they described as an effort to consolidate the opposition and improve its chances in the vote, which must be held no later than the end of October. Bennett told reporters…
AI systems validate people even when those users describe engaging in unethical or harmful conduct, creating a vicious cycle of mental health damage and other issues, according to new research published in Science. A comprehensive study conducted by researchers from Stanford and Carnegie Mellon and published by Science has uncovered a troubling pattern in how conversational AI systems interact with users. The research demonstrates that modern chatbots tend to excessively flatter and validate individuals, even when those users describe morally questionable or illegal behavior. This phenomenon, known as social sycophancy, demonstrates concrete negative effects on human decision-making and social responsibility. Lead…