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CHICAGO — A Chicago officer who was fatally shot by a man receiving treatment at a hospital while in police custody has been identified as 38-year-old John Bartholomew, authorities said. Bartholomew, a 10-year veteran of the force, was pronounced dead just before 1 p.m. Saturday after being shot at Endeavor Health Swedish Hospital, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office. A second officer was wounded in the Saturday morning shooting and remained in critical condition Sunday, police said. His name and the name of the suspect in the shooting have not yet been released by police. Chicago police Superintendent…

Democrat Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick resigned her House seat before she could face an expulsion vote for misappropriating pandemic relief funding, but that doesn’t mean her political career is over. Ms. Cherfilus-McCormick remains listed as an active candidate for Florida’s 20th Congressional District after filing campaign paperwork April 17 with the state’s Division of Elections, four days before she submitted her resignation. Her Federal Election Commission campaign page, showing she has raised more than $356,000, also remains active, as flagged by Florida Politics columnist Jacob Ogles. On top of that, her campaign told the NOTUS news outlet that she’s still in the…

BOISE, Idaho — Former Idaho Gov. and U.S. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne has died at age 74, his family said in a written statement Saturday. Kempthorne died Friday evening in Boise, the statement said. No cause was given, but he had been diagnosed with colon cancer last year. “Beyond his public service, he was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather whose greatest joy came from time spent with family and the people he met along the way,” his family said. “He had a rare gift for truly seeing others – remembering names, stories, and the small details that made each…

President Trump said “let the show go on,” but listened to the Secret Service who abruptly whisked him away from the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington after a shooter fired off half a dozen rounds outside the ballroom. The shooter is in custody, according to the Secret Service. The president planned to give a statement at the White House after the Washington press corps annual dinner was canceled. Mr. Trump hoped the dinner at the Washington Hilton could resume with him in attendance if the Secret Service gave the OK, he said. First lady Melania Trump and President Donald…

President Trump is addressing reporters at the White House after he and other top leaders of the United States were evacuated from an annual dinner of White House correspondents on Saturday night after a shooting incident outside the ballroom. The shooting suspect was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, two law enforcement officials told The Associated Press. Trump said the suspect was armed with multiple weapons before being stopped by the Secret Service. One officer was shot, but he was protected by a bulletproof vest. “He was shot from very close distance with a very powerful gun,…

The accused White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman is identified as a 31-year-old man armed with a shotgun, a handgun and multiple knives who sprinted through a Secret Service checkpoint and attempted to storm a ballroom inside the Washington Hilton, where President Trump and other high-ranking officials were seated. ​He was identified as Cole Tomas Allen of Torrance, California. He will be arraigned Monday in federal District Court, said U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro. Mr. Allen’s home in Torrance was being searched by the FBI, officials said. Mr. Allen will be charged with at least two counts:…

Shots fired. Guests ducking for cover. Secret Service with guns drawn. Washington Times correspondent John T. Seward was inside the ballroom when chaos erupted at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. I’m John T. Seward, Defense and National Security Correspondent with The Washington Times. I’m here at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in the Washington Hilton Ballroom. We are seeing most of the main dining area actually being cleared out after the dinner was effectively canceled. There were several shots fired outside of the dinner just moments ago. The guests were ducking under tables, crouching down into aisles as U.S. Marshals…

President Trump praised the Secret Service for taking down a gunman who fired several shots inside the Washington Hilton hotel, where Mr. Trump and most of his Cabinet were sitting in the ballroom at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. “I saw a room that was just totally unified. It was, in one way, very beautiful, a very beautiful thing to see,” Mr. Trump, speaking at the White House, said of the scene he witnessed earlier in the ballroom. Mr. Trump said the man had several weapons, including a powerful long gun, when he encountered Secret Service agents outside the ballroom.…

Shots were fired at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington on Saturday night, forcing guests to duck under tables in the Washington Hilton ballroom. President Trump, who had arrived at the dinner and was planning to roast the media, was evacuated. Several loud bangs were heard in the ballroom and backstage. Witnesses counted six shots. Secret Service with guns drawn rushed the reporters accompanying the president out of the room. Secret service agents respond during the White House Correspondents Dinner, Saturday, April 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) Secret service agents respond during the … more > “Shots…

DENVER – A federal judge ordered the Trump administration not to deport the wife and five children of suspected firebomber Mohamed Sabry Soliman after attorneys said they were rearrested hours after their return to Colorado. U.S. District Judge Fred Biery issued an emergency order Saturday blocking the administration from removing the family members, who had returned to Colorado after a judge ordered their release Thursday following 10 months at a detention center in Dilley, Texas. Eric Lee, attorney for the El Gamal family, said afterward on X that the “deportation flight has turned around and is returning to Denver. We are told the family will be…