April 30, 2026

02 U.S. Politics

Americans with graduate degrees twice as likely to support political violence: survey– www.thecollegefix.com

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‘More education = higher support for political violence‘

Part of an American political perspectives survey from 2025 went viral on Sunday in the wake of the third assassination attempt on President Donald Trump’s life.

The survey found that “Americans with the highest level of formal education were also the most supportive of political violence.”

“[Thirty-six] percent of those with a graduate or professional degree agreed at least somewhat with the statement ‘If you are protesting something unjust, it is reasonable to damage property,’ while 40 percent agreed that ‘Violence is often necessary to create social change,’” the survey found.

A post about the survey from last fall went viral Sunday on X — viewed 21 million times — after news that the man who allegedly tried to kill Trump and members of his cabinet at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner is a highly educated California man.

White House dinner shooting prompts scrutiny of Trump security arrangements– www.channelnewsasia.com

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Several law enforcement bodies, from the US Marshals to the Diplomatic Security Service, spirited away attendees after the shooting, highlighting how the complex web of those charged with protecting different VIPs can lead to seemingly uncoordinated responses.

While Trump was whisked off stage just over 30 seconds after the last shots were fired, according to a video and audio analysis conducted by Reuters, it took at least 100 seconds for Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr to leave the room and around 150 seconds for Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to exit.

Don Mihalek, a former senior Secret Service agent who has worked previous correspondents’ dinners at the Washington Hilton, said securing the sprawling site has long posed challenges.

“I’m sure the service is going to go back and re-look at the set-up there, and probably push out the perimeter some more now, because of what happened,” Mihalek said.

The White House Correspondents Dinner Gunman Changes Nothing– www.politicususa.com

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Of all the things that the Trump administration could have asked for in response to a gunman trying to gain entry into the White House Correspondents Dinner, what the Trump administration and their supporters have settled on as a solution to potential mass shootings and assassination attempts is a ballroom.

It’s weird, right?

However, the rallying cry from the Trump administration is “build the ballroom.”

Acting AG Todd Blanche posted on X in response to the lawsuit that is holding up the construction of Trump’s ballroom:

This lawsuit is on behalf of a single person who walks in the vicinity of the White House once a month and expects to dislike the East Wing’s new design. The passing aesthetic gripe of a single person cannot possibly justify delaying the construction of a secure facility for the President to do his job.

The president’s job isn’t to hang out in ballrooms. The president’s job isn’t to build ballrooms. In fact, ballrooms have nothing to do with the presidency.

There is a whole

‘Shots Fired’ Leavitt: Trump Was Going To ‘Celebrate Free Speech’ At WHCD– crooksandliars.com

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Trump’s gaslighting Press Sec wants us to believe Trump was going to be “delivering jokes and celebrating free speech” before the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was derailed this Saturday.

We all know what was actually planned, which was for Trump to attack the press and then run off like a coward after his speech. Leavitt joked that there were going to be come “shots fired” ahead of the shooting incident that brought the event to an end.

Karoline Leavitt Joked There Would Be ‘Shots Fired Tonight’ Prior to Gunman at White House Correspondents’ Dinner:

Just hours before reports surfaced of multiple shots being fired in the lobby of the hotel where the White House Corresponds’ Dinner was supposed to take place, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt described how she believed the evening would turn out.

“It’ll be funny. It’ll be entertaining. There will be some shots fired tonight in the room,” Leavitt, 28, said during an interview that is gong viral on social media, likely referring to the jokes that President Donald Trump was planning to make during his first-ever WHCD speech. “Everyone should tune in, it’s going to be really great.”

Senate Republican calls for scrapping filibuster to fund DHS after correspondents’ dinner shooting– thehill.com

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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) says Republicans should “nuke” the Senate’s filibuster rule if Democrats continue to block Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding after the third assassination attempt against President Trump, citing “a moment of national danger.” Johnson acknowledged in an interview with Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” that Republicans would want…

INSIDE THE BALLROOM: Being at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner During an Assassination Attempt on Trump– www.dailysignal.com

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“What’s happening??”

It was Elizabeth Mitchell, the Daily Signal’s White House reporter. She was seated next to me at Saturday evening’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. There was urgency and confusion in her voice.

Our table was to the right of and somewhat back from the dais, where President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, First Lady Melania Trump, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, and White House Correspondents’ Association President Weijia Jiang of CBS News were seated, along with others.

Elizabeth was looking in that general direction. I was looking at my salad. I turned toward her as she spoke. In a split second, before I tried to see what was happening, I knew, or at least feared, that something was very, very wrong.

The Secret Service Failed Trump — Again– thefederalist.com

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Forty-five years ago President Ronald Reagan was shot and nearly killed by a would-be assassin outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Forty-five years later President Donald Trump’s life was in danger from another would-be assassin at the same hotel.

Why?

Because the Secret Service failed Trump — again.

Authorities identified 31-year-old California resident Cole Allen as the man surveillance video shows rushing past a Secret Service checkpoint while reportedly armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives and heading toward the ballroom where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was taking place on Saturday evening. Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and several cabinet members were present. Allen was reportedly subdued by law enforcement after several shots rang out. Reports indicate the suspect was not struck by gunfire. Two sources told CBS News that the suspect admitted he was targeting members of the Trump administration.

Democrat Seeks ‘Military-Grade Weapons’ Ban After WHCD Attack– www.breitbart.com

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Pennsylvania state Rep. and former Democratic Party Vice Chair Malcolm Kenyatta pushed a ban on “military-grade weapons” after the handgun/shotgun attack that occurred at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner (WHCD).

Kenyatta responded after the WHCD attack to comments about how a ballroom would be a more secure hosting site than a hotel by posting to X:

Breitbart News noted that the alleged WHCD attacker, Cole Allen, used guns he had purchased legally in California. Moreover, law enforcement affirmed that two guns — a handgun and a shotgun — were recovered from Allen when he was apprehended.

Iran-US war latest: UK hits back at Trump threat to review Falklands claim over lack of support for Iran war– www.independent.co.uk

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Mike Huckabee, the US envoy to Israel, who was on hand for the White House talks, said the “people of Lebanon, the people of Israel are neighbours and they want to get along”.

“They can get along,” he said.

“But it’s like neighbours who have a rough little kid living in the neighbourhood who keeps throwing rocks at everybody’s window.

“And if the kid will quit throwing rocks, the neighbours can get along and start actually working together.”

Mamdani’s Own Supporters Revolt, File Lawsuit Against Him– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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East Village residents who overwhelmingly backed New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani are now trying to block one of his administration’s key moves, suing to stop a building in their neighborhood from being turned into a temporary homeless shelter.

The lawsuit, filed Monday in New York City Supreme Court, highlights growing pushback from within Mamdani’s own base as his policies begin to hit close to home.

The backlash quickly drew ridicule from conservatives, who pointed to the political whiplash. Sen. Ted Cruz summed it up in a brief post: “Oops.”

Teen transgender-identifying substitute teacher allegedly made online threats to Loudoun County school– www.theblaze.com

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A teenage substitute teacher was arrested Thursday over threats he allegedly made on social media against a high school in Loudoun County.

Hadyn Dollery, 19, of Chantilly was arrested on Monday over threats of violence at John Champe High School, according to a press release from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office.

Dollery was born a biological male but identified as a transgender woman. The sheriff’s office confirmed that he was booked as a male.

Speaker Johnson Backs DeSantis on Florida’s Redistricting Plan– slaynews.com

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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is urging Florida Republicans to move forward with a new congressional map, signaling a counteroffensive after Democrats narrowly pushed through a controversial redistricting referendum in Virginia.

The Virginia measure, approved Tuesday by a razor-thin margin, is expected to dramatically reshape the state’s congressional delegation in Democrats’ favor ahead of the 2026 midterms.

GOP Lawmakers Are Pushing “Alarming” Bills to Shield Big Oil From Climate Liability – Mother Jones– www.motherjones.com

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A pumpjack extracts oil out of a well near Bakersfield, Texas.Bill Clark/ZUMA

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.

Republican lawmakers are attempting to shield big oil from having to pay for its contributions to the climate crisis, alarming environmental advocates.

New House and Senate bills led by Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) would give oil and gas companies broad legal immunity from policies and lawsuits aimed at holding the industry accountable for damages caused by its emissions.

Dubbed the Stop Climate Shakedowns Act of 2026, the proposal would protect the sector from liability. It is similar to a 2005 law that has largely blocked lawsuits against the firearms industry over gun violence.

“To try to legislate that science away is something that’s really alarming.”