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Panic As Gunman Opens Fire During Whitehouse Correspondent Dinner Attended By Donald Trump
A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside a high-profile journalists' dinner attended by President Donald Trump and multiple senior U.S. leaders on Saturday night, rushing toward the ballroom before Secret Service agents swarmed him and took him into custody. The president was uninjured and was hustled away.
Guests went diving under tables as the scene unfolded and some reported hearing shots outside the vast subterranean ballroom in the Washington Hilton where the event was being held.
One law enforcement official said a gunman had opened fire. A law enforcement officer was shot in the bullet-resistant vest but is expected to be OK, several sources told The Associated Press.
The shooting suspect — described by Trump as a "sick person" — was identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, two law enforcement officials told the AP.
"When you're impactful, they go after you. When you're not impactful, they leave you alone," Trump, safe and uninjured and still in his tuxedo, said at the White House two hours later. "They seem to think he was a lone wolf."
Speaking from the White House, Trump describes the scene after Saturday's shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in the nation's capital.
There was no immediate indication of any other involvement, and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said she had "no reason" to believe anyone else was involved. Video posted by Trump showed the suspect running past security barricades as Secret Service agents ran toward him.
"There does not appear to be any sort of danger to the public at this time," Bowser said at a separate news conference.
All officials protected by the Secret Service were evacuated. Those in attendance included Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — and many other leaders of the Trump administration on a night when the nation is at war with Iran.
05/02/2026
At the Ikorodu High Court, a fresh order was issued for three independent DNA tests to determine the paternity of Mohbad’s son, Liam. The decision comes after earlier complications surrounding the DNA testing process, which had delayed the resolution of a long-running family dispute.
Mohbad’s father, Mr Joseph Aloba, and his lawyer, Barrister Oladayo Ogungbe, appeared at the court for the proceedings. According to Barrister Ogungbe, the court initially approved a DNA test to be conducted independently, but the welfare officer assigned to supervise the process had suggested a facility that appeared to be based in Nigeria and could not conduct tissue-based testing. “Even the other end clearly suggested that the facility cannot do a tissue-based test. We were considering a third party, and all of this was reported to the court,” he said.
The lawyer explained that, in fairness to the welfare officer, they suggested alternative facilities capable of carrying out the test correctly.
The court agreed that the best way to protect the integrity of the process was to select three facilities abroad. Each side will propose one facility, and the court will source the third. All tests will be tissue-based, ensuring that if one result contradicts another, any foul play would be easily identified. “The three results must show the same outcome. This is exactly what we have been pushing for from day one. It shows that we have nothing to hide,” Barrister Ogungbe said.
07/01/2026
South Africa has been ranked the best English-speaking country in Africa and 13th globally, according to Education First (EF) in its 2025 EF English Proficiency Index. Zimbabwe followed closely, ranking second in Africa and also placing 13th worldwide, while Kenya and Zambia ranked 19th and 27th globally, making them third and fourth in Africa, respectively. Nigeria, Ghana, and Uganda rounded out the top seven on the continent. The index assessed adult English proficiency across 123 countries, drawing on data from more than 2.2 million participants. English remains widely used in these countries, playing a central role in government, education, and the media.
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