Nicole Sganga is CBS News' homeland security and justice correspondent. She is based in Washington, D.C., and reports for all shows and platforms. Senior producer, CBS News Investigative Unit Pat ...

The California teacher and engineer accused of opening fire outside the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner believed it was his duty to target Trump administration officials, according to a ...

Cole Allen, the California man charged in the attack at the White House Correspondents' Dinner over the weekend, is being detained at the Correctional Treatment Facility at the D.C. jail complex, a ...

The authorities are investigating a motive for the attack by the suspect, identified as Cole Tomas Allen. Those who know him described him as a “completely average guy.” By Alexandra E. Petri and ...

In the days and hours leading up to the White House Correspondents' Dinner, President Donald Trump's appearance took center stage. Now, the focus has shifted to the suspect, who officials say turned ...

FBI agents work in a neighbor's yard, Sunday, April 26, 2026, near an address in Torrance, Calif., connected to Cole Tomas Allen, who was identified as the shooting suspect at the White House ...

This is the shotgun that White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman Cole Allen allegedly sneaked into the Washington Hilton in an attempt to kill President Trump and top members of his administration.

President Donald Trump told the press that the suspect, later identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, according to law enforcement, had been captured and that investigators were ...

Members of the media share responsibility for the attack at a media dinner this weekend attended by President Trump and his most senior aides, the acting U.S. attorney general, Todd Blanche, said ...

A Writer’s Ode to the Small-Town Girls Who Left, and Those Who Stayed A new book by Jayne Anne Phillips, a Pulitzer-winning novelist, recalling her childhood is a bittersweet triumph. Jayne Anne ...

Cole Tomas Allen, 31, believed it was his duty to target Trump administration officials, according to a note he sent family members minutes before the attack. The rush of guests entering the White ...