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- Daily Beast Editor Who Booked Room Next to WHCA Dinner Shooting Suspect Says ‘...
The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP Images Daily Beast executive editor Hugh Dougherty revealed on Sunday that he had been staying in the Hilton Washington hotel room next to President Donald Trump’s alleged would-be assassin Cole Allen this past weekend and never even had his luggage checked. In an article titled, “I Slept Next Door to the Assassin in Hilton Room 10235. This Is a Security Fiasco,” Dougherty revealed that he had been staying “next door to the man who wanted to turn the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner into a mass shooting.” Dougherty criticized the security at the hotel for its insufficient checks, claiming that he was able to stay at the hotel – where Trump was a guest at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner – without even a basic luggage search. “How on earth could someone with a disassembled long gun check into a room at a hotel where the president was going to speak?” he questioned. “I can answer that: Nobody even looked at my luggage on Friday afternoon. Worse, my colleague arrived on Saturday at 5 p.m. Nobody looked at his luggage either: No magnometers, no hand checks, no I.D. checks. Nothing.” Dougherty continued, “I moved up and down from Floor 10 all day. Nobody ever stopped me and asked me anything. I have never shown my I.D., except to the clerk who checked me in; I have never been searched or frisked when I checked in, or moved in and out of the hotel. To get down from my room to the dinner, I simply flashed my ticket. It could have been a photocopy.” The Daily Beast editor claimed that the only security checkpoint he was subjected to was the checkpoint where the suspect was caught on camera sprinting past agents. Following the incident, which saw Allen tackled and detained after he ran towards the dinner – where Trump was seated – allegedly armed with guns and knives, many social media users criticized the security at the event. In a statement to Fox News on Sunday, a senior White House official said, “President Trump and the White House are standing by the leadership of Secret Service, and President Trump has said he personally thinks they did an excellent job neutralizing the shooter and moving the President, First Lady, Vice President, and cabinet to safety.” “Nevertheless, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles is convening a meeting early… [TheTopNews] Read More.32 mins ago - Fox Crew Presses Kash Patel on Whether WHCA Dinner Suspect Was Known to Feds Bef...
Fox & Friends co-hosts Lawrence Jones and Brian Kilmeade pressed FBI Director Kash Patel on Monday on whether the White House Correspondents’ Dinner suspect was known to authorities before the attempted shooting. Both Jones and Kilmeade were at the event when an armed man rushed past security and attempted to storm the venue. Secret Service agents swiftly evacuated President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and other senior officials as the situation unfolded near the Washington Hilton ballroom. One officer was struck but shielded by a bulletproof vest, but the suspect was quickly apprehended and taken into custody. The suspect, 31-year-old Cole Allen from California, left a manifesto claiming he wanted to target Trump and other senior officials. According to one senior official, cited by CBS News, investigators discovered anti-Trump and anti-Christian rhetoric on the suspect’s social media accounts, and determined he had previously attended a “No Kings” protest in his home state. Patel appeared on Fox & Friends early Monday, when he gave an update on the FBI’s ongoing investigation, describing how agents had conducted interviews across the country and how he had deployed the bureau’s mobile command center. Jones then began to press on what had been uncovered about the suspect’s online activity and whether he was “on the feds’ radar” before the incident. “Can you go into the profile, I know you can’t talk about the investigation, but was he on the Feds’ radar before?” Jones asked. “Did you see the posting he was making? That he was trying to come to the hotel? And it is true that there was an alert put out with a description of him, but he wasn’t detected in the hotel?” Patel replied: “Those are all things that the bureau and our investigation are looking at. We have what’s called a BAU, Behavioral Analysis Unit — it’s been made famous from past historical investigations — and those folks have been working all weekend. I received a full briefing from our BAU unit. What that does is not necessarily provide direct evidence to be utilized in court, but it examines what we’ve collected so far to include e-mails, social media postings, witness interviews, interviews with family and friends and neighbors, so we can provide a complete picture of this individual’s intent when we make the presentment in court.” “That’s what we’re going through right now while we are in the… [TheTopNews] Read More.40 mins ago - ‘It’s Insane’: Fox News Host Brian Kilmeade Rips Suggestion Trump Assassin...Fox News host Brian Kilmeade called out conspiracy theorists on Monday for suggesting that Saturday’s assassination attempt against President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was “staged” as part of an attempt to boost his approval ratings. “I love the fact the president started giving the facts out. It doesn’t stop the conspiracy theories, but hopefully it squelches them,” said Kilmeade during a discussion about the incident on Fox & Friends. “All of a sudden I’m hearing, ‘Well the whole thing is– Was it staged? Was it staged so the president’s approval ratings can go up?'” Co-host Lawrence Jones protested, “It’s unbelievable.” “It’s insane,” continued Kilmeade. “Nothing could possibly have been staged. FBI Director Kash Patel on that coming up.” The New York Times reported on Sunday that conspiracy theorists had been claiming Saturday’s incident was “staged” as “part of an apparent plot by Mr. Trump or others to distract from bad polling numbers or the war with Iran.” According to the Times, the term “staged” quickly became a trending topic on social media, with “more than 300,000 posts on X by midday Sunday.” During Monday’s episode of Fox & Friends, the co-hosts also called for better security to protect the president, likening the situation to increased airport security following the September 11 terrorist attacks. “The [White House] ballroom obviously needs to be built, but in the meantime, we’ve still got to secure the events outside of the ballroom,” said Jones. “Every single event that the president or cabinet members are gonna be [at] are not gonna be government events. Like for example, I’m not sure this Correspondents’ Association Dinner could have been held at the ballroom if it was built. It’s a private organization.” He questioned, “Can we only protect federal buildings at this point? What a disgrace as a country. I mean, we just got to do better.” Co-host Ainsley Earhardt went on to suggest, “I mean, you have these crazy people, and you have to protect our president against this. And like he said over the weekend, it is probably the most dangerous job, and is it gonna be an inconvenience? Yes. Look after 9/11 what we had to go through, what we still have to go through, at the airports. Ziploc bags, the X amount of ounces per, you know, all our hairspray.” “All that stuff just to make sure we’re safe on… [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- Trump Backs Comedian’s Viral Bid to Change Name of ICE: ‘GREAT IDEA!!! DO IT...
(AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) President Donald Trump urged officials to move forward with a proposal to rename Immigration and Customs Enforcement so that the acronym ICE can be switched up to NICE, a viral idea first pushed by comedian Adam Carolla during a Fox News interview that seems designed to troll critics. Posting late Sunday on Truth Social, the president shared a tweet by a supporter suggesting the rebrand and gloating that the change would mean “the media has to say NICE agents all day everyday.” Trump responded: “GREAT IDEA!!! DO IT.” (Screengrab via Truth Social) The “NICE” rebrand concept has long existed as a meme among Trump’s political base, particularly during periods of heightened criticism of ICE’s enforcement tactics. The meme appears to have originated with Carolla, who appeared on Fox News to speak with host Jesse Watters in September. At the time, the comedian joked that given the agency is a “national organization,” the administration should “start it with the word N.” “Can you imagine Gavin Newsom?” the comedian joked to Watters. “These NICE agents pulling up in NICE vans!” The Fox News segment came as the agency faced sustained public scrutiny over its role in the president’s immigration crackdowns, which have sparked protests in several cities. Earlier this year in Minneapolis, demonstrations escalated following two separate incidents in which federal agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens, Renee Good and Alex Pretti, during unrest tied to enforcement operations. The White House, meanwhile, has not formally announced any steps toward implementing the proposed name change, and it remains unclear whether Trump’s directive signals a genuine policy initiative. ICE, established in 2003 under the Department of Homeland Security, is responsible for enforcing federal laws governing border control and customs. Any official name change could require administrative action and may face legal hurdles.The post Trump Backs Comedian’s Viral Bid to Change Name of ICE: ‘GREAT IDEA!!! DO IT’ first appeared on Mediaite. [TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Secret Service Agent Who Took Bullet for Reagan Says Security Did ‘Hell of a G...Tim McCarthy, a retired Secret Service agent who took a bullet for former President Ronald Reagan during an assassination attempt in 1981, praised security’s response after an armed man stormed the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, where President Donald Trump was seated on Saturday night. After the armed man was taken down during the incident at the Hilton Washington – the same hotel where the attempted assassination against Reagan took place decades prior – security at the event was widely criticized on social media. During a Sunday appearance on NewsNation, however, McCarthy urged critics to “ratchet down the rhetoric,” insisting that the Secret Service and local law enforcement had actually done “a hell of a good job” protecting the president. “I think for the most part, the Secret Service got it right, and as you know, I was critical of what happened in Butler, in West Palm Beach, but I’m hardly critical about it now,” he said. “This guy really didn’t get too far. He ran through the metal detectors – he’s not the first one to do it – exchanged gunfire with agents and uniformed division officers. He wasn’t even on the same floor, ultimately, as the president. He was on several floors below – though actually below, the ballroom is two floors high – and was tackled by an agent, never got to the stairs to go down.” McCarthy continued: Now, security is in layers, and if he’d gotten to the bottom of the stairs, he would’ve been met with more resistance. If he’d gotten to the doors of the ballroom, more resistance, and if he walked in the door, as you know, he was facing several counter-assault teams, MPD SWAT teams, the president’s already evacuated to a safe room, possibly already upstairs in the limo and in the garage that was built, where the old assassination attempt was, and back at the White House. So from what I can tell right now talking to my colleagues, it was handled pretty well. You never want something like this to happen. Security was tested, security responded, and at this point it did pretty well. Tackled him before he even got to the stairs to even get close to coming down by the president. So so far, based on what I know, I’m pretty satisfied with what the Secret Service did on this occasion. He added, “The response by… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
- Joe Scarborough Slams ‘Stupid’ Idea to Hold WHCD in ‘Open Hotel’: ‘Can...Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough slammed the “extraordinarily stupid” idea to host the White House Correspondents’ dinner, and the “concentration” of cabinet members it invites, in “an open hotel” as a decision that has “never made sense.” The remarks came as the MS NOW host opened the first show since chaos erupted at the annual gala on Saturday, when 31-year-old suspect Cole Allen allegedly forced his way toward the ballroom with guns and knives before being apprehended. A Secret Service agent was shot during the incident, though protected by a bulletproof vest. A full 1,052-word manifesto was acquired by the New York Post on Sunday, in which Allen, who had checked into the hotel in the days prior, admitted he was targeting top administration officials and President Donald Trump, while mocking the lack of security. Opening Monday’s Morning Joe, Scarborough said that he and co-host Mika Brzezinski had been saying “for years” that the venue was inadequate. “It just seems extraordinarily stupid to use an open hotel and get State of the Union-type concentration of power in the United States, especially at a time of war against a country that’s been the epicenter of terrorism since 1979, and have them walking around, going in and out of parties, standing to get their pictures taken before they go in. It never made sense to me. It’s never made sense to Mika,” he said. He continued: “We haven’t been in, I don’t know, maybe a decade. I can’t remember the last time, but it seems like such an unsecure place.” Noting the volume of MAGA accounts that used the moment to demand approval for Trump’s ballroom project, he then added: “But I just can’t think of a dumber, dumber place to have this than at the Washington Hilton. I know it’s history, but history be damned when you’re putting your secretary of defense, you’re putting your FBI director, you’re putting the secretary of treasury, putting the vice president, you’re putting the president –” Brzezinski interrupted to argue that it “was still on the Trump administration” or any other administration “in power” to “have that concentration of power in one place at a time of war.” Scarborough, however, pushed on with his point: “Anybody that has been there understands you aren’t securing the entire hotel. You’re not checking people’s bags. You’re not doing the basic things that would be done, like,… [TheTopNews] Read More.3 hours ago
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