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FBI Director Kash Patel was questioned on Fox News Monday morning regarding the security failures that allowed alleged gunman, Cole Tomas Allen, to reach an entrance area at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, despite a prior alert with his description.

Patel stated the FBI and partners were examining the incident, noting the Behavioral Analysis Unit has been analyzing collected evidence including emails, social media postings, and witness interviews to establish the suspect's mindset and intent.

Veteran journalist Alisa Valdes-Rodríguez revealed that Bradbury Stamm, a major U.S. government-linked contractor specializing in military and industrial construction, appears to have built Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico.

In her 3,000-word investigation posted on Substack, Valdes-Rodríguez described the revelation as "terrifying," particularly given Bradbury Stamm's history constructing Manhattan Project facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory, where America's first nuclear weapons were designed.

President Donald Trump became defensive during a CBS News interview with Norah O'Donnell on Sunday, one day after alleged shooter Cole Allen opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.

O'Donnell referenced Allen's manifesto, in which he described Trump as "a pedophile, rapist, and traitor," and asked Trump to respond.

Analyst Molly Olmstead examined the aftermath of Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, where alleged shooter Cole Allen fired multiple rounds at the Washington Hilton, striking a Secret Service agent's bulletproof vest.

No one was killed, and Allen was arrested on scene.

Video footage has resurfaced showing Mooresville, North Carolina, Mayor Chris Carney without pants inside the town hall after hours with a female journalist, according to The Wall Street Journal on Friday.

The 2024 incident is now generating significant controversy as three former town employees sued officials, alleging retaliation for preserving footage and investigating.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) faced widespread criticism after calling to legalize public hangings as a form of capital punishment on Friday, following the Department of Justice's announcement to expand execution methods to include firing squads.

Burchett wrote "Now do hanging" on X, prompting accusations he wants to "bring back lynching."

President Donald Trump spent Thursday's Oval Office press availability complaining about media coverage of his inauguration crowd size, claiming it was larger than reported, despite evidence showing approximately 25,000 attendees rather than the million he claims.

Trump then became defensive when reporters asked basic questions about the stalled Iran war negotiations and timeline.

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has drawn criticism for reportedly continuing to use waterfront government housing at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., nearly two months after her March ouster.

According to the Wall Street Journal and Coast Guard officials, Noem occupied a housing unit usually designated for the Coast Guard commandant.

Newsmax host Greg Kelly criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for firing Navy Secretary John Phelan without advance notice, calling him an "insecure fake" who "lied and conned his way through life," on X.

Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin reported Hegseth ousted Phelan after the Navy secretary refused to comply with demands to punish Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), a retired Navy captain and former astronaut, for a video encouraging service members to disobey illegal orders.

President Donald Trump's economic approval rating has plummeted to minus-32 points, the worst of any president at this comparable point in their term, according to CNN analyst Harry Enten.

Trump was re-elected in 2024 partly on economic messaging but experienced a nearly 40-point drop from his plus-6 rating at the beginning of his second term.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit overturned an $8.2 million defamation judgment won by former Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore against the Senate Majority PAC.

Moore sued over a 2017 campaign advertisement alleging he was banned from a mall for "soliciting sex from young girls," characterizing the ad as a "deliberately constructed maze of lies and deception."

Conservative Wall Street Journal columnist and Former President Ronald Reagan speechwriter Peggy Noonan delivered a pointed rebuke of President Donald Trump's failure to make a serious public case for the Iran war.

In a column published Thursday on WSJ, Noonan questioned the administration decision to go to war now, noting Iran has been a geopolitical concern for nearly 50 years without justifying the current military action.

CBS News' newly appointed primetime anchor Tony Dokoupil, hand-selected by network chief Bari Weiss, sparked an internal staff revolt with a controversial introduction, as reported by Vanity Fair Thursday.

In a video manifesto launching the Evening News, Dokoupil criticized "legacy media" for relying on "academics or elites," with Weiss reportedly coaching him off-camera on his lines. Staff became enraged after Dokoupil posted on social media that he would be "more accountable and more transparent than Cronkite or anyone else of his era," prompting a former CBS executive to say he "completely lost the room."