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This courtroom sketch depicts Cole Tomas Allen, left, the California man arrested in the shooting incident at the correspondents dinner in Washington, seen appearing before Magistrate Judge Matthew J. Sharbaugh, in federal court, Monday, April 27, 2026 in Washington. (Dana Verkouteren via AP)
April 28, 2026, 2:26 am
Man charged with attempted assassination of Trump for correspondents’ dinner shooting
Authorities say Cole Thomas Allen reserved room weeks in advance at hotel where event would be held; 31-year-old faces up to life in jail if convicted of assassination count alone
By Eric Tucker, Michael Kunzelman and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
This image released by US President Donald Trump via his Truth Social account shows a person he claims to be the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner on the ground after being apprehended on April 25, 2026 (@REALDONALDTRUMP / TRUTH SOCIAL)
April 26, 2026, 11:30 am
Accused White House correspondents’ dinner shooter is California tutor, computer programmer
Cole Tomas Allen earned mechanical engineering degree from Caltec, spent past six years with firm offering test preparation to aspiring college students
By Michael Biesecker and Michael Kunzelman
Left: Yaron Lischinsky and his partner Sarah Milgrim, employees of the Israeli Embassy in the US, killed in a shooting in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025, in an undated photo. (Israeli Embassy, Washington); Right: The suspect in the shooting, Elias Rodriguez, shouts 'Free Palestine' as he is arrested. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 20, 2025, 6:51 am
US prosecutors: Suspect wore body camera to record killing of Israeli Embassy staffers
Court filing says Elias Rodriguez ordered camera to DC hotel where he was staying before shooting dead Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim, underlining attack’s premeditated nature
By Michael Kunzelman
A box truck is seen crashed into a security barrier at a park across from the White House, Monday night, May 22, 2023 in Washington. (Benjamin Berger via AP)
January 18, 2025, 4:30 pm
Nazi flag-bearing man gets 8 years in jail for crashing truck near White House
Sai Varshith Kandula praised Hitler, unfurled Swastika after ramming into barrier in May 2023, injuring no one; defense says he’s schizophrenic, amenable to treatment
By Michael Kunzelman
An Islamic State flag lies on the ground rolled up behind the pickup truck that Shamsud-Din Jabbar drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans on Jan. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
January 4, 2025, 8:11 am
Removal of bollards from New Orleans French Quarter left critical security gap
Retractable posts installed after 2016 Nice ramming were taken out after they stopped working reliably, were due to be replaced ahead of February’s Super Bowl
By RYAN FOLEY and Michael Kunzelman
Hunter Biden, center, accompanied by his mother, US First Lady Jill Biden, left, and his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, right, walking out of federal court after hearing the verdict, June 11, 2024, in Wilmington, Delaware. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
June 11, 2024, 8:38 pm
Hunter Biden found guilty of all 3 felony gun charges in federal trial
US president says he’ll accept verdict after jury convicts his son for lying on gun purchase form about his illegal drug use
By Randall Chase, CLAUDIA LAUER, Michael Kunzelman, Colleen Long and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio speaks at a rally in Delta Park on Sept. 26, 2020, in Portland, Ore. (AP/Allison Dinner, File)
September 6, 2023, 2:08 am
Proud Boys ex-leader gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Enrique Tarrio sentenced for orchestrating far-right extremist group’s attack on US Capitol in 2021 in bid to stop certification of Biden’s presidential election victory over Trump
By Michael Kunzelman, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
FILE - Proud Boys members including Zachary Rehl, left, Ethan Nordean, center, and Joseph Biggs, walk toward the US Capitol in Washington, in support of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, fFle)
September 1, 2023, 2:08 am
Two ex-Proud Boys leaders handed some of longest sentences in January 6 attack
17-year prison term for organizer Joseph Biggs and 15-year sentence for leader Zachary Rehl are second and third most severe to be handed down yet over insurrection
By Michael Kunzelman and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
This image from Washington Metropolitan Police Department body-worn video, released and annotated by the Justice Department in the statement of facts supporting an arrest warrant for Jay James Johnston, shows Johnston, circled in yellow, at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington. (Justice Department via AP)
June 8, 2023, 4:44 am
Actor known for ‘Bob’s Burgers’ character arrested on US Capitol riot charges
Jay Johnston, who was booted from show after January 6 attack, indicted for pushing against police and helping rioters who attacked officers guarding an entrance
By Michael Kunzelman
Insurrectionists loyal to then-US president Donald Trump storm the US Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
May 26, 2023, 10:32 pm
Oath Keeper who stormed US Capitol on Jan. 6 gets more than 8 years in prison
Jessica Watkins is third member of antigovernment group to be sentenced this week over riot after Trump’s defeat in election two years ago
By Michael Kunzelman, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Stewart Rhodes, founder of the citizen militia group known as the Oath Keepers speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, on June 25, 2017. (AP/Susan Walsh)
May 25, 2023, 9:31 pm
Oath Keepers boss gets 18-year sentence for seditious conspiracy in US Capitol riot
Prison term for Stewart Rhodes is the longest to be handed down so far in the hundreds of cases related to the January 6 attack
By Michael Kunzelman, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
This booking photo provided by the Alexandria, Virginia, Sheriff's Office shows Hatchet Speed. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP, File)
May 9, 2023, 5:20 pm
Jew-hating, Hitler-enamored Proud Boys member gets 4 years for Capitol riot
Navy veteran Hatchet Speed discussed with undercover FBI agent plan to ‘wipe out’ US Jews and his belief that Jewish people control Joe Biden
By Michael Kunzelman
Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio at a rally in Portland, Oregon, on August 17, 2019. (Noah Berger/AP)
April 25, 2023, 11:40 pm
Proud Boys leader’s lawyer: Trump to blame for January 6 Capitol riot
Attorney for white nationalist Enrique Tarrio tells seditious conspiracy trial his client is a scapegoat, ‘motivation’ and ‘anger’ of then-US president caused deadly violence
By Michael Kunzelman
This drivers license image released by the US Justice Department shows Robert Sanford, a retired firefighter who threw a fire extinguisher at police officers during the US Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 (Justice Department via AP)
April 12, 2023, 3:00 am
Ex-firefighter gets prison for Capitol riots extinguisher attack
Robert Sanford struck two police officers in the head as he stormed Congress on January 6, 2021 with a mob of Donald Trump supporters
By Michael Kunzelman
Hatchet Speed, a military veteran accused of telling an undercover FBI agent about a plan to 'wipe out' the nation's Jewish population. (Alexandria Sheriff's Office via AP)
March 7, 2023, 8:38 pm
Navy vet with plans to ‘wipe out’ US Jews found guilty in capitol insurrection
Hatchet Speed told undercover FBI agent of admiration for Adolf Hitler, laid out plans to enlist Christians in campaign to rid nation of Jews; also faces firearms conviction
By Michael Kunzelman
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