World · 28 April 2026
California teacher charged with trying to assassinate Trump
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The man who opened fire at Saturday's White House Correspondents' Dinner has been charged with attempting to assassinate the president. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, a Caltech-educated teacher from Torrance, California, sent family members a manifesto naming Trump administration officials as targets shortly before the attack. A Secret Service agent was hit but survived thanks to body armour, and no other attendees were seriously injured.
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