Sid Davis, the legendary White House correspondent who witnessed Lyndon B. Johnson's swearing-in after JFK's assassination, has died at age 97. America has lost a piece of living history—a journalist who stood witness to some of democracy's most pivotal and tragic moments with unwavering professionalism.
A California man, Cole Tomas Allen, has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump after opening fire near the White House Correspondents' Dinner, a brazen attack on our nation's highest office that strikes at the very heart of our democratic process and the safety of our leaders. This terrifying event is a stark reminder of the poisonous climate of political demonization and violent rhetoric that threatens to unravel the fabric of our republic.
A third assassination attempt on President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner has prompted Senator Josh Hawley to call for a congressional investigation into presidential security. This relentless wave of violence is an unprecedented assault on the Republic, laying bare a security apparatus in potential crisis and a political climate festering with dangerous rhetoric that threatens the very heart of our democratic institutions.
