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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 25: Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, attends the 2026 White House Correspondents' Dinner at Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)

Leavitt Made ‘Shots Fired’ Brag Minutes Before Shooting

SHOTS FIRED

Donald Trump’s press secretary made an eerie comment moments before gunfire erupted at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner.

President Donald Trump and Weijia Jiang attend as Mentalist Oz Pearlman hosts The White House Correspondents Dinner at Washington Hilton on April 25, 2026 in Washington, DC.

WHCA Gunfire Showed Power Looking Powerless

EVERYONE SCATTERED

Trump

Trump White House Correspondents’ Dinner Erupts in Gunfire

CORRESPONDENTS' CHAOS

Watch Trump’s Cabinet Flee WHCA Attack in Terror‘QUITE AN EVENING’

Images from the shooting event at the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 25, 2026

I Know How Melania Threatens Trump: WolffTROUBLE AT HOME

Inside Trump's Head

Donald and Melania Trump. illo

Trump Insiders Sidestep Vance to Back New 2028 Successor‘VERY SMOOTH’

Annabella Rosciglione

U.S. President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio take part in a meeting with Irish Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Micheal Martin at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 17, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci

I’m Sorry, but Rag & Bone’s Viral Sweatpant Jeans Are Genius‘IT’S NOT DENIM’

Rag & Bone Miramar Sweatpant Jeans Review

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Trump

GOP Secretly Schemes to Erase Trump From Campaigns

OPERATION DUMP TRUMP

Republicans are entirely upending their campaign strategy to “put Trump on the ballot” in the November elections.

Annabella Rosciglione

Obsessed podcast illo illustration of Jorma Taccone and Andy Samberg.

How ‘SNL’ Alum’s Freak Accident Changed Him Forever

Owen Mason-Hill, Obsessed: The Podcast

Portrait of American financier Jeffrey Epstein (left) and real estate developer Donald Trump as they pose together at the Mar-a-Lago estate, Palm Beach, Florida, 1997.(Photo by Davidoff Studios/Getty Images)

Trump Stonewalls British Probe Into Epstein Scandal

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis at the Torhout-Werchter Festival in Torhout, Belgium, on April 7, 1992.

Rock Legend’s Girlfriend Defends Their Age-Gap Relationship

King Charles and Donald Trump. illo

Trump Plots Stunning Insult to King Charles on Eve of Visit

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Rock Legend’s Girlfriend Defends Their Age-Gap Relationship

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis at the Torhout-Werchter Festival in Torhout, Belgium, on April 7, 1992.

This Is the Moment That Changed My Mind About Hypnotism

Hand putting out a cigarette in an ashtray with a hypnosis spiral in the base

Young Men Take Drastic Measures to Change Their Eye Color

Close up of man's blue eyes looking at camera

The Fastest Growing Anti-Aging Procedure for Your Face

Looker photo illo illustration of Denise Richards.

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A photo illo illustration of Jeremy O. Harris for the Obsessed podcast.

Obsessed: The Podcast

TV Star Reveals Upside of 23 Days in Japanese Prison

Jeremy O. Harris revealed how he made the best of his three-week stint behind bars on “Obsessed: The Podcast.”

Owen Mason-Hill,

Obsessed: The Podcast

Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Jimmy Kimmel giving mock WHCD roast

Recaps

Kimmel Gives Trump the WHCD Roast He’s Been Hiding From

Heidi Gardner at SNL50: The Homecoming Concert at Radio City Music Hall on February 14, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by John Nacion/Variety via Getty Images)

Celebrity

‘SNL’ Alum Addresses A-Lister’s Controversial Hosting Habit

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Charlize Theron as Sasha in APEX.

Oscar Winner Kicks Major A** in Netflix’s Wild New Thriller

“Apex” is a no-frills Netflix survival actioner that proves the 50-year-old Oscar winner has still got it.

Nick Schager

Nicole Kidman’s Pro-Wrestling Scene Landed Her in Hospital

Eboni Boykin-Patterson

Kidman

Harry Styles Engaged to Hollywood Star After Just 8 Months

Harry Styles poses on the red carpet during for the BRIT Awards at the Co-op Live Arena, in Manchester, Britain, February 28, 2026. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja

Bravo’s Funniest Reality TV Star Spills the Tea

A photo illustration of Kimi Murdoch of Ladies of London: The New Reign.

TV’s MAGA-Coded Supervillain Predicted Major Trump Meltdown

Homelander in The Boys

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MAGA-Coded CBS Boss’s Cozy Trump Dinner Has Staff Seeing Red

Bari Weiss holds a microphone up to his mouth in a photo

Trump Just Hit a Humiliating New Poll Record

Tamilore Oshikanlu

PHOENIX, ARIZONA - APRIL 17: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he arrives at Sky Harbor International Airport April 17, 2026 in Phoenix, Arizona. Trump is scheduled to speak at a Turning Point USA event titled “Build the Red Wall”, intended to turn out young voters for the midterm elections. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Court Bans Trump Immigration Move Setting Up SCOTUS Showdown

Annabella Rosciglione

Trump

MAGA Revolts Over GOP Support for Ghislaine Maxwell Pardon

Sarah Ewall-Wice

A photo illustration of the mugshot of British convicted sex offender and former socialite Ghislaine Maxwell.

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This Is Why King Charles Is Mad to Visit Trump

ENTERING THE ASYLUM

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth holds a briefing on the Iran war, amid a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 24, 2026. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Pentagon Pete Shifts Blame for Trump’s ‘Gift to the World’

PASSING THE BUCK

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - AUGUST 15: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) greets Russian President Vladimir Putin as he arrives at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson on August 15, 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. The two leaders are meeting for peace talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Putin Teases Thirsty Trump With Visit to His Miami Golf Club

LOVES ME, LOVES ME NOT

A day after the president said he doubts Putin would make the trip, the Kremlin says he just might.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: Martha Stewart attends the 2023 CFDA Fashion Awards at American Museum of Natural History on November 06, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

Martha Stewart Mocked for Her ‘Tone Deaf’ Skincare Secret

Sleeping Beauty

Jaafar Jackson as Michael Jackson in Michael.

Why the Michael Jackson Biopic Made Me Feel Gross

REALLY, REALLY BAD

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Donald Trump, as a clown, standing in front of a map of the Middle East. illo

How Trump Is Trapped By His Own Idiocy: Biographer

CLOWN GETS KARMA

Erkki Forster, Inside Trump's Head

A photo composite of Kash Patel chugging a beer at the Winter Olympics and during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in Washington, DC.

Dems Launch Probe Into Keystone Kash’s Drinking

KASHING OUT

Sarah Ewall-Wice

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Trump Defector Targets Old Agency With Nationwide Blitz

GTFO

Annabella Rosciglione

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Trump’s Net Approval Hits New Low as GOP Revolt Grows

President Donald Trump gives a speech about the economy at the Coosa Steel Corporation factory in Rome, Georgia, on February 19, 2026.

Trump’s Plans for ‘Mic-Drop’ Media Confrontation Are Leaked

Peter Thiel, Donald Trump

Why Trump’s Weird Billionaire Pal Is a Threat to Freedom

John Mac Ghlionn

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