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White House correspondents' dinner suspect pleads not guilty | Flipboard

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The provided text is a collection of news snippets and headlines covering various topics, including the legal proceedings of Cole Allen following an attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, public perception of the event, and political updates regarding Stephen Miller and President Zelensky.

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5 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Cole Allen, the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner, pleaded not guilty on Monday to all counts.”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that Cole Tomas Allen, 31, pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges including federal gun crimes and attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump following the April 25 incident.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On the evening of April 25, 2026, gunshots were fired near the main security screening area for the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. President Don…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_White_House_Correspondent…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump has been the target of numerous assassination attempts and death threats during his presidential campaigning and his presidencies of the United States of America. The earliest known attem…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_incidents_involving_D…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The White House State Ballroom is part of a planned new East Wing for the White House, the official residence of the president of the United States. The new East Wing will replace the original, which …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_State_Ballroom
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“About 1 in 4 say the correspondents’ dinner shooting was staged, the poll found”
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While one cross-reference (Flipboard) repeats the claim that 1 in 4 say the shooting was staged, a specific fact-check web result indicates that claims of a poll suggesting the gunfire was orchestrated (specifically mentioning a 70% figure) surfaced as a 'purported' graphic, suggesting the validity of such polls is being questioned or debunked.
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web search NEUTRAL — White House Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting Iran Nancy Guthrie DHS Shutdown. Home / fact check.The claim surfaced in the form of a purported Fox Business Network graphic saying 70 percent of Americans…
https://news.meaww.com/fact-check-did-fox-news-air-a-poll-su…
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web search NEUTRAL — White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting More. Judge "very troubled" by accused correspondents' dinner gunman's treatment in jail.Correspondents' dinner shooting suspect charged with trying to assa…
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-correspondents-dinn…
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web search NEUTRAL — April 25-26, 2026: Shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner.“It’s also a sobering reminder of the courage and sacrifice that U.S. Secret Service Agents show every day. I’m grateful to them — and…
https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/25/politics/live-news/trump-whit…
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“The man accused of running past Secret Service with loaded firearms and knives in an attempt to kill President Donald Trump during the White House Correspondent’s Dinner last month pleaded not guilty to the four charges he faces.”
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Multiple sources confirm Cole Allen pleaded not guilty to charges involving an attempt to assassinate Donald Trump, with specific mentions of him running through security checkpoints with firearms.
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web search NEUTRAL — A man charged with attacking the White House Correspondents' Association dinner in Washington DC last month has pleaded not guilty. Cole Tomas Allen, 31, was charged with federal gun crimes and attemp…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g48ewgz8mo
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web search NEUTRAL — Accused White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter Cole Allen pleaded not guilty at a Monday hearing. Video still of Cole Allen running through a hotel security checkpoint, with police and Secret Serv…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/11/us-news/accused-whcd-shooter-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Justice Department had charged Mr. Allen with attempting to assassinate the president, transporting guns with the intent to commit a felony, and firing a shotgun. But it had stopped short of accus…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/politics/whcd-new-char…
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“Prosecutors say Cole Tomas Allen on April 26 stormed through a [location]”
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Multiple sources, including NPR and Al Jazeera, report that Cole Tomas Allen stormed through security/the scene on April 25/26, 2026, with a long gun.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for Washington, posted the video on social media amid questions over whose bullet struck a Secret Service officer as Cole Tomas Allen ran through security with a long …
https://www.npr.org/2026/05/01/nx-s1-5807081/prosecutors-rel…
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web search NEUTRAL — The man, identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen in US media reports, was arrested at the scene. Official confirmation has yet to be released. People dived under tables in chaotic scenes as Secret …
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/26/who-is-the-suspecte…
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web search NEUTRAL — Cole Tomas Allen’s Alleged Jewish Faith, IDF Connection, and Ethnic Roots.The man who opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25, 2026, has been identified as 31-year-old Cole T…
https://gazettedirect.com/cole-tomas-allen-idf-israel-religi…
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“Google said Monday that it had disrupted a criminal group’s attempt to use artificial intelligence to exploit another company’s previously unknown [vulnerability]”
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Three independent web search results confirm Google's announcement on Monday regarding the disruption of a criminal group using AI to exploit a previously unknown vulnerability in another company's systems.
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web search NEUTRAL — Google said Monday that it had disrupted a criminal group's attempt to use artificial intelligence to exploit another company's previously unknown digital vulnerability, adding to heightened ...
https://fortune.com/2026/05/11/google-catches-hackers-cybers…
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web search NEUTRAL — Google said Monday that it had disrupted a criminal group's attempt to use artificial intelligence to exploit another company's previously unknown digital vulnerability, adding to heightened worries a…
https://apnews.com/article/google-ai-cybersecurity-exploitat…
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web search NEUTRAL — A criminal hacking group recently attempted to launch a widespread cyberattack that appeared to rely on artificial intelligence to detect a previously unknown bug, Google said in research ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/us/politics/google-hacker…
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