The sound of dozens of gunshots rang out outside the White House on Saturday evening, causing media and other people there to scramble for safety as the building was reportedly put on lockdown. Members of the press were told by Secret Service to gather on the north lawn and to run into the press briefing room shortly before 6:30 p.m. “FBI is on the scene and supporting Secret Service responding to shots fired near White House grounds – we will update the public as we’re able,” FBI Director Kash Patel posted on X. “I was in the middle of taping…

ToplineThe Senate delayed votes planned for Thursday on the $72 billion immigration enforcement bill that was supposed to be a vehicle for $1 billion to help pay for President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project—as Republicans appear ready to omit the funding from the package. Key FactsSenate Republicans will leave…

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Amid an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the country’s national team squad will begin preparations for the World Cup in Belgium rather than Kinshasa, their capital. Although the World Health Organization has called the outbreak a “public health emergency of international concern” rather than a pandemic, the…

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