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Assassination Plot Unfolds at White House Gala Amid Trump-Kimmel Feud

4/28/2026

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Cole Allen breached a checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ gala, was arrested for attempting to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump, and left behind a manifesto targeting Trump administration members.
Jimmy Kimmel mocked First Lady Melania Trump as an ‘expectant widow’, prompting Donald Trump to call the segment fake and demand Kimmel’s firing.
Melania Trump posted on X that Kimmel’s monologue was hateful, violent rhetoric that deepens political sickness.

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Cole Allen breached a checkpoint at the White House Correspondents’ gala, was arrested for attempting to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump, and left behind a manifesto targeting Trump administration members.
Jimmy Kimmel mocked First Lady Melania Trump as an ‘expectant widow’, prompting Donald Trump to call the segment fake and demand Kimmel’s firing.
Melania Trump posted on X that Kimmel’s monologue was hateful, violent rhetoric that deepens political sickness.