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Accused correspondents’ dinner shooter Cole Allen charged with assaulting a federal officer

May 5, 2026 / 4:45 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — Accused White House Correspondents’ Dinner attacker Cole Allen is now facing charges of assaulting a federal officer.

Allen was formally indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four charges, including three counts that he was charged with through a criminal complaint last week — attempting to assassinate President Trump and two firearm charges — and a new count of assault on a federal law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon.

Federal prosecutors charged Allen in the hours after the attempted attack at the annual press gala in Washington, D.C., but had not presented the charges to a grand jury to secure an indictment until Tuesday.

Prosecutors allege on April 25, Allen — armed with a shotgun, handgun and knives —attempted to break through a security checkpoint one story above the ballroom at the Washington Hilton, where Mr. Trump, top administration officials and members of the press corps were dining.

The indictment also accuses Allen of assaulting a federal officer referred to as V.G. with a shotgun. Law enforcement officials have alleged thatAllen shot at a uniformed Secret Service officer who was hit on his protective vest by buckshot. The officer was not seriously hurt.

Allen, 31, has not yet entered a plea and is set to be arraigned on May 11. Allen’s legal team agreed that he will remain detained as pre-trial proceedings play out.

His case was assigned to U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden, who was nominated to the post by Mr. Trump in 2017.

On Monday, a federal magistrate judge in D.C. criticized Allen’s treatment in the jail where he is being held, saying he was “very troubled” by the conditions he was subjected to. The magistrate, Zia Faruqui, apologized to the suspect for issues in his first week of detention.

Lawyers for Allen said he was placed on suicide watch shortly after arriving at jail last week, meaning he was held in a padded cell with the lights on constantly and no access to a phone or tablet. A day later, he was downgraded to suicide precautions, which still sharply limited his access to a phone and ability to leave his cell, his lawyers said.

On Friday, Allen’s lawyers said he was reassessed and deemed not to be a risk, but was still held in a form of protective custody that resulted in him being held separately.

US adds officer-assault charge against suspect in Trump assassination attempt

May 5, 2026 8:09 PM UTC / Reuters

By Andrew Goudsward

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[1/2]Cole Tomas Allen, a suspect in the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner shooting, sits in the courtroom during a hearing after being charged with attempting to assassinate U.S. President Donald Trump, in Washington D.C., U.S., April 30, 2026, in this courtroom sketch. … Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tabRead more

• Federal grand jury returns four-count indictment against Cole Allen, including new assault charge
• Surveillance video shows Allen firing at Secret Service agent, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro says
• Allen subdued before reaching Trump and others,

WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department added a charge of assault ‌on a federal officer with a deadly weapon to the case against the man accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton last month.

The new charge, which formally ​accuses the suspect, Cole Allen, of firing at a U.S. Secret Service agent at a ​security checkpoint, is part of a new four-count indictment returned by a federal ⁠grand jury in Washington. The other three counts are charges Allen previously faced including attempted ​assassination, discharge of a firearm during a crime of violence and illegal transportation of a firearm and ​ammunition across state lines.

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Prosecutors allege that Allen, 31, of California, was armed with a shotgun and a pistol when he sprinted past security in an attempt to assassinate Trump and other U.S. officials on April 25. Allen has ​not yet entered a plea on the charges.

The indictment follows confusion over whether the suspect shot the ​Secret Service agent as the gunman allegedly ran toward the ballroom, where Trump and senior members of his administration ‌were ⁠dining with roughly 2,500 journalists, politicians and others. Trump administration officials initially said Allen had fired and the agent was spared serious injury by his ballistic vest.

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But the initial set of charges against Allen did not accuse him of shooting the agent, nor was it mentioned in a court document prosecutors ​filed on April 29 ​seeking Allen’s detention.

U.S. Attorney ⁠Jeanine Pirro, the top federal prosecutor in Washington leading the investigation, released surveillance video on Thursday that she said showed Allen firing the shotgun at ​the agent, who then returned fire. Pirro told CNN in an interview ​on Sunday ⁠that a pellet that came from Allen’s shotgun recovered at the scene was intertwined with fibers from the vest of the agent.

The four-page indictment accuses Allen of using a “deadly and dangerous weapon” to “forcibly assault, intimidate ⁠and interfere” ​with the U.S. Secret Service agent while he was ​engaged in his official responsibilities.

Allen fell down and was subdued by law enforcement before he reached the ballroom, authorities have said. ​No one else was injured.

Reporting by Andrew Goudsward, Editing by Franklin Paul, David Gregorio and Daniel Wallis

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Tom Homan: “Things weren’t perfect” in Minneapolis crackdown, but ICE not backing down on mass deportations

May 5, 2026 / 6:45 PM EDT / CBS News

By Camilo Montoya-Galvez

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Camilo Montoya-Galvez is the Immigration Correspondent at CBS News, where his reporting is featured across multiple programs and platforms, including national broadcast shows, CBS News 24/7, CBSNews.com and the organization’s social media accounts.

Phoenix— In an exclusive interview with CBS News, Tom Homan, President Trump’s border czar, conceded “things weren’t perfect” during the large-scale immigration enforcement crackdown in Minneapolis but stressed that the administration is not backing down from its mass deportation effort.

“Things weren’t perfect. We addressed it. We fixed it,” Homan said when asked if he believes the administration made mistakes and went too far during the Minneapolis-area crackdown, known as Operation Metro Surge.

Homan said he has discussed changes and ways to improve immigration enforcement with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and Todd Lyons, the acting head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement who is set to leave the agency later this month.

“I’ve had the discussions with Secretary Markwayne Mullin. He agrees. We can have mass deportations, but do it in a smarter way, which we’re doing,” Homan added during an interview in Phoenix on Tuesday during the annual Border Security Expo.

Earlier this year, Mr. Trump charged Homan with winding down the Minneapolis operation after the fatal shootings of U.S. citizens Alex Pretti and Renee Good by federal immigration agents sparked intense, bipartisan backlash.

Asked whether he believes that the ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents involved in Pretti and Good’s killings should face consequences if any wrongdoing is found, including termination, Homan said, “Yes.”

“If they violated the law, they’ve got to be held responsible,” Homan added. “When they violate policy, you’ve got to be held responsible.”

Homan said he did not want to comment further, since the government investigations into the fatal shootings remain ongoing.

A “smarter approach” to ICE arrests

Homan said the reason the public is now seeing fewer viral videos of ICE agents making arrests is because the agency has prioritized “targeted” operations focused on arresting people who have criminal records, in addition to being in the country illegally.

He noted that, since the Minneapolis operation was scaled back, Border Patrol agents have not been making seemingly random immigration stops at parking lots and public places.

Still, Homan said immigration agents will continue arresting people they find during operations if they are in the country illegally, even if they lack criminal histories and were not the original targets.

“If they’re in the country illegally, they’re not off the table,” Homan said.

In a recent interview, retired Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino, who led the more sweeping, controversial immigration sweeps in Minneapolis and other major cities, criticized the Trump administration’s “softer approach.” Bovino was relieved of his command following Pretti’s killing and retired from Border Patrol in March.

Homan said he did not agree with Bovino’s characterization of the shift in emphasis, calling it a “smarter approach.”

Bovino also suggested during that recent interview that the Trump administration is backing down from its mass deportation promise. Homan denied that.

“He’s wrong. He’s wrong,” he said. “Numbers prove it. Look at the numbers. Look at the numbers of arrests and removals in the past year, and you give me one year we’ve done more. Never.”

Homan said ICE and CBP have collectively carried out roughly 800,000 deportations since Mr. Trump returned to the White House.

Asked if the American public should expect large-scale, aggressive immigration crackdowns similar to the Minneapolis campaign, Homan said, “No.”

But he said “mass operations” would continue, especially in cities with so-called sanctuary policies that limit local cooperation with ICE.

“We had a historic illegal immigration crisis for four years,” Homan said. “So what’s required now? A historic mass deportation.”

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/border-czar-tom-homan-trump-administration-isnt-backing-down-mass-deportations/

US FDA blocked publication of COVID, shingles vaccine safety studies

2026-05-05 20:02:12 UTC / Reuters

By Padmanabhan Ananthan

May 5, 2026 8:02 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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May 5 (Reuters) – Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration blocked the ​publication of several studies supporting the safety of widely used ‌vaccines against COVID-19 and shingles, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson said.

Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the ​FDA, said the studies were pulled over concerns about their conclusions.

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“The ​studies were withdrawn because the authors drew broad conclusions that ⁠were not supported by the underlying data. The FDA acted to ​protect the integrity of its scientific process and ensure that any work associated ​with the agency meets its high standards,” he said in an email to Reuters.

The withdrawal of these studies is the latest attempt by the health regulator and the administration ​to limit access to vaccines, reflecting broader policy changes under U.S. ​Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a staunch critic of vaccines.

The Trump administration has sharply ‌reduced ⁠funding for vaccine research and raised questions about vaccine safety and effectiveness under the tenure of Kennedy, who has introduced sweeping changes across federal health agencies.

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In August last year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ​said it would wind ​down nearly $500 million ⁠in mRNA vaccine development, cancelling 22 federal projects overseen by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), a ​government-backed funding body.

Last June, a Centers for Disease Control and ​Prevention ⁠panel backed by Kennedy voted to remove mercury-based preservative thimerosal from flu shots, despite long-standing clinical evidence of its safety.

British drugmaker GSK markets Shingrix, a vaccine for ⁠shingles, ​a painful viral infection that causes blisters and ​rashes, while Pfizer and Moderna are the leading makers of COVID-19 vaccines.

The New York Times ​first reported the move.

Reporting by Padmanabhan Ananthan in Bengaluru; Editing by Tasim Zahid

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To avoid risk of mines, Navy directs ships on path farther from Iran in Strait of Hormuz

May 5, 2026 / 6:00 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — The U.S. military is directing commercial ships toward a route in the Strait of Hormuz farther from Iran that the Navy has spent weeks clearing. The U.S. warns that transiting the normal route could be “extremely hazardous” because of mines laid in the strait by Iran.

The notice to mariners posted the same day the U.S. began its latest effort, Project Freedom, to reopen at least part of the Strait of Hormuz. As part of the operation, forces under U.S. Central Command will coordinate with commercial ships to guide them through a cleared path in the strait.

At a briefing Tuesday, the Pentagon displayed a graphic saying Iran had laid new mines in the Strait of Hormuz on April 23. In March, CBS News reported there were about a dozen Iranian mines in the strait. That same month, the Pentagon tasked MQ-9 Reaper drones with conducting mine sweeper support throughout the critical waterway.

Cargo ships, including bulk carriers and general cargo vessels, sit at anchor offshore as a small motorboat passes in the foreground, in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, May 4 , 2026. Amirhosein Khorgooi / AP

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, the Defense Department’s arm for collecting and analyzing satellite imagery and geospatial data, has also been tapped for mine hunting duties, according to two U.S. officials who spoke to CBS News on the condition of anonymity to discuss national security issues.

“It is already well reported that Iran has laid mines in the Strait of Hormuz, though not extensively,” Capt. Tim Hawkins, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, told CBS News when asked how many mines are in the strait.

“We’ve been addressing this matter in past weeks, including by clearing an effective pathway ships can use to safely transit. We will continue to take steps to ensure opportunities remain for ships to complete their journeys safely,” Hawkins said in the statement.

When it was reported in March that Iran had laid mines, President Trump denied the U.S. had any knowledge of it, saying, “we have no reports of them doing so.” The Pentagon also said at the time there was “no clear evidence” that mines had been dropped in the strait, but in recent days, the administration has acknowledged the presence of some mines.

“I don’t know if people appreciate how outrageous this is,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday at a White House briefing. “That any country would try to fire at, to sink commercial vessels or put mines in the water — both of these things are illegal.”

On April 24, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned Iran that laying any more mines would constitute a violation of the ceasefire.

“If there’s attempts to lay – recklessly and irresponsibly – lay more mines, we’re going to deal with that. It’s a violation of the ceasefire,” Hegseth said.

On Tuesday, when asked about the threat of mines, Hegseth said, “If there are mines identified, it would be something that our — some of our units could undertake or the world could undertake. But right now, we know we have a lane of safe passage that commercial shipping can flow through.”

So far, two U.S. commercial ships have left the Persian Gulf since Project Freedom began. That’s a small fraction of the 1,550 commercial vessels Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Caine said have been stuck in the Gulf.

Hegseth said “hundreds more ships from nations around the world are lining up to transit,” but neither Hegseth nor Caine set any expectations for how many are expected to cross in the coming days.

They both described Project Freedom as a “defensive operation” that is “temporary in duration,” separate from the bombing campaign, Operation Epic Fury. On Tuesday, Rubio said Epic Fury “is over” and “concluded.”

Iran has said its threat against the strait is a response to the bombing and will continue until the U.S. military ends its blockade on Iranian ports.

美国中国总商会当地时间5月4日晚在华盛顿举行2026年《在美中资企业年度商业调查报告》发布会。图为美国中国总商会会长、中国工商银行美国区域机构首席执行官张剑宇致辞。 （中新社）

一份最新报告显示，在美中资企业对总体营商环境评价趋于谨慎，持负面态度者占比超过一半。

据中新社报道，美国中国总商会（CGCC）当地时间星期一（5月4日）在华盛顿发布2026年《在美中资企业年度商业调查报告》。

在对美国投资与商业环境的总体感受方面，受访中资企业持负面态度者占比55%，企业整体态度趋于谨慎。

其中，79%的受访企业表示受到特朗普政府关税政策冲击。进口成本上升、利润率下降与供应链中断是最受冲击的领域，关税已从采购成本端全面渗透至企业经营的各个层面。

报告显示，在外部高压下，“不退出、不扩张、守住基本盘”已成为绝大多数在美中资企业的共同特征。2025年在美没有新业务投资的企业占比高达73%，较2024年的53%大幅提高，为历年调研最高值。有积极扩张意愿、增加投资10%以上企业降至0%。

企业收入方面，2025年约33%的受访企业实现了收入增长；81%的企业整体保持盈利；高利润率企业（息税前利润率≥15%）占比从2024年的7%增至21%，达到历年最高水平；约27%的企业收入出现下滑。

报告还显示，受关税停战等因素影响，受访企业对2026年中美关系预期改善。在经贸关系层面，选择“中度恶化”预期企业数量较去年大幅下降24个百分点，选择“小幅改善”预期企业数量增至36%。

Trump pauses U.S. mission to guide ships through Strait of Hormuz to see if Iran deal can be struck

May 5, 2026 / 7:23 PM EDT / CBS News

By Joe Walsh

Joe Walsh is a senior editor for digital politics at CBS News. Joe previously covered breaking news for Forbes and local news in Boston.

President Trump said Tuesday he has paused Project Freedom — a U.S. effort announced over the weekend to guide commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz — to see if the United States can strike a deal with Iran.

The president announced the about-face in a Truth Social post, writing that the project is on hold “for a short period of time” because the U.S. and Iran have made “Great Progress…toward a Complete and Final Agreement.” He said he made the decision at the request of Pakistan, which has helped mediate negotiations between the United States and Iran.

The U.S.’s blockade of Iranian ports will remain in place, Mr. Trump said.

This is a breaking story; it will be updated.

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/iran-war-shifted-new-phase-project-freedom-rubio/

Ohio Senate race set between Jon Husted, Sherrod Brown after projected primary wins

May 5, 2026 / 7:51 PM EDT / CBS News

Washington — Sen. Jon Husted and former Sen. Sherrod Brown will face off in November, after Brown won his primary on Tuesday night, CBS News projects.

Husted was unopposed in Tuesday’s primary.

The projected victories in the Buckeye State tee up what could be among the most expensive Senate races this cycle, as Brown attempts a comeback two years after losing reelection. Now, Democrats see the state as one of a handful of opportunities to flip a seat, with a narrow path to take control of the Senate.

Brown lost his reelection bid to GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno in 2024 after representing Ohio for three terms in the Senate. At the time, Brown lost by less than four percentage points in a state that President Trump won by more than 10. Democrats are hoping that shifting midterm dynamics, along with Brown’s strong name recognition and working-class brand in the state, can tip the scales in their favor.

Husted, who formerly served as Ohio’s lieutenant governor and as secretary of state after a decade in the state legislature, is defending the seat for the first time. He was appointed last year to fill Vice President JD Vance’s seat.

Ohio’s 2024 Senate race was the most expensive of the cycle, and this year’s Senate contest is already shaping up to be costly. Republicans are investing heavily in the race, with the Senate Leadership Fund announcing their largest advertising reservation so far last month at $79 million. The Democratic Senate Majority PAC announced a $40 million investment in ad reservations on Tuesday.

Brown far outpaced Husted in first-quarter fundraising, according to Federal Election Commission filings, with $10.1 million to Husted’s $2.9 million. Heading into the primary, Brown had $17 million in cash on hand, while Husted had $8.1 million.

Despite the fundraising advantage, Democrats still face an uphill battle in Ohio — and in their effort to flip the Senate more broadly. While Republicans are defending more seats in the midterms, many of them are in states that Mr. Trump won by comfortable margins in the last cycle.

Democrats, with a handful of open seats to defend and few opportunities for pickups, must net four seats to take the majority. But their chances have appeared to improve in recent weeks as the unpopular war with Iran and stubborn affordability issues have beleaguered GOP midterm ambitions.

Defiant border czar brushes away MAGA critics, says ‘mass deportations are coming’

Published May 5, 2026, 4:02 PM ET / Updated May 5, 2026, 5:03 PM ET / CNN

By Michael Williams

White House border czar Tom Homan takes questions from reporters following a television interview with Newsmax outside the White House on April 14 in Washington, DC.

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Phoenix—

White House border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday brushed off critics within President Donald Trump’s base who say the administration is not deporting enough people, while vowing to “flood the zone” with immigration officers in jurisdictions which pass legislation limiting cooperation with federal enforcement.

Speaking at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, a room filled with Department of Homeland Security officials and industry personnel, a defiant Homan vowed that the “mass deportation promise will happen.”

“For the people out there saying ‘President Trump’s getting weak on mass deportation,’ you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about,” Homan said, referring to such naysayers as “keyboard warriors.”

Homan said he spoke with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin earlier in the morning to discuss what the administration will do “in the next couple of months.”

“You ain’t seen shit yet,” Homan said. “This year will be a good year. Mass deportations are coming.”

Homan’s comments at the Phoenix expo, a typically friendly room where administration officials tend to be slightly more unguarded in their remarks than they are other at other public appearances or during press conferences, come as DHS seeks to take a more targeted and low-key approach with its agenda and operations under Mullin than it had under former Secretary Kristi Noem amid public polling showing Americans souring at the administration’s aggressive crackdown.

Noem’s tenure at DHS saw near daily controversies as immigration officers carried out highly public, and often unfocused, operations in cities like Chicago, Minneapolis and Los Angeles. These operations drew frequent protests from citizens, including two Americans who were shot and killed while opposing the actions of immigration officers who had been deployed in Minneapolis.

Following the second killing of an American citizen, VA nurse Alex Pretti, by immigration officers, Trump deployed Homan to Minneapolis to replace Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol official who had overseen the deployment, and turn down the temperature.

CNN reported in March that the administration has sought other ways to soften the public messaging surrounding its immigration operations. James Blair, the White House deputy chief of staff, told Republicans to focus on the removal of criminals rather than “mass deportations,” a source familiar with the discussion told CNN.

Homan on Tuesday said criminal and public safety threats “have to be the priority.” But he added that the prioritization of criminals does not mean everybody else is “off the table.”

“Why is that?” Homan said. “I don’t care how long you’ve been here, if you’re here illegally, entered this country illegally, you cheated. You cheated the system.”

Conceding that 35% to 40% of the undocumented immigrations who have been arrested during Trump’s second term have no criminal record, Homan said that was necessary to “send a message to the whole world.”

He vowed to send masses of immigration officers to states that enact legislation limiting cooperation between state and local police and federal immigration authorities: “We’re going to flood the zone. You’re going to see more ICE agents [than] you ever seen before.”

When that happens, Homan said, so-called collaterals – people who weren’t targets of immigration officers but happened to be in the area when an operation takes place, are “coming too.”

“You will see collateral arrests increase in these areas,” he said. “You see more agents in your neighborhoods, because you forced us in this position.”

Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, one of the states that has drawn Trump administration criticism for its immigration policies, reacted sharply Tuesday to Homan’s comments.

“All I’ll say to Mr. Homan is that Donald Trump himself said he would not send a surge of ICE agents to the state of New York unless I ask. I’m not asking,” she said.

Homan vowed to be focused on this mission until his dying breath – regardless of whether he continues to hold a position within the administration, or what is said about him.

“I simply don’t care what people think about me,” Homan said. “I never have and never will.”

This story has been updated with additional details.

CNN’s Kit Maher contributed to this report.