Actor Nathan Chasing Horse sentenced to life in prison in Nevada for sexual assault

April 27, 2026 / 7:44 PM EDT / AP

Nathan Chasing Horse has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls.

A Nevada judge gave the “Dances With Wolves” actor his sentence Monday. A jury had previously convicted him of 13 charges, mostly related to sexual assault. He was accused by three women, including one who was 14 when the assaults began. He was acquitted on some charges.

Accusers and their families told Judge Jessica Peterson they continue to suffer from the trauma caused by Chasing Horse and struggle with their faith after he exploited his position as a spiritual leader.

Chasing Horse, wearing his navy blue Clark County Detention Center uniform, stared straight ahead as victims read their statements. He denied the charges against him.

“This is a miscarriage of justice,” he told the judge on Monday.

Nathan Chasing Horse talks to his attorney Craig Mueller during his trial on charges of sexually abusing Indigenous women and girls on Jan. 13, 2026, in Las Vegas. Ty ONeil / AP

Other charges in Canada are still pending

The sentencing wraps a yearslong effort to prosecute the former actor after he was first arrested and indicted in 2023. That initial arrest reverberated around Indian Country, with law enforcement in other states and Canada following up with more criminal charges. Those charges are still pending.

The British Columbia Prosecution Service said Chasing Horse was charged with sexual assault in February 2023, though the date of the alleged offense took place in September 2018 near Keremeos, a village about four hours east of Vancouver. In November 2023, the case paused due to Chasing Horse’s charges in the United States, but resumed the following year.

After all of Chasing Horse’s appeals have been exhausted, British Columbia prosecutors will assess next steps, Damienne Darby, communications counsel for the British Columbia Prosecution Service, said in an email.

A warrant against Chasing Horse remains outstanding in Alberta, the Tsuut’ina Nation Police Service in Alberta said in a statement following Chasing Horse’s conviction in January. The Tsuut’ina Nation Police Service said that it is in contact with the Alberta Crown Prosecutors Office regarding the warrant.

January trial focuses on his role as spiritual leader

Chasing Horse was born on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, which is home to the Sicangu Sioux, one of the seven tribes of the Lakota nation. Following his appearance as the young Sioux tribe member Smiles a Lot in Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning film “Dances With Wolves,” Chasing Horse traveled across Indian Country to attend powwows and perform healing ceremonies.

During his trial, Nevada prosecutors said Chasing Horse used his reputation as a Lakota medicine man to prey on Indigenous women and girls.

Deputy District Attorney Bianca Pucci told the jury that for almost 20 years, Chasing Horse “spun a web of abuse” that ensnared many women.

Jurors heard from three women who said Chasing Horse sexually assaulted them. The jury returned guilty verdicts on some charges related to all three.

Multiple victims described how they participated in his ceremonies or went to Chasing Horse for medical help.

Corena Leone-LaCroix, one of the victims, was 14 in 2012 when Chasing Horse allegedly told her the spirits wanted her to give up her virginity to save her mother, who was diagnosed with cancer. He then sexually assaulted her and told her that if she told anyone, her mother would die, according to Pucci. The sexual assaults continued for years, Pucci said. The Associated Press typically does not use the name of alleged sexual assault victims unless they come forward publicly, as Leone-LaCroix has.

Chasing Horse denied the allegations and his attorney questioned the main accuser’s credibility, calling her a “scorned woman.” His attorney had filed a motion for a new trial, arguing that a witness was not qualified to talk about grooming and that the statute of limitations had expired. That motion was denied.

Victims and their family members testified that they struggle with their faith as a result of Chasing Horse’s actions. The mothers of the victims said Chasing Horse betrayed their trust and abused sacred traditions.

“Even to this day I struggle to regain my faith and spirituality,” a victim’s mother said.

One victim said she still faces complications after suffering an ectopic pregnancy as a result of the assault and being forced to undergo surgery.

“I am choosing to see this moment as a fresh start. I will rebuild my life, reclaim my voice and continue fighting for the future I deserve,” one victim said.

Dr. Crystal Lee, CEO and founder of the organization United Natives, which offers services to victims of sexual abuse, said she hopes the victims find peace with the sentencing. Lee said Chasing Horse’s case shows the importance of holding high-profile perpetrators accountable, and believing the victims involved.

Chasing Horse used his status as an actor and medicine man to prey on victims, similarly to other faith leaders who abuse their power, Lee said.

“I think it makes us question who we trust and why we trust,” Lee said.

US House Republicans to modify Senate-passed DHS funding bill, courting delay

2026-04-27T21:55:06.664Z / Reuters

By David Morgan

April 27, 2026 9:55 PM UTC Updated 1 hour ago

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• Summary

• House Republicans seek changes to Senate DHS bill, risking further funding delays
• Modified bill aims to include ICE and Border Patrol funding, facing Senate Democratic resistance
• Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has said funding for DHS will run out in early May

WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) – Legislation to fund the U.S. Secret Service and other agencies in the Department of Homeland Security will have to be modified before it can pass the House of Representatives, Speaker Mike Johnson said on Monday, raising the possibility of funding delays days after a gunman opened fire at a Washington dinner attended by President Donald Trump.

The measure, which the Senate twice passed unanimously, is part of a two-pronged Republican effort to end the partial shutdown that has gripped U.S. homeland security operations since mid-February. Negotiations to fund the department failed to reach agreement on reforms for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, following the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens earlier this year.

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The bill would fund all of DHS, with the exception of ICE and Border Patrol. House Republicans had been expected to pick it up this week, after voting on a separate $70 billion funding blueprint for the two immigration enforcement agencies that passed the Senate last week. The House is expected to vote on the budget resolution with funding instructions for ICE and Border Patrol on Wednesday.

The need to fund the Secret Service has intensified since Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner by a man prosecutors say tried to assassinate Trump. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin has said current money for the department, which also includes the Transportation Security Administration, will run out in early May.

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But Johnson told reporters the Senate legislation to fund all of DHS except for ICE and Border Patrol would have to change.

“We have a modified version that I think is going to be much better for both chambers. It doesn’t change most of the substance. But it makes sure that we’re not going to orphan the primary agencies of DHS,” Johnson told reporters, without providing details.

House Republican hardliners have balked at the Senate legislation, saying they wanted to fund all DHS agencies including ICE and Border Patrol.

A modified bill would need to be passed again by the Senate, where Democrats could prevent it from receiving the 60 votes necessary to pass most legislation.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Johnson’s counterpart, told reporters the DHS funding bill and the budget blueprint for ICE and Border Patrol would ultimately provide adequate funds for all homeland security operations.

“We did everything we can to ensure that everything is appropriately funded,” said Thune. “Hopefully that will be enough to get the House in a comfortable position.”

The budget resolution the House is expected to take up this week is the precursor for separate funding legislation for ICE and Border Patrol that would circumvent Senate Democratic opposition through a parliamentary maneuver called budget reconciliation. That funding would run through Trump’s presidency, which ends in January 2029.

Last year, Republicans passed legislation providing around $130 billion in funding for ICE and Border Patrol, separate from their annual appropriations.

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Dem Senate hopefuls under scrutiny for ‘choke them out’ rhetoric after Trump attack scare

April 27, 2026 4:24pm EDT / Fox News

Graham Platner, Abdul El-Sayed and Roy Cooper face scrutiny from the NRSC over past comments

By Alex Miller, Fox News

Following the third attempt on President Donald Trump’s life, White House officials are calling for accountability from the media and the Democratic Party, pointing to a ‘crazed’ normalization of rhetoric that radicalizes unstable people and fuels online disinformation. Karoline Leavitt criticized Jimmy Kimmel’s ‘widow’ joke and ‘despicable’ comments from top Democrats as catalysts that inspire mentally disturbed individuals to commit violence.

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A handful of Democratic hopefuls are under scrutiny for comments made before the apparent third assassination attempt against President Donald Trump that appeared to support violence against Republicans.

Political rhetoric, particularly the kind that skews toward violent or aggressive imagery from Democrats, and its role in political violence have time and again come under the microscope during Trump’s second term in office.

After the apparent third assassination attempt against Trump over the weekend, in which alleged shooter Cole Allen was subdued by federal law enforcement during the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, D.C., the Senate’s campaign arm is putting a spotlight on aggressive comments three hopefuls, Graham Platner, Abdul El-Sayed and former Gov. Roy Cooper, made in the past.

REPUBLICANS RUSH TO GREEN LIGHT WHITE HOUSE BALLROOM FOLLOWING THIRD TRUMP ASSASSINATION SCARE

Senate Democratic hopefuls Graham Platner, Abdul El-Sayed and former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper are under scrutiny for their past violent rhetoric against Republicans in light of a possible third assassination attempt against President Donald Trump.(Sophie Park/Getty Images; Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images; AP Photo/Nell Redmond)

National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) spokesperson Bernadette Breslin slammed Democratic candidates running for the Senate for not lowering the temperature, something they once called for, and for not condemning the shooting over the weekend.

“Today’s Democrats are beholden to a Trump-hating base that is dragging their party down a dangerous path,” Breslin told Fox News Digital. “Republicans have consistently made clear that political violence has no place in America, while Democrats’ silence is deafening.”

Calls to tone down the rhetoric reached a zenith after the assassination of political activist Charlie Kirk last year. But that moment has done little to quiet the back-and-forth, particularly on the campaign trail.

HOUSE GOP PUSHES BACK ON SENATE’S ‘SKINNY’ PLAN TO END RECORD-BREAKING DHS SHUTDOWN

Press secretary Karoline Leavitt addresses the upcoming White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner during a briefing on April 27, 2026.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Platner, who is running to unseat Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in a race that could determine control of the Senate, did little to tone down his speech on the heels of Kirk’s assassination.

“I don’t wanna beat Susan Collins, I want to trounce Susan Collins,” Platner said at the time during an interview with Meidas Touch. “I want to give the Republican Party a battering.”

Platner’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his past rhetoric or on whether he condemned the shooting.

Just a few weeks later, fellow progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who is locked in a contentious three-way Democratic primary vying for the seat held by outgoing Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., went after Republicans with heated rhetoric.

EXPERT WARNS DEMOCRATS RISK BACKLASH OVER FAILURE TO CONDEMN VIOLENT RHETORIC IN THEIR RANKS

President Donald Trump revealed Sunday during an interview on “60 Minutes” that a Democrat asked to hug him in the aftermath of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner shooting.(Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

He put a new spin on a phrase coined years ago by former first lady Michelle Obama during a Fight Oligarchy tour stop run by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., in Michigan.

“When they go low, we don’t go high,” El-Sayed said. “We take them to the mud and choke them out.”

El-Sayed did condemn the shooting in Washington, D.C., and said in a post on X that he was “relieved that no members of the administration, media, staff, or bystanders were hurt,” but his campaign did not comment on his past rhetoric against Republicans.

Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, who is running to flip retiring Sen. Thom Tillis’, R-N.C., seat in the upper chamber, blasted Trump as a “threat to democracy” and argued that “defeating him is imperative” during the 2024 presidential cycle.

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A spokesperson for his Senate bid told Fox News Digital that Cooper believed “that political violence of any kind is unacceptable, and he’s grateful to the brave law enforcement members who worked to keep the president and attendees safe on Saturday evening.”

Meanwhile, the White House is pinning the blame for the weekend shooting on Democrats’ far-left base.

“The left-wing cult of hatred against the president and all of those who support him and work for him has gotten multiple people hurt and killed, and it almost did so again this weekend,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Monday.

Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.

Democratic senators launch investigation into Kuwait strike that killed U.S. troops

April 27, 2026 / 4:18 PM EDT / CBS News

Four Democratic senators say they are investigating whether the Pentagon left U.S. troops at a command post in Kuwait without sufficient protection ahead of an Iranian drone attack that killed six American servicemembers and left more than 20 wounded.

The probe comes after soldiers stationed at the base told CBS News they were left dangerously exposed at a location that was a known target for Iranian drones. Speaking publicly for the first time earlier this month, members of the targeted unit offered CBS News a detailed account of the attack, which occurred on the first day of what has extended into a monthslong conflict between the U.S. and Iran.

In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, four Democrats on the Senate Armed Services Committee questioned the Pentagon’s preparations and whether the administration “failed to protect Americans in the region from Iranian retaliation”.

At a press conference the day after the attack, Hegseth described the Iranian drone as a “squirter” that “happened to hit a tactical operations center that was fortified, but these were powerful weapons.”

Some of the survivors, members of the Army’s 103rd Sustainment Command, disputed Hegseth’s account.

“Painting a picture that ‘one squeaked through’ is a falsehood,” one of the injured soldiers told CBS News. “I want people to know the unit … was unprepared to provide any defense for itself. It was not a fortified position.”

Photo obtained by CBS News shows damage from the Iranian drone attack that killed six U.S. service members in Kuwait on March 1, 2026.

The tactical operation center was similar to structures commonplace during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — before the rise of drone warfare. Steel-reinforced concrete barriers known as T-walls surrounded the building. These types of barriers are designed to shield service members from the blast of a mortar or rocket but offer no protection from aerial attacks.

“It’s just kind of a classic, older military base,” one soldier recalled. “Some small barriers. There’s a bunch of little tin buildings where we can set up makeshift offices.”

Video of the aftermath of the drone strike shows smoke billowing from the building, fires smoldering. Surviving service members described a grisly scene, with their fellow soldiers bleeding heavily from shrapnel wounds and dealing with severe head injuries.

The senators — New York’s Kirsten Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut, and Arizona’s Mark Kelly — are seeking information about risk assessments related to the Kuwaiti post ahead of the start of the war. One of the soldiers told CBS News they saw intelligence showing the post was on a list of potential Iranian targets.

“Secretary Hegseth sent our troops to fight in Iran, refused to take basic steps to protect them, and then tried to cover up his failures when service members died,” Warren said in a statement. “Hegseth’s leadership has been one betrayal after another — he must be held accountable.”

The Defense Department declined to comment, citing an active investigation into the incident. In a post on X addressing prior CBS News reporting on the attack, Assistant Secretary of Defense Sean Parnell said “every possible measure has been taken to safeguard our troops — at every level.”

Hegseth is set to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday, following testimony before a House panel on Wednesday.

Court document reveals new details about correspondents’ dinner shooting

April 27, 2026 / 4:25 PM EDT / CBS News

By Melissa Quinn, Jacob Rosen

Washington — Cole Allen, the man charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday, allegedly purchased the firearms used in the attack in 2023 and 2025, and traveled by train from the West Coast to Washington, according to newly unsealed court filings.

The filings — a criminal complaint charging Allen with three offenses, and a seven-page affidavit by an FBI agent — were unsealed Monday after the suspected gunman appeared in federal court for an initial appearance.

He is charged with discharging a firearm during a violent crime, transporting a firearm in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony and attempting to assassinate the president.

According to the affidavit, Allen made a reservation on April 6 for three nights at the Washington Hilton, the site of the annual press gala, which brings together more than 2,500 members of the capital’s journalistic and political community. Prosecutors said Allen likely knew Mr. Trump would be at the event, since the president wrote on Truth Social in March that he had accepted an invitation to attend.

On April 21, Allen left Los Angeles by train and arrived in Chicago two days later, the FBI agent said. There, he boarded a train bound for Washington, D.C. He arrived on Friday at around 1 p.m. and checked in to the Hilton, the agent said.

The affidavit alleges that at approximately 8:40 p.m., Allen “approached and ran through the magnetometer holding a long gun,” and Secret Service personnel at the security checkpoint “heard a loud gunshot.” A Secret Service officer, identified as “Officer V.G.,” was shot once in the chest while wearing a ballistic vest. The affidavit does not say who fired the shot that hit the officer.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told reporters that it appears law enforcement fired five shots. He declined to say whether it was a round from Allen’s gun that hit the Secret Service officer.

“We want to get that right, so we’re still looking at that,” he said.

The FBI agent said in the affidavit that Officer V.G. drew his weapon and fired “multiple times” at Allen, who “fell to the ground and suffered minor injuries.” Allen was not shot, according to the affidavit.

Footage from CBS News reporters who attended the correspondents’ dinner and a C-SPAN camera filming the event show that the initial shots were fired at about 8:34 p.m.

The filing states that when he was arrested, Allen had a 12-gauge pump action shotgun and a Rock Island Armory 1911 .38 caliber pistol. The FBI said that Allen purchased the pistol from a firearms dealer in California in October 2023 and the shotgun from a different dealer in August 2025.

The agent also wrote in the affidavit that shortly before 8:40 p.m. on Saturday, when Allen is said to have stormed the security checkpoint, a scheduled email, described by authorities as a “manifesto,” was sent to his family and a former employer explaining the attack.

Allen signed the email “Cole ‘coldForce’ ‘Friendly Federal Assassin’ Allen,” according to the affidavit. The FBI agent said Allen had used the name “cold force” in multiple online accounts associated with him.

The affidavit contains the contents of a file, titled “Apology and Explanation,” that the FBI said was attached to the email Allen sent to his friends and family. Authorities said they also found writings at Allen’s home in Torrance, California, and in his hotel room on the 10th floor of the Washington Hilton. The details of those messages were not included in the court document.

Mr. Trump, Vice President JD Vance and numerous Cabinet officials and lawmakers attended the event alongside scores of journalists, media executives and other public figures in celebration of the First Amendment.

In response to the attack, the president, vice president and administration officials were whisked out of the ballroom. They were not injured. The Secret Service officer hit with gunfire has been released from the hospital.

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4月27日在位于纽约的联合国总部，安理会举行“海事领域的水道安全与保护”公开辩论会。 （新华社）

中国常驻联合国代表傅聪说，霍尔木兹海峡受阻源于美以非法军事行动，解决出路是尽快实现全面持久停火止战。

据新华社报道，傅聪星期一（4月27日）在安理会海上安全问题高级别公开辩论会上发言。

他说，霍尔木兹海峡是重要的国际货物和能源贸易通道，维护该地区安全稳定和畅通符合国际社会共同利益。海峡受阻的根源在于美以对伊朗发动的非法军事行动。美国还在业已达成临时停火安排的情况下，加码军事部署，采取定向封锁行动，这是危险和不负责任的行为。

傅聪说，解决海峡通航受阻的出路是尽快实现全面持久停火止战，推动海湾和中东地区恢复和平稳定。中方赞赏巴基斯坦等国发挥的斡旋作用，敦促相关方通过政治外交途径化解争端，反对任何破坏停火、升级对抗的行径。中方将继续为促进地区和平稳定发挥建设性作用。

他说，国际航道的稳定畅通，同周边地区，特别是沿岸国家的和平安宁密切相关。只有坚持通过对话协商，推动热点问题降温缓和，才能为航道安全营造有利环境。滥用军事手段无法从根本上化解风险，反而会加剧紧张对立，制造更大的安全危机。

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古特雷斯吁开放霍尔木兹海峡：让全球经济喘口气

傅聪说，《联合国海洋法公约》以及相关国际条约和习惯国际法，共同构成现代国际海洋秩序的基础。各国要完整、准确、善意地解释和适用《公约》，杜绝选择性适用和双重标准。要善意地行使国际法赋予的航行自由权利，切实尊重沿岸国主权、安全和合法权益，保障海上正常商贸往来和航行顺畅。

傅聪表示，中国始终是国际海洋法治的坚定捍卫者和建设者。中方愿继续同国际社会一道，为维护海洋共同安全、构建海洋命运共同体作出不懈努力。

联合国秘书长古特雷斯在会上说，世界水道安全正在考验国际秩序本身，他呼吁开放霍尔木兹海峡，给全球经济喘息之机。

自2月底伊朗战事爆发以来，承载全球约五分之一石油运输的霍尔木兹海峡便处于实际瘫痪状态。尽管美伊目前暂时停火，海峡通行仍严重受限。

古特雷斯说，此刻的局势“需要克制、对话和建立信任”。

Hakeem Jeffries doubles down on ‘maximum warfare’ rhetoric, tells critics ‘I don’t give a damn’

2026-04-27T17:15:34-04:00 / Fox News

Jeffries called Karoline Leavitt a ‘disgrace’ and ‘stone cold liar’ while defending his ‘maximum warfare’ language

By Adam Pack

Published April 27, 2026 5:15pm EDT

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., doubled down on his inflammatory rhetoric toward Republicans during a fiery news conference Monday, telling critics, “I don’t give a damn.”

“I stand by it,” Jeffries told reporters, when asked about his vow last week to unleash “maximum warfare” on the GOP to counter the party’s redistricting efforts ahead of November’s midterm elections. “You can continue to criticize me for it. I don’t give a damn about your criticism.”

Jeffries’ messaging sparked backlash from Republicans following the third apparent assassination attempt on President Donald Trump’s life at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner Saturday.

Police and National Guard stand in front of the Washington Hilton after the White House Correspondents Association Dinner was postponed April 25, 2026, in Washington, DC.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

HAKEEM JEFFRIES’ CALL TO FIGHT TRUMP AGENDA ‘IN THE STREETS’ SPARKS BACKLASH AS A ‘MAXINE WATERS MOMENT’

“That phrase ‘maximum warfare everywhere, all the time’ came from the White House in the summer of 2025, when they started this redistricting battle, and now they’re big mad,” Jeffries continued. “Why? Because Democrats have decided to finish it. Get lost.”

The top Democrat insisted that he denounced political violence in all of its forms.

Jeffries also had harsh words for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who he labeled a “disgrace” and a “stone-cold liar” after she criticized Democrats’ rhetoric that frequently labels Trump as an existential threat.

“This so-called White House press secretary wants to lecture America and lecture us about civility. Get lost,” Jeffries said. “Clean up your own house before you have anything to say to us about the language that we use.”

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from New York, speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10, 2025.(Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg)

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Leavitt hammered top Democrats’ embrace of hostile messaging toward Trump during a news conference Monday.

“This hateful, constant and violent rhetoric directed at President Trump, day after day after day for 11 years, has helped to legitimize this violence and bring us to this dark moment,” Leavitt said.

“When you have mentally disturbed individuals across the country who are listening to this crazed rhetoric about the president day after day after day, it inspires them to do crazy things,” she added.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) sharply criticized Jeffries’ defense of his comments.

“Democrats are playing with fire and pretending they don’t smell the smoke,” NRCC spokesman Mike Marinella said in a statement. “If they can’t bring themselves to put an end to this kind of rhetoric, it proves they’ll do anything to appease their far-left base.”

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt attends a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2026, after President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance were evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner following a security incident.(Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)

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Jeffries on Monday also blasted a proposed new congressional map that Florida’s Republican legislature is expected to pass in the coming days that is aimed at erasing Democrats’ gains in Virginia, where voters approved a gerrymander targeting four Republican-held seats last week.

“The so-called map, which is a DeSantis dummymander actually, is blatantly unconstitutional,” Jeffries said. “Florida is not going to make a meaningful difference as it relates to their efforts to rig the midterm elections. That effort has failed.”

中国国防动员法修订草案将初审

2026年4月28日 07:42 / 联合早报

中国国防动员法修订草案将初审。图为去年举行的九三阅兵上，解放军海军方阵走过主席台。 （路透社）

中国国防动员法修订草案将初审，修法后将使中共的主张通过法定程序转化为国家意志和人民共同行动。

据中新社报道，国防动员法修订草案星期一（4月27日）提请十四届全国人大常委会第二十二次会议初次审议。

国防动员法是中国国防动员领域的基础性法律，主要功能是规范国防动员工作，明确公民和组织的国防动员权利义务，为建设巩固国防提供法治保障。

报道称，世界上许多国家都出台了国防动员相关法律法规。中国现行国防动员法2010年7月正式实施，对加强国防动员建设、提升国防动员能力等起到了重要作用。经过十几年的实践，法律部分条款内容已不适应国防动员新形势新任务新要求，需要修订完善。

此次修法，主要基于三点考虑：一是贯彻党中央决策部署的需要。国防动员法修订草案规定，“国防动员坚持中国共产党的领导，贯彻习近平强军思想，坚持总体国家安全观，贯彻新时代军事战略方针”，使党的主张通过法定程序转化为国家意志和人民共同行动。

二是完善国防法律制度体系的需要。随着全面依法治国、依法治军深入推进，近年来中国已修订人民武装警察法、国防法、军事设施保护法、兵役法、国防教育法，制定出台海警法、预备役人员法等，为国防建设提供了坚实的法律支撑。国防动员法作为国防领域的重要法律，也要做好修订完善，并与相关法律做好衔接、确保法治协调。

三是依法开展国防动员工作的需要。近年来，中国国防动员体制进行了优化调整，进一步完善了军地有关部门职能职责。全国人大常委会此前作出决定，在深化国防动员体制改革期间暂时调整适用国防动员法部分规定，要求“改革措施成熟后，及时修改完善有关法律”。当前，法律修订时机已成熟，需要通过修法使国防动员法治建设与体制变化相适应相协调，以更加科学高效地开展国防动员工作。

Chief of Staff Susie Wiles will meet with officials to consider updating security plans in the aftermath of Saturday’s shooting.

April 27, 2026 at 4:23 p.m. EDT Yesterday at 4:23 p.m. EDT

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An armed Secret Service agent gestures while responding to a shooting at the annual White House correspondents’ dinner Saturday in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

By Dan Diamond

The White House is reviewing how best to protect President Donald Trump after Saturday’s shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner raised new questions about the protocols and procedures needed to keep the nation’s leaders safe.