White House on lockdown after dozens of shots fired –Gunman opens fire outside White House, neutralized by Secret Service | 23 May 2026 | Updated: 19:30 EDT] A gunman reportedly opened fire outside the White House Saturday evening, getting off about three shots before he was taken down by a barrage from the Secret Service, sources said. The gunman fired near Gate 17 on the building’s West Side shortly before 6:30 pm. after being seen pacing in a strange manner up 17th St. Northwest before he pulled out a revolver, fired in the direction of North Park was neutralized by federal officers, sources told The Post. At least one bystander was hit in the fusillade and another person was also injured, the sources said. The shooter’s condition wasn’t clear. After the sound of numerous shots rang out, members of the press who were filming on the White House grounds were seen diving for cover and were told by Secret Service to gather on the north lawn and to run into the press briefing room.
Gunshots near White House trigger lockdown | 23 May 2026 | Gunshots were heard near the White House on Saturday evening, prompting Secret Service officers to clear the North Lawn and order reporters into the press briefing room, according to media reports and journalists at the scene. NBC News correspondent Julie Tsirkin wrote on X that approximately 20 to 30 shots were heard outside the White House, and that Secret Service officers told those gathered on the North Lawn to run inside. “USSS officers, gun drawn, told us to run inside,” Tsirkin wrote, adding that the White House was “now on lockdown.” A Secret Service official told CNN that the agency was investigating reports of shots fired at the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, just outside the White House complex.
Trump says Iran deal ‘largely negotiated’ as 84-day war nears possible end | 23 May 2026 | President Donald Trump announced on Saturday an agreement has been “largely negotiated” with Iran and several allied nations, signaling a nearing end to the controversial 84-day war. The president wrote in a Truth Social post that following a “very good call” with leaders from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Pakistan, Türkiye, Egypt, Jordan and Bahrain, the deal is nearing finalization. “An Agreement has been largely negotiated, subject to finalization between the United States of America, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and the various other Countries, as listed,” Trump wrote in the post. “Separately, I had a call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, which, likewise, went very well.”
Trump voters turn on Iran as devastating poll reveals 1 in 4 now think striking Tehran was a catastrophic mistake| 21 May 2026 | President Donald Trump is facing a brewing mutiny from American voters over his aggressive stance on Iran, an exclusive Daily Mail/JL Partners poll can reveal. In a devastating blow to the White House, more than one in four voters, 26 percent, who backed Trump in 2024 have now turned on the administration’s military campaign, declaring that the launch of military action against the Islamic Republic was the wrong move. The findings come at a perilous moment, as a clear nationwide majority of 52 percent of all registered voters now condemn the military intervention as a mistake. Only 33 percent of Americans still view the strikes as the right choice.
21 confirmed killed as search op concludes after Ukrainian strike on Russian school dorm | 23 May 2026 | At least 21 people have been killed in what President Vladimir Putin has described as a deliberate Ukrainian “terrorist attack” on a school dormitory in Russia’s Lugansk People’s Republic. The attack on the main academic building and dormitory of the Starobelsk Professional College was carried out in three waves, with 16 drones launched at the same target by the “neo-Nazi regime in Kiev,” according to Putin. Governor Leonid Pasechnik said some 86 students were inside the facility at the time of the attack, staged overnight from Thursday to Friday.
Tulsi Gabbard resigns as director of national intelligence | 22 May 2026 | Tulsi Gabbard, the top-ranking U.S. intelligence official, told President Donald Trump in a letter Friday that she is resigning from her role following her husband’s cancer diagnosis. In her letter, which she posted on X, Gabbard said that her husband, Abraham Williams, was diagnosed with a serious and rare form of bone cancer. “At this time, I must step away from public service to be by his side and fully support him through this battle,” she wrote. She said her last day would be June 30. Trump said on Truth Social that Gabbard has done “an incredible job, and we will miss her” and said he had no doubt her husband would “soon be better than ever.”
Flight to U.S. carrying passenger from Ebola epicenter diverted as officials reroute Americans to D.C. airport for screening | 21 May 2026 | A plane carrying a Congolese national on board scheduled to fly from Paris to Detroit was diverted to Montreal following new travel restrictions amid an outbreak of Ebola. The passenger disembarked in Montreal, was assessed by a quarantine officer and flew back to Paris, Mark Johnson, a spokesperson for the Public Health Agency of Canada, said in a statement. The passenger was determined to be asymptomatic and the U.S.-bound plane continued to Detroit on Wednesday. On Thursday, the U.S. government then announced that all Americans returning to the country from high-risk Ebola nations must rebook their travel arrangements to arrive at Dulles International Airport, a Washington, D.C.-area airport, in order to be screened for the deadly virus.
3 dead and first responders rushed to hospital after exposure to mystery substance in New Mexico | 21 May 2026 | Three people have died and 19 others were rushed to hospital after coming into contact with an unknown substance. Authorities were called to a home in Mountainair, New Mexico, on Wednesday to a suspected overdose involving an unidentified substance. According to New Mexico State Police, they arrived to find four people unresponsive inside the home, with three of them having since died. Officials said that during their response 18 first responders were exposed to the substance and transported to hospital. A statement said they are “currently being quarantined, evaluated, and monitored,” with two of them listed as being in a serious condition.
