Overview
- U.S. Secret Service stopped a gunman at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where Cole Tomas Allen fired two shots at a security post before he was detained and a struck agent was saved by a protective vest.
- CSIS counted 20 antigovernment attacks and plots in 2025, the most since at least 1994, with incidents attributed to the extreme left outnumbering those linked to the extreme right for the first time in about two decades.
- Roughly half of the 2025 cases labeled extreme left targeted immigration officers or facilities, reflecting anger over federal enforcement.
- Molotov cocktails became a signature tactic in 2025, appearing in at least seven incidents, including the arson at Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s residence and attacks on Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
- Even with fewer total cases, incidents classified as extreme right caused more deaths in 2025, with three people killed compared with one death in incidents labeled extreme left.