Watch: Leavitt holds press briefing on correspondents’ dinner shooting

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took questions from reporters Monday, just two days after a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner forced Secret Service to rush President Trump to safety. Following the briefing, CBS News’ Aaron Navarro and Shanelle Kaul provided more reporting.

Can’t afford a vet visit? Consider doing these 6 things

Vet care has become prohibitively expensive for many pet owners, but that doesn’t mean you’re out of options. Vladislav Stepanov/Getty Images Owning a pet has never been cheap, but the math has shifted dramatically in recent years — and not in pet owners’ favor. The average American now spends more than $4,272 a year on …

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Melania Trump blasts Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes before correspondents’ dinner as “hateful and violent rhetoric”

First lady Melania Trump, in a rare statement Monday, called jokes made by comedian Jimmy Kimmel days before the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner “hateful and violent rhetoric.” “Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country.  His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the …

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Trump reacts to White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting suspect’s “manifesto,” and more highlights from his “60 Minutes” interview

The day after a gunman attempted to storm the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton, President Trump sat down with CBS News correspondent Norah O’Donnell for a “60 Minutes” interview to talk about his experience. He spoke about his immediate reaction as the Secret Service whisked him and the first lady off stage, …

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