Maryland House Speaker Adrienne A. Jones and Senate President Bill Ferguson were targeted with bomb threats at their homes today, September 12th, 2025. Police are investigating multiple swatting calls in Boston, including a false shooting report at UMass. In the past 14 minutes, between 3:31 AM and 3:45 AM UTC, reports emerged detailing these threats against senior Maryland Democratic lawmakers. The specific timing of the Rhode Island incidents, described as hoax bomb threats sent to top Democratic lawmakers, also occurred within this brief reporting window. These incidents follow a period where the Vegas Golden Knights organization condemned social media comments made by an employee of Lotus Broadcasting concerning Charlie Kirk's assassination. Separately, new footage emerged showing a person of interest in the Kirk case heading toward the university campus. The FBI has been investigating the assassination of Charlie Kirk, who was killed on September 10th in Orem, Utah. President Donald Trump previously called the killing "disgraceful" and announced plans to award Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously.
