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The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents Association dinner with guns and knives has been charged with attempted assassination of President Trump.

Prosecutors say Cole Allen wrote a letter to his family members saying he was targeting administration officials.

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch said journalists were among those to blame for political violence in the U.S.

Officials say Allen was injured during the attack but was not shot.

A Secret Service officer was shot but was wearing a bullet-resistant vest and survived.

First Lady Melania Trump is criticizing late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel for a joke he made about her.

As NPR's Mondele Del Barco reports, President Trump is again calling for him to be fired.

The U.S.

Department of Education normally funds millions of dollars in special education research.

As NPR's Junaki Mehta reports, the federal agency may leave most of the money set aside for such research unspent.

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The Trump administration has fired members of an independent board that oversees the National Science Foundation.

The NSF board was created in 1950 to advise the president and Congress on science and engineering policy, approve major funding awards, and guide NSF's future.

Scientists and advocates are concerned by the decision, saying it could further damage the U.S.

's scientific engine.

The last surviving member of the iconic girl group the Ronettes has died.

Nedra Talley-Ross was 80 years old.

NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento has this appreciation.

A team of 100 Italian chefs assembled the world's largest tiramisu in London.