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What happened at the White House Correspondents' Dinner?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. An investigation into the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in Washington last night continues. NPR has confirmed the suspect is Cole Allen, and details about him are slowly emerging. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch tells NBC's Meet the Press Allen's believed to have been targeting administration officials. NPR's Daniel Kurtzleben has more.
Who is Cole Allen and what were his intentions?
A White House official today told NPR that Allen's brother, shortly before last night's shooting, notified law enforcement about a piece of writing Allen had composed and sent to his family members. NPR has not independently read or verified that writing. But the White House official also said that Allen's sister had told law enforcement that Allen at times, quote, referenced a plan to do something to fix the issues with today's world. And again, that's in the words of the White House official.
In Pierce Daniel Kurtzleben, Allen has a court appearance tomorrow. Buckingham Palace says King Charles and Queen Camilla are still coming to Washington tomorrow for a state visit, despite the shooting at the dinner last night. But the trip comes at a time when relations between the two countries are under increasing strain. NPR's Fatima Al-Kassab has more.
President Trump has sharply criticised the UK and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in recent months over Starmer's decision not to join the US and Israel's war in Iran. Many hope the visit from King Charles, whom the president still admires, will help mend the transatlantic relationship. But royal biographer Catherine Mayer says the British government's decision to send the king at this turbulent time puts the royal couple in an awkward position.
There is also then a kind of, series of tightropes that they're forcing Charles and Camilla to walk by doing this.
Another delicate matter, she says, is the subject of the King's disgraced brother, Andrew, who had close ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Fatima Al-Kassab, NPR News, London.
The Fed is set to hold its latest policy meeting this week in what may be Jerome Powell's last time presiding over the gathering as chair of the central bank. NPR's Raphael Nam has more.
Powell's term as chair is due to expire in May, but he has said he wouldn't step down until a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice into renovations being done at the Fed was dropped. Powell had blasted the probe as being intended to pressure the central bank into lowering interest rates. The DOJ, though, dropped that investigation on Friday, paving the way for the confirmation of Kevin Walsh, who has been nominated by President Trump to succeed Powell. That makes it likely Powell will step down as chair. The question, though, is whether he stays on the Fed's board. Powell doesn't have to announce his decision this week, but a lot of eyes will definitely be on him. Rafael Nam, NPR News.
U.S. futures contracts are trading in mixed territory. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Monarch butterflies have been in decline for decades, even though some populations appear to be stabilizing. Scientists have been gluing tiny circular tags about the size of a three-hole punch scrap into the wings of monarchs to track the insects. But now there are new solar-powered tags. Northwest Public Broadcasting's Anna King has more.
David James is a Prosser-based entomologist working on the project.
We used to say with the conventional tags, it was the equivalent to a person having their keys in their pocket in terms of weight. This tag is heavier, obviously, and it's more like carrying a backpack.
The only hitch? Each little tag costs $200. So they're asking for help adopting each butterfly. You can find the details on how to adopt a monarch online. There's an app that will allow you to track the tagged butterflies on your cell phone. For NPR News, I'm Anna King.
At the weekend box office, Michael, the big-budget Michael Jackson project, took the top spot with an estimated $97 million in ticket sales.
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