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What happened during the shooting at the White House Correspondents' dinner?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. The investigation into the shooting at the White House correspondent dinner in Washington, D.C. last night continues. NPR confirmed the suspect is Cole Allen, a 31-year-old teacher and engineer from California. President Trump and his cabinet were not injured. One Secret Service agent was shot in his bulletproof vest. NPR's Lydia Kalitri has more.
Cole Allen graduated from Caltech in 2017 and worked as a part-time teacher at a tutoring service for high school students in Torrance, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. The White House says Allen wanted to target administration officials. A White House official not authorized to speak publicly says the Secret Service and Montgomery County Police spoke with Allen's sister. She told them her brother had a tendency to make radical statements, and his rhetoric constantly referenced a plan to do, quote, something to fix the issues with today's world.
Who is Cole Allen and what led to the investigation?
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says investigators are still looking into a potential motive. Allen will be arraigned in federal court on Monday. Lydia Kalitri, NPR News, Washington.
Congress leaves town for their next recess in a week, but the partial government shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security continues, meaning Secret Service agents haven't been paid. NPR's Eric McDaniel reports.
As though the longest agency shutdown in history weren't enough pressure, Saturday night's shooting at the White House Correspondents Association dinner has refocused lawmakers' attention on the lack of DHS funding.
Here's Utah Senator Mike Lee Saturday night in a video on X. The very same Secret Service that just saved President Trump's life, and thank heaven above that he's safe, has been defunded along with the rest of the Department of Homeland Security for more than two months. My Democrat colleagues in the Senate, it's time to end this. Let's end the Homeland Security shutdown now, please.
The Senate has twice advanced a unanimous bipartisan deal to fund all of the agency, with the exception of some immigration enforcement teams that House Republicans have refused to take up. The GOP is now advancing a slower one-party plan. Eric McDaniel, NPR News, Washington.
Some states that use the Colorado River are trying to break a standstill in negotiations about sharing its water. Alex Hager of member station KJZZ reports they're calling for talks to resume with a mediator.
The states haven't met for negotiations in over two months. If they can't reach a deal for sharing the shrinking water supply, the federal government will likely force big, unpopular cutbacks that could trigger lawsuits. Now, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico are calling for a mediator to join those talks and help states lay down their swords. Becky Mitchell represents Colorado.
This is really trying to see if we can break any of the deadlock and set aside the legal theories and try to find a way to get to a deal.
It's not clear exactly who would mediate the talks. Colorado's Mitchell says it should be a decision among all seven states that use the river's water. For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Kenyan runner Sebastian Sawe smashed a world record today at the London Marathon, and Pierce Amy Held reports he's the first person to officially break the two-hour mark.
Are we going sub two? We might be going sub two here on the streets of London. It's never happened. Sebastian Salwe made it happen, finishing at one hour, 59 minutes, 30 seconds. More than a minute faster than the previous record. This is one of the greatest human achievements we've ever had in sport. To the excitement of the BBC announcer and the crowds lining the London streets. Sebastian Salwe from Kenya is in the record books, not just here today, forever. Salwe is the first ever sub two hour finisher under official race conditions. Feeling good?
I'm so happy. It's a day to remember. The 31-year-old spoke to the BBC. Reaching the finishing line, I saw the time and I was so excited to see running a world record today.
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