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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Authorities say the alleged gunman at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last night in Washington was stopped before he could enter the hotel ballroom. One agent was hit by gunfire in his bulletproof vest. NPR confirmed the suspect is Cole Allen. He's set to be arraigned tomorrow in federal court. NPR's Deepa Shivaram has more.
A White House official tells NPR that Cole Allen sent his family members an alleged manifesto minutes before the incident took place at the Hilton Hotel. The document states that Allen wanted to target administration officials, the White House says, and Allen's brother notified the police of the document. Allen's sister, who lives outside Washington, D.C., confirmed to authorities that her brother Cole had a tendency to make radical statements. She also said Allen purchased two handguns and a shotgun. and kept them stored at his parents' home. The parents were unaware that Allen was storing firearms in their home. Deepa Shivaram, NPR News, Washington.
Republican Senator Tom Tillis says he's ready to move forward with President Trump's nominee to lead the Fed, Kevin Warsh, after an investigation into current Fed Chair Jerome Powell was dropped. Bradley George of member station WUNC has more.
Federal prosecutors were looking into Powell's role authorizing a multibillion-dollar renovation of Fed headquarters. Tillis said the probe was politically motivated, and he threatened to block the nomination of Kevin Warsh. The Justice Department announced an end to the investigation last week. Speaking to NBC's Meet the Press, Tillis says he's satisfied. So this will allow Mr. Warsh to move on with his confirmation on time. Tillis says Warsh is qualified for the job and would have already been confirmed if it wasn't for the investigation into Powell. With Republicans' slim majority, Tillis' support is critical for advancing the nomination. A vote is set for this week. For NPR News, I'm Bradley George in Chapel Hill.
Israel has issued new evacuation orders for an area of southern Lebanon that's not inside the Israeli-occupied area. And Piers Katlonsdorf reports many are now re-evacuating after trying to return home during the temporary ceasefire despite an extension of the agreement.
Over the weekend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to, quote, vigorously attack Hezbollah targets in Lebanon. Israel then carried out widespread strikes in the south. 35-year-old Abed Amar says the Israeli military dropped pamphlets on his village of Al-Mansouri three times Sunday, warning of danger. He and his family had returned to their home during the ceasefire.
But they just left again, he tells NPR in a voice note.
The Israeli military shelled the village overnight, he says. It's not safe. Hezbollah says it fired a drone at Israeli troops in the south. Many here, especially in the south, don't feel this is a real ceasefire. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Beirut.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Today marks the 40th anniversary of the disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. NPR's Hanna Palomarenko reports nuclear safety has taken on added urgency for Ukraine amid Russia's full-scale war.
Exhibitions of the nuclear disaster 40 years ago are taking place in Kyiv. For Ukrainians, it doesn't feel like history. Chernobyl's nuclear reactors were shut down, but radioactive material remains. One of the exhibits is a model of a Russian drone that struck Chernobyl's protective confinement just last year. State Border Service officer Anatoliy Sushkov was protecting the area at the time. He visited the exhibit. Through its actions, Russia is showing that one can never feel safe and the whole world needs to think about the consequences, which could turn out to be very serious, he said. President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian drones are constantly flying over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and called for, quote, not allowing this nuclear terrorism to continue.
Hanna Palomarenko, NPR News, Kyiv.
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