"Live from NPR News in Washington,
"Ingenene Herbst.
“"Investigators say they think the gunmen”
"who opened fire at the White House correspondent "stinner last night at the Hilton "was targeting Trump administration officials. "Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says, "it's not clear if he acted alone."
- We are actively combing through all the evidence that we've collected and gonna continue to do that today and in the coming days and weeks, and if he did not act alone, or if folks knew what he was doing
or helped him along the way, we will find that out. - Speaking there to CBS's face the nation, authorities identified him as 31-year-old Cole Allen from the Los Angeles area.
He scheduled to be a reigned in federal court as earliest tomorrow on weapons charges and assault on a federal officer. President Trump says he wanted to continue the dinner at the Hilton last night after the shooting,
but he says it was the right thing to do to leave the hotel. And Pierce Franco, or Donia's reports, now Trump's pointing to the shooting
“as recent a finish the controversial White House ball room”
under construction.
- President Trump says a shooting would never have happened
if it were held in the new ball room. He's having built at the White House. He called the Washington Hilton not a particularly secure site as he explained on Fox News. - Well, it's always tough when you have a thousand rooms.
It's a large hotel right on top, and so people come down and elevators and they're right over the top of where you're speaking. That's not very far away, and it's pretty tough. And as you know, we're building a big beautiful,
very, very secure ball room in every way with a massive bulletproof class that's almost pouring, just thick. - The White House ball room is facing legal hurdles. Even if it is built, it's not clear
if the dinner could be held there. The annual event is private. Franco, or Donia's NPR News. Two former Israeli prime ministers have agreed to merge parties against Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel's parliamentary
elections to take place in October. And here's Eleanor Beardsley has more. - Nftali Bennett and Yair Lapid say their merger is intended to unite this center right to focus all efforts
on winning the critical upcoming elections.
Though they have ideological differences, they've enjoyed a close-working relationship. Bennett is an Orthodox Jew with a hard-line view towards Palestinians. Lapid is secular and seen as more moderate.
Both have already served as prime minister in a previous coalition government in 2021-22 during a brief interlude in Netanyahu's 18-year grip on power. Hundreds of protesters came out against Netanyahu in Tel Aviv Saturday night.
His poll numbers have dropped since the U.S. Israeli military campaign against Iran has failed to deliver a decisive outcome. Eleanor Beardsley and Pyrenees Tel Aviv. - And you're listening to NPR news from Washington.
Millions of birds will be migrating across the United States tonight. It's why conservation groups are asking residents to turn off or dim their lights. And Pyrenees Lauren Summer has more. It's the annual spring migration.
Almost 250 million birds are traveling across the U.S. right now.
Most birds migrate at night and summer on journeys that take them from South America all the way to the Arctic. Artificial lights, like from buildings, can interfere with their navigation. So conservation groups are asking residents
“to turn out or dim non-essential lights overnight”
for the next few weeks. The biggest hotspots are in the south, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic States, as well as the West Coast. Lauren Summer and PR News. - At the weekend box office, Michael,
the big budget, Michael Jackson Project. Took the top spot with an estimated $97 million in ticket sales. The authorized biopic shrugged off bad reviews and production problems. The film stays away though from Jackson's controversy
as reputation had been tarnished by allegations of sexual abuse of children, which Jackson denied. In second place, the Super Mario Galaxy movie with $21 million, globally.
It's made $445 million so far. In third place, Project Hail Mary with $13 million, but the Amazon MGM films taken in more than $613 million globally and rounding out the top five, the drama,
with $2 million and hoppers, with $1 million. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington. Every story from shortwave and pure science podcasts starts with a question. Like, why do we have nightmares?
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