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The California Manacuse of opening fire outside the White House correspondent's dinner
“Saturday is facing multiple charges, including the attempt to assassinate the president.”
Col Allen was arrested shortly after he allegedly breached one of the security entry points around the perimeter of the Washington Hilton Ballroom where hundreds of guests, including the president, vice president, lawmakers and members of the media, were gathered. One agent was wounded, it's uncertain if that person was struck by the gunmen or another law enforcement officer.
President Trump was targeted twice before, during his 2024 presidential campaign, and used those moments to attack the press and blame Democratic rhetoric for political violence. The latest includes an attack on late night host Jimmy Kimmel for jokes he made about the Trumps just two days before the shooting. And Pierre Samerke, who was at the correspondent's dinner reports on what Saturdays incident
could mean for Trump politically.
This all came at the end of a bad week for the president politically with his approval ratings at their lowest ever, and the Iran war dragging on in a sort of suspended animation.
“So this does at least temporarily move the focus away from all that, but this incident”
also feeds the unease from voters about how chaotic and divided the country feels now. NPR's Tamerke reporting, the White House says Chief of Staff Susie Wells plans to convene a security meeting to discuss security protocol and practices for major events, such as the 250th anniversary of America declaring its independence from British rule. Well, despite heightened security concerns in the wake of the shooting just 36 hours, it
go King Charles, and Queen Camilla have just arrived at Joy-Base Andrews outside Washington, D.C., the royal couples reception as they disembark the aircraft for short time ago. King Charles four day state visit begins with a visit to the White House shortly.
The royal couple will be greeted by President Trump and First Lady Malania Trump.
Today is Iran's 59th day of an internet blackout, according to the Internet Freedom Monitor Netblocks. It is the longest-recorded nationwide shutdown in history, but as D.C.B. is a privileged few are still getting online.
“Netblocks reports Iran's Internet use goes up to about 2% of normal levels, specialized”
virtual private networks or VPNs, are being sold on the black market for about $10 per gigabyte of data. Google searches work intermittently. Iran does have a functioning internal web called an internet, so services like local banking are still functional, but some Iranian officials are raising concerns about the economic
cost of being cut off from the outside world. For NPR News, I'm Gary Buscarin, in Istanbul. U.S. stocks are mixed this hour from Washington. This is NPR News. Florida governor Ron DeSantis has announced plans for a new congressional map that could
send more Republicans to D.C., Douglas Sol of Immortization W.U.S. to have reports. The map to Fox News, it could make four more Florida districts Republican leaning, leaving the state with 24 G.O.P. seats and four Democratic ones. Democrats warn it goes against state protections against partisan gerrymandering.
They also say it could backfire, creating more competitive districts, mid-decade redistricting took off after President Trump began pushing Republicans in several states to redraw their maps, with the goal of gaining more seats in Congress. In response, some Democrat-led states are also trying to redistribute. For NPR News, I'm Douglas Sol, in Tallahassee.
Researchers say the most advanced attempt to use gene editing appears to be highly effective for treating a rare but potentially fatal genetic disorder. Here's NPR's Rob Stein. The treatment involves a rare genetic condition called hereditary and yodema. The condition causes repeated sometimes life-threatening, swelling attacks, in various parts
of the body. Researchers infuse the CRISPR gene editing tool into the livers of 52 patients to knock a gene causing the condition, and found that the gene editing reduced the swelling attacks by 87%. The approach is noteworthy because it does not involve removing cells from the body, editing
them in the lab, and infusing the edited cells back into the body. Based on the results, the company is asking the food and drug administration to approve the treatment. Rob, Stein, and Pyreneuse. This is NPR.
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