"Live from NPR News in Washington.
Saturday night shooting at the White House Correspondence Association dinner is scheduled
“to be a rain today in federal court on multiple charges. He's identified as 31-year-old”
Cole Allen, a teacher and engineer from Torrance, California. A White House official tells NPR, Allen sent family members what's described as a manifesto, minutes before the incident took place at the Washington Hilton Hotel. The White House says the document stated Allen wanted to target officials with the Trump administration. Reporter Steve Futterman has more." NPR has confirmed that Allen visited gun ranges in southern California. He attended at least
one no-king's march. In a LinkedIn page that appears to belong to him, he describes himself as a mechanical engineer and computer scientist by degree, independent game developer by experience, and teacher by birth. NPR did not find any criminal records when conducting a background check of Allen. "That's Steve Futterman reporting. Allen was armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives when he charged a security checkpoint outside the ballroom where the dinner
“was taking place. He was tackled by law enforcement, but not before a secret service agent was shot.”
The bullet hit the agent's protective vest. He was not seriously injured." NPR's Francoordonia says President Trump is pointing to Saturday night shooting as a reason to finish
the White House ballroom. President Trump says a shooting would never have happened if it were
held in the new ballroom. 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." The White House ballroom 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.
Francoordonia's NPR News. "The Israeli military has issued new evacuation orders for an area of southern Lebanon, not inside that occupied by Israel. As NPR's Cat Lonstore reports, that's despite a temporary ceasefire that's been extended." 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 Abad Ahmad says the Israeli military dropped pamphlets on his village of Elman Suri three times Sunday, warning of danger. He and his family had returned to their home during the ceasefire. "Let's submit a billet, it's not because it's much far ahead on earth." But they just left again. He tells the MParen of voice note,
"The Israeli military shall be village overnight," he says. "It's not safe. Cat Lonstore of MParenus Beirut." "This is NPR News from Washington." Virginia's Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments today in a legal challenge to the effort to redraw the state's congressional map. The Republican challenge follows last week's approval by state voters of a proposal to rework the state's congressional districts.
The change is supported by Virginia's governor Abigail Spanberger and the state's Democratic lawmakers in Richmond. The redrawn map is expected to help Democrats flip several congressional seats currently held by Republicans. The lawsuit contains the general assembly violated procedural requirements by placing the constitutional amendment before voters to authorize mid-decade redistricting. Supporters say the move was in response to President Trump
urging Republican-led states to do the same. Severe storms and tornado swept across areas of the central U.S. over the weekend at least two deaths were reported in Texas. Severe storms also hit areas of Southeast Kansas and Southwest Missouri last night. No deaths were reported there, but there is damage and power outages, as Rachel Schnelly, with member-station CRPS explains. The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado touched down in Columbus, Kansas.
Residents reported severe damage in scattered debris. Two energy companies report that as many as 700 residents in the area are without power. The school district for Columbus has canceled school due to road closures. Columbus, Kansas, is a town with a population of 3,000 in Southeast Kansas for NPR news on Rachel Schnelly. I'm Dave Madingley NPR News in Washington. Every episode of NPR's its bit-eminent podcast starts with a question about how culture shapes our
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