Nach den Schüssen beim Correspondents’ Dinner hat die Administration überstürzt versucht, im Sinne ihrer politischen Ziele daraus Kapital zu schlagen.
Weniger als 72 Stunden, nachdem ein Mann verhaftet wurde, weil er versucht hatte, ein Attentat auf Donald Trump am White House zu verüben, eilte das Justice Department vor Gericht, um einen außergewöhnlichen Antrag einzureichen. Gegenstand des Eilantrags war eine Klage des National Trust for Historic Preservation, die darauf abzielte, den Bau eines neuen White House-Ballrooms zu stoppen. Ein Bundesrichter entschied Anfang diesen Monats, dass die Bauarbeiten eingestellt werden müssen, wenngleich ein Berufungsgericht dieses Urteil später aussetzte. Continue reading...
• Ein Verdächtiger wurde am Montag wegen des versuchten Attentats auf Präsident Trump angeklagt, nachdem er im April 2026 das Dinner der White House Correspondents' Association mit mehreren Waffen gestürmt hatte.
• Der Vorfall hat parteipolitische Auseinandersetzungen über politische Rhetorik und Gewalt verschärft, wobei beide Parteien die Sprache der jeweils anderen Seite für die Eskalation verantwortlich machen.
• Das mutmaßliche Attentat hat Washington erschüttert und Vergleiche mit historischer politischer Gewalt gezogen, was Diskussionen über die Sicherheit und das aktuelle politische Klima auslöste.
Unter Berufung auf neue Beweise, darunter Selfies, stellten Anwälte einen Antrag, Cole Tomas Allen bis zu seinem Prozess in Haft zu lassen. In einem am Mittwoch eingereichten Schriftsatz legten Bundesstaatsanwälte die bisher detaillierteste Darstellung von Allen's mutmaßlichem, wochenlang geplantem Vorhaben dar, Donald Trump sowie mehrere Mitglieder seines Kabinetts zu töten, die gemeinsam mit über 2.500 Mitgliedern der Washingtoner Pressekorps das jährliche Abendessen der White House Korrespondenten besucht hatten. Der Antrag der US-Staatsanwältin für DC, Jeanine Pirro, der darauf abzielt, Allen in Haft zu halten, enthält zwei Selfies des mutmaßlichen Schützen, der in einem schwarzen Anzug vor einem Spiegel in seinem Hotelzimmer steht, mit einem leichten Grinsen im Gesicht. Er ist mit zwei Schusswaffen und mehreren Messern ausgestattet, die in seinen Gürtel gesteckt sind. Die Staatsanwaltschaft behauptet, dass es sich dabei um dieselben Waffen handelt, die nach dem Angriff von Allen beschlagnahmt wurden.
A tidal wave of conspiracy theories hit social media as soon as news broke that shots were fired at the Washington Hilton hotel during the White House Correspondents' dinner Saturday. That was to be expected, but some say the dynamics are shifting, with theories coming from liberals and progressives as well as right-wing accounts that are critical of U.S. President Donald Trump.
The chief of the District of Columbia police department said investigators believe the suspect was a guest at the Washington Hilton hotel, where the annual dinner was taking place, but that no motive had been determined.
The suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting incident is set to appear in federal court today. And, King Charles III and Queen Camilla arrive in Washington today for a state visit.(Image credit: Andrew Harnik)
Cole Allen, the man who tried to storm the White House Correspondents' Dinner, is being charged with trying to assassinate President Trump. And, King Charles III is set to address Congress today.(Image credit: Heather Diehl)
• White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt took questions from reporters as Cole Allen, the suspect accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, prepared for his first court appearance on Monday.
• Allen is accused of opening fire at the annual dinner while politicians, journalists, and celebrities were in attendance, with Leavitt and other Trump Cabinet members present in the room.
• The incident represents a serious security breach at a high-profile event attended by senior government officials and media figures.
Alleged shooter, identified as Cole Tomas Allen, faces potential life sentence. Plus: the Americans renouncing their citizenshipGood morning.The suspect accused of trying to storm the White House correspondents’ dinner was charged on Monday with three federal crimes, including attempting to assassinate the president – a charge that carries a potential sentence of up to life in prison.What was his motive? Investigators have yet to release one. However, to establish the charge of attempted assassination, the affidavit quotes from a part of a manifesto Allen allegedly sent to family members that states: “I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”Was lax security to blame? While many have praised the actions of law enforcement officers in swiftly stopping the attack, Allen’s alleged manifesto mocked an “insane” lack of security at the Washington dinner.What is the Trump administration saying about the attack? Several officials, including the president, have seized on the incident to advance their case for the completion of Trump’s $40m White House ballroom project, with the justice department pressuring a preservation group to drop a lawsuit seeking to halt the construction.Will there be an Oval Office meeting? Sources told the Guardian that Charles will pose for the cameras at the start of his centerpiece bilateral meeting on Tuesday, but that British officials have pushed for the Oval Office meeting to be held off camera, for fear of a repeat of the scenes when Trump berated the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in front of the world’s press.What challenges does the king face with this visit? Relations between the UK and the US are already tense following Trump’s public criticism of Britain’s refusal to back military action against Iran, but Charles is also meeting Trump under the shadow of Jeffrey Epstein. Charles’s brother Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office over his connection with Epstein. Continue reading...
