Tras el tiroteo en la correspondents’ dinner, la administración se ha apresurado a sacar provecho en busca de sus objetivos políticos. Menos de 72 horas después de que un hombre fuera arrestado por intentar asesinar a Donald Trump en la White House, el justice department acudió de urgencia a los tribunales para realizar una presentación extraordinaria. El objeto de la emergencia era una demanda del National Trust for Historic Preservation que buscaba detener la construcción de un nuevo salón de baile en la White House. Un juez federal dictaminó a principios de este mes que la construcción debía detenerse, aunque un tribunal de apelaciones suspendió posteriormente ese fallo. Continuar leyendo...
• Un sospechoso fue acusado el lunes de intentar asesinar al presidente Trump tras irrumpir en la cena de la White House Correspondents' Association con múltiples armas en abril de 2026.
• El incidente ha intensificado las disputas partidistas sobre la retórica política y la violencia, y ambos partidos culpan al lenguaje del otro de contribuir a la escalada.
• El presunto intento de magnicidio ha conmocionado a Washington y ha generado comparaciones con la violencia política histórica, provocando debates sobre la seguridad y el clima político actual.
Los abogados, citando nuevas pruebas que incluyen selfis, presentaron una moción para detener a Cole Tomas Allen hasta su juicio. Regístrese en el correo electrónico de Breaking News US para recibir alertas de boletines en su bandeja de entrada. Los fiscales federales proporcionaron el miércoles en un expediente el relato más detallado hasta la fecha del presunto plan de semanas de duración de Cole Tomas Allen para asesinar a Donald Trump y a varios miembros de su gabinete, quienes se habían unido a más de 2,500 miembros del cuerpo de prensa de Washington para su cena anual de corresponsales de la Casa Blanca. La moción, destinada a mantener a Allen detenido y presentada por la fiscal de EE. UU. para el Distrito de Columbia (DC), Jeanine Pirro, incluye dos selfis del presunto tirador parado frente a un espejo en su habitación de hotel con un traje negro, con una leve sonrisa burlona en su rostro. Está equipado con dos armas de fuego y varios cuchillos metidos en su cinturón. Los fiscales alegan que son las mismas armas que fueron confiscadas a Allen tras el ataque. Siga leyendo...
Una ola de teorías conspirativas inundó las redes sociales tan pronto como se dio a conocer que se produjeron disparos en el hotel Washington Hilton durante la cena de corresponsales de la Casa Blanca el sábado. Esto era de esperarse, pero algunos afirman que la dinámica está cambiando, ya que las teorías provienen tanto de liberales y progresistas como de cuentas de derecha críticas con el presidente de los EE. UU., Donald Trump.
El jefe del departamento de policía del District of Columbia afirmó que los investigadores creen que el sospechoso era un huésped del hotel Washington Hilton, donde se llevaba a cabo la cena anual, aunque no se ha determinado el motivo.
• La secretaria de prensa de la Casa Blanca, Karoline Leavitt, respondió a las preguntas de los reporteros mientras Cole Allen, el sospechoso acusado de abrir fuego en la cena de corresponsales de la Casa Blanca, se preparaba para su primera comparecencia judicial el lunes.
• Allen es acusado de abrir fuego durante la cena anual mientras políticos, periodistas y celebridades estaban presentes, encontrándose Leavitt y otros miembros del gabinete de Trump en la sala.
• El incidente representa una grave brecha de seguridad en un evento de alto perfil asistido por altos funcionarios gubernamentales y figuras de los medios de comunicación.
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...
Details about the shooting at the White House correspondents gala have started to surface as the alleged shooter is set to be charged.The suspect was able to get close to where Donald Trump and many other senior officials were gathered, before law enforcement stopped him. It happened less than two years since Trump was the target of an assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, and a subsequent attempt at a golf course in Florida.Lucy Hough speaks to the Guardian’s Washington bureau chief David Smith, who was in attendance. Continue reading...
Manifesto reportedly written by suspect had Trump administration officials at top of list. Plus, the world’s first marathon run in under two hoursGood morning.The suspected gunman in the shooting at the White House correspondents’ dinner on Saturday evening, identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, from Torrance, California, is due to appear in court later today.What will he be charged with? He faces charges of assault of a federal officer, discharging a firearm and attempting to kill a federal officer, but Blanche said depending on how the investigation went, he might also be charged with the attempted assassination of Trump.What’s the mood like in Washington? A stunned Washington is soul-searching about political violence, while questions are also being asked about security.Follow the latest updates in our liveblog here.What has Donald Trump said about it? Trump has said Iran can telephone if it wants to negotiate an end to the war and that it must agree never to have a nuclear weapon, while Pakistan’s leaders have sought to revive the stalled peace talks between Washington and Tehran. Continue reading...
Secret Service director says security succeeded in stopping shooter before he could do further harm but others disagreeThe shooting in the White House correspondents’ gala has prompted questions over security with some asking how a shooter was able to get close to where Donald Trump and many other senior administration officials were gathered and many others praising the actions of law enforcement that swiftly stopped the attack.As details about the shooting at the Washington Hilton continued to surface, the alleged shooter Cole Tomas Allen, 31, mocked an “insane” lack of security at the Washington dinner in a manifesto reportedly send to his family 10 minutes before his assault started. Continue reading...