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जैसे ही शनिवार को White House Correspondents' dinner के दौरान Washington Hilton होटल में फायरिंग की खबर आई, सोशल मीडिया पर साजिश की थ्योरियों (conspiracy theories) की बाढ़ आ गई। इसकी उम्मीद तो थी, लेकिन कुछ लोगों का कहना है कि अब समीकरण बदल रहे हैं, क्योंकि ये थ्योरियां न केवल दक्षिणपंथी खातों से, बल्कि उदारवादियों और प्रगतिशिलों की ओर से भी आ रही हैं जो अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति Donald Trump की आलोचना करते हैं।

District of Columbia पुलिस विभाग के प्रमुख ने कहा कि जांचकर्ताओं का मानना है कि संदिग्ध Вашингтон Hilton होटल में एक मेहमान था, जहां वार्षिक डिनर आयोजित किया जा रहा था, लेकिन अभी तक किसी मकसद का पता नहीं चला है।

• वाइट हाउस प्रेस सचिव Karoline Leavitt ने पत्रकारों के सवालों के जवाब दिए, जबकि Cole Allen, जो वाइट हाउस कॉरेस्पोंडेंट्स डिनर में गोलीबारी करने का आरोपी है, सोमवार को अपनी पहली अदालती पेशी के लिए तैयार था। • Allen पर उस वार्षिक रात्रिभोज में गोलीबारी करने का आरोप है, जिसमें राजनेता, पत्रकार और मशहूर हस्तियां शामिल थे, और उस समय Leavitt और Trump कैबिनेट के अन्य सदस्य भी कमरे में मौजूद थे। • यह घटना वरिष्ठ सरकारी अधिकारियों और मीडिया हस्तियों द्वारा अटेंड किए गए एक हाई-प्रोफाइल इवेंट में गंभीर सुरक्षा चूक को दर्शाती है।

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...