Após o tiroteio no correspondents’ dinner, o governo se apressou para capitalizar em busca de seus objetivos políticos.
Menos de 72 horas após um homem ser preso por tentar assassinar Donald Trump na White House, o justice department correu ao tribunal para apresentar uma petição extraordinária. O objeto da urgência era uma ação judicial da National Trust for Historic Preservation buscando interromper a construção de um novo salão de baile na White House. Um juiz federal decidiu no início deste mês que a construção deveria parar, embora um tribunal de apelações tenha suspendido essa decisão posteriormente. Continue lendo...
• Um suspeito foi acusado na segunda-feira de tentar assassinar o Presidente Trump após invadir o jantar da Associação de Correspondentes da Casa Branca com múltiplas armas em abril de 2026.
• O incidente intensificou disputas partidárias sobre retórica política e violência, com ambos os partidos culpando a linguagem do outro por contribuir para a escalada.
• A suposta tentativa de assassinato chocou Washington e atraiu comparações com a violência política histórica, provocando discussões sobre segurança e o atual clima político.
• Advogados, citando novas evidências que incluem selfies, entraram com um pedido para deter Cole Tomas Allen até o seu julgamento.
• Promotores federais forneceram em um documento na quarta-feira o relato mais detalhado até agora sobre o suposto plano de semanas de Cole Tomas Allen para matar Donald Trump e vários membros de seu gabinete que se juntaram a mais de 2.500 membros do corpo de imprensa de Washington para o jantar anual de correspondentes da Casa Branca.
• O pedido, que visa manter Allen detido e foi protocolado pela procuradora dos EUA para o DC, Jeanine Pirro, inclui duas selfies do suposto atirador em frente a um espelho em seu quarto de hotel, vestindo um terno preto e com um leve sorriso no rosto. Ele está equipado com duas armas de fogo e várias facas presas ao cinto. Os promotores alegam que são as mesmas armas que foram confiscadas de Allen após o ataque.
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...