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.
The alleged shooter, identified by law enforcement agencies as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, appeared in federal court in a blue jail jumpsuit alongside lawyers with the federal defender's office. Jocelyn Ballantine, a federal prosecutor, said he was armed with a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun, a pistol and three knives when he was tackled by law enforcement officers on Saturday night outside the Hilton hotel ballroom where the annual dinner was being held.
King Charles is scheduled to address Congress on Tuesday in a rare address on the second day of his first state visit to the US since becoming king in 2022. Charles and Queen Camilla arrived at the White House on Monday, where they were greeted with handshakes from Donald Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump.
Charles is expected to allude to recent strains between the UK and US by underlining that "time and again our two countries have always found ways to come together".
Illegal logging in Mexico's Sierra Tarahumara has intensified over the past 15 years as criminal groups, including factions of the Sinaloa cartel, began diversifying their operations. This illegal deforestation has disrupted the region's hydrological system, which in turn has led to droughts, crop failures and food insecurity.
Lena Dunham's newest memoir, Famesick, delves into the Girls creator's experiences with chronic illness as well as the stress in the aftermath of snagging her own HBO series at the age of 24. For the Guardian, Hannah J Davies writes that though at times scattergun and sometimes lacking in self awareness, the memoir is also undeniably frank and exhaustive, a lifetime of therapy condensed into a quick read.
Since 2014, the numbers of US citizens renouncing their citizenship each year have been in the thousands, hitting a record of 6,705 in 2020. With the Trump administration slashing the fees to renounce citizenship from $2,350 to $450, this year is expected to reach similar heights.
From Amy Chua's Tiger Mom to Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once, the stereotype of the strict and difficult to please Asian mother has dominated popular culture, in a way that feels both overexposed and underdeveloped, writes Rebecca Liu. What exactly are we looking for when we write about her flaws and failures - and what are we hoping to find?
Amid a patchy ceasefire, Lebanon's minister for the environment has accused Israel's military of committing "an act of ecocide" in its operations against Hezbollah in the southern region of the country. In just 2023 and 2024, the Israeli military has damaged 12,350 acres of forest cover and destroyed 5,320 acres of orchards, including more than 2,000 acres of olive groves, according to a 106-page report.
A woman unexpectedly went into labor on a cross-country Delta flight traveling from Atlanta to Portland over the weekend. Fortunately, emergency medical technicians Tina Fritz and Caarin Powell were also on board. A healthy, five-and-a-half pound Brielle Renee was born just as the plane touched down.
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