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Lawyers for the man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last week have asked a judge to ease jail restrictions on him they describe as “punishment”. Cole Allen allegedly stormed a security checkpoint at the White House correspondents’ dinner and fired a shotgun last Sunday. When he was initially …

The Palace acknowledges this was a trip with “challenge and risk”. But as they boarded the flight home, the view from the royal plane was clear: “This was a week well spent.” It’s certainly been a great piece of PR for the King. It’s unlikely, though, to reassure those who …

The earlier plan, which would have seen the US government take effective ownership of as much as 90% of the airline, faced stiff opposition from Wall Street, Capitol Hill and even a member of Trump’s own cabinet. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy told Reuters a rescue would amount to tossing “good …

Both Bushes and Ronald Reagan won congressional authorisation for wars, but Obama and Clinton ducked the requirement. BBC News

May Day events took place across the United States in major cities like Seattle, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago and Washington DC. More than a thousand protesters in the Los Angeles May Day Coalition marched through the streets of the city’s downtown in support of workers’ rights. Meanwhile in New York …

The court decision curbs access to the drug used in medication abortions, which is currently the most common method for the procedure in the US. BBC News

In a filing arguing for his release, defence lawyers wrote: “Moreover, the government, after essentially asserting that Mr Allen shot a Secret Service Officer in the criminal complaint, has apparently retreated from the theory by not mentioning the alleged officer at all in its memorandum.” BBC News

The decision to reduce the US deployment to Germany comes amid a row between the two allies over Iran. BBC News

The US military has agreed eight new contracts with big tech firms as it expands its artificial intelligence capabilities. BBC News

Cici and Will Steward, whose eight-year-old daughter Cila remains the only child still missing after the floods, said they were “grateful that no child will be placed in the Eastlands’ care this summer”, referring to the family that operates the camp. BBC News

Prosecutors alleged that, in 2017 and 2018, at the behest of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s government, Rivera and Nuhfer attempted to lobby Rubio – then still a senator and former housemate of Rivera’s – as well as Kellyanne Conway, a prominent former White House advisor. BBC News

A body found in Tampa Bay in Florida has been identified as a second missing student from Bangladesh. Nahida Bristy’s remains were found on Sunday in a rubbish bag uncovered by a kayaker whose fishing line got caught. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said DNA and dental records had identified …

The British wife of a death row inmate screamed “I love you” before her husband was executed for a fatal shooting he claimed he didn’t commit. James Broadnax, 37, was pronounced dead on Thursday after a dose of lethal injection in Huntsville, around 70 miles north of Houston, Texas. Broadnax …

The US defence secretary says the timer for the president to report to Congress “pauses or stops” in a ceasefire. BBC News

The 2010 Olympic downhill champion said she has “one more surgery left to take out the metal and to replace my [anterior cruciate ligament] ACL” and then a lengthy period of recuperation. “Once I get my ACL fixed, then that’s another six months, so I have at least a year …

Politics have become an increasingly thorny issue in the Villages, the world’s largest retirement community. BBC News

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Five students and one security guard were taken to hospital following the attack at Foss High School. BBC News

The Texas man allegedly refunded the orders of hundreds of catering-sized mac-and-cheese trays to his personal credit cards. BBC News

Video has been released of the moment prosecutors say a gunman tried to storm the White House correspondents’ association dinner and assassinate Donald Trump. Washington attorney Jeanine Pirro posted the footage on her X page. X This content is provided by X, which may be using cookies and other technologies. …