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April 26 Midday Brief
In Washington
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche says the man accused of opening fire at the White House correspondents’ dinner is not cooperating with investigators, and that the case may get more serious as agents keep digging into motive and intent. Prosecutors have already charged Cole Allen, a 31-year-old teacher from Torrance, California, with assaulting a federal officer and using a firearm in a violent crime. Blanche said investigators believe he may have been targeting Trump administration officials, while the Secret Service stopped him before he got far. Trump, naturally, used the shooting to argue again for a White House ballroom.
Separately, Senator Thom Tillis says he will back Kevin Warsh for Fed chair after the Justice Department told him its criminal probe into Jerome Powell and the central bank’s Washington renovations is closed. The confirmation fight is now moving, because apparently the nation’s monetary policy needed one more plotline.
In Gaza
Israel has escalated its offensive in Gaza and expanded its control there, while sidelining the new U.S.-backed technocratic administration. The move points to a further hardening of the conflict on the ground, with little sign of any near-term shift toward a political handoff.
In public safety
At least nine people were injured when gunfire broke out early Sunday near Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, after officers monitoring Little 500 celebrations heard multiple shots near East Kirkwood Avenue. Police said the shooting was off campus, no arrests had been made, and people were urged to avoid the area while investigators worked.
In Scotland, a six-year-old girl died after being hit by a car in Paisley, and a seven-year-old girl was taken to hospital. Police are asking witnesses to come forward. In Sheffield, a 32-year-old man also died in a separate two-vehicle crash, with officers seeking dashcam footage and witness accounts.
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