Closing summary
This concludes our live coverage of the second Trump administration for the day. Here are the latest developments:
Cole Allen was accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump in Saturday when he was tackled with two guns outside the White House correspondents’ dinner.
An FBI affidavit in support of the charges quoted from a manifesto Allen sent to family just before the thwarted attack in which he said: “I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.”
King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in Washington for a state visit. Video of the handshake between the UK and US heads of state appeared to show that Trump did engage in his usual attempt to assert dominance by yanking the hand of the king towards himself, as if in a tug of war, but the king appeared ready for the maneuver, and quickly pulled his hand back while still maintaining his grip.
In the aftermath of the thwarted attack, three Republican senators called for the public to immediately fund the construction of the White House ballroom Trump has his heart set on. “Hell no,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded.
During his interview with 60 Minutes on Sunday, Trump repeated a false claim he has made at least three times: that the BBC used AI to put words in his mouth and alter his remarks to supporters before the Capitol riot on January 6 2021 .
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As Republican senators call for public to fund Trump's 'Militarily Top Secret Ballroom', AOC says: 'Hell no'
In the aftermath of the thwarted attack on the White House correspondents’ dinner, by a gunman who was tackled outside the Washington Hilton Hotel’s ballroom, three Republican senators called for the public to immediately fund the construction of the White House ballroom Donald Trump has his heart set on, but which would not have been used to host the dinner.
“This event would never have happened with the Militarily Top Secret Ballroom currently under construction at the White House,” Trump wrote on his social media platform on Sunday.
Senators Lindsey Graham, Katie Britt and Eric Schmidt told reporters on Monday that they planned to introduce legislation to spend $400m of taxpayer funds to pay for the ballroom Trump destroyed the entire East Wing of the White House to make room for.
“The sooner we get the ballroom built, the more hardened it is, the better it is for the country,” Graham said.
“The number one job of the federal government is national security; and the number one job of national security I think would be to protect the commander-in-chief, and to have infrastructure under the ballroom that is very national security-centric,” Graham added.
Asked about the Republican plan for taxpayers to fund the ballroom, New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said: “Hell no.”
“They demolished the historic East Wing of the White House without any sort of process, I mean it’s actually deeply shocking. And the idea that they’re going to make this palace on the taxpayer’s dime,” the congresswoman added, “it’s just not acceptable.”
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