Anti-Trump sentiment being examined as motive for White House press dinner shooting

Alleged manifesto reportedly written by the suspect had Trump administration officials at top of list

• White House press dinner shooting aftermath – latest updates

Investigators are looking into anti-Trump sentiment as being a motive for the attacker who sought to breach the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington DC where the US president and top members of his administration were present.

Officials have said that the shooter likely was targeting Donald Trump and other senior administration officials. “We do believe, based upon just a very preliminary start to understanding what happened, that he was targeting members of the administration,” acting US attorney general Todd Blanche said in a TV interview.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/26/white-house-press-dinner-shooting-motive

Al Qaeda-Linked Militants Launch Major Attacks on Cities Across Mali #wanitaxigo

Australia news live: Taylor says Coalition preferencing One Nation in Farrer to stop ‘teal policies’; Victoria announces one-off car rego rebate

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Angus Taylor says welcome to country should be used less

The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, has called for welcome to country remarks to be used less often, saying he is frustrated they have been “devalued” by “overuse”.

Can I say, booing, whatever the cause, on Anzac Day, [at] Anzac Day ceremonies, is absolutely inappropriate and un-Australian. It shouldn’t happen. It simply shouldn’t happen.

I can understand the frustration Australians feel about over use of welcomes to country. I feel that at times. Often actually. I think it is overuse and as a result they are devalued.

Absolutely not boo, absolutely.

Some of the great Australians have come from countries that were bad countries at the time. But there is a higher risk that some bad people come from those bad countries.

We have bad countries around the world. I mean, to claim that Iran is a good country right now, seriously, and the government itself has put legislation in place to make it harder for people to come from Iran.

We have seen terrible acts of atrocity coming from Gaza.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/apr/26/australia-news-live-victoria-car-registration-rebate-cost-of-living-fuel-crisis-anzac-angus-taylor-albanese-chris-bowen-labor-liberal-ntwnfb

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Key figure in Mandelson vetting scandal will not give evidence before MPs

Chief property and security officer Ian Collard set to submit written answers to foreign affairs committee questions

A key figure in the row over Peter Mandelson’s appointment as UK ambassador to Washington will not appear before a parliamentary committee of MPs to give evidence.

Emily Thornberry had requested that Ian Collard speak to the foreign affairs committee (FAC) on Tuesday, but confirmed on Saturday that he would submit written answers instead.

Whether he felt under pressure to deliver Mandelson’s clearance, after Robbins said there was an “atmosphere of pressure” and “constant chasing” from Downing Street.

Whether he had seen the cover form for Mandelson’s vetting by UK Security Vetting (UKSV), the agency responsible for checks on candidates for sensitive posts, in which it had ticked two red boxes – meaning they had “high concern” and recommended “clearance denied or withdrawn”.

If he was asked by anyone in the Foreign Office, Downing Street or the Cabinet Office for advice about whether Mandelson required vetting for the post given that he was a member of the House of Lords.

If he advised on how Mandelson should be treated during the period between his appointment being announced and his clearance coming through.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/25/key-figure-in-mandelson-vetting-scandal-will-not-give-evidence-before-mps

Tips generated by true-crime podcast lead to arrests in unsolved 1982 killing in Louisiana

Four men face murder charges in case of 16-year-old Roxanne Sharp, whose body was found in a wooded area

Four people have been arrested in connection to the 1982 killing of a Louisiana teenager, investigators announced on Friday.

State police troopers said tips generated by a true-crime podcast they were involved in making – along with improvements in investigative technologies – helped them make arrests in the killing of Roxanne Sharp, 16, about 44 years earlier.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/24/roxanne-sharp-podcast-arrests

US Navy chief leaving post 'effective immediately', Pentagon says

Reports say Phelan, whose role was largely administrative, left amid tension over US shipbuilding.