Gala shooting suspect charged with attempt to murder Trump

Britain's King Charles III is set to deliver a rare address to Congress on Tuesday as he seeks to mend the transatlantic rift over the Iran war.

Charles is expected to call for "reconciliation and renewal" of the special relationship between Washington and London, which has been under strain. 

"Time and again, our two countries have always found ways to come together," he is expected to say.

US President Donald Trump has repeatedly criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his opposition to the Iran war. The royal visit is meant to restore the ties, as Britain hopes to capitalize on Trump's fascination with the royal family.

Charles will be the first British monarch to address Congress since his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, in 1991.

Here's what else is on King Charles's schedule for day two of his four-day state visit to the US:

• Charles to receive a full ceremonial welcome featuring a 21-gun salute and an inspection of troops
• Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump to host King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the Oval Office
• Charles and Camilla to attend a grand state dinner at the White House 

US Republicans renewed efforts in Congress on Monday to approve and pay for President Donald Trump's proposed ballroom at the White House, arguing it would help avoid security breaches. 

Their bid comes immediately after theshooting at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. 

The bill introduced by Republicans seeks $400 million (€341 million) for the construction and security infrastructure of the proposed ballroom. 

While Trump previously claimed that private money would pay for it, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said he believes private dollars should only pay for "buying china and stuff like that." Graham is one of the three sponsors of the bill, which looks to construct the ballroom at taxpayers' expense.

Speaking at a news conference, Graham said while some thought of it as a "vanity project," a ballroom in the White House was necessary to allow the president to hold events safely. 

"I've never felt ‌the sense of threat that exists today," he said. 

Other lawmakers said they would push their own measures to approve the ballroom. 

"It is an embarrassment to the strongest nation on earth that we cannot host gatherings in our nation's capital, including ones attended by our president, without the threat of violence and attempted assassinations," Sheehy posted on X.

Democrats have opposed Trump's ballroom since he demolished part of the White House to make way for it without seeking Congress' approval. Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries told reporters that the president should be focused on ending the war with Iran, healthcare, and other measures to drive down the cost of living.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Monday said Trump wanted to seclude himself in a "walled palace."

"If Republicans truly want to improve security, they should join Democrats in funding the Secret Service, not Donald Trump's luxury ballroom," Schumer said.

An unnamed US official told Reuters that President Donald Trump is unhappy with an Iranian proposal because it fails to address Iran's nuclear program.

"He doesn't love the proposal," the official reportedly said, referring to Trump.

The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, citing their sources, also reported that the US president was not satisfied with the proposal. 

On Monday, Iranian sources said Tehran's proposal would delay discussion of Iran's nuclear program until the war ends and disputes over shipping from the Gulf are resolved.

However, Washington has said that nuclear issues must be dealt with from the outset.

US President Donald Trump told CBS that a suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, who allegedly wrote an anti‑Christian manifesto, was psychologically unwell.

The US Supreme Court on Monday heard a big by German chemical giant Bayer to put an end to a wave of lawsuits linked to its weedkiller Roundup.

Bayer has spent more than $10 billion settling litigation linked to Roundup after it acquired the weedkiller's US producer, Monsanto, in 2018.

The legal cases stem from customers who say they developed cancer after using the herbicide.

There's still fierce debate about cancer and Roundup's key ingredient, glyphosate. The World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer classified the chemical as "probably carcinogenic" in 2015.

In the US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) determined that it's not likely to be carcinogenic to humans when used as directed. But some state agencies have said that the product does likely cause cancer or have prohibuted its use as a precaution.

Bayer argued that it shouldn't be sued under state laws because US federal regulators ruled that the product does not cause cancer — an argument that some of the justices were sympathetic to.

"Every agency around the globe — New Zealand, Japan, Australia, the European Union, Canada — they've looked at glyphosate," Paul Clement, an attorney for Monsanto, told the justices. "It's probably the most like studied herbicide in the history of man and they've all reached the conclusion based on more data and the kind of expert analysis they can do that there isn't a risk here."

But other justices attorneys about whether that wrongly stops states from responding to changing research.

The Supreme Court is expected to decide the case by the end of June.

King Charles III and Queen Camilla were greeted by US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the White House on Monday.

The president and king exchanged handshakes and friendly remarks outside the White House South Portico.

The Trumps and the royal couple then headed inside for tea in the Green Room.

Afterwards, they were set to go outside to the presidential beehives, which Melania recently revamped to resemble a miniature White House.

Charles and Camilla both support beekeeping. The king keeps at least three beehives at his private residence in England as part of his support for the environment.

Trump's fascination with the British royal family has helped soothe recent trade and political tensions between Washington and London.

The suspect in the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting is set to face additional charges, US attorney Jeanine Pirro told reporters.

"There will be additional charges as this investigation continues to run forward," Pirro said.

The defendant has already been charged with attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump as well as two firearms charges.

"Make no mistake: this was an attempted assassination of the president of the United States with the defendant making clear what his intent was," Pirro continued.

"And that intent was to bring down as many of the high-ranking cabinet officials as he could," he added.

Britain's King Charles III arrived in the US on Monday with Queen Camilla.

The royal couple are on a four-day trip to the US.

The state visit is by far the most high-profile of Charles' reign so far. It marks the 250th anniversary of the US declaration of independence from British rule.

It is the first British monarch's visit to the US in two decades.

The suspect in the shooting that occurred during the White House correspondents' dinner on Saturday was on Monday charged with the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump.

Court proceedings showed the suspect also faced other charges, including two firearms crimes.

If convicted, the 31-year-old suspect would face a sentence of up to life in prison.

He made his first court appearance on Monday.

US President Donald Trump has joined his wife Melania in condemning late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel over a parody of the gala correspondents' dinner.

Days before the Washington dinner, where a shooting attack took place, Kimmel did a parody of the gala, called "Alternative Correspondents' White House dinner."

He roasted Trump and Melania, with footage of Trump smiling and clapping overcasting his speech, to mockingly mimic the actual gala, followed by another video of Melania, when he thanked her for her presence. The stunt was clearly presented as a parody, by no means suggesting the president and first lady were present during Kimmel's roast.

Still, Trump said Kimmel "showed a fake video of the First Lady, Melania, and our son, Barron, like they were actually sitting in his studio, listening to him speak, which they weren't, and never would be."

The president was particularly irked by Kimmel describing Melania as "an expectant widow," suggesting a link between his words and the shooting days later.

The White House has described the shooting as the third major assassination attempt against Trump. The alleged shooter's motive is not clear.

"Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired by Disney and ABC," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform, echoing earlier sentiments by Melania (see below.)

The White House has blamed what it called a "left-wing cult of hatred" for a shooting incident at a gala correspondents dinner in Washington DC, where US President Donald Trump was present.

"The left-wing cult of hatred against the president and all of those who support him and work for him has gotten multiple people hurt and killed, and it almost did so again this weekend," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told a briefing.

Leavitt described the incident as the third major assassination attempt against Trump.

She said that White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles will convene a meeting with officials from the Department of Homeland Security, the US Secret Service and the White House operations team to "ensure the safety and the security of the president."

Trump believes security protocols during the incident worked, Leavitt said. However, she did not rule out possible changes to further improve the president's safety and security.

The British Embassy in Washington on Monday has a daunting job head, preparing a traditional afternoon tea for a whopping 650 guests, including King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

On X, the embassy posted a lighthearted video showing the full process of preparing the meal, featuring the embassy's head chef, Craig Harnden.

The menu includes four different types of tea sandwiches, scones and desserts, as well as "several British flavors from smoked Scottish salmon to British Beef!" the embassy wrote.

"We'll be making approximately 2,500 to 3,000 individual sandwiches," Harnden says in the video. "The calculation is based on experience and a little bit of luck."

The British king and queen are arriving in the US capital on Monday for a four-day visit meant to smooth tensions between the two nations amid Trump's controversial war on Iran, which has further widened a growing rift with Europe.

US First Lady Melania Trump on Monday lashed out at late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel over a critical monologue he delivered before the weekend DC gala shooting.

In a parody of the gala event, Kimmel took jabs at Donald and Melania Trump, telling the first lady: "you have a glow like an expectant widow."

Melania Trump called for Kimmel to be taken off the ABC network.

"Kimmel's hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country.  His monologue about my family isn't comedy — his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America," she wrote on X.

Kimmel was temporarily taken off air last year over comments he made on the death by assassination of Trump supporter Charlie Kirk.

On his first appearance after the suspension, Kimmel stressed his intention was not to make light of anybody's murder, stressing the right to a free press and calling his suspension "illegal" under the US constitution.

DW reporter Janelle Dumalaon, also at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, describes what she heard and saw the night a gunman opened fire at the event. 

DW's Washington bureau chief Ines Pohl describes the scenes that unfolded at the White House Correspondents' Dinner on Saturday night.