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Hours after a gunman attempted to breach the White House Correspondents' Dinner, details are slowly emerging about who he is, and how he was able to get into the Washington Hilton where the dinner was held.

Two sources familiar with the matter say Cole Allen has been identified as the alleged gunman, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told NBC's Meet the Press that Allen is believed to have been targeting administration officials.

The incident shocked Washington — and led to the safe evacuation from the scene of the president, much of his Cabinet, and members of Congress.

NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben and Ryan Lucas have more on the investigation into the shooting, while reporter Steve Futterman learned more about the suspect in his suburban-Los Angeles hometown.

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Tucker Carlson was one of President Trump’s biggest defenders. Now, he's one of his loudest critics. 

Tucker Carlson now says he is “tormented” by his previous support for President Trump.

The conservative media personality has criticized the president over the U.S. war with Iran, among other issues.  

New Yorker writer Jason Zengerle has followed Tucker Carlson for years. He’s the author of a book about Carlson, “Hated by All the Right People."

Zengerle says that while from time to time Carlson’s support for Trump has wavered, this time is different. 

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More than a million Lebanese residents have found themselves without a place to call home since the war reignited in early March.

Now with a shaky temporary ceasefire in place – people are trying to return home - if there is a home to return to.

NPR went to southern Lebanon to assess what life is like in the Israeli-occupied region.

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Virginia voters delivered a major win to Democrats on Tuesday.

A narrow majority voted to allow lawmakers to bypass the state's bipartisan redistricting commission. That means the Democratic-led legislature will create a map that’s more favorable to them in the midterms.

It's the latest chapter in a redistricting saga that President Trump started last year, but is the tit-for-tat redistricting battle the future of US electoral politics?

We speak with Democratic Virginia governor Abigail Spanberger to hear her perspective.

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The U.S. estimates that Iran possesses nearly 1,000 pounds of highly-enriched uranium.

It’s not quite enriched to weapons-grade, but it’s not far off.

As part of its attempt to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, the U.S. is attempting to negotiate with Iran to give up this cache.

How would that even work?

We hear from Scott Roecker, vice president of the Nuclear Materials Security Program at the Nuclear Threat Initiative. 

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