NPR News: 04-26-2026 10PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. An investigation into the shooting at the White House correspondent's dinner in Washington last night continues, NPR's confirmed the suspect is Cole Allen and details about him are slowly emerging. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanchettel's NBC's Meet the Press, Allen's believed to have been targeting administration officials. The White House official today told NPR that Allen's brother, shortly before last night's shooting, notified law enforcement about a piece of writing Allen had composed and sent to his family members. NPR has not independently read or verified that writing. But the White House official also said that Allen's sister had told law enforcement that Allen at times, quote, reference a plan to do something to fix the issues with today's world. That's in the words of the White House official. NPR's Daniel Kurtz-Lavin, Allen has a court appearance tomorrow. Bucking in palace as King Charles and Queen Camilla are still coming to Washington tomorrow

1:01for a state visit, despite the shooting at the dinner last night. But the trip comes at a time when relations between the two countries are under increasing strain. NPR's Fatma Alkassop has more. President Trump has sharply criticized the UK and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in recent months over Starmer's decision not to join the US and Israel's war in Iran. Many hope the visit from King Charles, whom the president still admires, will help mend the transatlantic relationship. But Royal Biographer Catherine Mayer says the British government's decision to send the king at this turbulent time puts the royal couple in an awkward position. There is also then a kind of series of tightrope that they're forcing Charles and Camilla to walk by doing this. Another delicate matter, she says, is the subject of the king's disgraced brother, Andrew, who had close ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Fatma Alkassop and Piany's London. The third is said to hold its latest policy meeting this week in what may be Jerome

2:03Powell's last time presiding over the gathering as chair of the central bank. Impares Rafael Num has more. Powell's term as chair is due to expire in May. But he has said he wouldn't step down until a criminal investigation by the Department of Justice into renovations being done at the Fed was dropped. Powell had blasted the probe as being intended to pressure the central bank into lowering interest rates. The DOJ though dropped that investigation on Friday, paving the way for the confirmation of Kevin Worsh, who has been nominated by President Trump to succeed Powell. That makes it likely Powell will step down as chair. The question, though, is whether he stays on the Fed's board. Powell doesn't have to announce his position this week, but a lot of eyes will definitely be on him. Rafael Num in PR News. U.S. features contracts are trading in mixed territory. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Monarch butterflies have been in decline for decades, even though some populations appear

3:06to be stabilizing. Justice have been gluing tiny, circular tags about the size of a three-hole punch scrap into the wings of monarchs to track the insects. But now there are new solar-powered tags. Northwest public broadcasting's Anna King has more. David James is a processor based entomologist working on the project. We used to say with the conventional tags, it was equivalent to a person having their keys in their pocket, you know, in terms of weight. This tag is heavier, obviously, and it's more like carrying a backpack. The only hitch? Each little tag costs $200. So they're asking for help adopting each butterfly. You can find the details on how to adopt a monarch online. There's an app that will allow you to track the tag butterflies on your cell phone. For NPR News, I'm Anna King. At the Wigin Box office, Michael, the big budget Michael Jackson project, took the top spot

4:10with an estimated $97 million in ticket sales. The authorized bio-pick shrugged off bad reviews and production problems. The film stays away from Jackson's controversy, as reputation had been tarnished by allegations of sexual abuse of children, which he denied. In second place, the Super Mario Galaxy movie with $21 million, globally, it's made $45 million so far. You're listening to NPR News.