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This episode covers the court case of the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooter, the relationship between Trump and King Charles, and the ongoing ceasefire situation in Lebanon.

The man who stormed the White House Correspondents’ Dinner is being charged with trying to assassinate President Trump, with new court documents revealing he booked the hotel a month in advance and emailed his motives minutes before the attempt. King Charles addresses Congress today during his state visit to Washington as the royal trip tests whether personal diplomacy can ease sharp tensions between the Trump administration and the UK government. As diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran remains stalled, Israel carried out new strikes in eastern Lebanon and Hezbollah launched drones at Israeli troops, with both sides accusing each other of violations. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Anna Yukhananov, Rebekah Metzler, Ruth Sherlock Mohamad ElBardicy, and Ally Schweitzer. It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Ben Abrams. Our director is Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange. And our Supervising Senior Producer is Vince Pearson. (0:00) Introduction (02:09) White House Correspondents' Dinner…

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Topics covered

• White House Correspondents' Dinner
• Trump administration
• King Charles
• U.S.-UK relations
• Lebanon ceasefire
• Israel
• Hezbollah

Keywords

• White House Correspondents' Dinner
• Trump
• King Charles
• Lebanon
• ceasefire
• Israel
• Hezbollah
• diplomacy
• court case

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