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He was also charged with transporting firearms across state lines and discharging one of them during a violent crime. Federal officials said he traveled across the country from California before charging a security checkpoint leading toward the event ballroom. If convicted, he faces a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison and potentially life in prison. U.S. attorney for D.C. Janine Pirro said more charges are likely to follow. Make no mistake, this was an attempted assassination of the President of the United States, with the defendant making clear what his intent was. And that intent was to bring down as many of the high-ranking cabinets The incident has raised questions about the security protocols surrounding the event, particularly given that Trump and many cabinet members were in attendance. The administration announced plans yesterday to review security protocols for future presidential events. President Trump urged ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. That's number two . Last Thursday, two days before the shooting at the correspondence dinner, Kimmel did a bit on his show that mocked the event. He pretended to be the dinner's comedian, roasting the attendees. At one point, he said this about First Lady Melania Trump. Our First Lady Melania is here. Look at Melania. So beautiful. Mrs. Trump, you have a glow like an expectant widow . In the wake of the shooting, that angered Melania. Yesterday, she released a statement calling Kimmel a coward and urging ABC to take a stand. Hours later, President Trump called on ABC to fire the late night host. On his show last night, Kimmel defended his joke. White Rose joke about the fact that he's almost eighty and she's younger than I am. It was not by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination, and they know that. I've been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence in particular. Kimmel went on to say that Melania Trump should have a conversation with her husband about hateful and violent rhetoric. In September, ABC temporarily pulled Kimmel's show off the air following comments he made about the killing of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk . Number three. The new Homeland Security Secretary is facing mounting pressure from MAGA groups. Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen is only a month into his tenure, but he has already alarmed some Trump supporters with his comments about immigration enforcement. Mullen has vowed to restore confidence in the department after the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis. He has expressed a desire to conduct immigration enforcement in what he describes as a more quiet way. Some conservative organizations interpret that approach as a potential betrayal of one of the president's core campaign promises, mass deportation. A DHS spokesperson, though, disputed the idea that Mullen's quieter approach is tantamount to caving to pressure from Democrats . Number four. A redistricting plan in Florida could give Republicans four more U.S. House seats . Republicans and Democrats are locked in a nationwide gerrymandaring arms race. President Trump kicked it off last year, urging red states to redraw their congressional maps to favor Republicans ahead of November's midterm elections. Despite that, it's Democrats that currently have a the oretical edge. They have drawn more favorable lines in ten districts, while Republicans have gained nine. But Florida could help Republicans retake the lead. Governor Ron DeSant is yesterday unveiled a map that would give his party a strong shot at taking four additional districts. DeSantis wants the Republican led Florida legislature to sign off on the map within days . The Supreme Court could block lawsuits that allege a weed killer causes cancer. That's our fifth story. Yesterday, justices heard arguments in a case involving the chemical giant Monsanto. Tens of thousands of cancer patients are suing the company, claiming it failed to warn them about the alleged cancer risks of Roundup and its primary ingredient, glyphosate . The court is considering whether federal law preempts judges and juries from weighing such claim s. Whatever justices decide, the consequences could be huge. Billions of dollars are on the line in one of the largest waves of product liability litigation in the nation's history. Environmentalists say that glyphosate is toxic, but the nation's largest farm group says that ending its use would threaten America's food supply. The court seemed to lean towards restricting the lawsuits . Number six. According to new studies, the CDC's move to delay hepatitis B shots for inf ants is likely to raise infections . Hepatitis B is a virus that can cause lifelong infection, liver disease, and cancer. In December, federal vaccine advisors to Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted to change the recommended timeline of vaccinations against the virus. Previously, a first dose was recommended for all newborns within 24 hours of birt h. The panel recommended delaying that first shot until at least two months of age for infants born to mothers who test negative for the virus. The change came after Kennedy fired all seventeen members of the advisory panel and installed new members, several of whom have been critical of vaccines. Two studies published yesterday in a major pediatric journal modeled the potential consequences . They predicted the delay will lead to hundreds of additional infections among children, along with more cases of liver cancer, deaths, and millions in added health care costs number seven asks the question what if you gave a gorilla a bank account ? Jonathan Ledgard is attempting to answer that question. He's a former war correspondent and novelist, and now the founder of a non-profit which is doing just that . His project, Tahanu, recently gave bank accounts to gorillas in Rwanda to spend on their own survival. The accounts were funded by donors and the Rwandan government. They were used to send micropayments to any humans who helped advance their interests. For example, a park ranger who removed a snare from a gorilla received the equivalent of $3. 42 for the trouble. The gorillas received digital identities based on their unique noseprints. For now, these transactions are reviewed by humans, but Ledgird plans to eventually automate the system with cameras and AI, and use it to save critical but unglamorous species like bats and fig trees. The idea raises a lot of questions, like can you put a price on nature? And does a gorilla want to participate in the free market? According to Ledgard, conservation efforts as they currently exist are too slow and limited. So we may as well give plants and animals financial safety nets of their own. Alright, you're all caught up. Sometimes when I point listeners to our newsletter in the show notes, I get emails asking the question, what are the show notes? The answer depends on where you are listening. If you are listening to us on Apple, Spotify, or another podcast platform of your choice, you'll find the link to our newsletter on the information page for today's episode. When I ask you to rate or review us,