The man accused of attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump at a White House reporters’ gala last month pleaded not guilty to all charges on Monday. Cole Allen, 31, did not speak in court as his lawyer entered the plea on his behalf. The charges include attempted assassination of the president, assault on a federal officer and firearms offences. Prosecutors allege Allen fired a shot...
The man accused of attempting to assassinate US President Donald Trump at a White House reporters’ gala last month pleaded not guilty to all charges on Monday. Cole Allen, 31, did not speak in court as his lawyer entered the plea on his behalf. The charges include attempted assassination of the president, assault on a federal officer and firearms offences. Prosecutors allege Allen fired a shotgun at a US Secret Service agent and stormed a security checkpoint in a foiled attack on Trump and...
Our writer has a wardrobe wake-up call. Plus, top tips for sustainable plants and Kim Cattrall’s shopping secrets • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here How many pieces of clothing do you own? Dozens? Hundreds? The average UK adult’s wardrobe contains 118 items , including underwear, according to environmental charity Wrap. That shocked me until I started counting my own clot...
Our writer has a wardrobe wake-up call. Plus, top tips for sustainable plants and Kim Cattrall’s shopping secrets • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here How many pieces of clothing do you own? Dozens? Hundreds? The average UK adult’s wardrobe contains 118 items , including underwear, according to environmental charity Wrap. That shocked me until I started counting my own clothing mountain and reached number 237, at which point I had to stop and write this newsletter. When the Filter asked me to spend March testing six ways to consume less , I didn’t expect fashion to feature much: I work from home wearing boys’ joggers from Asda (they’re cheap, and they fit my sub-5ft frame perfectly). But after auditing my belongings as part of the challenge, I have to ’fess up, not least to myself: I’ve been over-buying clothes for years. Start small, pick perennials and go peat-free: how to buy plants sustainably Busy boards, bath buddies and Tonies: the best toys and gifts for two-year-olds The best face moisturisers for every budget, season and skin type, tested Jess Cartner-Morley’s May style essentials: summer totes, chic shirts and the best shoes of the year so far The best blenders for smoothies, soups and frozen desserts, tested Continue reading...
Carly Schwartz wanted a solution for her mental health struggles. She found one, but not where she expected On a threadbare carpet in the living room of a Bernal Heights bungalow, I lay blindfolded on my back. Two middle-aged rescue terriers, one missing an eye, sniffed my feet and climbed up and down my legs. F**kin’ Perfect by Pink blared in the background, but the music sounded muffled and dist...
Carly Schwartz wanted a solution for her mental health struggles. She found one, but not where she expected On a threadbare carpet in the living room of a Bernal Heights bungalow, I lay blindfolded on my back. Two middle-aged rescue terriers, one missing an eye, sniffed my feet and climbed up and down my legs. F**kin’ Perfect by Pink blared in the background, but the music sounded muffled and distant, like I was listening from underwater. It was 1pm on a Thursday. Instead of going to the office, I’d allowed a shaman named Jonathan to inject my thigh muscle with a large dose of liquid ketamine. Even in my compromised state, high and spread out like a corpse on a stranger’s rug, I knew I’d reached peak absurdity. I also knew I wouldn’t emerge from this activity with even a slight improvement to my mental health. Carly Schwartz is the author of the new memoir I’ll Try Anything Twice: Misadventures of a Self-Medicated Life and the former editor in chief of the San Francisco Examiner Continue reading...
DNBSTOCK/iStock via Getty Images There is nothing more bullish from a technical standpoint than a new all-time high for the S&P 500, and we logged our 15th of this year for the index on Friday, as stocks continued to rebound last week from the war-induced correction in March. New all-time highs aside, I still sense that macroeconomic conditions and geopolitical developments are being viewed throug...
DNBSTOCK/iStock via Getty Images There is nothing more bullish from a technical standpoint than a new all-time high for the S&P 500, and we logged our 15th of this year for the index on Friday, as stocks continued to rebound last week from the war-induced correction in March. New all-time highs aside, I still sense that macroeconomic conditions and geopolitical developments are being viewed through rose-colored AI glasses. While positive in aggregate, there are cracks appearing in the data and indications of more to come this summer. Furthermore, despite repeated reports from the Trump administration that we are on the cusp of a “deal” to end the war with Iran, it looks like very little progress is being made. Regardless, those assertions led the price of WTI crude oil to briefly fall below $90. Metlife Last week, the President’s one-page proposal to end the war lifted investors' spirits, but Iran’s reply over the weekend looks like a continuation of the status quo—stalemate. It is hard to imagine Iran would agree to the 14-point memorandum, given that the regime continues to fire missiles and drones at its neighbors and counterattack US efforts to enforce the blockade. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has also said that Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium must be recovered before the war can be considered over. Supposedly, there is a ceasefire in force between all parties, but you would never know it given the constant attacks between all parties involved. The stock market is looking past the mayhem for now. Bloomberg This has set the stage for an economic ticking time bomb that doesn’t seem to concern US investors. With no clear path to ending the conflict and reopening the Strait of Hormuz, global oil reserves continue to be drawn down, and shortages of critical materials, including fertilizer, run the risk of very serious longer-term consequences for the global economy that will eventually reach our shores. According to Shell CEO Wael Sawan, the global...
Chinese technology companies and researchers turned out in force at a leading global artificial intelligence conference, despite mounting questions over whether they might avoid the event as a consequence of tense relations between Beijing and Washington. Papers with contributors from mainland China and Hong Kong accounted for over 51 per cent of accepted submissions, compared with just under 32 p...
Chinese technology companies and researchers turned out in force at a leading global artificial intelligence conference, despite mounting questions over whether they might avoid the event as a consequence of tense relations between Beijing and Washington. Papers with contributors from mainland China and Hong Kong accounted for over 51 per cent of accepted submissions, compared with just under 32 per cent from the United States, according to statistics compiled from the listed affiliations for...
A US congressional commission is pressing President Donald Trump to confront his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping over detained Americans when the leaders meet this week, warning that silence would leave Beijing free to “use human beings as bargaining chips”. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), in a letter to Trump dated May 7, aired concerns over the growing threat arising from ...
A US congressional commission is pressing President Donald Trump to confront his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping over detained Americans when the leaders meet this week, warning that silence would leave Beijing free to “use human beings as bargaining chips”. The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC), in a letter to Trump dated May 7, aired concerns over the growing threat arising from the Communist Party’s use of “hostage diplomacy, coercive exit bans and transnational repression”...
Prospective buyers arrive during an open house in Rancho Cucamonga, California, US, on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sales of previously owned homes in April were essentially flat compared with March, rising just 0.2% to 4.02 million units on a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. Housing analysts were expecting ...
Prospective buyers arrive during an open house in Rancho Cucamonga, California, US, on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sales of previously owned homes in April were essentially flat compared with March, rising just 0.2% to 4.02 million units on a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. Housing analysts were expecting a gain of more than 3%. April sales were unchanged year-over-year. This count is based on closings, so contracts likely signed in late February and March. The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage ended March in the high 5% range, according to Mortgage News Daily, and then shot up sharply, due to the start of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. "Despite mixed macroeconomic signals—including a record-high stock market and historically low consumer confidence—home sales were modestly boosted by the continued improvement in housing affordability," said Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist, in a release. "Mortgage rates are lower from a year ago, and average income growth is outpacing home price gains." Inventory in April rose 5.8% from March, but was up just 1.4% from the previous April to a 4.4-month supply. That is still considered tight, as a 6-month supply represents a balanced market between buyer and seller. "We really need to see 30% growth in inventory, but we are not seeing that," Yun said. "Multiple offers, though not as intense as a few years ago, are still occurring. At the same time, days on market are lengthening on average, implying that consumers are taking their time before making decisions." That pushed prices higher. The median price of a home sold in April was $417,700, up 0.9% from the year before. That is the highest April price on the NAR's record. The average days on market increased to 32 days in April, up from 29 days during the same month last year. First-time buyers represented a 33% share of sales during the month, down slightly from a year ago. One...
My guest today is longtime friend of the show Joanna Stern. You all know Joanna: she is the former senior personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal , a former Decoder guest host, one of my cofounders here at The Verge , and also just one of my very closest friends. I mention that because Joanna just left that lofty perch at The Journal to start her own media company called New Thin...
My guest today is longtime friend of the show Joanna Stern. You all know Joanna: she is the former senior personal technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal , a former Decoder guest host, one of my cofounders here at The Verge , and also just one of my very closest friends. I mention that because Joanna just left that lofty perch at The Journal to start her own media company called New Things . She’s starting with her new book about AI, called I Am Not a Robot , which is out this week on May 12th . You’ll hear us reference the fact that she and I have been talking about her big move to go independent for ages now — it’s something she’s wanted to do and wrestled with for years, and she has a long list of interesting reasons about why now is the time. She’s also structured her new venture in partnership with NBC to keep her in front of a big mainstream audience. Verge subscribers, don’t forget you get exclusive access to ad-free Decoder wherever you get your podcasts. Head here . Not a subscriber? You can sign up here . It was important that I prove to Joanna that I actually read her book, which is really quite good. She spent a full year allowing AI into every part of her life and has more of a sense of where this technology actually is than pretty much anyone because of it. As you’ll hear Joanna explain, many of the most hyped AI-powered gadgets — especially the humanoid robots — are definitely not ready, and they might not be for a very long time. But you’ll also hear Joanna say she’s a lot more bullish on certain types of AI after her experience writing her book. She thinks wearable AI might really get us to a killer app — one that might justify all the extreme tradeoffs we’re making to continue developing the technology at the pace the tech industry wants to. She’s also using AI to help get her new media company off the ground. So I asked her about that, too, and what she’s learning now that she’s left the world of traditional media and put a heavier empha...
"Friendly Local Assassin" Suspect In White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Pleads Not Guilty In a federal courtroom in Washington this morning, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen entered a not guilty plea to charges stemming from the April 25 shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner. The plea sets the stage for a high-profile trial that could determine whether...
"Friendly Local Assassin" Suspect In White House Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Pleads Not Guilty In a federal courtroom in Washington this morning, 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen entered a not guilty plea to charges stemming from the April 25 shooting incident at the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) Dinner. The plea sets the stage for a high-profile trial that could determine whether Allen faces life in prison for what authorities describe as an attempted assassination of President Donald Trump. Allen was tackled by Secret Service after gunfire erupted just outside the ballroom packed with roughly 2,600 attendees - including the President, First Lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and numerous Cabinet officials and journalists. The night of April 25... Around 8:36 p.m. EDT, as dinner service was underway, Allen - armed with a 12-gauge Maverick shotgun, an Armscor Precision .38 semi-automatic pistol, and multiple knives - rushed past a security checkpoint on an upper level of the hotel. He fired at least one shot (reports indicate possible additional rounds) in the direction of law enforcement before being tackled by Secret Service agents and other officers. One Secret Service agent was struck in his bulletproof vest by buckshot ; he was treated and released from the hospital. Allen sustained a knee injury after tripping during the confrontation but was not shot. No bystanders or attendees were injured or killed. President Trump was quickly surrounded by agents and evacuated - 10 seconds after JD Vance, and the dinner was halted and later rescheduled. Surveillance footage captured the rapid sequence: Allen sprinting with weapons visible, the sound of gunfire, and swift law enforcement response. Allen had checked into the hotel as a guest days earlier, traveling by Amtrak from his home in Torrance, California. Today, we are releasing video already provided to U.S. District Court showing Cole Allen shoot a U.S. Secret Service officer during his a...
Washington, D.C., May 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Existing-home sales increased by 0.2% month-over-month in April, according to the National Association of REALTORS® Existing-Home Sales report . The report provides the real estate ecosystem—including agents, homebuyers and sellers—with data on the level of home sales, price, and inventory.
Washington, D.C., May 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Existing-home sales increased by 0.2% month-over-month in April, according to the National Association of REALTORS® Existing-Home Sales report . The report provides the real estate ecosystem—including agents, homebuyers and sellers—with data on the level of home sales, price, and inventory.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 11, 2026--Ciridae, the AI transformation firm building operating systems for real economy businesses, today announced it has raised $20 million in seed funding led by Accel, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Sunflower Capital, and Backcountry Ventures. Founded by CEO Jack Soslow, former partner at Andreessen Horowitz and data scientist at Meta, and C...
SAN FRANCISCO, May 11, 2026--Ciridae, the AI transformation firm building operating systems for real economy businesses, today announced it has raised $20 million in seed funding led by Accel, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Sunflower Capital, and Backcountry Ventures. Founded by CEO Jack Soslow, former partner at Andreessen Horowitz and data scientist at Meta, and CTO Jack Weissenberger, former engineering team leader at Salesforce and Head of ML at Teneyx, Cirida
Reply will participate in SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference Orlando 2026 (May 11–13), showcasing its expertise in delivering and implementing SAP Business Suite solutions, including SAP Cloud ERP (Public and Private), SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), and AI-powered enterprise capabilities. Reply's presence at SAP Sapphire underscores its strategic partners...
Reply will participate in SAP Sapphire & ASUG Annual Conference Orlando 2026 (May 11–13), showcasing its expertise in delivering and implementing SAP Business Suite solutions, including SAP Cloud ERP (Public and Private), SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC), SAP Business Technology Platform (BTP), and AI-powered enterprise capabilities. Reply's presence at SAP Sapphire underscores its strategic partnership with SAP and its commitment to delivering SAP-led, AI-driven transformation for its clients.
After a brief correction and subsequent rebound, NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) -- a popular nuclear energy stock -- currently has a market cap of just $4.3 billion. If shares rose in value by 1,000%, the company's market cap would still be somewhere around $43 billion. While there is plenty of execution risk, this magnitude of upside potential is clearly possible given the market estimates discussed b...
After a brief correction and subsequent rebound, NuScale Power (NYSE: SMR) -- a popular nuclear energy stock -- currently has a market cap of just $4.3 billion. If shares rose in value by 1,000%, the company's market cap would still be somewhere around $43 billion. While there is plenty of execution risk, this magnitude of upside potential is clearly possible given the market estimates discussed below. According to analysts from Goldman Sachs , nuclear energy is now "a key area of focus globally as countries revisit the technology after many years of underinvestment." Increased investment in nuclear energy technology is already on the rise. "Global investment in nuclear power generation grew at a compound annual growth rate of 14% between 2020 and 2024, following almost five years of no growth in spending," a recent Goldman Sachs report concluded. NuScale, of course, isn't betting on nuclear power in general. The company specifically designs small modular reactors, or SMRs. These are essentially miniature nuclear power plants, making them faster, easier, and cheaper to construct. Continue reading
Matthew Charles Brown, Chief Financial Officer of Tenable (NASDAQ:TENB) , reported the open-market purchase of 12,000 shares at around $21.54 per share on May 4, 2026, according to a SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction and post-transaction values based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($21.54). * 1-year price change calculated using May 4, 2026 as the reference date. Continue reading
Matthew Charles Brown, Chief Financial Officer of Tenable (NASDAQ:TENB) , reported the open-market purchase of 12,000 shares at around $21.54 per share on May 4, 2026, according to a SEC Form 4 filing . Transaction and post-transaction values based on SEC Form 4 weighted average purchase price ($21.54). * 1-year price change calculated using May 4, 2026 as the reference date. Continue reading
Tatiana rico/iStock via Getty Images Brookfield Asset Management ( BAM ) is set to invest $500M in The OpenAI Deployment Company, an AI deployment platform established in partnership with OpenAI and a group of 19 investors. The partnership is led by TPG ( TPG ), with Advent, Bain Capital, and Brookfield as co-lead founding partners; and B Capital, BBVA ( BBVA ), Emergence Capital, Goanna, Goldman ...
Tatiana rico/iStock via Getty Images Brookfield Asset Management ( BAM ) is set to invest $500M in The OpenAI Deployment Company, an AI deployment platform established in partnership with OpenAI and a group of 19 investors. The partnership is led by TPG ( TPG ), with Advent, Bain Capital, and Brookfield as co-lead founding partners; and B Capital, BBVA ( BBVA ), Emergence Capital, Goanna, Goldman Sachs ( GS ), SoftBank Corp. ( SOBKY ), Warburg Pincus, and WCAS as founding partners. Investors also include Bain & Company, Capgemini ( CAPMF ) ( CGEMY ), and McKinsey & Company. OpenAI ( OPENAI ) today announced the launch of the platform in a separate release. In connection with the launch, OpenAI has agreed to acquire the applied AI consulting and engineering firm Tomoro. The acquisition is expected to bring ~150 experienced forward-deployed engineers and deployment specialists to the platform. The platform enables large enterprises to move from pilot AI use cases to scaled, enterprise-wide deployment. "AI is becoming capable of doing increasingly meaningful work inside organizations. The challenge now is helping companies integrate these systems into the infrastructure and workflows that power their businesses," said OpenAI's chief revenue officer, Denise Dresser. BAM's investment will be led by Brookfield Business Corporation ( BBUC ), a flagship listed vehicle of the company's private equity business. Additionally, Brookfield expects to draw on The OpenAI Deployment Company's capabilities across its operating companies and investment platform to accelerate productivity initiatives, improve decision-making, and drive efficiency gains. "Artificial intelligence will be a defining driver of productivity across the backbone of the global economy," said Anuj Ranjan, CEO of Brookfield's private equity business. "We are pleased to partner with OpenAI to support the development of a platform that combines their leading AI technology with Brookfield's operating expertise to d...