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Secret Service shoots armed man near White House

(NYT) — The Secret Service shot a 27-year-old man near the White House early Sunday after an “armed confrontation” with federal officers, the agency said in a statement.

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President Donald Trump was spending the weekend in Florida at his Mar-a-Lago Club and was not at the White House at the time.

On Saturday, the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington shared information with the Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies about a man named Andrew Dawson who may have been traveling to Washington from Indiana.

The law enforcement bulletin said that Dawson wanted to die by “suicide by cop” and was armed with a BB gun. His last known address was in North Manchester, Indiana. The bulletin had a picture of a car that Dawson was driving.

Around midnight, members of the Secret Service encountered the person’s parked vehicle near 17th and F streets, about a block from the White House. A man was outside of the vehicle, the agency said.

As officers approached, they saw that the man had a gun and then a confrontation ensued, during which the Secret Service shot the man, the agency said. It was not clear whether the man was armed with the BB gun.

He was transported to a hospital, and his condition was unknown, the Secret Service said. There were no reported injuries to anyone with the Secret Service.

The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating the shooting.

Homeland Security appoints new leadership at ICE

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appointed new leadership at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sunday as the agency struggles to meet President Donald Trump’s stated goal of massive deportation operations aimed at immigrants in the U.S. illegally.

Trump’s administration deported 37,660 people during his first month in office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security data first reported by Reuters last month show, far less than the monthly average of 57,000 removals and returns in the last full year of Joe Biden’s administration.

Trump made the promise of deporting millions of people from the United States a centerpiece of his campaign. The acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Caleb Vitello, was reassigned last month for failing to meet expectations, Reuters previously reported.

Noem said she was promoting Todd Lyons, ICE’s acting executive associate director, to be the agency’s acting director, and Madison Sheahan, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, to serve as deputy director.

“I am appointing new ICE leadership to deliver results that President Trump and the American people rightfully demand,” Noem said in a statement, adding that Lyons and Sheahan would “lead the men and women of ICE to achieve the American people’s mandate to target, arrest and deport illegal aliens.”

Germany’s Merz wants European nuclear weapons

BERLIN (Reuters) — German Chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz on Sunday said he would like talks with France and Britain about sharing their nuclear weapons, but not as a substitute for U.S. nuclear protection of Europe.

“Sharing nuclear weapons is an issue that we need to talk about … we have to become stronger together in nuclear deterrence,” he said in an interview on Deutschlandfunk radio, a day after agreeing cornerstones of a coalition deal between his conservative party and the Social Democratic SPD party.

“We should talk with both countries (France and Britain), always also from the perspective of supplementing the American nuclear shield, which we of course want to see maintained.”

Germany, due to its Second World War past, has bound itself to non-nuclear defense in a number of international treaties but participates in NATO weapons-sharing arrangements.

At a summit in Brussels on Thursday, EU leaders backed plans to spend more on defense amid fears that Russia, emboldened by its war in Ukraine, may attack an EU country next and that Europe can no longer rely on the U.S. to come to its aid.

Merz’s tougher stance on security and migration reflects a changing political landscape, where the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has surged to become the country’s second-largest party.

Argentina floods kill at least 10 in Bahia Blanca port city

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) — Heavy rains in the Argentine port city of Bahia Blanca, southwest of the capital Buenos Aires, left at least 10 dead and caused substantial flooding on Friday.

More than 260 millimeters (10 inches) of rain fell within a few hours, destroying bridges and causing asphalt roads to collapse, the city said, adding that more fatalities could not be ruled out.

“All available resources are being deployed with municipal teams, the provincial government, the navy and the Argentine army to provide assistance,” Bahia Blanca authorities said on X.

The storm forced the evacuation of homes and health centers in the major commercial port city some 600 km (400 miles) from the capital. Social media images showed mothers fleeing a flooded hospital with their newborn babies.