District of Columbia

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are pushing $1 billion in White House security upgrades for President Donald Trump’s ballroom project.

A Republican bill released late Monday would give the U.S. Secret Service money for “security adjustments and upgrades” related to the ballroom.

District of Columbia

Allen indicted on new assault count

WASHINGTON — A man accused of trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner and attempting to kill President Donald Trump has been indicted on a new charge that he fired a shotgun at a Secret Service officer during the attack.

Cole Tomas Allen’s indictment on Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., includes the same three counts but also adds a charge of assaulting a federal officer with a deadly weapon.

Texas

Former FedEx driver sentenced to death

DALLAS — A former FedEx driver has been sentenced to death after he pleaded guilty to killing a 7-year-old girl he took from her Texas home while delivering a Christmas gift.

Jurors decided on the sentence for 34-year-old Tanner Horner.