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11:25 PM ET, April 26, 2026

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Washington Post:
Correspondents' dinner lacked highest security level despite presence of top officials  —  The White House correspondents' dinner, attended by the president and several Cabinet members, was not given top security status that would have unlocked the full weight of federal security resources.  —  Summary
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Garrett Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
A quick analysis of last night's shooting  —  So far, it appears the system worked as intended. … I had intended to write today about what a travesty the White House Correspondents Association dinner was — and how embarrassed every single journalist who attended should be …
NBC News:
Suspect in White House Correspondents' dinner shooting wrote of targeting Trump administration  —  Cole Tomas Allen, 31, is accused of rushing a security checkpoint armed with a shotgun, handgun and knives, and exchanging gunfire with law enforcement.
Emily Mae / CBS News:
What we know about the suspect in shooting at White House Correspondents' Dinner  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Cole Tomas Allen, the suspected gunman who tried to attack the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night, left behind what officials are calling a written “manifesto” …
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Suspected shooter was likely targeting Trump administration officials, acting US attorney general says
Los Angeles Times:
What we know about Cole Tomas Allen, Torrance teacher suspected in D.C. shooting
Pooja Salhotra / New York Times:
California Man in Custody After Shooting at Dinner Attended by Trump
New York Post:
Read White House Correspondents' Dinner gunman Cole Allen's full anti-Trump manifesto  —  Accused White House Correspondents' Dinner gunman Cole Allen sent a sprawling, crazed manifesto to family members 10 minutes before Saturday's attack, sources told The Post.
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Steven Nelson / New York Post:
WHCD gunman Cole Allen sent anti-Trump manifesto, said he wanted to take out Trump officials: ‘The Friendly Federal Assassin’  —  WASHINGTON — Gunman Cole Allen sent an anti-President Trump manifesto to his family members about 10 minutes before opening fire at Saturday night's White House …
Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Trump “wasn't worried” during White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Last night in the nation's capitol a gunman stormed the security perimeter at the White House Correspondents' Dinner.  The president, the first lady, the vice president, cabinet members …
New York Post:
WHCD shooting suspect Cole Allen was targeting Trump officials in attack on ballroom, officials say
Isaac Arnsdorf / Washington Post:
Trump says he sees shootings as a reflection of his impact
Ryan King / New York Post:
Trump and his allies insist Saturday's WHCD shooting vindicates his push for über-secure White House ballroom
Rayne / emptywheel:
Dinner and a Show: What Isn't Being Discussed after WHCA ‘Nerd Prom’  —  [NB: check the byline, thanks.  /~Rayne]  —  Thanks to a brouhaha at the White House Correspondents' Association's (WHCA) annual dinner, the media outlets in attendance are derailed and will feature the tumult prominently …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Amelia Nierenberg / New York Times:
Trump Praises Journalist After Shooting at Media Dinner
David Smith / The Guardian:
I've covered Trump for a decade. At the White House correspondents' dinner, darkness came viscerally close
Discussion: New York Times
Josephine Walker / Axios:
Republicans rally behind Trump's ballroom plan after gala shooting
Matthew Kupfer / Democracy Docket:
Virginia court declines to block Democrats from using new voter-approved congressional map  —  A Virginia circuit court has refused to block the implementation of Democrats' new congressional map, which voters approved in a statewide special election last week.
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Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
In Virginia, Republicans attack the map and the right to vote  —  Three million Virginians went to the polls to decide whether the legislature could redraw the state's congressional maps.  Tens of millions were spent on both sides.  When the votes were tallied, the yes campaign had prevailed by 2.1%.
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Indiana GOP lawmakers defied Trump on redistricting. Now GOP voters may thwart his push for revenge
Discussion: Daily Kos and Axios
Associated Press:
Trump calls for unity and bipartisan healing after another violent incident  —  President Donald Trump was somberly contemplative and unusually conciliatory after confronting what he saw as a third attempt on his life in less than two years.  He suggested that his personal politics …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Iran offers U.S. deal to reopen strait but postpone nuclear talks  —  Iran through Pakistani mediators gave the U.S. a new proposal for reaching a deal on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the ending of the war, with nuclear negotiations postponed for a later stage, according to a U.S. official and two sources with knowledge.
The Guardian:
Orbán associates rush to move wealth out of Hungary after election defeat  —  Incoming PM Péter Magyar accuses Fidesz-linked figures of trying to shield their wealth from accountability  —  Along the banks of the Danube, news that the Viktor Orbán era had come to an end set off an hours-long party.
Discussion: BBC and Bloomberg
Maayan Lubell / Reuters:
Netanyahu's biggest rivals join forces for Israel's next election  —  Two of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's most formidable political rivals said on Sunday they were joining forces in a bid to oust his coalition government in the upcoming election expected later this year.
Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:
I Slept Next Door to the Assassin in Hilton Room 10235.  This Is a Security Fiasco  —  NIGHT TERRORS  —  The Daily Beast's Executive Editor witnessed a jaw-dropping security breach.  And then it got worse.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  After the shots rang out.  After someone shouted, “Get down!”
Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
U.S. Mint Buys Drug Cartel Gold and Sells It as ‘American’  —  As prices for the precious metal soar, the industry's guardrails have broken down.  —  Every year, the United States Mint sells more than $1 billion of investment-grade gold coins.  Each is stamped with an icon like the bald eagle …
Indiana Daily Student:
LIVE UPDATES: 5 wounded by gunfire in stable condition after Kirkwood shooting; no suspects in custody  —  Police have not yet taken suspects into custody following a shooting on Kirkwood Avenue early Sunday morning that wounded at least nine people.  —  One victim suffered a bullet wound …
 
 
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