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The Headlines

Inside the Chaos at the Correspondents’ Dinner, and How the U.S. Mint Is Buying Drug Cartel Gold

The Headlines

The New York Times

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4.3630 Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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0:00.0

From the New York Times, it's the headlines.

0:05.1

I'm Tracy Mumford.

0:06.3

Today's Monday, April 27th, here's what we're covering.

0:14.5

Suddenly, we heard all this yelling, all this commotion.

0:18.4

We were crouched low, and then cabinet members just started emerging

0:21.9

from around the corner, and they were with their guards. You know, first came RFK Jr. and

0:26.8

Sheryl Hines, then came Janine Piro. My colleague, Sean McRish, was at the White House

0:31.8

correspondence dinner Saturday night at a hotel in D.C. when an armed man tried to storm through

0:37.2

security. It happened right

0:39.1

as the dinner was getting started. Shots were fired, and Sean was out in the hallway as members of

0:44.4

the administration were evacuated from the ballroom. They were walking, you know, very in a

0:48.9

panicked way, stricken faces being ushered into hallways and elevators.

0:55.9

There were teary reporters.

0:57.9

It was just total pandemonium.

0:59.5

We had no idea what was happening.

1:02.5

People were shouting, wondering where is the president, where's the president?

1:08.1

Inside the ballroom, President Trump was pulled offstage by his security detail and guests hid under their tables.

1:09.8

When it became clear, the suspect had been apprehended,

1:13.0

Trump insisted the night should go on. He was due to give a speech. But security officials

1:17.9

ultimately decided they needed to get the president away from the scene. We pulled out behind him.

1:23.1

We drove to the White House. We were the first reporters there, and everybody was just rushing to get to the White House

1:28.3

because the President had called a press conference.

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