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🗓️ 26 April 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. |
| 0:04.7 | Authorities say the shooting suspect at the White House correspondence dinner last night in Washington, D.C. |
| 0:10.0 | is 31-year-old Cole Allen from the Los Angeles area. |
| 0:13.4 | He was stopped before he could enter the hotel ballroom. |
| 0:16.3 | Allen is set to be arraigned tomorrow in federal court. |
| 0:19.0 | NPR's Deepa Shiveram has more. |
| 0:20.4 | A White House official tells NPR that Cole Allen sent his family members an alleged manifesto |
| 0:26.2 | minutes before the incident took place at the Hilton Hotel. The document states that Alan wanted |
| 0:31.3 | to target administration officials, the White House says, and Allen's brother notified the police |
| 0:36.3 | of the document. |
| 0:42.4 | Alan's sister, who lives outside Washington, D.C., confirmed to authorities that her brother, |
| 0:47.9 | Cole, had a tendency to make radical statements. She also said Alan purchased two handguns and a shotgun and kept them stored at his parents' home. The parents were unaware that Alan |
| 0:52.8 | was storing firearms in their home. |
| 0:55.3 | Deepa Shiverham and PR News, Washington. |
| 0:57.9 | Republican Senator Tom Tillis says he's ready to move forward with President Trump's nominee |
| 1:02.7 | to lead the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, after an investigation into current Fed Chair Jerome Powell |
| 1:08.2 | was dropped. Bradley George of Member Station WUNC has more. |
| 1:13.6 | Federal prosecutors were looking into Powell's role authorizing a multi-billion dollar renovation |
| 1:18.7 | of Fed headquarters. Tillis said the probe was politically motivated, and he threatened to block |
| 1:23.8 | the nomination of Kevin Warsh. The Justice Department announced an end to the investigation |
| 1:28.4 | last week. Speaking to NBC's Meet the Press, Tulles says he's satisfied. So this will allow Mr. |
| 1:35.3 | Warsh to move on with his confirmation on time. Tillis says Warsh is qualified for the job and would |
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