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NPR News: 04-27-2026 7PM EDT

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. The White House is leaving the door open to changes in presidential security after Saturday's shooting at the White House Correspondents Association's annual dinner.

0:13.0

As NPR's at Danielle Kurtzleben reports, the White House is praising the security that stopped a gunman, but also says there's room for improvements.

0:20.4

In response to a question about the incident, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt, the security that stopped a gunman, but also says there's room for improvements.

0:25.0

In response to a question about the incident, White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt stressed that President Trump believes that Saturday's security protocols worked, but added that

0:30.2

changes could happen.

0:31.3

I definitely wouldn't say changes are out of the question.

0:34.1

I think, again, that it's up to the White House here, and we view it as a great

0:38.1

responsibility to ensure the maximum safety of the president and the vice president and the

0:42.4

entire cabinet. Leavitt also argued that Democratic politicians' rhetoric helps foster political

0:47.2

violence. She did not address, however, what part the president might play in making political

0:52.3

rhetoric more civil. Danielle Kurtzleben and PR News,

0:55.8

the White House. Today is the 59th day of an internet blackout in Iran. According to the

1:01.1

internet freedom monitor, NetBlocks, it's the longest recorded nationwide shutdown in history.

1:06.6

But as Duri Bouscaran reports, a privileged few are still getting online. Netblock's reports Iran's internet use goes up to about 2% of normal levels.

1:16.1

The government has issued so-called white SIM cards to members of the government,

1:20.5

some social media influencers, and loyal media outlets.

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Specialized virtual private networks or VPNs are being sold on the black market for

1:29.0

about $10 per gigabyte of data. Google searches work intermittently. Iran does have a functioning

1:35.5

internal web called an intranet, so services like local banking are still functional. But some

1:41.8

Iranian officials are raising concerns about the economic cost of

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being cut off from the outside world. The head of an Iranian technology workers union said

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Sunday, about a fifth of the country's tech workforce could face layoffs. For NPR news,

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